Headstarting is a collaborative effort between WWT, BirdsRussia and the RSPB, and occurs as part of the International Arctic Expedition mounted each year by BirdsRussia under the leadership of Dr. Evgeny Syroechkovskiy.

Date:23 Oct 2016

David Melville

David Melville

David Melville

David has been working on shorebirds and wetland conservation in the East Asian – Australasian Flyway for more than 40 years – he ringed his first two spoon-billed sandpipers in Hong Kong in 1980 at a time when the species was still a regular, but uncommon, spring migrant. Currently based in New Zealand, he spends several months each year studying shorebirds along China’s Yellow Sea coast. He joined the Nanjing Normal University SBS ringing team in Jiangsu in 2015 and 2016.

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18 Oct

Incredible and moving footage of Spoonie's 05 and P7 in the Inner Gulf of #Thailand. An homage to this little bird flying towards extinction, and to our host country for its critical role in the race to save it and secure a future for Spoonies #SaveSpoonie https://youtu.be/U3-9xlJ8tfM

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