Scots urged to live with chip-stealing seagulls

Scots need to learn to live with pesky chip-stealing seagulls because they’ve been driven from their natural habitats by human activity, experts say. Gull populations have declined catastrophically due to bird flu but also from overfishing and climate change - increasingly driving them into our towns and cities for food. A major study in February found worrying declines in all five species of gull found in Scotland ranging from 44 per cent to a whopping 76 per cent.

And Scottish nature groups insist rather than go to war with bin-raking seagulls, we should adapt to live alongside them. It comes after an English academic this week said we should try to appreciate these “clever” creatures who exhibit advanced “social learning skills” - even when they’re nicking our food. Prof Paul Graham of Sussex University said: "When we see behaviours we think of as mischievous or criminal… we're seeing a really clever bird implementing very intelligent behaviour

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