Scottish Borders Council (SBC) heard last year that seven children were attacked by herring ... gull management plans. NatureScot said its focus would be advising on preventative measures ...

The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east and mainly a winter visitor in the west. Hybrids can be locally common (mainly in the wescat). Polytypic.

The city’s increasingly large, confident, and, at times, aggressive herring gull population has been ... being used as “deterrents”. The trained birds of prey create a hostile environment ...