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Gull Mugging Hotspots All in Scarborough

The Scarborough Borough's gull mugging hotspots have been revealed and they tend to focus on certain parts of Scarborough.

The Borough Council's Ecologist, Tim Burkinshaw, says villages like Robin Hood's Bay and Staithes haven't recorded any incidents:

72 percent of all seagull muggings in the Scarborough Borough take place in a few streets in Scarborough.

That's according to the borough council who have been collecting reports of attacks since 2016.

Councillor Bill Chatt says we need to stop tempting the birds by walking around with uncovered food:

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