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Latest Wader Quest Newsletter published.
3 Sep 2025

Latest Wader Quest Newsletter published.

by | posted in: alexandrinus, American, Anarhynchus, Anarhynchus, aquilonius, Bar-tailed Godwit, Bird Fairs and Events, bitorquatus, Buttonquails, Calidris, Charadrius, Citizen Science, Climate change, Common Redshank, Common Ringed Plover, Coursers, Curlews, dealbatus, Declines, Dromus, dubius, Dunlin, Far Eastern Curlew, fulva, Fundraising, Global Birdfair, Global Birding, Godwits, Haematopus, hiaticula, Himantopus, Kentish Plover, Lapwings, Least Sandpiper, madagascariensis, Martin Mere, melanota, melanurus, minutilla, mythology, newsletter, Nomenclature, Northern Red-breasted Plover, novaeseelandiae, novaezelandiae, Numenius, Our Blogs, Our Newsletters, Oystercatchers, Pacific Golden, palliatus, Pectoral Sandpiper, Plovers, Pluvialis, Rhinoptilus, Sandpipers, Satellite Tagging, Science and Research, Shop, Shore, Shorebirds, Southern Red-breasted Plover, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Stiltia, Stilts, Taxonomy, Thinornis, Threats to waders, Turnix, Vanellus, Volunteers, Wader Books, Wader Conservation, Wader Conservation World Watch, Wader News, Waders, White-backed Stilt, White-faced | 0

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…

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

Splits, reshuffles and renaming of the plovers and two thick-knees
8 Feb 2024

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

by | 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

Irish Government announces a scheme to protect breeding waders – By Aberdeen Powell
17 Nov 2023

Irish Government announces a scheme to protect breeding waders – By Aberdeen Powell

by | posted in: alpina, apricaria, arquata, Calidris, Curlews, Eurasian Curlew, Gallinago, Lapwings, Northern Lapwing, Numenius, Our Blogs, Plovers, Pluvialis, Shorebirds, totanus, Tringa, vanellus, Vanellus, Wader Conservation, Wader News, Waders | 0

On October 10th, 2023, the Irish Government announced a scheme to protect breeding waders in the republic, as part of a broad investment in nature and the environment. The scheme, which includes a €30 million investment in the Breeding Wader … Continued

Planting Trees can Decrease Wader Populations
20 Oct 2022

Planting Trees can Decrease Wader Populations

by | posted in: alpina, apricaria, Black-tailed Godwit, Calidris, Charadrii, Declines, Dunlin, Eurasian, Eurasian Whimbrel, European Golden, Godwits, Haematopus, Limosa, limosa, Numenius, ostralegus, Our Blogs, Oystercatchers, phaeopus, Plovers, Pluvialis, Science and Research, Wader Conservation, Waders, Whimbrels | 0

We all know the benefits of reforestation. Reversing human land conversion, increasing carbon capture and reinstating habitats can be no bad thing, right? However, there is more to consider here, such as the species that use open spaces, such as … Continued

Countdown to WCWW8; 2 days to go
4 Nov 2021

Countdown to WCWW8; 2 days to go

by | posted in: American Golden, Charadrii, Declines, dominica, Global Birding, Our Blogs, Plovers, Pluvialis, Shorebirds, Wader Conservation, Wader Conservation World Watch, Wader News, Waders | 0

Still counting down to our WCWW weekend, and now with just two days to go. As we approach the opening of our annual global wader watch we feature a bird that it is highly unlikely that anyone will see ever … Continued

Wader Olympics for Plover Appreciation Day
15 Sep 2021

Wader Olympics for Plover Appreciation Day

by | 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

Wader Swamp Shooting In The Caribbean.
12 Jul 2021

Wader Swamp Shooting In The Caribbean.

by | posted in: American Golden, Arenaria, Bartramia, Calidris, canutus, Declines, delicata, dominica, Dowitchers, flavipes, Gallinago, Godwits, Greater, Grey, griseus, haemastica, himantopus, Hudsonian, Hudsonian Whimbrel, hudsonicus, interpres, Lesser, Limnodromus, Limosa, longicauda, melanoleuca, melanota, Migration, Numenius, Our Blogs, Pectoral Sandpiper, Plovers, Pluvialis, Red Knot, Ruddy, Sandpipers, Satellite Tagging, Science and Research, semipalmata, Short-billed, Snipes, squatarola, Stilt, Tringa, Turnstones, Upland, Wader Conservation, Whimbrels, Willet, Wilson's, Yellowlegs | 0

Most of the migratory shorebird species breeding in eastern North America and the Arctic pass over the Caribbean region during late August, September. As they do they may encounter severe tropical storms and use the islands as refuges. Hunting clubs … Continued

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