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News from the Field: Eggs hatched and release pen ready to go
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on July 17, 201713 July 2017 Roland Digby, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper At 15:30hrs on 10 July, our 30th and last chick hatched! Although we didn’t…
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News from the Field: Hatching update from 3 July
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on July 17, 20173 July 2017 Roland Digby, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper On 1 July, clutch A pipped and were all moved from the Hemel incubator…
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News from the Field: 38 eggs!
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on June 30, 201729 June 2017 Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper On 24 June, the final clutch of eggs was collected from the plain at…
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Two of the eggs at Slimbridge are fertile and developing well
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat 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 Secretariat 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 Secretariat 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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News from the field: First eggs collected in Russia
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on June 16, 201615 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Egg collection at Meinypil’gyno is underway and another headstarted bird has been spotted – White E7, headstarted just last year. The first…
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Spoon-billed Sandpipers have finally laid eggs at WWT Slimbridge!
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on June 14, 2016Posted on: 14 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Two weeks ago we updated you on some positive signs that the captive population at WWT Slimbridge might breed…
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