Birds Korea awarded grant from Birdfair/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds 2011

The Birdfair/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds has just announced its latest awards, and Birds Korea has been awarded a grant to finance studies of staging Spoon-billed Sandpipers Eurhynorhynchus pygmeus in the Republic of Korea.

The main research aims that Birds Korea put forward when applying were:
1) To identify main prey items and feeding preferences of Spoon-billed Sandpiper during migration;
2) To improve understanding of intra-estuary use by Spoon-billed Sandpiper, and of use of different sites during migration;
3) To identify optimal conditions, enabling (a) identification of other sites that might be used by the species; (b) to help determine whether barraging of estuaries and reclamation is a leading factor in the species’ decline.

 

From Dr Paul Donald, Principal Conservation Scientist, RSPB:

The Birdfair/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds has just announced its 2011 awards.

We awarded nine grants this year, totalling $13,500, from a total of 23 applications received. These supported the following projects:

    Nial Moores and Birds Korea – feeding studies of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper in Korea

    Darcy Ogada and the Raptor Working Group of Nature Kenya – studies of Hooded Vulture in western Kenya

    Omar Fadil and Nature Iraq – studies of migrating Sociable Lapwings in Iraq (co-funded with Swarovski Optik)

    Juan Carlos Luna and Fundacion ProAves – studies of Santa Marta Wren in Colombia

    Liu Yang – towards the discovery of the Large-billed Reed Warbler in China

    Nickson Otieno and National Museums of Kenya – a survey of Turner’s Eremomela in Kakamega Forest, western Kenya

    Uzbekistan Society for the Protection of Birds – surveys of migrant Sociable Lapwings in Uzbekistan (co-funded with Swarovski Optik)

    Oscar Gonazales and Grupo Aves del Peru – ecological studies of Golden-backed Mountain Tanager in Peru

    Tao Xudong and Yangtze Waterbird Monitoring Network – surveys of wintering Baer’s Pochards in China

 

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