TECHNICAL SERIES No. 35 International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia AEWA Technical Series No. 35 September 2008 Prepared and printed with funding from Vogelbescherming Nederland (BirdLife Netherlands) Compiled by: Patrick Triplet, Otto Overdijk, Michael Smart, Szabolcs Nagy, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, E. Sühendan Karauz, Csaba Pigniczki, Sherif Baha El Din, Jelena Kralj, Attila Sandor, Juan G. Navedo. Jointly edited by Eurosite, Syndicat Mixte Baie de Somme, Vereniging Natuurmonumenten, Wetlands International, Euronatur, International Spoonbill Working Group. E-mail for correspondence:
[email protected] With contributions from: Platalea leucorodia leucorodia: Atlantic Breeding Population Belgium: Koen Devos, Geert Spanoghe, Glenn Vermeersch, Jean-Paul Jacob Denmark: Jan Skriver, Michael Grell France: Jean-Pierre Artel, Christophe Aulert, Maurice Benmergui, Philippe Carruette, Xavier Commecy, Frédéric Dupuy, Michel Fouquet, Guillaume Gélinaud, Olivier Girard, Julien Gonin, David Hémery, Roger Mahéo, Loïc Marion, Rémy Tréabol, Nicolas Sadoul, François Sueur, Patrick Triplet Gambia: Clive Barlow, Alagie Manjang, Kawsu Jammeh, Modou Colley Germany: Klaus Günther (for Schleswig-Holstein), Peter Südbeck (for Lower Saxony) Guinea (Conakry): Atigou Balde Luxembourg: Sandra Cellina, Patric Lorgé,