Red Knot disaster
We are used to seeing Red Knots in huge numbers, often as part of an inspiration of waders swirling over an estuary. But are these experiences on the way out. In Delaware Bay each year the Red Knots Calidris canutus … Continued
Kentish Plover; What’s In A Name?
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The second in the series of interestingly named species is another plover, this time the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus, as Henry Seebohm put it in his 1888 book The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or, The Plovers, Sandpipers Snipes … Continued
10 facts about Wader migration for World Migratory Bird Day
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World Curlew Day
It is world Curlew Day, when we concentrate our thoughts towards the different species of Curlew and Whimbrel around the world and the trouble they are in. N. borealis Eskimo Curlew Critically Endangered (EXTINCT) – Top left © BNHM N. tenuirostris … Continued
New Wader Quest Pin Badges announced
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Earlier this year we asked pin badge enthusiasts which two species, from a list of four (Red Knot, Common Snipe, Terek Sandpiper and Collared Pratincole), they would most like to see in the Wader Quest collection. Adding together all the … Continued
British Summer-Visiting Breeding Waders
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There are 78 species of waders on the British list (78 BOU categories A,B & C), the majority are rare vagrants (45), others passage migrants (6), a number are with us all year as residents (13), although some of those … Continued
Double-banded Plover uplisted to Near Threatened.
Double-banded Plover uplisted to Near Threatened. The Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus has been added to the list of waders or shorebirds that are Near Threatened. They are undergoing declines so severe that they are causing concern and warranting a place … Continued
Spoon-billed Sandpiper numbers update
The bad news is, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper population is still declining, the good news is that it is at a rate of around 8-9% a year and not the 25% it was a few years ago (2009). Back in the … Continued
New artwork for sale from Heidi Lots
White-backed Stilt with Monarch Butterfly on a Lily. Today Heidi Lots sent us a a charming portrait of a White-backed Stilt with Monarch Butterfly on a Lily to sell. The artwork is 29×42 cm in size and is priced at … Continued
Dotterel; What’s in a name?
The Dotterel Charadrius morinellus; when I first heard the name as a youngster it was one of those, almost mythical species, which, as far as I could see, I had little or no chance of ever seeing. In those days … Continued