A flock of friendly seagulls that joins a Gold Coast retiree on her daily beach walk has turned her into an unusual tourist attraction.

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Lesley Reay of Worongary makes no apologies for encouraging the birds that come to seek her out.

Ms Reay's bond with the seagulls began on a beach walk four years ago and soon took flight.

"As soon as we pull up the birds come up to the car. They know what's going on," she said.

"They're not silly. They're very, very intelligent."

Now her daily stroll with husband Doug along Burleigh Heads beach often includes up to 80 feathered followers.

"We love it. It's quite peaceful: you go for a walk and just feed them and it's nice, it's just nice," Ms Reay said.

Beachgoers also flock to the couple's feeding sessions.

Local Michelle Devine was stunned by the unique display.

"I've seen people with pigeons in Trafalgar Square in London but never seagulls at Miami Beach," she said.

Kim Wyatt could not help but smile at the sight.

"I think it's lovely. If she's feeding the right sort of food, why not?" she said.

Lesley Reay began feeding the seagulls on a beach walk four years ago and the bond has only strengthened. ( ABC News: Tom Forbes )

Mince is the magic ingredient to this symbiotic relationship.

Mr Reay said he usually took care of the birds that had a disability.

"The ones with one foot, no feet, half a leg, one leg, whatever the case may be," he said.

Although they love the attention, sometimes the Reays just want to go for a quiet beach walk. ( ABC News: Nic MacBean )

Not everybody is happy to see seagulls being hand fed, but the couple said they loved birds and did not think they were doing anything wrong.

Ms Reay said they had only ever been confronted by one woman.

"She came up and said you shouldn't be feeding them, it'll make them nasty and vicious," Ms Reay said.

"But we didn't take any notice, sorry."

The couple admit that sometimes the attention got a bit much and they just wanted to walk unaccompanied by their friendly flock.

"We thought we'd go somewhere else and we started further along," she said.

"It was only a matter a week or so and they were there."