The inside story of why seagulls moved from coast homes to cities

Urban seagull problems are ‘here to stay’ – and expert says it’s really all our own fault

In the middle of the 20th Century, all around the UK, a lot of herring gulls made a choice that would prove massively consequential for their descendants and city residents alike.

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