Meinypil’gyno Archives

News from the field: Final update from Roland

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on August 7, 2017

4 August 2017 Roland Digby, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper This will be my last update because, as I type, I’m finally waiting for…

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All hands on deck: the 2017 breeding season is imminent

Posted by EAAFP communications on May 29, 2017

26 May 2017 Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper It’s that time of year again! The monitoring and headstarting team have…

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Why ET, HU or CT might lead us to missing spoonie sites

Posted by EAAFP communications on November 28, 2016

15 November 2016 Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper With the third Spoon-billed Sandpiper…

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News from the field: And they’re off!

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on July 28, 2016

27 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 Secretariat on July 25, 2016

21 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 Secretariat on July 11, 2016

8 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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News from the field: An almost full incubator, a breakdown and T8!

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on June 27, 2016

25 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, 2016

18 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, 2016

15 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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News from the field: Dry conditions, a bear and the first photos

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on June 14, 2016

Posted on: 11 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper As reported in the last blog, conditions this year are unusually warm and dry. While these conditions have…

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