• News from the field: Chick of headstarted pair spotted

    Posted on July 31, 2017

    29 July 2017 Roland Digby, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper On the 24 July, Ivan reported seeing a Spoon-billed Sandpiper with a white leg flag around 200m north of the release pen. Being aware that the headstarted pair White 0C and U6 had recently hatched two chicks (Light green U6 and Light green V6) from a […]

    Continue reading

  • Position Vacant – Programme Officer

    Posted on July 28, 2017

    EAST ASIAN–AUSTRALASIAN FLYWAY PARTNERSHIP POSITION VACANT – PROGRAMME OFFICER The East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) is the major international framework established for the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitat in the flyway. The Flyway Partnership exists to enhance collaboration on the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats as international cooperation is essential to protect […]

    Continue reading

  • Cannon Netting Report (23 July 2017)

    Posted on July 27, 2017

    23 July 2017 Chris Hassell, Global Flyway Network (GFN) I sort of think Whistling Kites are OK (at the moment). The plan for this catch day was set at Richard’s Point where there would be a small flock of shorebirds (as on the 2 reccy days) then one twinkle from Wader Beach and everything lands in front […]

    Continue reading

  • China maps its goals for coastal clean-up

    Posted on July 25, 2017

    13 July 2017 Zhang Chun, Chinadialogue The new Marine Five-Year Plan outlines proposals for cleaner seas and better-managed coastlines, reports Zhang Chun In May, China’s central government published its marine strategy for the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), setting out broad aims and, for the first time, some binding targets. The Five-Year Plan’s (FYP) marine economic development plan […]

    Continue reading

  • CCAfa Director Tian Zhiwei – The Legendary Chinese Bird Saver

    Posted on July 25, 2017

    Linda Wong, Jinfeng Zhou, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) Secretariat Zhiwei Tian’s path to becoming a legendary saviour of wild bird began with an accidental encounter 13 years ago. In October of 2004, Zhiwei heard that a big white bird was poisoned by toxic bait during its migration. As a sympathetic veteran […]

    Continue reading

  • News from the Field: Moving to the release aviary and the obligatory bear photo

    Posted on July 21, 2017

    20 July 2017 Roland Digby, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper On Friday 14 July, we finally got the first couple of broods of birds out into the release aviary. Because of the storm we couldn’t put the birds out as early as we’d hoped (Wednesday 12 July), so the first couple of broods were a bit […]

    Continue reading

  • What’s happening at Slimbridge?

    Posted on July 20, 2017

    19 July 2017 Baz Hughes, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper I think you might have all realised that there’s been a bit of blog silence on the Slimbridge spoonies so it’s time to update you. Put bluntly, we didn’t get eggs this year, but it wasn’t for lack of trying! Moult into summer plumage commenced in […]

    Continue reading

  • Heavy rain brings debris to Higashiyoka-higata, Saga, Japan: A letter from Saga City

    Posted on July 20, 2017

    EAAFP Secretariat A series of heavy rains in the northern part of Kyushu Island, Japan early this month caused landslides and flooding, resulting in at least 31 deaths with a number of people still unaccounted for. The total rainfall of 778 mm in 9 hours in Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture was equivalent to the highest […]

    Continue reading

  • Cannon Netting Report (15 July 2017)

    Posted on July 18, 2017

    17 July 2017 Chris Hassell, Global Flyway Network (GFN) I still really don’t like Whistling Kites. But this time they didn’t stop a catch being made but they did make life difficult for the birds and us at release. Eventually we kept over 100 birds and let them go on dusk when the kites had finally […]

    Continue reading

  • Protection of an important wetland

    Posted on July 17, 2017

    20 June 2017 KfW Development Bank On the Chinese high plain around the megacities of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the Hengshui Lake [EAAF085] forms a significant retreat for rare species of birds and a habitat for many fish. On behalf of the German Federal Government, KfW promotes the management of a protection zone at the […]

    Continue reading