The study follows an increase in complaints about mess and noise caused by gulls in seaside towns.

The bird of prey will make regular flights as part of efforts to avoid gulls becoming a nuisance.

Photographs of gulls eating anything from chips to starfish will help solve a scientific puzzle.

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

NatureScot says it is happy to look the situation in Eyemouth after reports children were attacked.

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

Seagulls have been causing distress and sometimes injury to visitors, North Yorkshire Council says.

The bird, nicknamed Albert Tross, is found just weeks after being released from a rescue centre.