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Dear All,
A very brief update on Saemangeum (until 2006, East Asia's most important
known shorebird site), and the neighboring Geum estuary, now the best such site
remaining in South Korea.
On September 12th, 2 Nordmann's Greenshank (an adult and a juvenile) were
found in the first area visited within the vast Saemangeum area. There were
probably still thousands of shorebirds strung along the shoreline there,
feeding in areas wetted not by tides but by extremely heavy late summer rains.
The same day, a visit to the adjacent Geum Estuary found 4 more Nordmann's
Greenshank, and 13 Spoon-billed Sandpiper in a single scan (for disgiscope
images of one of the juvenile SBS, please go to/scroll down on:
http://www.birdskorea.org/birds_latest.asp).
Numbers of Spoon-billed Sandpiper in Korea tend to peak at the end of
September. With possibly now only several hundred individuals remaining
globally of this critically Endangered species, even the 13 we found on Sept
12th is likely to be one of highest counts of this species during southward
migration in 2007 - anywhere.
And yet this site too is still not safe from the threat of reclamation.
There is still, fortunately, a chance to do something.
Please go to:
http://www.restoresaemangeum.com/
and send your concerns.
Please also pass this URL on to other birders, birding blogs and listservers.
Sending a mail and forwarding this URL on should only take 2 minutes at
most...
Your email WILL make a difference.
Emails WILL continue to stimulate concerns here, and they WILL influence
media and government thinking as South Korea prepares to host the next Ramsar
Convention conference (in October 2008).
Please take a couple of minutes to help keep the Spoon-billed Sandpiper away
from the brink of extinction...
With very best wishes and birding,
Nial Moores
Birds Korea
Nial Moores
Birds Korea: Dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats in
Korea and the wider Yellow Sea Eco-region.
Http://www.birdskorea.org
Http://www.birdskorea.or.kr
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