It has been a bit over a month since the last Little Curlew update and we have some news to report.
The most interesting thing that has happened since the last update is that LC 131943 has kept moving north. It arrived on the coast of China between 19th of June and 24th of June landing between Hong Kong and Shantou. On the 28th of June it was on an island 60 km east of Fuqing, in the Putian region (where 131945 and 131947 also stopped on migration).
From here, it moved to Rudong, where it was on the 3rd of July. It then moved to an inland lake near Yishui around the 8th of July, about 110 km north west of the coastal town of Rizhao. Four days later it was back on the coast, having moved 120km from its previous location. It moved a further 150 km south to an area near Liangungang (where 131947 also stopped over in early June).
In the last few days, between 26th and 28th of July, this bird made a long flight of 1000 km north straight over the Yellow Sea to an area in the south eastern part of Nei Mongol province. Its last fix is just 30 km south of where 131947 stopped here in early June, and 160 km south west of where 131945 stopped in mid-May...http://www.waderquest.org/2014/07/little-curlew-tracking-project-update.html
The most interesting thing that has happened since the last update is that LC 131943 has kept moving north. It arrived on the coast of China between 19th of June and 24th of June landing between Hong Kong and Shantou. On the 28th of June it was on an island 60 km east of Fuqing, in the Putian region (where 131945 and 131947 also stopped on migration).
From here, it moved to Rudong, where it was on the 3rd of July. It then moved to an inland lake near Yishui around the 8th of July, about 110 km north west of the coastal town of Rizhao. Four days later it was back on the coast, having moved 120km from its previous location. It moved a further 150 km south to an area near Liangungang (where 131947 also stopped over in early June).
In the last few days, between 26th and 28th of July, this bird made a long flight of 1000 km north straight over the Yellow Sea to an area in the south eastern part of Nei Mongol province. Its last fix is just 30 km south of where 131947 stopped here in early June, and 160 km south west of where 131945 stopped in mid-May...http://www.waderquest.org/2014/07/little-curlew-tracking-project-update.html