Britain - World's most endangered birds Spoon-Billed Sandpipers 13 brought to Slimbridge Wetlands Centre in Gloucestershire.

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Some of the world's most endangered birds have been given a new home in the UK after a journey from Russia's Far East.

There are thought to be fewer than 200 spoon-billed sandpipers left in the world.

Now 13 have been brought to the Slimbridge Wetlands Centre in Gloucestershire.

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The Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus), is a small wader which breeds in northeastern Russia and winters in Southeast Asia. ...

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