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Farmers choose solar farm over our endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers
Posted by eaafp on August 16, 2016Phuket Gazette 29 July 2016 Land is prepared for construction of a solar farm in Samut Sakhon to meet its…
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BANCA’s Annual Report 2015
Posted by eaafp on August 11, 2016Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA)‘s Annual Report 2015 has recently been published. Click here to read it in PDF file.
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The Yellow Sea: The Highest Conservation Priority In East Asia
Posted by eaafp on August 5, 201631 July 2016 Birding Beijing In the fun company of Paul Holt and Marie Louise, I have just made my 15th visit to Nanpu, a small…
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News from the field: And they’re off!
Posted by eaafp on July 28, 201627 July 2016 By Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Yesterday, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper headstarting programme successfully released 30 fledglings. That’s the most in a single year…
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News from the field: One more week until release
Posted by eaafp on July 25, 201621 July 2016 By Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper There are now 30 chicks thriving under the team’s care and living in the release aviary. The chicks have one…
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News from the field: Chicks, chicks and more chicks
Posted by eaafp on July 11, 20168 July 2016 By Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper The team reached their target of collecting 36 eggs and within days, 22 of those eggs hatched!…
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Hatching and heartbreak for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper captive breeding programme
Posted by eaafp on July 7, 20167 July 2016 By Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper From elation to devastation. Over the last few days, the two viable eggs at Slimbridge successfully hatched producing…
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Two of the eggs at Slimbridge are fertile and developing well
Posted by eaafp on June 27, 201623 June 2016 By Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper On Tuesday, the eggs at Slimbridge were candled (tested for fertility) and at…
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News from the field: An almost full incubator, a breakdown and T8!
Posted by eaafp on June 27, 201625 June 2016 by Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper A quick update to let you know that the team in Russia now has 32 eggs, not all the collection…
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News from the field: More eggs and some good and bad news from the western oil drills
Posted by eaafp on June 20, 201618 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Pink left, a headstarted bird from the 2014 breeding season, spotted at…
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