Well – what could it be, if we just extended Christmas one day longer? Thirteen spoon-billed sandpipers perhaps!
A couple of days ago I joined a gaggle of excited partners and supporters at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Slimbridge HQ to celebrate a milestone in the project to save spoonie from extinction – pop over to the Saving Species blog to read more.
And any better collective noun for a gathering at Slimbridge welcome!
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