We’ve covered this extensively. But physical attacks are only part of any modern warfare scenario.
There’s the psychological efforts that need to be considered as well. And part of that is the battle for hearts and minds, and part of that is portraying the enemy in a very negative light at every opportunity.
Every type of bird can be occasionally nasty, but as we have documented in many posts, seagulls seem to be the worst for that sort of thing. Still, this sort clearly premeditated slur is not going to build any bridges in the ongoing, escalating conflict in the UK twixt human and seagull.