Land reclamation has led to the loss of non-breeding stopover sites and subsequent population declines for shorebird species such as the endangered Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris (pictured above). Here they are feeding on the former Saemangeum tidal flat in South Korea. Developments on coastal wetlands has led to declines of non-breeding populations in South Korea. [Credit: Ju Yung Ki, www.grida.no/resources/4409].
Maintaining habitat for coastal birds can require sustaining both prey in the water column, as for the globally endangered Indian Skimmers Rynchops albicollis (top photo, Nijhum Dwip National Park, Bangladesh), and prey once the tide has receded, as for the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea (right photo , Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh). [Credit: Sayam Chowdhury].
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