This is particularly good news in view of the article in Birding Asia (Dec 2009) entitled "Last chance to save". This makes very depressing reading, particularly the contribution of habitat destruction to the inexorable decline in the Spoon-billed sandpiper. Birding Asia comes with membership of the Oriental Bird Club and to plagiarize Bill Oddie, if you are not a member you should have your binoculars confiscated. This issue of BA contains wonderful images by John & Jemi and Michelle and Peter. Visit
www.orientalbirdclub.org if you haven't done so before!
Andrew
