Getting a handle on Spoon-billed Sandpipers – one of the world’s rarest birds
Written by British Trust for Ornithology The Spoon-billed Sandpiper, one of the world’s most threatened birds, could be rapidly heading towards extinction. The latest research outlines why, and what...
View ArticleA footage of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper display call in full breeding plumage...
Written by Gyorgy Szimuly A new and spectacular video footage is uploaded to YouTube showing a male Spoon-billed Sandpiper in full breeding plumage in its territory while continuously calling for a...
View ArticleOversummering Spoon-billed Sandpiper discovered in Thailand
Written by Bird Conservation Society of Thailand On July 19, 2010, a shorebird survey team observed a first-summer individual of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus...
View ArticleSaemangeum Reclamation Area September 2010: Opening of sea-gates essential to...
28 October, 2010 Written by Niall Moores/Birds Korea Shorebird counts were conducted in the Saemangeum Shorebird Monitoring Program (SSMP) Study Site between September 4th and 9th 2010 by Nial Moores...
View ArticleVote to give a chance for the incomparable Spoon-billed Sandpiper
December 17, 2010 I am sure every WorldWaders followers heard or read about the critical status of the World's Spoon-billed Sandpiper population. This beautiful species is in danger by habitat loss,...
View ArticleSpoony needs your vote!
Written by BirdLife International Ed: More detail on the Disney voting. Spoon-billed Sandpiper chick. © John O'Sullivan, RSPB BirdLife’s work to save two key resting and feeding sites in China, used...
View ArticleNew eco-tourism initiative benefits Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation
Written by BirdLife International Community One of the most challenging issues faced by conservationists working to save the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper from extinction has been...
View ArticleDonate to help Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Written by David A. Sibley/Sibley Guides Original painting of Spoon-billed Sandpiper, auction is here. Painted in gouache on Bristol Board based on sketches and observations at Pak Thale, Thailand in...
View ArticleTalking-Naturally: Spoon-billed Sandpiper podcast
Written by BirdLife Community One of the most challenging issues faced by conservationists working to save the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper from extinction has been establishing...
View ArticleSpoony wins hearts and votes from Disney’s Friends for Change
Written by BirdLife Community ‘Saving Spoony’s Chinese Wetlands’, BirdLife’s project to save two key resting and feeding sites used by Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China, has...
View ArticleAuction Success for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper
In late January David A. Sibley, the well recognized wildlife artist from the United States, posted a news about an auction for his original Spoon-billed Sandpiper painting. As he wrote "100% of the...
View ArticleEmergency mission to save remarkable bird from extinction
Written by WWT An international team of conservationists has flown out to the Russian Far East on an emergency mission to help save one of the world’s rarest birds from extinction. The Spoon-billed...
View ArticleBirdLife Species Champions strike gold in Chukotka
Written by BirdLife Community Heritage Expeditions – a BirdLife Species Champion supporting Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation through the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme – struck gold this...
View ArticleFirst Spoon-billed Sandpiper chicks hatch in captivity
Written by Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust The first critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper to hatch in captivity in the world was always going to be a spectacular sight, but when a Heritage...
View ArticleSpoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force News Bulletin No. 6
Written by Dr Christoph Zöckler Please find the recent SBS newsletter: SBS_TF_newsletter_no6_august.pdf Download this file Thanks to all those who have contributed to this issue and please pass on to...
View ArticleNews just in from Yangkou, China
Written by Craig Brelsford News just in from Yangkou, China is that there has been between 5 & 9 adult Spoon billed Sandpipers present this past week. The birds have been seen on the rising tide,...
View ArticleNew Flyway Network Site: ‘Yubu-do Tidal Flat’ in Seocheon County, Republic of...
Written by EAAFP Based on the recommendation of the Secretariat and review panel, the ‘Yubu-do Tidal Flat’ in Seocheon County is now designated in the Flyway Site Network (FSN) as an internationally...
View ArticleSaving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper: the motion picture
Written by WWT Readers of this blog will be familiar with the story, and we are delighted to announce that our feature-length film of the epic 2011 expedition to Chukotka is available. From the...
View ArticleRussian conservation trials pave way for Spoon-billed Sandpiper recovery
Posted by by Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper An Anglo-Russian team has successfully trialled conservation methods that will pave the way for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers to be...
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