A minimum 49 Spoon-billed Sandpipers were seen at three locations. Foraging birds displayed a marked
preference for firm sandy intertidal mudflats with a thin layer of soft mud collecting in ripples, spending 98% of their time feeding within
small pools left by the receding tide, singly or in small groups. Shorebird hunting, recently identified as a significant threat to Spoon-billed
Sandpiper in Myanmar, was found in some areas.