BBC Focus - 09.2019

REALITY CHECK

ThemediatellsusthatPublicEnemy

Number1 isa vicious,white-plumaged

menaceknown asTheSeagull.Witha

hookedbill,beadyeyesanda noisycall

thatringsacrossthelandatanyhourof

thedayornight,it seekstotearourflesh,

steal ou rfood, a ndgivent he cha nce,

murder and eat our children and pets.

SEAGULLS: ARE

THEY GETTING

MORE AGGRESSIVE?

Herringgulls

areratedin

thehighest

categoryof

conservation

importance,

accordingto

the RSPB

Theystealyourchipsand

headlinesclaimthey’lleat

yourpetsforpudding.But

aretheseraucousbirds

really out to get us?

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