Councillor Jennifer Stewart, I feel your pain. I too am a mugging victim of the scourge of Aberdeen, those damned, dirty seagulls.

Just like the good councillor, I was looking forward to a tasty bite to eat when I ambled innocently out of Union Square, oblivious to the flying terror that swooped in over my shoulder, damn near knocked me off my feet, then sank its filthy beak into my Caffè Nero breakfast roll.

So when Cllr Stewart told her story at council last week of losing her Markies sarnie to a flying rat, I had every sympathy.

Just like I have sympathy with all the other victims I’ve witnessed being dive-bombed and clattered by gulls who have lost their fear of humans. I’ve lost count of the number of gull attacks I’ve witnessed.

So, I couldn’t agree more with the........

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