2017 Biodiversity Forum in Incheon
Dong-koo Yun, Deputy Cheif Executive of EAAFP Secretariat The 2017 Biodiversity Forum in Incheon was held in Incheon, 24th of August, and hosted by the Incheon Metropolitan City and co-hosted by the Local Sustainability Alliance of INCHEON, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (lCLEI) Korea Office. The theme of the forum was ‘Cities […]
Continue readingCannon Netting Report (27 August 2017)
27 August 2017 Chris Hassell, Global Flyway Network (GFN) Well this was going to be about the 2 W’s (nowhere near as good as the 3 W’s. Only for cricket tragics that one). Whistling Kites and wind. However that has changed and I think most of this report will only be to interest of people […]
Continue readingMinseon’s farewell
28 August 2017 Spike Millington, Chief Executive of EAAFP Ms. Minseon Kim has been the heartbeat of the EAAFP Secretariat, the reassuring presence since her arrival in 2009 when the Secretariat set up in Songdo, Incheon. She has always been a diligent worker, but what I have noticed since my arrival in 2012 is a […]
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Migration of the Bar-tailed Godwit Y5RBRL
23 August 2017 Global Flyway Ecology – Team Piersma Ginny (Ying Chi) Chan, Theunis Piersma and Chris Hassell from Royal NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Global Flyway Network Australia, report: This is a story about the ten thousand kilometer journey of a Bar-tailed Godwit, travelling between the tropics […]
Continue readingCannon Netting Report (13 August 2017)
13 August 2017 Chris Hassell, Global Flyway Network (GFN) Whistling Kites are fine, what’s all the fuss about? Black and Brahminy Kites aren’t my favourites though. I probably owe the participants in this week’s catch a few more words than last week. I am rarely confident of catching when we set on Wader Beach as it is […]
Continue readingLittle Stint invasion at Chaun Delta, Chukotka: please keep your eyes out for color-banded birds
21 August 2017 Diana Solovyeva, EAAFP Scaly-sided Merganser Task Force Coordinator The breeding range of the Little Stint Calidris minuta ranges along the Arctic coast west of Kolyma Delta, Yakutia to approx. 160o E. Invasions of breeding birds to the east of the known breeding range are rare events. At Chaun Delta, Chukotka, 170o E, the […]
Continue readingCannon Netting Report (6 August 2017)
6 August 2017 Chris Hassell, Global Flyway Network (GFN) Whistling Kites are fine, what’s all the fuss about? I am a bit behind with work. A picture paints a thousand words. There is a point when I have to cut down on saying how fantastic all the volunteers are (even though they are completely fantastic). More […]
Continue readingCannon Netting Report (23 July 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 readingCannon Netting Report (15 July 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 […]
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Protection of an important wetland
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 […]
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