Photos have emerged of fences blocking penguins from Shelly Bay – the site developer Ian Cassels bought under the condition he looked after the kororā that nested there.
Cassels has long planned a $500 million development at the former Air Force base at Shelly Bay, on the western fringe of the Miramar peninsula, but it has been mired in controversy and litigation for years.
Council spokesman Richard Maclean said the council would be talking to “interested parties” this week, “but taking note that one of the main aims of the temporary fencing is to keep the kororā from moving about or nesting in what is now a construction zone with clear risks to wildlife”.
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