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:18 Oct 2016

Nicola Hiscock

Nicola Hiscock

Nicola Hiscock

Nicky is WWT’s Conservation Breeding Assistant and is responsible for the day-to-day care of the spoon-billed sandpipers at Slimbridge. Her first job in aviculture was a temporary one, helping Nigel’s team rear common cranes for release into the wild in Somerset. The team discovered she had feathery fingers (the avicultural equivalent of green fingers) and now she’s a permanent member of the team.

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27 Oct

Some of the colour marked Spoon-billed Sandpipers seen in Bangladesh in 2017-20. White & Lime flagged birds were marked in Russia and Yellow ones were marked China.

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