Jason Loghry, August 30th As part of ongoing research for Birds Korea on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper, six individuals (four post-breeding adults, one adult in non-breeding plumage, and one juvenile) were found during a two week survey (Aug 14-26) … read more
Bird News from “Team Entomology” (Rob Wiedenmann, Jason Chapman, Ian Denholm, Alistair Drake, Don Reynolds) and Nial Moores. Four days of birding in above-average temperatures (with daily maxima of between 29C and 34C) found almost 100 species in total. These … read more
The August 2012 issue of the highly-respected UK-based magazine Birdwatch features an excellent article written by former BirdLife Communications Officer Ed Parnell on East Asia’s shorebirds. The article – which has been written in advance of the British Birdwatching Fair … read more
Jason Loghry, July 13th 2012 It is very exciting to see these beautiful chicks freshly hatched and moving around. And inspiring and hopeful to know much hard work, great effort, and love is being shared to keep the spotlight on … read more
Bird Report by Jason Loghry with Park Seonyeong and Bradlee Sulentic. As part of our research on the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper, our team set out early on Saturday morning to survey Yubu Island. It was a long day and … read more
Nial Moores, Birds Korea Dr. Peter Prokosch (Left), Dr. Rob Sheldon (Centre) and Mr. Ju Yung-Ki (Right) at the Gomso Bay Saltmarsh and Tidal-flat Restoration Project area, March 14th 2012. Image © Nial Moores/Birds Korea. On March 14th, had the … read more
A summary of 2011 Autumn SBS survey at Rudong by Li Jing, Tong Menxiu and Zhang Lin of Rudong Spoon-billed Sandpiper Survey Group Figure 1. Our highest count of SBS totalled 103 at Xiao Yangkou in autumn of 2011. This … read more
Discussion of Identification of claimed Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China: Nial Moores, December 27th 2011 Sometime during 2011, I found myself added to an English-language mailing list sharing some wonderful bird information from along the Chinese coast. While much of … read more
Further Discussion of Identification of claimed Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China: Nial Moores, December 27th 2011 Yes, despite all the necessary caveats that come with trying to identify a bird from images (especially poor images) I do also have an opinion … read more
Written by Charlie Moores, 19 Dec 2011: I’m just back in from an extraordinary day at Slimbridge, the Gloucestershire HQ of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. I’ve been to Slimbridge many times over the years and know some of the … read more