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Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary
Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary (OIWS) is a low-lying island surrounded by extensive intertidal sandflats, mangroves, seagrass beds, coral reefs and islets and is one of six sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention in the Philippines. It is one of the most important areas in the country for significant numbers of […]
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Hand-reared Spoon-billed Sandpiper seen in Thailand
Posted on: March 12, 2014 Report by Birdguides The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is one of the rarest birds in the world and consequently is one of the most difficult to find once it leaves its known breeding area for the winter months. Last week, birdwatcher Peter Ericsson photographed one on wetlands at Pak Thale, Thailand. The […]
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Northbound Crane Migration
The passing of winter and prospect of spring brings a northbound migration of Cranes, en route to breeding grounds. Updates from dedicated crane conservation groups and volunteer monitors across the region provide valuable insights into the crane movements alerting conservationists to any significant changes and threats. It is with keen attention that the members of […]
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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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Wild Migratory Waterbirds are the Victims of Bird Flu, not the Cause
As a new bird flu outbreak hits domestic duck farms in North Jeolla province in Korea this week, we are hearing the usual speculation and misinformation about the role of migratory waterbirds in the transmission of the disease. Mild, so-called Low Pathogenic, strains of avian influenza (LPAI) occur naturally in populations of wild and domestic […]
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North-East Asian Sub-regional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) called the expert group meeting for key migratory birds
The North-East Asian Sub-regional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) organized the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) Conservation and Rehabilitation of Habitats for Key Migratory Birds in North-East Asia on 10-11 October 2013 in Incheon, Republic of Korea, to bring together national experts and other stakeholders to review subregional and national challenges related to the conservation of […]
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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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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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GFN Bohai Report 2013 Published
Report by Global Flyway Network The GFN Bohai Report 2013 reports on the field work of Red Knot northward migration through Bohai Bay in China from April to June 2013. A total of 4,615 marked shorebirds in EAAF was recorded including 613 sightings of colourbanded birds from North West Australia. Bohai Bay is of […]
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Global Importance of China’s tidal-flats for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recognised
Shanghai, (Seoul, Tokyo, Moscow, London, Berlin, Denver) 29 October 2013 A survey of the Chinese coastline by the conservation network “SBS in China” supported by 15 waterbird experts from the international Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) Task Force (1) confirms the outstanding international conservation importance of intertidal wetlands in Jiangsu Province. The survey, conducted from October 15th-19th […]
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