Waimakariri walk
Steve Attwood took a wander along the Waimakariri on Saturday night (14 November) opposite the area they call The Sanctuary. A large black-billed gull colony was established there, with nests and eggs but no chicks that he could see. Interestingly, the colony was split into two sections plus a few gulls in groups of nests of three or four in some outlying spots quite separated from the main bulk of the colony.