Banksy Tenby
(Pic. Gareth Davies Photography)

Banksy style artwork has popped up in parts of Tenby, seemingly carrying a seaside message in part, linking seagulls being attracted to human food and rubbish bags.

The images which appear to be transferred onto walls rather than sketched or painted, depict how gulls have supposedly adapted their ways down the years to study human behaviours when trying to scavenge food.

One of the images located on Crackwell Street, which has been pinpointed as a problem area for waste bags being left out irresponsibly in recent times, shows a seagull flying off with a small child who has food in its hand. Another shows four gulls posing as a human being.

Councillors in Tenby recently said that they wanted waste collection issues within the town looked at again, with a suggestion that seagull proof bags be made free of charge to businesses and households within the coastal town.

Issues with waste and litter being scattered across the town of a morning, before waste collections are made, have blighted Tenby for years, with solutions sought to tackle the ongoing problem.

Councillors highlighted the fact that seagull proof bags were available to purchase from the town council offices and that these bags do protect waste bags from the gulls, with the Mayor stating that she felt that the gull proof bags should be compulsory in Tenby.

It was also touted that businesses and households should be given the bags free of charge.

While Pembrokeshire has never had a Banksy of its own, one did appear on a garage in the Welsh industrial town of Port Talbot in 2018.

However, there was a link to the county earlier this year, when back in May, a Pembroke Dock town councillor quit his role after allegations arose that he was indeed the world famous graffiti artist!

Sadly though, on closer inspection, these Banksy style images that appeared across the seaside town on Thursday (August 11) are merely just transfers.

Banksy Tenby
(Pic. Gareth Davies Photography)
Banksy Tenby
(Pic. Gareth Davies Photography)