Scarborough struggles with ‘gull muggings’ as urban seabird population rises
Herring gulls and kittiwakes have learned the easiest meal comes from robbing humans rather than at seaIn a flurry of wings, the predator was off with its prize: a steaming pasty snatched from the hands of a day tripper from Birmingham. “What do you want me to do about it?” her unsympathetic...
<p>Herring gulls and kittiwakes have learned the easiest meal comes from robbing humans rather than at sea</p><p>In a flurry of wings, the predator was off with its prize: a steaming pasty snatched from the hands of a day tripper from Birmingham. “What do you want me to do about it?” her unsympathetic husband said. “I can’t fly.”</p><p>Such a scene has become an almost daily spectacle on the Scarborough seafront, said Amy Watson, a supervisor at the Fishpan restaurant, where hungry herring gulls lurk for their quarry.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/19/scarborough-gull-muggings-urban-seabird-population">Continue reading...</a>
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