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Record Sociable Lapwing flock found in Uzbekistan

Monday, October 22, 2012

During UzSPB's first official surveys for Sociable Lapwings this autumn they made a remarkable discovery - more than 400 birds present at the Talimarzhan Reservoir.

Record flock of migrating Sociable Lapwings recorded in Kazakhstan

Thursday, September 1, 2011

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Record flock of migrating Sociable Lapwings recorded in Kazakhstan

BirdLife International scientists monitoring migrating Sociable Lapwings in the heart of the Great Steppe have recently discovered the largest single flock seen in Kazakhstan since 1939.

Swarovski Optik announces new conservation commitment

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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Swarovski Optik announces new conservation commitment

Swarovski Optik announce they will be providing further support for the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme.

Syria hosts inaugural meeting of the Sociable Lapwing International Working Group.

Friday, March 18, 2011

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Syria hosts inaugural meeting of the Sociable Lapwing International Working Group.

Conservation scientists and government officials from fourteen countries spanning three continents are meeting in Syria today to plan collaborative conservation action that aims to prevent the extinction of the Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwing. Countries which have sent representatives include, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Russia, Saudia Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey and United Kingdom. The event marks [...]

Record flock of Sociable Lapwings discovered in Oman

Friday, February 11, 2011

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Record flock of Sociable Lapwings discovered in Oman

Exciting news has just reached us that a country record flock of 90+ Sociable Lapwings was present at Salalah in Oman on Christmas Day, 2010.

Ace navigator Erzhan emerges in Sudan for a fourth consecutive winter

Thursday, January 27, 2011

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Ace navigator Erzhan emerges in Sudan for a fourth consecutive winter

After an absence of any firm location data since early October, Erzhan - our most experienced traveller - has just popped up on our radar again. For the fourth year running we can confirm he is now back in a wintering flock in Sudan.

Dinara unravels mystery of Eastern Flyway

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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Dinara unravels mystery of Eastern Flyway

After an absence of transmissions from our satellite tagged birds for several weeks, a new transmission just received from Dinara is very welcome news and marks another important milestone in our growing understanding of the complexity of Sociable Lapwing migration. Two transmissions recorded on November 13th confirm Dinara has now arrived in central Pakistan, in the Indus floodplain not far from Shujaabad.

Erzhan helps locate important new staging site for Sociable Lapwing in Turkey

Thursday, October 28, 2010

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Erzhan helps locate important new staging site for Sociable Lapwing in Turkey

On October 10th, 554 Sociable Lapwings were located in central eastern Turkey - the largest flock of migrating Sociable Lapwings encountered so far this autumn marking the discovery of an important new staging site.

Dinara springs double surprise

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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After more than a month without word, Dinara (a Sociable Lapwing) sprung a double surprise today when we received not only a new transmission with details of her current location but also confirmation that she is in southern Uzbekistan!

Sociable Lapwings embark on an Amazing Journey

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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Sociable Lapwings embark on an Amazing Journey

Following extensive research, nine Sociable Lapwings have been carefully fitted with tiny, state-of-the-art satellite transmitters, which will track their hazardous 5,000+ km journey from their breeding grounds in Kazakhstan to their non breeding areas in tropical Africa and other, as yet undiscovered, destinations.

Sociable Lapwing Tracking – RSPB Video

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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Check out the new RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) video about tracking Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwing in Kazakhstan.

Searching for Sociable Lapwing with Nature Iraq’s Omar Fadil

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

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Searching for Sociable Lapwing with Nature Iraq’s Omar Fadil

Since the invasion of 2003, many people have been struggling to survive in the chaos and bloodshed in Iraq . Even now the country's far from safe. However, over the past two years, Omar Fadil has set out to doggedly survey the bird population for Nature Iraq (BirdLife Partner), taking him to some of the most dangerous spots in search of species like the elusive and Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwing. On the phone from Baghdad, he told BirdLife about his latest survey in what is still one of Iraq 's security hotspots.

Saving the Sociable Lapwing – Video

Thursday, April 9, 2009

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BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme interview with Species Guardians of the Sociable Lapwing - Dr Rob Sheldon (RSPB, BirdLife in the UK), and Andreas Pittl (Swarovski Optik).