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When I was at Singapore’s wonderful (and, as more mangroves are cut down, increasingly important) Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve a few days ago, I came across a Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea feeding quietly in a low-tide channel in the middle of the reserve. Like (I suspect) many readers of 10,000 Birds I knew very little [...]

We quite often mention Important Bird Areas (IBAs) on 10,000 Birds without explaining what they are. Perhaps we should…

IBAs are basically key sites for bird conservation. BirdLife International (the UK-based “global Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural [...]