Of geese and gulls

Yesterday afternoon, I heard a bird cry in the sky and I thought for a moment they were geese flying. But no, I checked in the garden and they were seagulls. It got me quite sad. Because I think geese are birds that herald autumn: you see them flying south, you know autumn is on its way. See this post for more musing about them. But with seagulls, it's entirely different: they are the birds of summertime, of beaches and holidays. And as temperatures have become more typically summery again, the sight of seagulls did not fill me with joy.