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This study highlights the widespread impact of human-generated waste on natural habitats by detecting the presence of microplastics in gull feces using a non-invasive, polymer-supported method. Methods: The study was conducted between 10 May 2024 and 26 April 2025. A total of 480 fecal samples were analyzed from four stations with different characteristics and exposed to various anthropogenic effects. Instead of individual-level statistical inference, we performed temporal comparisons descriptively at the composite level. Results: We categorized suspected MPs by type, shape, size, and color, using FTIR to confirm the polymer identity of a representative subset (&gt;300 \u00b5m; ~20%) and SEM\u2013EDX to examine particle surfaces. A total of 8197 MP particles were observed in the feces collected from the stations. The most frequently observed MP type, size, shape and color were fiber (32.6%), 100\u2013300 \u00b5m (30.8%), spherical (29.2%) and brown (18.4%), respectively. The chemical structures of all examined MPs were polyethylene (PE) (42.6%), polystyrene (PS) (28.38%) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) (8.5%). SEM-EDX confirmed that the microplastics are polymers by showing their degraded surface and carbon\/oxygen ratio. 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