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:27 Oct 2016

Kane Brides

Kane BridesKane joined the team in 2018, helping with catching and survey efforts of spoon-billed sandpipers and other wader species in China. Kane works in the Conservation Science department of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT). His main interests lie in species monitoring and in particular, water bird ringing/banding.  Kane has been a licensed bird ringer in the UK for 15 years and has travelled extensively to undertake ringing work globally.

Project partners

The spoon-billed sandpiper conservation breeding programme is a collaboration between WWT, Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo and the RSPB working with colleagues from the BTO, BirdLife International, ArcCona and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force. Find out more about project partners & supporters
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