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Spoon-billed Sandpiper wintering site becomes Bangladesh’s 20th IBA

Monday, April 22, 2013

Sonadia Island in Bangladesh, where 10% of the known population of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper spends the winter, has been recognised by BirdLife as Bangladesh’s 20th Important Bird Area.

Surprise Spoon-billed Sandpiper sighting at Malaysian IBA highlights importance of CEMEX’s new support

Monday, March 25, 2013

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Sighting of Critically Endangered bird underlines the global importance of Teluk Air Tawar-Kuala Muda coast IBA, and the benefits of CEMEX's new support of MNS's efforts to conserve the site...

Targeting hunters to save Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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Targeting hunters to save Spoon-billed Sandpiper

In an attempt to mitigate hunting pressure, the Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA – BirdLife in Myanmar) carried out socio-economic surveys and provided livelihood replacement support in communities on both the eastern and western shores of the Gulf of Martaban.

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.

BirdLife Species Champions strike gold in Chukotka

Saturday, July 9, 2011

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BirdLife Species Champions strike gold in Chukotka

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.

Spoony wins hearts and votes from Disney’s Friends for Change

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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‘Saving Spoony’s Chinese Wetlands’, BirdLife’s project to save two key resting and feeding sites used by Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China, has been selected to receive a $100,000 grant by The Walt Disney Company, through Disney’s Friends for Change.

Spoon-billed Sandpiper podcast

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

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In this podcast Charlie Moores from www.talking-naturally.co.uk talks with Jim Lawrence, Manager of BirdLife International’s Preventing Extinctions Programme, Chris Collins, a highly-experienced Leader with Heritage Expeditions, and Dr Zockler about Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation.

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.

Spoony needs your vote!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

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BirdLife’s work to save two key resting and feeding sites in China, used by one of the world’s oddest and most appealing waterbirds is to receive support from Disney’s Friends for Change initiative.

Video of Spoon-billed Sandpiper on breeding grounds

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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Video of Spoon-billed Sandpiper on breeding grounds

Brilliant footage of a brilliant bird. This has got to be worth saving, hasn’t it?

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.