Spoon-billed Sandpiper survey in Mekong Delta 2015

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is one of the rarest migrant birds in the world. It is declining at an alarming rate and will become extinct within the next decade without our help. Recently surveys have found that Mekong delta coastal area holds an important population in winter migration (5-8 individulas, more than 1% global population), Nguyen Hoai Bao et al., 2013; Vladimir V. Morozov et al., 2012

As part of this programme Vietnam Wildlife Tours & Research in collabration with University of Science, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh city have volunteered to conduct a survey in the Mekong from 16 to 22 January 2015. All travelling expense was funded by Viet Nature and an additional survey at Tan Thanh beach on January 31 was supported by Wildtour Co., LTD