Can You Shoot Black Backed Gulls?

Also, a Federal permit is required for any person to disturb or destroy nests or eggs of ring-billed, herring, or great black-backed gulls or to capture, handle, or kill adult or juvenile ring-billed, herring, or great black-backed gulls.

Are black backed gulls protected?

All species of gull are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. This makes it illegal to intentionally or, in Scotland and Northern Ireland, recklessly injure or kill any gull or damage or destroy an active nest or its contents.

Can you shoot black headed gulls?

If a wild bird is not on the general licence or classed as game u can't kill it or destroy nest.