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

Gulls and terns studied in known polluted shoreline areas had a host of worse health and reproductive outcomes than those in non-polluted areas.

A wildlife trust says gull numbers have been in freefall since the 1970s due to habitat loss.

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