Friends of Tucker Beach Wildlife Management Reserve chair Rosemary Barnett. A Queenstowner is asking the public not to disturb a breeding ground for rare native birds at Tucker Beach. Last summer, Queenstown’s council closed the access road to the wildlife management reserve, by the Shotover River, which encouraged a population of endangered black-billed gulls, banded dotterels and black-fronted terns to thrive. Rosemary Barnett, chair of the Friends of Tucker Beach Wildlife Management Reserve, says that’s disappointing. “As Queenstown’s urban development rapidly continues, this wildlife area will become an increasingly unique and important area for nationally-critical and endangered bird species, and for native planting.”scoop@scene.co.nz

Source: Otago Daily Times October 31, 2019 23:37 UTC