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Latest Wader Quest Newsletter published.
3 Sep 2025

Latest Wader Quest Newsletter published.

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Another packed issue of the Wader Quest newsletter is now available by clicking on the image below. Inside this issue;

Taxonomic Tidy Up – as it affects waders.
18 Jun 2025

Taxonomic Tidy Up – as it affects waders.

by | posted in: Anarhynchus, Buttonquails, Charadrii, Charadrius, Coursers, Crab Plover, Cursorius, Dromus, Glareola, Nomenclature, Our Blogs, Pedionomus, Plovers, Pratincoles, Rhinoptilus, Science and Research, Scolopaci, Stiltia, Stilts, Taxonomy, Thinornis, torquatus, Turnix, Wader News, Waders | 0

Recently, most of the influential list-keepers of the world’s birds, got together and, between them, created a definitive, universal, taxonomic list of the birds of the world and they called it Avilist – The Global Avian Checklist. This may come as … Continued

More ammunition for Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservationists to fight off extinction.
14 Mar 2025

More ammunition for Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservationists to fight off extinction.

by | posted in: artwork, Calidris, Our Blogs, pygmaea, Sandpipers, Science and Research, Scolopaci, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Wader Conservation, Wader News, Waders | 0

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper holds a special place in our hearts at Wader Quest. This is because it was the species that kickstarted our wader conservation journey. When we realised just how close to extinction this species was, we felt compelled … Continued

Wader Quest focus species for 2025 announced at AGM
28 Nov 2024

Wader Quest focus species for 2025 announced at AGM

by | posted in: AGM, Common Redshank, Haematopus, newsletter, ostralegus, Our Blogs, Our Newsletters, Sandpipers, totanus, Tringa, Wader News, Waders | 0

At the recent AGM held on 24th November voting members were asked to vote on which species is to be the focus species for 2025. The assembled members were presented with a choice between Eurasian Oystercatcher and Common Redshank Following … Continued

Plover Appreciation Day is coming…
13 Sep 2024

Plover Appreciation Day is coming…

by | posted in: alexandrinus, American Golden, Anarhynchus, apricaria, Charadrii, Charadrius, Common Ringed Plover, dominica, Dotterel, dubius, Eurasian Dotterel, European Golden, fulva, Grey, hiaticula, Kentish Plover, Lapwings, Little Ringed Plover, morinellus, nivosus, Northern Lapwing, Our Blogs, Pacific Golden, Plover Appreciation Day, Plovers, Pluvialis, Snowy Plover, squatarola, vanellus, Vanellus, Wader Books | 0

… on the 16th of September and this year the theme is books, fiction or otherwise, around plovers. I have a reasonable collection of bird books, around 1,000 at the last count, of which 70 odd are specifically about waders. … Continued

North of England Curlew Conservation Award Ceremony and Concert
20 Aug 2024

North of England Curlew Conservation Award Ceremony and Concert

by | posted in: arquata, Bird Fairs and Events, Citizen Science, Eurasian Curlew, Fundraising, North of England Curlew Awards, Numenius, Our Blogs, Satellite Tagging, Science and Research, Wader Conservation | 0

On the 18th of August we attended the North of England Curlew Conservation Awards held as Masham Town Hall. These awards celebrate the work of farmers, volunteers and upland managers across the North of England, to conserve Eurasian Curlews. The … Continued

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