Aug
10
2017
Newly recognised, urgent conservation issue
GFN’s Satellite Transmitter project has highlighted a serious conservation issue off the Jiangsu Coast.
See the link below for more details.
Jul
26
2017
Catch Report 2017 07 23
More birds in the net, more flags and colour-bands on and about 35 new people introduced to shorebird research!
Jul
19
2017
A step in the right direction.
Although in this article there is no mention of GFN or Beijing Normal University these two have been instrumenatl in collecting the data that has led to this ‘step in the right direction’.
The GFN work that has contributed so much has been funded by BirdLife Netherlands (2007-2012), WWF Netherlands (2010-2014, 2016) and Spinoza Premium of Netherlands Organisation Prize for Scientific Research to Theunis Piersma (2014-2016).
www.eaaflyway.net/building-nanpu-wetland-nature-reserve-for-a-healthier-ecosystem/
Jun
6
2017
Bohai 2017 Update 6
And so here we are at update 6 and the end of another GFN field season on the Luannan Coast, birds, flags, bands, Ambassadors, good food, good people and smog. The full report for the season will be out in the coming months and will go into more detail on the issues we have briefly covered during our updates.
Thanks for reading and we hope you have found our updates interesting and even entertaining on occasions.
Read more here Update 6
Jun
3
2017
Bohai 2017 Update 5
The Red Knots have started to use the complex of ponds to forage in during the last few days. As in previous years they prefer the large shallow ponds and forage on any exposed wet sediment and in very shallow water.
Read more here Update 5
