Saving Songdo Namdong Reservoir saves our internationally shared Black-faced Spoonbill in the Flyway
Despite the rapid loss of intertidal mudflats and mudflats due to rapid urban development in the last two decades, the small area of Songdo (Gojan) mudflats in Incheon still supports numerous migratory waterbirds breeding and wintering during the migrations along the flyway. Many migratory shorebirds including Bar-tailed Godwit, which fly non-stop from Australia and New […]
Continue readingLest we forget the tragedy that was Saemangeum, South Korea 10 years ago
5 June 2016 Wader Quest Ten years ago, one of the biggest environmental tragedies of all time occurred. If you have not heard of Saemangeum that is a real tragedy in itself; that name should be etched on the lips of everyone who cares about the environment, birds and especially waders. The estuary at Saemangeum […]
Continue readingSpoon-billed Sandpipers have finally laid eggs at WWT Slimbridge!
Posted on: 14 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Two weeks ago we updated you on some positive signs that the captive population at WWT Slimbridge might breed this year. Now we have the great pleasure to tell you that WE HAVE EGGS, the first captive Spoon-billed Sandpiper eggs in history. We have been nervously […]
Continue readingEggs mean fresh hope for Spoon-billed Sandpipers
Media Release Media release issued on behalf of Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), BirdLife International, ArcCona Consulting and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force One of the world’s rarest birds has a new hope: it’s laid eggs in captivity for […]
Continue readingNews from the field: Dry conditions, a bear and the first photos
Posted on: 11 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper As reported in the last blog, conditions this year are unusually warm and dry. While these conditions have been good for breeding habitat in some low-level areas, conditions are too dry in many of the key areas used by breeding Spoon-billed Sandpipers in recent years at […]
Continue readingNews from the field: Birds returning to the breeding site discovered in 2015
Posted on: 08 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Our latest update comes Evgeny Syroechkovskiy, Director of Birds Russia and Head of the Arctic Biodiversity Conservation Centre of the All-Russian Institute for Nature Conservation. Evgeny reports that although spring came early on the breeding grounds this year with relatively warm weather in the first half […]
Continue readingNews from the field: White MA is back!
Posted on: 03 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper As mentioned in the last blog, we were really hoping to see the Spoon-billed Sandpiper marked White MA (white leg-flag engraved with the letters MA) this year. He was headstarted by Roland and the team in 2013, has been seen and photographed in the flyway, and returned […]
Continue readingRadio Series on EAAF
A series of radio shows by ABC and BBC with Ann Jones on shorebirds and the threats to them along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway (EAAF) is available this month. Listen to the radio shows here: Life on the East Asian Flyway Background story: Flying for your life: The journey begins on Off Track Guests include: Chris Hassel (Global Flyway Network), Dr […]
Continue readingThe fifth headstarting expedition is underway and love is in the air at Slimbridge (possibly…)
Posted on: 2 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper We have just heard that Roland (The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust: WWT) has arrived safely in Meinypil’gyno, Chukotka, along with colleagues from Birds Russia, to begin the 2016 expedition to monitor and ‘headstart’ Spoon-billed Sandpipers at this important breeding site. It’s a long journey from Slimbridge, via London […]
Continue readingNational Environmental Science Programme Marine Biodiversity Hub – Underpinning the repair of Australia’s saltmarshes
Dr Mark Carey, Australian Department of the Environment Saltmarshes and other coastal tidal wetlands – the continuum between the ocean, mangroves and our freshwater resources – are often forgotten. In developed areas much is lost or isolated as wastelands and their values are not always appreciated. Under the Marine Biodiversity Hub a functional approach […]
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