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The ‘Monument’ Spoon-billed Sandpiper ‘01’ returns to Rudong
Author: Christoph Zöckler (SBS Task Force Coordinator) The male Spoon-billed Sandpiper ‘01’ has bred not far from the village Meinypilgyno in Chukotka, Russia since at least 2010, but possibly for much longer. It is named ‘monument’ SBS as it always breeds near an old monument set up by the villagers, but as it happens, the bird’s […]
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EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Newsletter for No.12 August 2014 published
Congratulations! The EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) is ten years old now. SBS TF has published its 12th newsletter in August 2014. This special issue covers 1) SBS-activities in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar, 2) SBS surveys and illegal mist netting surveys in SW Guangdong, China, 3) Spring activities in Rudong, China, 4) Spring Survey […]
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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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Searching for ‘Spoonies’ in Rudong , China
Posted on: June 29, 2014 Report by Bushwings Twenty minutes after high tide on the 2nd May 2014, I stepped onto the mudflats at Dongtai, Rudong, north east of Shanghai. For the next twenty-two days our mission was to search for the highly endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper. The tide here retreats at walking pace […]
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Coming Event of 2014 Taiwan Birdathon
Posted on: May 15, 2014 Report by South West Coast Scenic Area The “2014 Taiwan Birdathon” is a 30 hour birdwatching race, to be held on 1-2 Nov 2014 in Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan City. The event is organised by Southwest Coast National Scenic Area Administration in collaboration with the Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Alishan National […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpipers Winter 2013-2014
Author: Philip D. Round Report by Bird Conservation Society of Thailand The following is a round-up of the Winter events from the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand: “This was an eventful winter in the precarious history of the declining population of Spoon-billed Sandpipers. An International Workshop, hosted by BCST, was held at the Ban Khung Nam […]
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More sightings of Spoon-billed Sandpiper ‘AA’
Birder Mike Buckland was one of those lucky enough to have the chance to watch Spoon-billed Sandpiper wintering in Thailand, and even more so to see one of the successfully hand-reared birds. Prior to the story posted by WWT and Birdguides, we were contacted by Mr Buckland following his positive identification of bird ‘AA’ at […]
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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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Making The Welcome Warmer
Posted on: January 22, 2014 Author: Amorn Liukeeratiyutkul, Gawin Chutima & Philip D. Round Report by Bangkok Post Greater efforts will be needed, both at home and abroad, to prevent the extinction of a plucky little bird which breeds in Russia and then makes a marathon annual migration to Southeast Asia Does it […]
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A hand-reared sandpiper travels 8,000km
Report by Wildlifeextra.com November 2013; A rare hand-reared spoon-billed sandpiper has been spotted for the first time in the wild, more than 8,000km from where it was released in Russia. Twenty-five of the critically endangered birds have been raised over two years by an Anglo-Russia conservation team on the Russian tundra, before being released to […]
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