Slimbridge Spoonies: A Quick Update
30 Apr 2018
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The seven females and their partners seem settled in their breeding aviaries… but will they lay eggs? ‘Time-shifting’ the Spoonies, by six weeks, has so far, led to many birds acquiring breeding plumage six weeks sooner. With the beginning of territorial singing coin
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Latest Newsletter from the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force
06 Apr 2018
You wont find a more in-depth or compelling compilation of Spoon-billed Sandpiper news any where else! Discover recent sightings along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Find out more about Spoon-billed sandpiper migration and tagging efforts to aid field surveys. Read the latest on
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Slimbridge Spoonies: In the snow!
20 Mar 2018
Although not everyone has enjoyed the extra snow this weekend, the Spoonies at Slimbridge are having the time of their lives! We thought you’d like to see some of the snowy scenes at the Spoon-billed Sandpiper facility brought by the ‘Beast from the East’ at the start of March and in
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Slimbridge Spoonies- A Quick Update
27 Feb 2018
Since the decision was made to time-shift the Spoonies (bring the breeding season forward by altering day length) things have been a little apprehensive in the polytunnels… so has it paid off? For most of their lives the Spoonies have experienced artificial day lengths, using ar
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Slimbridge Spoonies: New Year, New Hope.
12 Feb 2018
Preparations for next season are well underway! Here’s a brief summary of what the Spoonies have been up to post breeding season. Since our last update in July the captive Spoonies (and the team) have been very busy indeed. Once it was established the breeding season was over the bird
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