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!

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

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

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

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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! 😁

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:

🐷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

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

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: wadertales.wordpress.com/about/ #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

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…

Congratulations Dr Charles Emogor! The conservation science group in Cambridge Conservation Research Institute really know how to throw a viva party! Great work on pangolin conservation.

Two Spoon-billed Sandpipers tagged in Thailand last month safely reached Eastern China - they stopped at multiple coastal sites. Their journeys once again underscore the crucial role of interconnected coastal wetlands in conserving endangered species along Asian flyways. Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force

Crikey! News to me too. What a sensible programme. Thanks Jeff! #SpoonbilledSandpiper Guy Anderson BirdLife International BirdLife Asia Wild Beijing 北京自然 James Robinson Paulson Institute The British Nature Guide Rob Sheldon Kane Brides WWT Jonathan Slaght Graham Appleton Cornell Lab

Some rosellas, parrots, lorikeets and cockatoos from the Aussie land! 1. Crimson Rosella 2. Swift Parrot 3. Australian King-Parrot 4. Galah 5. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 6. Rainbow Lorikeet 7. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 8. Eastern Rosella 9. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo #birds #photos

Spoonie Task Force latest updates ...

The endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper K9's spring migration from Thailand exceeded expectations, with a 19-day stopover in Jiangsu, China. It continued to Sakhalin & then reached a new breeding area in Russia! These insights will help inform critical conservation actions Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force is at the Global Birdfair today! Come visit and learn about our conversation initiatives across the East Asian Flyway. Robin Marquee (R17)

If you are visiting Global Birdfair , also come visit the stand of Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force! #OBC is supporting the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force to conserve this #CriticallyEndangered bird! If you'd like to help out and donate, go to orientalbirdclub.org/donate and enter “SBSTF“.

This Spoonie [Yellow PU] was first flagged in Jiangsu, China in Sept-2018. It was later re-sighted in Meghna Estuary, Bangladesh where it spent the winter from Nov-2019 to Mar-2020. After that, it wasn't seen again until this summer in Chukotka, Russia! Amazing results Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force