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13 Sep 2024

Plover Appreciation Day is coming…

… 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

8 Feb 2024

Splits, reshuffles and renaming of the plovers and two thick-knees

by Rick Simpson | posted in: Charadrii, Charadrius, Erythrogonys, Hesperoburhinus, Lapwings, Nomenclature, Our Blogs, Plovers, Pluvialis, Science and Research, Shorebirds, Stone-Curlews and Thick-knees, Taxonomy, Vanellus, Wader News, Waders | 0

You will probably now be aware that the Lesser Sand Plover has been split into two species, meaning Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus becomes Siberian Sand Plover C. mongolus and Tibetan Sand Plover C. atrifrons… or does it? ‘Fraid not! … Continued

3 Jan 2024

Volume 10; Issue 4 newsletter published

In this issue – 2: Wader Quest information. 3: Wader Quest news. 4: 2024 Species Focus 5-6: When is a wader not a wader? (Taxonomic updates) 7-8: List of Charadrii (waders / shorebirds) 9-10: List of Charadrii… there’s more! 11: … Continued

11 May 2023

Wader Quest Volume 10 Issue 2 newsletter out now.

Vol 10 Issue 2: 2023 Wader Quest newsletter is published today, please click on the picture link to view. Contents included in this issue; 2: Wader Quest information. 3-6: Wader Quest news. 7-8: Wader Quest Brasil. 9: Wader Quest South … Continued

30 Mar 2023

2022/3 Wader Quest Grants Summary

As the financial years draws to a close, it is worth looking back to see what species Wader Quest helped to conserve by making grants or donations during that time. As always a number of projects are overseas and there, … Continued

18 Jun 2022

Wader Quest Brasil / Projeto Aves Limícolas update

by Rick Simpson | posted in: American, Charadrii, Charadrius, chilensis, Collared, collaris, Haematopus, Lapwings, Migration, Our Blogs, Oystercatchers, palliatus, Plovers, Shorebirds, Southern Lapwing, Vanellus, Wader Conservation, Wader News, Waders, World Migratory Bird Day | 0

The indefatigable team of Bruno Lima and Karina Ávila of Wader Quest Brasil / Projeto Aves Limícolas, recently attended an event in Ilha Comprida (Long Island – São Paulo) with the Ilha Comprida Bird watching Club (Clube de Observadores de … Continued

11 Jun 2022

News from Margarita Island – Venezuela

by Rick Simpson | posted in: Charadrii, Charadrius, Our Blogs, Plovers, Science and Research, Shorebirds, Wader Conservation, Waders, Wilson's, wilsonia | 0

Earlier this year Wader Quest supported a project in northern Venezuela to study the population of Wilson’s Plovers Charadrius wilsonia of the subspecies cinnamominus on Margarita Island. The study, which is part of the ELVONAL Shorebird initiative, concerns the effect … Continued

28 Mar 2022

Lesser Sandplover split

by Rick Simpson | posted in: atrifrons, Charadrii, Charadrius, Greater Sandplover, leschenaultii, Lesser Sandplover, Mongolian Sandplover, mongolus, Nomenclature, Our Blogs, Plover Appreciation Day, Shorebirds, Taxonomy, Wader News, Waders | 0

When we did our travelling at the very start of Wader Quest, back in 2012, we made some arbitrary decisions about the taxonomic status of various closely related taxa. This drew some raised eyebrows in some quarters and, I dare … Continued

19 Mar 2022

Recent Wader Quest grants.

by Rick Simpson | posted in: Charadrii, Charadrius, Collared, Fuegian, guttifer, nemoricola, Nordmann's Greenshank, Our Blogs, Plovers, stricklandii, Waders, Wilson's, wilsonia, Wood | 0

Like everyone else, Wader Quest has suffered from the recent lean times, but, we have still been able to fund some very interesting projects already this year. As the income has been reduced due to a lack of events and … Continued

15 Sep 2021

Wader Olympics for Plover Appreciation Day

by Rick Simpson | posted in: American Golden, apricaria, Charadrii, Charadrius, dominica, European Golden, fulva, Grey, Our Blogs, Pacific Golden, Plover Appreciation Day, Plovers, Pluvialis, Shorebirds, squatarola | 0

In celebration of Plover Appreciation Day, we have reproduced an article written during the Japanese Olympic Games. As we write this storm Evert is thundering its way across southern England and our ears echo with the sound of rain lashing … Continued