A scientist from Falmouth Marine School says we need to think about our impact on the environment and the way we act around seagulls in a bid to curb their aggressive behaviour in our seaside resorts. 

Marine ecologist and lecturer on FMS’s Ocean Science Team at Falmouth Marine School, Luke Edwyn Marsh, has been studying the birds for a number of years and says humans could be to blame for the current behaviour of the birds.

Luke said: ’They make the most out of the food in the urban environment because we provide food and other resources for them; we put our bins out too early just in thin black bin bags, we throw food on the floor and on a Saturday night someone will drop their kebab and think nothing of it.’