A short clip of the spoon-billed sandpipers hatched in summer 2012 at WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.
The birds make up part of the conservation breeding programme that has been established to save the spoon-billed sandpiper from extinction.
Visit www.saving-spoon-billed-sandpi... to follow the project.
The spoon-billed sandpiper conservation breeding programme is a collaboration between WWT, Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo and the RSPB working with colleagues from the BTO, BirdLife International, ArcCona and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force.
The project is supported by WWT, RSPB, Darwin Initiative and Save our Species, with additional financial contributions and support from BirdLife International, the East-Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership, the Convention on Migratory Species, Heritage Expeditions, the Australasian Wader Study Group of Birds Australia, the BBC Wildlife Fund, Avios, the Olive Herbert Charitable Trust, the Oriental Bird Club, British Airways Communities & Conservation Scheme, Swarovski Optik and many generous individuals.
Негізгі бет WWT: The 2012 spoon-billed sandpiper flock at WWT Slimbridge
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