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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Continue readingWorld Heritage Committee Meets in Cracow: Hope for the Yellow Sea
Bonn, 3 July 2017 Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) The 41st session of the World Heritage Committee is taking place in Cracow, Poland from 2 to 12 July 2017. Like every year, the representatives from 21 States Parties to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage will […]
Continue readingA Conservation Success in Minjiang River Estuary
Co-operation by WWF and The People’s Government of Changle City, Fujian Province, China 7 July 2017 Fion Cheung, WWF-Hong Kong WWF-Hong Kong has been co-operating with The People’s Government of Changle City in Fujian Province and Fujian Minjiang River Estuary Wetland National Nature Reserve (the Reserve), in a successful 5-year project to develop the management […]
Continue readingNews from Kamchatka, June-July 2017: learn about “Green”
11 July 2017 Global Flyway Ecology – Team Piersma The Global Flyway Network Great Knots wearing satellite transmitters that were issued in NW Australia, have started their southward migration back to Australia! Two Great Knots choose to stage at Shchastya Bay, and two in estuaries in W Kamchatka. Very excitingly, one Great Knot, nick-named “Green” […]
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