Seagulls may be to blame for poor water quality at popular beach resort
They have been described as the rats of the sky and are known for stealing chips and ice creams from tourists - but now seagulls are being blamed for the dirty water at a seaside resort.
DNA analysis of samples from Weston-super-Mare’s two-mile-long sandy beach by the Environment Agency indicates that the gulls are a “significant source” of the unclean bathing water.
The test results, which drew that ruled the resort’s bathing water quality was poor for the third year running.
