A truck driving through a gull colony in North Canterbury.
Photo: Supplied / Ashley-Rakahuri Rivercare Group
Nest cams on the Ashley River bed captured four wheel drive vehicles and motorbikes driving through the colony last week, with the Canterbury Regional Council reporting that 10 birds were killed.
The native birds are protected and classed as a critically endangered species.
Gulls killed by people driving their 4WDs through a gull colony in North Canterbury.
Photo: Supplied / Ashley-Rakahuri Rivercare Group
DOC North Canterbury operations manager Kingsley Timpson said rangers are making good progress to find those responsible.
"We are progressing quite satisfactorily in terms of trying to reach a solution with locating these people, and having a conversation with them to determine exactly what went on," Timpson said.