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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;

Plover Appreciation Day is coming…
13 Sep 2024

Plover Appreciation Day is coming…

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… 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

British Summer-Visiting Breeding Waders
7 Apr 2021

British Summer-Visiting Breeding Waders

by | posted in: Actitis, Burhinus, Charadrius, Common Sandpiper, Dotterel, dubius, Eggs, Esacus, Eurasian Dotterel, Eurasian Stone-Curlew, Eurasian Whimbrel, Godwits, hypoleucos, Limosa, Little Ringed Plover, lobatus, morinellus, mythology, Numenius, oedicnemus, Our Blogs, phaeopus, Phalaropes, Phalaropus, Red-necked Phalarope, Satellite Tagging, Stone-Curlews and Thick-knees | 0

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

Plover Appreciation Day 2020
20 Sep 2020

Plover Appreciation Day 2020

by | posted in: apricaria, Bird Fairs and Events, Charadrius, dubius, fulva, hiaticula, Lapwings, morinellus, Our Blogs, Plovers, Pluvialis, squatarola, Vanellus, vanellus, Volunteers, Wader Conservation, Wader News | 0

Well, all I can say is that we hope the plovers appreciate the effort we put in to celebrate them! We were after just 4 species that can be found at this time of year; Northern Lapwing, plus Grey, European Golden and Common Ringed Plovers. The Little … Continued

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