Full Issue [PDF] Cover, Back Cover [PDF] Credentials [PDF] Table of Content [PDF] Editorial Page:1-2 [PDF] Opinion The rise and fall of the Marabou Stork in Uganda Page: 3-6 [PDF] Derek POMEROY, Micheal KIBUULE The White Stork in Poland – long-term trends and an uncertain future for a mighty…Continue reading SIS Conservation, Issue 3, 2021
species: Platalea leucorodia
IX Eurasian Spoonbill workshop in Djerba (Tunisia)
The Eurasian Spoonbill International Expert Group (ESIEG) is one of the first research network created on a waterbird species. It was formed in 1991 and then linked to Eurosite until 2013 when the group became an AEWA International Species Expert Groups (http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/workinggroup/aewa-international-species-expert-groups-iseg). From 14 to 18 November 2018, the IXth workshop of the group will take place…Continue reading IX Eurasian Spoonbill workshop in Djerba (Tunisia)
Spoonbill work featured in the Mar 2017 issue of “Waterbirds”
Two new papers in the recently-completed March 2017 issue of the journal Waterbirds explore the biology and behaviour of spoonbills. Csaba Pigniczki documents a fascinating feeding behaviour of the Eurasian Spoonbill that was presented with the problem of a large frog that did not want to be swallowed. Csaba writes of how observations showed that…Continue reading Spoonbill work featured in the Mar 2017 issue of “Waterbirds”
The ESIEG
Eurasian Spoonbills are among the most easily identifiable bird species in the world. Their unique, spatulate bill and their sweeping method of foraging is well known to many, expert and novice alike. An equally unique group of people have come together to keep an eye on the well-being of the Eurasian Spoonbill – a widely…Continue reading The ESIEG