Even the wildest animals can be seduced by civilisation

Animals of various types now thrive alongside human populations

Seagulls, the great marine scavengers, are no longer exclusively maritime.

Over the last few centuries, rural dwellers have been moving to cities hoping for a better life. Many other creatures are doing the same. 

Even the wildest seabirds are seduced by civilisation. During the 19th century, for example, fulmars discovered a new source of food — offal dumped into the sea from whaling ships and trawlers. These tube-nosed relatives of the albatross first nested here in 1911. Now, thousands of them breed along our coast.