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The Yellow Sea: The Highest Conservation Priority In East Asia
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat 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 Secretariat 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 Secretariat 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 Secretariat 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 Secretariat 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 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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Lest we forget the tragedy that was Saemangeum, South Korea 10 years ago
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on June 14, 20165 June 2016 Wader Quest Ten years ago, one of the biggest environmental tragedies of all time occurred. If you have not heard of Saemangeum that is a…
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