16 reasons to support Wader Quest today!

Why support wader conservation through Wader Quest?

Here are 16 reasons just announced in the IUCN Red List.

Dunlin being ringed © Elis Simpson

These are not rare birds getting rarer, they are familiar and often common birds that are suffering serious declines for various reasons.

If you are concerned then you can demonstrate this concern by joining WCWW this coming weekend 2nd an 3rd November.

Stand up to say ‘I Care!’

Details here.

Remember;

Caring is the first step to conservation.

Red list category changes for wader species 2024

Common name Scientific name 2023 category 2024 category 
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Least Concern Vulnerable 
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Least Concern Near Threatened 
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Least Concern Vulnerable 
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Least Concern Vulnerable 
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Least Concern Near Threatened 
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Least Concern Vulnerable 
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Least Concern Near Threatened 
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Near Threatened Vulnerable 
Dunlin Calidris alpina Least Concern  Near Threatened
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Least Concern Near Threatened 
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Least Concern  Vulnerable
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Near Threatened Vulnerable 
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Least Concern  Vulnerable 
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Least Concern  Near Threatened
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Least Concern  Vulnerable 
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Least Concern  Near Threatened