Aggressive gulls are becoming an escalating menace in Inverness in Scotland, forcing the council to roll out a new strategy to reduce clashes between residents and the birds – an issue common in many coastal towns around the UK.
A new report by the Highland Council details the ongoing conflict between the birds – mostly herring gulls – and people in the area, who have complained of being woken by noisy gulls, food being snatched out of their hands as they've been dive-bombed by the birds, and also the aggressive swooping behaviour by birds apparently defending nesting areas.
