Our local seagull, the herring gull, must be high up in the "top ten best parents in the world" list.
They have endless patience with their young and, when they require feeding, the parents risk life and limb to bring back a meal.
This is what is happening in Queen's Park, Brighton, when the gulls dive-bomb people for food (The Argus, July 17).
The birds are reported to be gaining in confidence but this is simply determination to feed their young.
They are not attacking people - from the gull's eye-view, it simply sees food and goes for it. Once the young are reared, this problem will die down.
Rena Collins is quite right when she says it is man's fault.
We have taken away much of the birds' cliff coastline, depriving them of their natural habitat. They have simply adapted and some live alongside us.
-Gloria Wheatcroft, The Drive, Hove
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