Data released by Norfolk Police reveals incidents recorded between January 2016 and March this year in Great Yarmouth, Gorleston, Caister and surrounding communities.

Twelve of the 15 cases were logged as crimes.

The reports include birds shot with air guns, trapped using bait and hooks, a nest destroyed, a gull stamped on, and several cases of nesting birds being disturbed.

Flashback: In 2019, a person riding a mobility scooter at Great Yarmouth market allegedly drove into a flock of seagulls, trapping one under its wheels. The seagull later had to be........

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