by Werkgroep Lepelaar/ on 10 Oct 2024 werkgroeplepelaar.org and -.nl Due to circumstances, the domain name werkgroeplepelaar.nl has expired. It was our plan to reclaim that name, but another party beat us to it. They are using AI to create a site with some of our original content and some of our other messages. Read more...
by Petra de Goeij (*)/ on 02 Oct 2024 Annual report 2023 In 2023, the Spoonbill Working Group ringed 657 spoonbills and read 14590 spoonbills. Here you can read our annual report 2023.
by Theunis Piersma/ on 09 Jul 2024 About saxophones and spoonbill trachea In 1840, the ambitious and then 26-year-old Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax developed a wind instrument that should incorporate all the good qualities of classical musical instruments. That first “saxophone” was a very large one, a bass saxophone with a very deep sound. Read more...
by Femke van den Berg/ on 08 Jul 2024 Measures against wire victims In addition to scientific research, the working group also tries to protect the spoonbills and little egrets themselves as much as possible, as well as their habitat. One of the causes of death in spoonbills is caused by collisions with power lines, especially the top two wires, which are the thinnest and therefore least visible. Read more...
by Kees Vliet Vlieland/ on 08 Jul 2024 Report of a day of spoonbill ringing in the delta June 7 was one of the days that we went ringing the delta spoonbills this year. At two different locations even. Left Middelburg early, first picked up two people in Goes and then someone at the carpool place near Yerseke. Read more...
by Petra de Goeij/ on 17 Apr 2024 Two somewhat older spoonbills seen together by Keimpe Bleeker It happens quite often that we see older spoonbills in the same place as the years before, before or during or after the breeding season. Keimpe Bleeker from Friesland saw two such old acquaintances together for the first time in northern Friesland on April 10.
