I write out of concern for my fellow birds, which are being unfairly targeted by the worst pest species our planet has ever seen.

Their successful research has meant that fewer are dying young and more and more are surviving.

It concerns us that they are breeding out of control.

Us gulls, on the other hand, have a stable population which has fallen nationally in the past few years.

We breed to meet the food and the habitat available.

The pests forced us to move from long stretches of our natural homeland but we're getting our own back by nesting on their homes.

You should see the way these pests live. In streets overflowing with rubbish, they casually walk along dropping litter.

They dump it at sea - providing us with plenty of food - but they blame us for being untidy.

These pests complain about us attacking them when we fly low but they are a lot more violent and abusive towards themselves.

We dive bomb to frighten and scare them away from our young. That's nothing compared to them trying to shoot and injure us.

They complain about our noise but create so much themselves. They disturb us with fireworks all year but we have to tolerate them.

As parents, we are very attentive and help our fellow gulls.

In nursery groups on the beaches we'll keep an eye on our young and help protect them - unlike the intolerant pests who only seem to take care of themselves.

We share our world with hundreds of other species and have a good balance.

They say we carry disease and will make them ill. I think they do a good job of that themselves.

They don't clean up after their dogs and breed an unnatural cat population.

These pets are more of a problem than we are.

As for the pests themselves, they kill more creatures (including themselves) than any other species with their pollution.

It's about time these pests started acting responsibly, cleaned up their environment and were more tolerant.

The human being is the most destructive species on this planet.

-C Gull, Hailsham