Why support wader conservation through Wader Quest?
Here are 16 reasons just announced in the IUCN Red List.

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 |