How to rid UK city seagulls /pigeons from UK cities

Question

I read articles recently of pigeons everywhere because people feed them and now sea birds live in city centres and swoop for morsels, and are aggressive, it is true though, they are all around now! what measures could be implemented to eradicate them all?

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2413816.0.feathered_fiends.php

Answer 1

Filya has answered correctly.

If we didn't make so much rubbish and provide such a constant food source, there would be a HUGE reduction in the numbers of the things we see as pests (including rats, mice, cockroaches, etc.).

We have no one to blame but ourselves.

Answer 2

Nothing more to add than what 'filya p**a' has said.

Answer 3

er i know there is infestations of them everywhere!!

Answer 4

Set Gordon Ramsay onto them.

Answer 5

every now and then they will get there pigeon pelets out (plaster of paris coated in food ) the pigeon eat them , then get thirsty need i say more  

Answer 6

They are protected, you will get a massive fine for killing them.

Answer 7

filya is right. i live on the coast and people drop the remains of their take aways in the road. within seconds a flock of seagulls will arrive.  its got to the stage now where seagulls attack  anyone with food in their hands and children get very alarmed when it happens.  theres no need to eradicate the birds. its  the ignorant people that should be eradicated.

Answer 8

Cull the Humans.....problem solved.

Why do Humans think they should be the only species to matter in this world?.....Leave the birds alone....Stop feeding them and they will leave.....

Answer 9

Actually i don't really mind them, i don't think i have ever seen them swoop on people. In fact the only time i did was on holiday on the coast some time back. Ken Livingstone tried to get them culled around Trafalgar square but many people actually like them believe it or not.

Answer 10

A pair of peregrine falcons have been nesting in Bolton town hall

i beleive the pigeon population is now decreasing  

Answer 11

yorkshire england without seagulls/ pigeons  why?may as well get rid of cows/ sheep and old blokes with flat caps next . i think thay belong here leave them alone .toffee nosed do gooders.

Answer 12

They have as much right to live as we do, so stop feeding them and they will leave. simple solution!

i have them nesting on my roof, a pigeon nesting in my apple tree too! the babies are beautiful and its lovely to watch them grow and learn to fly. the parents apart from the dawn chorus do not bother us at all! Why? cause we don't feed them!

Answer 13

there are always more piles of cat and dog mess throughout the country than birds picking up our waste, personally i would get rid of the pets before starting on the birds.