Video of endangered Sandpiper

David Erterius has recently posted this excellent video of a displaying male Spoon-billed Sandpiper.

Unfortunately this amazing little wader is critically endangered.  The primary cause of the species’ plight is depressingly familiar - habitat loss on both its breeding grounds and migration/winter feeding habitat.

It is thought that there could be fewer than 1000 adults left…meaning that few of us are likely to ever see one ‘in the wild’.

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