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Endangered Shorebird Monitoring & Conservation 

 


MLA considers the sea turtle program as integrated marine conservation activity and tries to save all wildlife resources within the capacity. Some of remote nesting site is significant shorebirds roosting site due to absence of human disturbance. Some of the potential roosting sites still recorded by the MLA local conservation assistant (CA) at, Haser Char (Dholghata), Laldiar Char, Kaladia (feeding site), several points at Sonadia particularly Belekerdia, east of Moghchar, and Cepotkhali, Samlapur and Sahporirdwip at Teknaf peninsular beach. Shorebirds including globally threatened Spoon billed sandpiper recorded at Belekerdia, and Sahporirdwip since 2006. Sahporirdwip feeding habitat heavily eroded after 2010, but still sea gulls and terns, regularly roost on the nesting beach. Whole Teknaf peninsular beach is a suitable roosting site for thousands of sea gulls and terns since they co-exist with fishing activities along the entire coast. Some of the locals still try to trap shorebirds and MLA sea turtle conservation assistants remain alert on that issues and they have been instructed to report and take actions with support from local BFD range and beach officers. 


Image: Shorebird lesser sand plover has been trapped and finally confiscated by MLA research assistant; incidence at Sonadia east village mudflats (top); mudflats along Kuhelia canal (3nd from top)near Haser Char, Dhalghata; Eurasian curlew (right) and flocks of shorebirds and sea gulls at Belekerdia, Sea Turtle nesting ground, Sonadia Island.

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