Subject: [Oversea] Spoon-billed bird looks for love [Print This Page] Author: HKBWS Surveyor Time: 14/02/2008 11:45 Subject: Spoon-billed bird looks for love
Spoon-billed bird looks for love
News from BirdLife International
14-2-2008
A new wintering population of Spoon-billed Sandpiper, one of the world’s most threatened birds, has been discovered in Myanmar.
The announcement comes just in time for Valentine’s Day, when people in parts of the UK, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe have traditionally exchanged “love spoons” as tokens of affection.
A team which visited parts of Myanmar’s coast not previously explored by ornithologists found more than 80 of the little waders.
Last year, the population on the bird’s only known breeding grounds in Siberia fell by half. In May, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper will be declared Critically Endangered, meaning that it is on the very brink of extinction.
BirdLife is now looking for Species Champions, to provide funds for conservation action to save the Spoon-billed Sandpiper.
What better way of pledging your undying love than helping to guarantee a future for these charismatic little birds? said Jim Lawrence, Species Champion Development Manager.
