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:05 Oct 2016

Pavel Tomkovich

Pavel Tomkovich

Pavel Tomkovich

Pavel is the Head of Ornithology Department of Zoological Museum, Moscow State University. He studies Ecology Systematics, Evolution of waders in the Arctic since 1973. In the 1980’s he spent three summers studying the ecology of the spoon-billed sandpiper in northern Chukotka, Siberia. Since 2000 he has participated in the surveys of spoon-billed sandpiper in various parts of Chukotka and population monitoring in the Meinypilgyno area since 2009. His role in the expedition in 2011 was to continue the monitoring and to help find nests of SBS for the captive breeding programme.

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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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