helen briggs reports.en them eat, sort of, octopus, also invasive parakeets. the natural diet of gulls includes seafood, earthworms and, gruesome as it may sound, other birds. but as food becomes harder to find, more gulls are dining on human leftovers. pop out for lunch in any city centre and it's easy to find an urban gull or two keeping an eye out on whatever you're eating. there are so many gulls in cities, and whether it's our food that's bringing them into town — and you can help by sending in your photos. so we want people to upload photos of gulls eating absolutely anything. it can be chips, it can be pigeons, rats, fish, mouth, upload it to the site — gulls eating stuff. the data will be used to map what gulls are eating population declines. and with many seabirds in big trouble, hit by warming seas, dwindling fish stocks, and the lingering effects of bird flu, the scientists say the study will raise awareness helen briggs, bbc news. coming up in a few minutes' time, — coming up in a few minutes'

are eating population declines. of bird flu, the scientists say the study will raise awareness helen briggsirst of all, the health of the pope. pope condition to be critical. we continues to be critical. we are looking at pictures of the gemelli hospital where the pope gemelli bospitalwhereihe pope beenin gemelli bospitalwhereihe pope been in residence since has been in residence since friday. he has suffered a last friday. he has suffered a respiratory crisis and he is more unwell than he more unwell than yesterday. he has received blood transfusions and have said that the and they have said that the 88—year—old has been and his armchair but he a w w w wawhwinhwww w w w w wawhinthlwowwww required a high flow of oxygen. he is being treated for double pneumonia at the gemelli in rome. other we are updating you on is story we are updating you on is the to the handing over the delay to the handing over of more than palestinian of more than 600 palestinian prisoners and that prisoners and detainees. that delay has still been unexplained. people are still for israel to release waiting for israel

helen briggs has more. grew their daffodils and what daffodils they grew. inspiring generations of artistse're so familiar with them, i think we've of different shapes and forms. there might be scientific importance to them. treatments for alzheimer's, where daffodils are an important part of the ingredients. important in the future. daffodils have been lost and found over the years, growing in a garden near you. let's ta ke let's take you live to the big island hawaii. it has been doing this are now into life enough, bursting into life once again. it is the volcano again; !t is the efiltaflfi flammlt �* inside the again: !t is the setteflfi =ummit �* inside the national crater inside the national park. tuesday was another grey, cold, day the temperature is cloudy day the temperature is really the overcast really struggling. the overcast skies in scarborough skiesrin scarborough with winds waves onshore winds pushing waves onto the temperatures onto the beaches. temperatures 22—macro degrees in only got 22—macro degrees in the skim in devon. the average is seven. quite widely temperatures two we

helen briggs reports. and getting a sugar rush. has surprised even the experts. because theyjust lookyou can help by sending in your photos. so we want people to upload photos of gulls eating it can be chips, it can be pigeons, rats, fish, starfish, octopus, whatever it is that they have in their mouth, upload it to the site — gulls eating stuff. it takes one, maybe two minutes. and greedy birds. on we and this half on bbc news. plenty more on all the day's stories a the day's stories including a life page on the bbc news website with all the latest on those developments the middle website with all the latest on those do velopments the middle website with all the latest on those do stayrments the middle website with all the latest on those do stayrmer us. 1e middle hello there. at this time of year, we get light winds and some bloom, but make the most of today's lovely sunshine because it's not expected to last the second we change gear once again and see a return to some wet and windy weather. is going to move in. it will bring heavy rain and gales, perhaps severe gales for a time fo

our environment correspondent helen briggs has more.ning. but there's more to the plants than meets the eye. why preserve something like this? i mean, look at the yellowness of this colour. the biology behind these plants are astounding. this spring, experts want you to map daffodils up and down the country as they burst into bloom. for me, daffodils are the herald of spring. we want to map them, to see where people grew their daffodils and what daffodils they grew. so with this we can get some data of how they respond, whether the flowering time changes as our climate changes. this shows quite effectively how different daffodils can be. even in the 1600s there was a huge variety of daffodils. the search is now on to find some of the daffodils lost to time, such as the sussex bonfire, the mrs william copeland and the mrs r 0 backhouse. we've been in love with daffodils for centuries and people have developed a huge variety of different types of daffodil. but because we're so familiar with them, i think we've taken them for granted. get