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

Herring gulls, a species often encountered ... as a very last resort would a licence be issued to kill chicks or adult gulls. It says there has to be a clear health and safety risk - such as ...

The Herring Gull is a large, robust seabird with a distinctive white head and body ... Juveniles display mottled brown feathers, gradually transitioning to adult plumage over four years. Both sexes ...

The American Herring Gull is a large, robust seabird with a distinctive white head and body, pale gray back and wings, and black wingtips. Its yellow bill features a red spot on the lower mandible, ...

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.

Herring gulls can be found "around our coasts and inland around rubbish tips, fields, large reservoirs and lakes, especially during winter", the RSPB says A nature reserve in a landlocked county ...