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Category of shorebird species changes 2010 IUCN Red List
Posted by BirdLife International BirdLife International’s 2010 update of the IUCN Red List for birds follows the publication in 2008 of Threatened Birds of the World when all the world’s birds were...
View ArticleAlliance for grasslands
Written by Martin Fowlie/BirdLife International The Alliances initiative for the conservation of the South American Southern Cone grasslands was launched by organisations dedicated to the conservation...
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Sociable Lapwings embark on an Amazing Journey
Written by Jim Lawrence BirdLife International, RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) and leading optics manufacturer Swarovski Optik have just launched a remarkable new interactive website The Amazing Journey...
View ArticleAustralian Painted Snipe Surveys
Written by BirdLife Community Birds Australia’s (BirdLife Partner) Threatened Bird Network has announced that it’s time once again to start looking for one of Australia’s most rare and cryptic...
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Migratory birds in the spotlight of the World Bird Festival
Written by BirdLife Community Fact sheets on threatened and migratory birds Continuing the series of educational materials for schools in the Americas, two poster-sized fact files highlight two very...
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Important staging site of Sociable Lapwing identified in East Turkey
Written by Gyorgy Szimuly/WorldWaders Recent report by the Sociable Lapwing project team suggests that an important staging site was identified for Sociable Lapwing in East Turkey. Staging flock was...
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Vote to give a chance for the incomparable Spoon-billed Sandpiper
December 17, 2010 I am sure every WorldWaders followers heard or read about the critical status of the World's Spoon-billed Sandpiper population. This beautiful species is in danger by habitat loss,...
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New hope for migratory grassland birds of South America
Written by BirdLife Americas The rich grasslands in South America, home to one of the world’s most valuable ecosystems is fast disappearing and migratory grassland birds, which play an important role...
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Spoony needs your vote!
Written by BirdLife International Ed: More detail on the Disney voting. Spoon-billed Sandpiper chick. © John O'Sullivan, RSPB BirdLife’s work to save two key resting and feeding sites in China, used...
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New eco-tourism initiative benefits Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation
Written by BirdLife International Community One of the most challenging issues faced by conservationists working to save the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper from extinction has been...
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Ace navigator Erzhan emerges in Sudan for a fourth consecutive winter
Written by BirdLife Community Sociable Lapwing. Image courtesy of BirdLife International After an absence of any firm location data since early October, Erzhan – our most experienced traveller – has...
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Talking-Naturally: Spoon-billed Sandpiper podcast
Written by BirdLife Community One of the most challenging issues faced by conservationists working to save the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper from extinction has been establishing...
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Record flock of Sociable Lapwings discovered in Oman
Written by BirdLife International Amazing Journey Team Exciting news has just reached us that a country record flock of 90+ Sociable Lapwings was present at Salalah in Oman on Christmas Day, 2010. The...
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Protecting Sociable Lapwings in Iraq
Written by BirdLife International In September 2010, Nature Iraq (BirdLife International’s Affiliate in the country) undertook a combined monitoring and advocacy exercise in several areas of Iraq...
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Syria hosts inaugural meeting of the Sociable Lapwing International Working...
Written by BirdLife International Conservation scientists and government officials from fourteen countries spanning three continents are meeting in Syria today to plan collaborative conservation...
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Spoony wins hearts and votes from Disney’s Friends for Change
Written by BirdLife Community ‘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...
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First meeting of the AEWA Sociable Lapwing International Working Group in Syria
Written by AEWA The AEWA Sociable Lapwing International Working Group (SLIWG) is an inter-governmental body which was convened by the AEWA Secretariat in 2010 in order to coordinate and guide the...
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BirdLife Species Champions strike gold in Chukotka
Written by BirdLife Community Heritage Expeditions – a BirdLife Species Champion supporting Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation through the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme – struck gold this...
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Southern Cone Grasslands Alliance activities support shorebird conservation...
Written by BirdLife International Annually, Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis and American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica undertake some of the longest journeys of any migratory birds...
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Surprise report from troubled Syria
Written by BirdLife Community/BirdLife International During the current Syrian Uprising, travelling even short distances around the country has become very difficult and is in many cases extremely...
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