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Overview of Kamchatka field season 2017: timing of post-breeding migration suggests Arabian Gulf Great Knot “EI” had a successful breeding season, and many other stories
Dmitry Dorofeev Researcher in All-Russian Research Institute for Environmental Protection and PhD student in Moscow State University (Continue reading in Russian: Исследование куликов в эстуарии рек Хайрюзова-Белоголовая) In the middle of August we finished our field season of 2017 and returned from Khairusova-Belogolovaya estuary in Western Kamchatka. Unfortunately this year we could not involve foreign […]
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Bridled Terns (Onychoprion anaethetus) ringed in Hong Kong
Ivy So, Wetland and Fauna Conservation Officer (Ornithology) Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Hong Kong Special Administrative Region In order to learn more about the movement, survival, biometrics, etc. of the relatively less studied breeding terns in Hong Kong, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of the Hong Kong Government ringed and attached color flags […]
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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 […]
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Cannon 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 […]
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Minseon’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 […]
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Cannon 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 […]
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Little 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 […]
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Cannon 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 […]
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Wader Quest the newsletter July 2017
Wader Quest the newsletter is the main publication of Wader Quest, which is a charity that aims to involve local groups and communities in Wader conservation. The latest issue of July 2017 has recently been published. Below are some relevant news to EAAF and examples of conservation activities among the full of interesting stories: Technology coming to the aid […]
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