Girl, 4, left bleeding after nip on face among complaints over 'seagull scourge'

The council is considering running a social media campaign to stop people leaving out food for birds. Photo: Larry Cummins

A symphony of squawks, an aggressive gull trying to peck his way through a Velux window, and a four-year-old child nipped on the face by a rampaging bird were among complaints made to a local authority about the scourge of seagulls.

Dublin City Council received multiple complaints from residents amid controversial calls for a cull of seagulls in the city earlier this year.