One Scottish council says it has plan to try and prevent the birds being a health and safety risk.

Gulls will eat virtually anything ... and urban herring and lesser black-backed gulls now dramatically outnumber rural gulls, according to Rock. ‘It’s quite a shock really, a complete reversal ...

Five species breed in Scotland - great black-backed ... farmland - the birds eat carrion, seeds, fruits, young birds, eggs, small mammals, insects and fish. Herring gulls, a species often ...