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.
CT on his way south, 13 November at 10.27 UTC. (Map data ©OpenStreetMap)

The third tagged spoonie CT is off!

A satellite fix has just come in showing that the third tagged spoon-billed sandpiper has made a move away from the Jiangsu coast! CT, presumed to be male, has been at the Tiaozini mudflats on the Jiangsu coast since he was tagged in early October. His female counterparts made their m
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ET at the Gulf of Mottama, 5-7 November 2016. (Map data ©2016 Google, SK telecom Imagery ©2016 TerraMetrics)

ET settling in at the Gulf of Mottama?

ET arrived at the Gulf of Mottama in Myanmar at around 9pm on Saturday night (UTC, 2.30am on Sunday morning local time). 12 hours later, she appeared to be moving to the north west perhaps heading on to Bangladesh after a rest in the gulf. The two fixes since then, however, have been
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ET's journey continues from the the island of Hainan to western Thailand! As of 14:09 (UTC) on 5 Nov 2016. (Map data ©2016 Google, SK telecom Imagery ©2016 TerraMetrics)

Is ET heading for Myanmar? 1000km closer in the last 24 hours

Just a quick update to let you all know that ET, the satellite tagged spoon-billed sandpiper who yesterday, was just south of the island of Hainan, has flown across Vietnam, Laos and most of Thailand today! The last fix from her came in at 14:09 (UTC, 21:09 local time) showing her to
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ET on the move from the Jiangsu coast to the island of Hainan! As of 16:30 on 4 Nov 2016. Map data: ©2015 Google and Microwave Telemetry Inc.

The tagged spoonies are on the move!

From Guy Anderson Last week we announced that we had fitted the first three satellite tags to wild Spoon-billed Sandpipers, in Jiangsu Province, China in early October. The three birds – ET, HU and CT – are named after the code on the engraved plastic leg flag each bird wears. All thr
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