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Black-billed gulls on the coast

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Black-billed gulls on the coast

Black-billed gulls generally spend the winter at coastal or harbour sites of the North and South islands. They move inland in bad weather to feed on worms in rain-flooded pasture and sports fields.

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Christina Troup, Bird migration – Migration within New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7235/black-billed-gulls-on-the-coast (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Christina Troup, published 2 March 2009.