Cannon-Netting Shorebirds at Broome Bird Observatory (26 June 2016)
Written by Patrick Walters, Bachelor of Natural Resources & Education La Trobe University, Bendigo Edited by Chris Hassell La Trobe University, Broome Bird Observatory staff and experienced volunteers rallied out the front of the main office of the BBO where Chris Hassell, Global flyway Network Ornithologist, met us for the great shorebird cannon-netting briefing. We […]
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Opportunistic breeding and habitat restoration
Spike Millington, Chief Executive It’s summer in the Republic of Korea. Not many waterbirds are migrating, but quite a few are in the middle of their breeding season. Not far from the Secretariat office in Songdo, an area of reclaimed land with shallow pools and some emergent coastal vegetation supports large colonies of Saunders’s Gulls […]
Continue readingNews from the field: Chicks, chicks and more chicks
8 July 2016 By Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper The team reached their target of collecting 36 eggs and within days, 22 of those eggs hatched! The chicks are doing well and should all be ready for a single release in a few weeks time. Last time we heard from Roland he reported that […]
Continue reading中国沿海出现了一条“新长城”！
Read in English: Qineng Shi 越来越多的海堤被用于海边围垦、围海造地，这条水泥“长城”延绵覆盖了中国60%的海岸线。为各地政府带来丰厚经济回报的同时，对滨海湿地的围垦也带来了严重的生态危机：水鸟濒临灭绝，湿地生态退化，外来物种入侵…… 本文的撰写出版经历了长达数月的采访与研究。采访与引用的对象包括NGO的主管（如EAAFP），中国的政府官员，中外研究湿地或候鸟的专家，以及义务保护珍稀鸟类的志愿者。 信息资源: 中国的滨海湿地 – Chinese National Geography (in Chinese)
Continue readingHatching and heartbreak for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper captive breeding programme
7 July 2016 By Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper From elation to devastation. Over the last few days, the two viable eggs at Slimbridge successfully hatched producing two perfect looking Spoon-billed Sandpiper chicks. The chicks seemed to do well initially but their health deteriorated and within 60 hours of hatching both chicks died. The viable […]
Continue readingThe Kapar Declaration: The Future of Kapar Ash Ponds
EAAFP Secretariat On June 25th, Spike Millington, Chief Executive of the EAAFP, participated in the Asian Waterbird Census Seminar – Charting the Future of Malaysia’s Most Important Migratory Waterbird Roost Site: the Kapar Power Station Ash Ponds, held at the headquarters of the Malaysian Nature Society in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was and brought together different […]
Continue readingBaer’s Pochard breeding success
5 July 2016 Terry Townshend, Birding Beijing Last weekend I visited the Baer’s Pochard breeding site in Hebei Province with Dr Wu Lan, a post-doc researcher from Beijing Forestry University, and visiting South African birder, Derrick Wilby. Our key aims were first, to try to see Baer’s Pochard and, second, to establish whether breeding had taken […]
Continue readingConserving Coastal Wetlands to Address Climate Change
22 June 2016 The Paulson Institute The China Coastal Wetland Conservation Network’s second annual meeting, a training workshop on climate change and coastal wetlands, took place on June 22 in Shenzhen. The event was jointly organized by the Paulson Institute, the Wetland Conservation Management Center of the State Forestry Administration of China, and the Forestry […]
Continue readingYeongjongdo Mudflat and its migratory birds, an ecosystem we should preserve together
– Corporates, government, environmental organizations join forces for the conservation of Yeongjongdo Mudflat, Republic of Korea, and its migratory waterbirds – Green United Incheon A food provider for over 20,000 migratory shorebirds including Far Eastern Curlews and Sandpipers, habitat for crabs; a workplace for fishermen who make their living by hunting octopuses and clams; an […]
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