Love them or hate them, anybody who has visited Liverpool city centre knows seagulls are as common as muck.
The ECHO reported on a threatening seagull attacking a man, leaving him with bloody wounds to his head.
Natalie Stewart, 28, said her dad was left 'in shock' after he was swooped on at the weekend.
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Natalie said her dad was walking his new puppy along Upton Bridle Path in Widnes when the aerial bombardment took place.
She told the ECHO: "It was on top of the lamp post as it always is, squawking really loudly and then it swooped.
"He ducked down to avoid it and just carried on walking and then the next thing he's just felt it smack the back of his head.
"Obviously it had gone up, turned back around and then hit him from behind."
Her dad sustained three wounds to his head inflicted by the seagull's beak.
The story led ECHO readers to share their own frightening run-ins with the seaside scavengers.
Phil Owens said the birds were "getting bolder", he added: "Earlier this year I saw a seagull kill a pigeon in Williamson Square and start eating it."
Hussein Abbas, who works at a bar and restaurant in the city centre with an outdoor dining area, dubbed the gulls as "annoying" after seeing many customers getting attacked after getting food.
He said: "Whenever customers get their food orders they get attacked by seagulls and most people are scared of them."
Akvilė Zumaraitė was prescribed antibiotics after his run-in with a seagull in the Baltic Triangle.
She said: "While walking my dog in the Baltic Triangle a few weeks ago, [a seagull] came out of nowhere.
"Had a good laugh on the phone to the 111 nurse after I got over the initial panic and shock of it all. Had to go on antibiotics for a week after!"
John Bradley described the birds as "psychotic" and said he couldn't understand why people still feed them.
He commented: "Upper Fredrick Street has an equally psychotic bird, I saw one trying to eat a pigeon in Derby Square, seen them steal food from peoples hands outside Lord Street McDonalds.
"Still, people feed them and the pigeons we need a lot of gull proofing in the city."
AxelBaer said: "Every time I go to New Brighton for a spot of fishing, the Pterodactseagulls seem to get bigger and more brazen as they try to steal my bait!"
