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New Wader Quest Pin Badges announced
11 Apr 2021

New Wader Quest Pin Badges announced

by | posted in: Banded Stilt, cinerea, Cladorhynchus, Collared Pratincole, Glareola, gregarius, Himantopus, Lapwings, leucocephalus, Our Blogs, Pin badges, pratincola, Pratincoles, Sociable, Sociable Lapwing, Stilts, Terek Sandpiper, Vanellus, Xenus | 0

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
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

Double-banded Plover uplisted to Near Threatened.
21 Mar 2021

Double-banded Plover uplisted to Near Threatened.

by | posted in: Banded Dotterel, bicinctus, Charadrius, Double-banded Plover, Our Blogs, Plovers | 0

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
3 Mar 2021

Spoon-billed Sandpiper numbers update

by | posted in: Calidris, Our Blogs, pygmaea, Spoon-billed Sandpiper | 0

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

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

Guest blog 2: Intermountain Bird Observatory Long-billed Curlew Project Update – Heather Hayes
2 Sep 2020

Guest blog 2: Intermountain Bird Observatory Long-billed Curlew Project Update – Heather Hayes

by | posted in: americanus, Curlews, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius, Our Blogs, Satellite Tagging, Science and Research, Wader Conservation | 0

Long-billed Curlew © Petra ClaytonIt has now been over a decade since the Intermountain Bird Observatory (IBO) began delving into the lives of the charismatic Long-billed Curlew. Our project began in 2009 with the initial objective of assisting the Idaho … Continued

Thank you to Heidi Lots
10 Aug 2020

Thank you to Heidi Lots

by | posted in: Bird Fairs and Events, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, mitchellii, Our Blogs, Phegornis, Plovers, Sandpipers | 0

The wader Quest / Heidi Lots artwork auction has now closed. We are very pleased to announce that the auction of Heidi Lots’ charming scene of an adult Diademed Sandpiper-Plover and two chicks sold for £180 in the auction. Everyone … Continued

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