Migratory species are broadly in decline, disrupted by alteration of field and forest habitats, and by hunting in the case of South-east Asia.
A large flock of lesser sand plovers flying over the main hide. This Arctic migratory shorebird is one of the iconic species that made Sungei Buloh an internationally important wetland.Migration is part of the daily pulse of the planet. Yet, across the globe, nearly half of the world’s migratory species - from the depths of the ocean to the sky - are declining in population.
Flying south every year when its breeding grounds in Siberia and northern China freeze over, the marsh sandpiper used to be seen in hundreds in Singapore in the 1990s. But by 2020, the sight of this small, slender shorebird with its long legs and needle-like bill and dapper colouring had plummeted to just a few dozen.
Broadly, across the flyway in Southeast Asia the birds face disruptions in the food chain triggered by loss and conversion of field, forest and coastal habitat. “I’m in touch with the Vietnamese government and... they know about the scale of the hunting,” he said. “There has been some really positive change going on in Vietnam.”
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