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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

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

Dotterel; What’s in a name?
24 Jan 2021

Dotterel; What’s in a name?

by | posted in: Banded Dotterel, Charadrii, Charadrius, Dotterel, Double-banded Plover, Eurasian Dotterel, morinellus, mythology, New Zealand Dotterel, Nomenclature, Northern Red-breasted Plover, Plovers, Rufous-chested Dotterel, Southern Red-breasted Plover, Tawny-throated Dotterel, Taxonomy | 0

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

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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