Tracked migratory birds are documenting their own deaths along the African-Eurasian flyway.

Energy infrastructure, illegal killing & poisoning to blame, outstripping natural mortality causes in tracked raptors, storks & cranes. #Ornithology
doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…

The #Curlew family has #WorldCurlewDay on 21 April but every day is a #GodwitDay !
Here's a pic by Karen Munro of a Black-tailed Godwit that has its own blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/jus…
There are 30 #godwit blogs here:
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#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Great birding in Morocco with CCI folks! 152 species of birds observed so far with 63 new species for my lifelist!

🐷New paper in Nature Food🐷

THE BAD NEWS: overall, we found trade-offs. Farms with lower GHGs had lower land use, but higher antimicrobial use and poorer welfare.

THE GOOD NEWS: trade-offs weren't inevitable. Several farms performed well in all four ways. 1/5

16 years ago, I created a Facebook group 'Birds Bangladesh' just for fun and to exchange birdwatching info, which gradually evolved into nation's largest citizen-science-driven online database for biodiversity. Several papers were published using that dataset; here is how:

Thank you to all our delegates and volunteers for coming out into the rain to take the all important group picture 📸! What a smiley bunch! 😁

🌱 Are you a budding young conservationist?
🦆 Visit Global Birdfair 2024 & be inspired by the new Young Conservationists Hub being hosted by Osprey Leadership Foundation & sponsored by Leica Camera UK
💚We would love to see you there!
🌟Thanks to all those getting involved
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Previously, we have tagged 13 Spoon-billed Sandpipers in the breeding and staging grounds, which offered many incredible insights on their migration.
For more information, check out our latest paper with result of previous tracking here: waderstudygroup.org/article/14536/ Graham Appleton

Great stuff Rob! A single Spoonie was reported on 2 May 1996, along the east coast of Luzon, Philippines. In January 2018, there was a claim accompanied by a photo, but it was later rejected and identified as a stint with mud on its bill.
James Eaton Oriental Bird Club

And that’s a wrap for #CMSCOP14 ! Meant to include a pic of the awesome BirdLife International team, so here we are, showing #ThePowerOfMany … 🙌💚

Destruction of an important foraging area for Asian Dowitcher and other shorebirds at Lianyungang has been put on hold by a recent court judgement, a tremendous success led by Friends of Nature.
Yet, still more to do to conserve the site!

I am delighted to announce that I have accepted the Miriam Rothschild Professorship of Conservation Biology in Dept of Zoology at Cambridge University!

I am thrilled for this next chapter & look forward to working with Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Museum of Zoology, Cambridge & the Conservation Research Institute.

Finally we have a minister who truly cares about nature, environment and conservation! Many congratulations!

The star of the show unfazed. Thrilling to see my first ever spoonie, but also appalling to think there are only 300 or so left on Earth.

Indeed!

Season's Greetings! Exciting news: Spoonie chick X7 leg-flagged in Far East Russia in July 2023 travelled over 8,500 km, reaching Fujian, China by October and Sonadia Island, Bangladesh by late November 2023. Connecting coasts, mudflats, and people along the way! #SaveSpoonie

Know you've been having quality family time when niece starts seeing Spoon-billed Sandpiper bills all over, from Morwick Water Tower on horizon at Warkworth, Northumberland on Boxing Day walk, to candlestick shadow on her cousin's front... #spoonbilledsandpiper #BirdsSeenIn2023

Applications are invited for postgraduate study in the Dept of Zoology
Please see our website for project, supervisor and application info: zoo.cam.ac.uk/study/postgrad…
Apply by 4 January 2024 to be considered for University funding/fully-funded departmental studentships

Using social media posts to inform conservation

Here is the latest EAAFP's Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force [Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force] News Bulletin No 29 - tinyurl.com/yu2n7trw! From Thailand's fieldwork to BirdsRussia's Chukotka expedition, explore global Spoonie conservation initiatives.

Previous issues: tinyurl.com/ypc3ycks