Our Coastal Wetland Program conducts research and promotes conservation of shorebirds in Bangladesh with special focus on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper. The project has been working in an organized manner along the coast of Bangladesh especially on Sonadia Island since 2009. In March 2010 the team counted a minimum of 25 Spoon-billed Sandpipers on Sonadia Island at Cox’s Bazar, and 23 on Domar Char on the central south coast. These were the highest counts since 1997 from Bangladesh! The project identified Sonadia Island as the key wintering site and Domar Char as a passaging site in Bangladesh.