05 November 2016
Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Just a quick update to let you all know that ET, the satellite tagged Spoon-billed Sandpiper who yesterday, was just south of the island of Hainan, has flown across Vietnam, Laos and most of Thailand today! The last fix from her came in at 14:09 (UTC, 21:09 local time) showing her to be about 250 km north of Bangkok and about 150 km from Thailand’s western border with Myanmar. That’s a journey of over 1000 km in just less than 24 hours!

We hope your journey continues safely ET.

ET’s journey continues from the the island of Hainan to western Thailand. Last fix at 14:09 (UTC) on 5 Nov 2016. (Map data © 2016 Google, SK telecom Imagery © 2016 TerraMetrics)

UPDATE @ 16:46 UTC

In the time it took to post that last blog she crossed the border! So yes, she definitely was heading to Myanmar.

ET’s makes it to Myanmar! Last fix at 15:05 (UTC) on 5 Nov 2016. (Map data © 2016 Google, SK telecom Imagery © 2016 TerraMetrics)

Original article: http://www.saving-spoon-billed-sandpiper.com/2016/11/all/is-et-heading-for-myanmar-1000km-closer-in-the-last-24-hours/

For more information on Spoon-billed Sandpiper, visit  the EAAFP SBS Task Force page.

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