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

According to Tony Whitehead, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ (RSPB) gull expert, there are now 176,000 pairs of herring gulls and 269,000 pairs of lesser black-backed gulls in ...

"A majority of these species are struggling, with the red-listed herring gull topping the list for the ... seen in small groups or flocks, the RSPB says ...

The young herring gull was removed from the lines after power ... UK’s leading bird conservation organisations, including the RSPB, and identifies conservation priorities for birds.

However, a spokesperson from the RSPB says, “fortunately these types ... Studies carried out in Herring Gull colonies have found that many chicks are attacked and killed after foolishly ...

Herring gulls can be found "around our coasts and inland around rubbish tips, fields, large reservoirs and lakes, especially during winter", the RSPB says [Tim Hill] ...

lesser black-backed gull, herring gull, common gull and black-headed gull. During the colder months, small numbers of Mediterranean gulls, scarcely seen in Hertfordshire, also fly in, the trust said.