The tried and tested way to avoid seagull attacks

Losing too much food to seagulls on your seaside trips this week? Try this interesting tip

Seagulls can be pesky animals to get rid of. Picture: Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie.

As seagulls continue to swarm my coastal town of Kinsale, I have been consistently flashing back to the time a very traumatised friend had a croissant stolen right out of her mouth on route to work. Watching countless staycationers stamp and duck around the pier this week, I'm sure she's not the only one.

The constant battle between beachgoers and seagulls will never truly end, but as studies show there is a way you can avoid those pesky birds on your next seaside trip.