Tag: seagulls

200 gulls shot dead this year after city decides on lethal crackdown

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - August 4, 2017

ALMOST 200 seagulls - including 30 chicks - have been shot this year after a Scottish city decided to take lethal measures over a...

Call for council to buy £5,000 “gull proof bin”

Local News

Deadline News Journalist - August 6, 2015

A SEAGULL-WEARY harbour chief is calling on the council to spend £5,000 on a “gull proof bin” to halt the blight of scavenging birds. Members...

Scots going hungry following “military” raids by greedy seagulls

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - May 10, 2012

RESIDENTS of a Scots town are going hungry because of “military precision” raids by ravenous seagulls. Dozens of hungry citizens in Kirkcaldy, Fife, have lost...

Council to spend £25k fighting seagulls

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 22, 2012

A SCOTTISH council is spending around £25,000 to remove seagulls from an upmarket city suburb. Edinburgh is running a year-long pilot scheme to remove eggs...

City schools plagued by vermin

Local News

Anna Gault - April 5, 2011

By Kirsty Topping Schools in Edinburgh are so infested with rodents and insects that pest controllers are being called out every day. The biggest problem in...

Work to rule leads to rat explosion

Deadline News Journalist - July 15, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE EDINBURGH’S overflowing bins has led to soaring numbers of rats on the city’s streets. Binmen are working to rule over a pay dispute...