Critter News

AUGUST 22, 2010

Spoon-billed Sandpipers nest only in the far north-east of Russia. In 2000, around 1,000 breeding pairs were known, but by 2009, the number had plummeted to just 120-220 pairs, a decline of 88%.

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Critter News

MARCH 6, 2009

Two of President Dmitry Medvedev's dogs won top prizes in the Eurasia 2009 dog show! I thought he would be too busy writing best selling novels, composing award winning operas or ruling Russia to enter his dogs in contests and stuff.

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Dogs Georgia Russia 2009 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

annually) was detected in the Baltic Sea, with counts in 2007-2009 putting the wintering population at c. Cases of illegal shooting are still reported (…in 2009 in the Danube Delta) and hunting is considered one of the main threats for the east Asian population. Since surveys in 1992-1993, an apparent decline of c.

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Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 198

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2011

High pressure over mainland Europe sweeping them across from Russia before strong southerly/southeasterley winds nudging them north and east over the North Sea and into Britain; this Autumn/Winter may turn out to be one of the best in recent memory for European White-fronted Geese numbers in Britain.

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