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What you say about urban Herring Gulls is probably true BUT the reason they moved into urban areas to scavenge in the first place was due to declining fish stocks. If there had been enough food in the sea they would never have moved into towns in the first place. A number have now adapted to...

As I said above it is because their populations are declining rapidly (over 50% decline in UK since 1970). This is not the case with pigeons or rats. I agree with you that they can be a pain in cities though - it's a shame something cannot be done about their declining natural food sources to...

Inland nesting sites were included in 2000 survey with close on 2000 birds recorded inland: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2887

Chickens are not endangered for a start.

Herring Gulls may seem common in Sussex but this is a stronghold and not representative of the country of a whole. They are Red Listed as their numbers are declining rapidly - there were 280,000 breeding pairs in 1970. By 2000 there were just 130,000 breeding pairs left in the UK. The numbers...