seagulls:a pest

I would like to complain about the problems we have nowadays with seagulls in our city.They have become the new and noisy pest in our coastal residences. I say "new" because seagulls are on our roofs, and we can see them at any time. Some roofs are infested with them and people have started having problems with slates. "Noisy" because they don´t stop croaking day and night, disturbing our sleep. I know that they have lost their natural habitats because of the excess of buildings in some towns, but, do we really have to suffer them ? Some times it is almost impossible to get near the rubbish bins just because they are there, waiting for the supermarkets to throw away the left overs of the day. Could it be possible to find a solution to this problem? Cannot the Council do something? I don´t think the solution can be just stealing their eggs or breaking them, as some people propose. We need something done, something radical or they will become a real pest like rats.