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Spoonbilled Sandpiper ResearchThe globally threatened sandpiper has been the focus of ArcCona research in the last 5 years. Expeditions have been carried out to the breeding grounds in Chukotka, North Eastern Russia in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005 to explore the reasons of its sharp decline. Research focussed on the breeding biology and stable isotopes. The major wintering grounds are unknown, colour rings have been observed in Japan and Korea. In early 2005 an expedition into the wintering grounds did not find any birds at all. In early 2006 a follow-up expedition found 11 individuals at three sites along the coast of Bangladesh. In January 2008 highly important wintering sites were found along the Rakhine (Arakan) coast and in the gulf of Mottama (Martaban) in Myanmar. Further expeditions to Chukotka and into South and South East Asia are planned in the near future.
Map of breeding range and flyways (jpg-file)
Recovery Team
Species Action Plan (Launch of Action Plan in Korea Feb 2010)
Expeditions
1. Map of the breeding grounds (in German, jpg-file) 2. A first report of the 2003 expedition (pdf-file) 3. Summary report of 2005 Chukotka expedition (pdf-file) 1. Kamchatka 2008 report 2. Kamchatka 2009 report SBS Survey and workshop Myanmar 2008 press relase (pdf-file) 1. Report of Myanmar expedition January 2009(pdf-file) 2. Fotogalery of Myanmar expedition January 2009(pdf-file) 1. Report of Myanmar expedition January/February 2010(pdf-file) Mystery of wintering SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER remains unsolved (pdf-file) 1. Short report of 2006 Bangladesh expedition (pdf-file) 2. Report of 2006 Bangladesh expedition (pdf-file) 3. Routes map of 2006 Bangladesh expedition (jpg-file) 4. Rare Spoonbilled Sandpiper found (Arab Times Kuwait 29.Jan.2006, jpg-file) 5. Poster: The Sunderbans - important wintering area for waders (in Bengali, pdf-file) 6. Poster: The Sunderbans - important wintering area for waders (in English, pdf-file) Newsletters
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