Surveyors commissioned to conduct research as part of the National Urban Gull Survey for 2021 were frequently swooped upon by the agitated seagulls, even when they were as far as 20 metres from a nest.

Niall Hatch, Birdwatch Ireland joined Andrea to discuss...

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