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BirdLife Species Champions strike gold in Chukotka

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Heritage Expeditions - a BirdLife Species Champion supporting Spoon-billed Sandpiper - struck gold this week when they, and the passengers they have taken to the Russian Far East, helped discover a previously unknown breeding population of these rapidly declining waders.

Saving Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Friday, June 24, 2011

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An international team of conservationists is on an emergency mission to help save one of the world’s rarest birds from extinction.

New eco-tourism initiative benefits Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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New eco-tourism initiative benefits Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation

Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation has received a vital boost from BirdLife Species Champion and award-winning expedition travel company Heritage Expeditions.

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Monday, January 10, 2011

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper is one of the world's strangest-looking birds and certainly the weirdest wader. It is a small bird with, as its name suggests, a spoon-shaped bill. The species is listed as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International because it has an extremely small population, which is getting smaller This means that it is at real risk from extinction in the next few years.