Important Spoon-billed Sandpiper location becomes Myanmar’s 6th Ramsar site!
30 May 2020
2 Comments
An update from Christoph Zöckler When in 2006 the second winter search Expedition of the SBS Task Force found eight Spoon-billed Sandpiper in Teknaf at the southern tip of Bangladesh, we looked across to Myanmar and dreamt of going there to continue our search. Gillian Bunting, the GI
Continue Reading →
Slimbridge Spoonies: Happy 1st Birthday to the Chicks!
27 May 2020
An update from Tanya Grigg We thought you would like to hear how the 2019-hatched Spoonies are getting on as we celebrate their first birthday today! On 20th March this year we moved the birds from their wintering aviary to their summer accommodation which is exactly the same as the a
Continue Reading →
22nd SBS Task Force Newsletter
20 May 2020
An update from Christoph Zöckler Dear all, Some weekend reading during the lockdown! Please find newsletter No 22: https://www.m-h-s.org/en/information/news-about-the-spoon-billed-sandpiper/ Thank you for your contributions and enjoy reading! Christoph Dr Christoph Zöckler SBS TF Coor
Continue Reading →
News from the Field: 2020 update and 2019 reminiscence
13 May 2020
The Corona virus pandemic has changed life as we know it. Every person on this earth is adjusting and adapting to these ever changing circumstances, and the team behind the survey and headstarting expeditions to Meinopylgyno (aka Meino) are doing all they can to proceed with this vita
Continue Reading →
Slimbridge Spoonies: 2020 update
06 May 2020
This year the majority of the captive Spoonies will be eight years old. Being generation zero of the captive population (the first Spoon-billed Sandpipers to be brought into captivity) you could consider this quite an achievement, for the birds and for the staff caring for them. Over
Continue Reading →
Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper
© Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust 2012