Floating platforms to help black-billed gull chicks
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Floating platforms are being set up to help the chicks of critically endangered black-billed gulls, who have made a home in the ruins of a quake-damaged building in Christchurch.
The birds, which are the world's rarest gulls, have been nesting at the site of the former PWC building in the central city since October.
Vanessa Mander is a DOC ranger in Mahaanui.