11 Feb 2020

Red-billed seagull colony moved due to America's Cup

From Morning Report, 7:56 am on 11 February 2020

The America's Cup has forced a colony of threatened red-billed seagulls to up sticks and find a new home on Auckland's waterfront.

The birds had been breeding at an old boatyard, but that's being turned into a new ferry terminal to make space for the cup challengers.

But how do you get a thousand birds to nest in a new spot?

Sarah Robson headed out on a boat to find out.