Supermarket staff have put up barriers and cordoned off eight parking spaces - to protect a seagull.<br /><br />The gull is sitting on eggs in a nest it built at the base of a tree in the Morrisons car park in Liskeard, Cornwall. <br /><br />The gull is now surrounded by barriers and staff have cordoned off eight car parking spaces to protect it.<br /><br />The supermarket staff contacted the RSPCA for advice and were told to seal off space for the bird so they would not be disturbed.<br /><br />All wild birds, their eggs and nests are protected by law.<br /><br />It is an offence to damage or destroy a wild bird’s nest while it is being used or built.<br /><br />The RSPCA added the gull could scare or hurt customers if distressed.<br /><br />A spokesperson for Morrisons said staff contacted the RSPCA for advice and were told to cordon off space so the bird would not be disturbed.
