Aberdeenshire Council is giving careful consideration to all legal options for minimising gull issues which are likely to include potential controls on feeding gulls, waste storage, gull proofing buildings plus nest and egg removal.

Officers will present a completed review and costed action plan to the Infrastructure Services Committee in March setting out recommendations on how the council will tackle the urban gull issue.

From time to time I get complaints about nuisance caused by gulls in the vicinity of the retail complex at Portlethen, though nowhere near as serious as the issues in Stonehaven.

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