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The case of the missing Kokako…

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

A blog from Forest & Bird's (BirdLife in New Zealand) Mandy Herrick as she describes the case of Duncan the missing Kokako...

Fiji Petrel gets support from the Flagship Species Fund

Thursday, April 25, 2013

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Fiji Petrel gets support from the Flagship Species Fund

With nearly 150 applicants and only eight recipients, NatureFiji-MareqetiViti's Critically Endangered Fiji Petrel Project is proud to receive support from the prestigious Flagship Species Fund...

Urgent International support sought for Azores Bullfinch

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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Priolo remains one of Europe's most threatened species and its precarious future still hangs in the balance. More work is needed to ensure population gains can be maintained and that the species' long-term future can be secured.

A Guitar reveals the call of the Fiji Petrel

Thursday, January 17, 2013

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A Guitar reveals the call of the Fiji Petrel

Strumming his guitar after a stressful day, and Eleazar O'Connor from NatureFiji-MareqetiViti makes a world first discovery...

Titi Forever: Research supports conservation of Tuamotu Sandpiper

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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Titi Forever: Research supports conservation of Tuamotu Sandpiper

Most of the world’s sandpiper species migrate thousands of kilometers between arctic breeding grounds and subtropical wintering grounds, but in the not-too distant evolutionary past, one group gave up this habit and went native in French Polynesia...

Beck’s pulls in at the petrel station

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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A BirdLife International survey in southern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, has encountered the largest single aggregation of Critically Endangered Beck’s Petrel ever recorded.

Fiji Petrel crash-lands in Gau

Friday, December 16, 2011

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NatureFiji-MareqetiViti recently recovered and released a Fiji Petrel after it landed in a village on Gau Island, Fiji, where this enigmatic species is believed to breed.

Triple figures of Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China

Thursday, October 27, 2011

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Triple figures of Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China

Up to 103 Spoon-billed Sandpipers were observed earlier this month at Rudong, in Jiangsu Province just north of the Yangtze Estuary in China.

Conservationists concerned for future of White-shouldered Ibis

Monday, September 5, 2011

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The 2011 Cambodian census of White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni has found a larger number of birds than ever before, but celebrations are muted, as this species’ survival is imminently threatened by serious habitat loss.

Stamps raise funds for threatened Henderson Petrel

Friday, July 22, 2011

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Stamps raise funds for threatened Henderson Petrel

Buy endemic birds stamps and help the RSPB's (BirdLife in the UK) Henderson Island Restoration Project.

Hunting threat to Critically Endangered Dwarf Olive Ibis

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

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Hunting threat to Critically Endangered Dwarf Olive Ibis

Concerns that hunting pressures are increasing on the Critically Endangered Dwarf Olive Ibis have been confirmed.

Oversummering Spoon-billed Sandpiper discovered in Thailand

Friday, July 30, 2010

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Oversummering Spoon-billed Sandpiper discovered in Thailand

Photos confirming the first record of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper oversummering in its wintering grounds in Thailand has been made.