From the IUCN WCC 2016
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat I am writing this from the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, a gathering of several thousand conservation and environmental organizations and individuals, convened every four years under the auspices of IUCN. A packed program of interactive events over the first five days included a session hosted by EAAFP and […]
Continue readingWorld Shorebirds Day 2016
Tomorrow – 6 September – is the World Shorebirds Day! It is an annual celebration of shorebirds, those extreme migrants, as well as people, who do the most for them. The Global Shorebird Counting Program (2-6 September 2016) is one of the key events of the World Shorebirds Day, an effort to raise awareness about the importance of regular […]
Continue readingEAAFP pre-MOP9 meeting: Shorebird Working Group and Far Eastern Curlew Task Force
Rick Lanctot, Shorebird Working Group Chair Mark Carey, Far Eastern Curlew Task Force Chair A one day meeting focused on the Shorebird Working Group and the Far Eastern Curlew Task Force prior to the EAAFP MOP9 meeting in Singapore will be held on 10 January 2017. For the Shorebird Working Group portion of the meeting, the Chair is looking […]
Continue readingThai Spoon-billed Sandpiper site being developed
Birdguides 29 July 2016 A key wintering site for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers in the Bay of Bangkok is currently being filled in to make way for a solar farm. Situated in the Samut Sakhon province to the south-west of Bangkok, the saltpans at Khok Kham [EAAF122] are world-renowned among the birding world for holding large numbers […]
Continue readingBaer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri)
Terry Townshend from Birding Beijing Latest updates: 14 April 2016: 83 counted at a lake in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. A video of some of the birds: 9 April 2016 6 at Miyun Reservoir before the observer was ejected by police. 20 March 2016 A pair at the Summer Palace (JH) A pair at Miyun Reservoir (TT, […]
Continue readingNew migratory shorebirds plan to help protect some of Australia’s favourite overseas visitors
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for the Environment, Government of Australia Press release The Australian Government is today launching a new plan to help protect 35 species of shorebirds that regularly travel thousands of kilometres to visit our shores. Shorebirds such as the female Bar-tailed Godwit match the incredible long-haul range of an Airbus A380. We […]
Continue readingUrgent action to save shorebirds set for extinction in 30 years
Birdlife Australia Press release Today’s Shorebird Summit will agree on ambitious action to halt Australia’s looming shorebird extinction crisis. Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt will address international representatives local conservation groups and scientific experts who are meeting in Melbourne today to urgently address the massive population decline of migratory shorebirds who call Australia home. “These […]
Continue readingBaer’s Pochard Task Force organises surveys for the 2016 breeding season
Richard Hearn Baer’s Pochard Task Force Global Coordinator Our current knowledge of the summer distribution of Baer’s Pochard is extremely limited; the species is known to occur regularly at fewer than five sites. These birds account for a small proportion of the number counted in winter 2014-15, when a minimum of 238 individuals were located. […]
Continue readingScience officer attends shorebirds related meetings in Australia
EAAFP Secretariat Judit Szabo, Science Officer of the EAAFP Secretariat participated in the Migratory Shorebird Conservation Planning Summit and formal launch of the Wildlife Conservation Plan for Migratory Shorebirds organized by BirdLife Australia on 7 April 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. Besides several partners and colleagues from Yellow Sea Task Force, Monitoring Task Force, Australian and […]
Continue readingWedge-tailed shearwaters and the killer weeds of Big Island
Ann Jones Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) On a rocky island off the coast of Wollongong, grasses and weeds are strangling bird colonies to death. The wedge-tailed shearwaters of Big Island are in deep trouble, but as Ann Jones discovers, there’s hope for them yet. A fat muttonbird chick is pulled from a burrow. It looks […]
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