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Satellite Tracking Project 2015 Update from GFN
The GFN Satellite Telemetry Team It is now 16 days since the first Great Knot carrying a satellite transmitter (PTT) left Roebuck Bay for the first leg of its migration to the breeding grounds. It has now been joined by six more all winging their way north, six are on the Chinese coast and one […]
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Result of the International Black-faced Spoonbill Census 2015
Yat-tung Yu, Coordinator, EAAFP Black-faced Spoonbill Working Group The 2015 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census was carried out between 16-18 January. A total of 3,272 individuals was recorded. This is 546 birds more than last year’s record 2,726 and represents an increase of 20% from 2014. It is a new high figure for the species, and the […]
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The New Dove of Peace
John MacKinnon The dove of peace is still white and still carries an olive branch but it is rather large and has a curious long spoon-shaped bill! The Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor is one of the world’s most endangered bird species. A few years ago there were only a few hundred surviving but thanks to […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force: News Bulletin No.13, February 2015
The 13th Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) News Bulletin is downloadable here. The contents are as below. To read previous news bulletins and find out more about Spoon-billed Sandpiper, please visit our SBS TF page. Foreword from the Editor Russkaya Koshka expedition June 2014 – first positive trends in the breeding grounds Ringing SBS at stopover […]
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EAAFP MOP8, Kushiro, Japan, 16-21 January 2015
The Eighth Meeting of Partners (MOP8) of EAAFP was held on 16-21 January in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, hosted by Kushiro City and the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. Of EAAFP’s 34 Partners, 29 attended the meeting, including representatives of 16 of the 17 Country Partners. With members of Working Groups and Task Forces, and observers, the total number […]
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EAAFP Information Brochure 2015 has been published
The latest version of EAAFP Information Brochure in English is downloadable now here. It includes newly joined partners, updated list of Flyway Site Network, activities took place in 2014 and other news. New Partners: Myanmar, Vietnam, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity New Flyway Network Site : 1 Mongolia, 2 Japan, 3 Myanmar, 2 Thailand, 1 Australia New Activities: Arctic Migratory […]
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Myanmar Conservation Group Protects Endangered Bird Species
Author: Logan Linnane As the level of human and infrastructural development in Myanmar continually climbs, the status of the republic’s wildlife looks bleak more than ever. The Spoon-Billed Sandpiper is one of the world’s most Critically Endangered birds, with a population falling below 500 members. While the drop in population couldn’t be any more […]
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Singapore Intertidal Zone Conservation Symposium
A two-day Symposium on Intertidal Conservation in Southeast Asia was held at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (SBWR) in Singapore on 12-13 June 2014, co-hosted by BirdLife International, the National Parks Board, the National University of Singapore’s Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL/NUS), and the Nature Society of Singapore. The Symposium aimed to raise awareness […]
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2014 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society has announced preliminary results of the 2014 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census. A total of 2,726 individuals was recorded, showing an increase of just 1 individual (0.04%) since to the previous year. Despite this being a new high for the species, such a small increase is a concern. Taiwan remains […]
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Rare migratory bird spotted in Olango Wildlife Sanctuary
Posted on: December 13, 2013 Author: Jose Santino S. Bunachita Report by INQUIRER.net Staffers of the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary (OIWS) in Lapu-Lapu City reported the presence in the area of a rare and endangered migratory bird. The bird, a black-faced spoonbill, was spotted last Nov. 26. In his report, OIWS assistant superintendent Reginaldo […]
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