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3 Sep 2025

Latest Wader Quest Newsletter published.

by Rick Simpson | 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;

29 Dec 2024

New Wader Guru question posted

by Rick Simpson | posted in: Anarhynchus, Charadrii, Charadrius, Lapwings, Our Blogs, Plover Appreciation Day, Plovers, Pluvialis, Science and Research, Vanellus, Wader Guru, Wader News, Waders | 0

We have just posted a new question and answer on the Wader Guru page. The question is; ‘I have noticed that when roosting in flocks, plovers and lapwings all face the same way, why do they do this? Surely it … Continued

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

17 Nov 2023

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

by Wader Quest | 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

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

15 Oct 2021

Team Wader Quest – Global Birding Weekend

by Rick Simpson | posted in: Bird Fairs and Events, Calidris, Charadrii, Fundraising, Global Bird Weekend, Global Birding, Lapwings, leucurus, Long-toed, Our Blogs, Penny Robinson, Stints, subminuta, Tim Appleton, Vanellus, Wader News, Waders, White-tailed | 0

The last time I had two British ticks on the same day was in 1987; Isabelline Shrike and Little Auk! Today, I repeated that feat, and moreover, they were both waders! The last time I ticked two waders on the … Continued

11 Aug 2021

New series; Breeding waders in South America Pt 1 – Lapwings

by Rick Simpson | posted in: Andean Lapwing, Charadrii, chilensis, Lapwings, Our Blogs, resplendens, Southern Lapwing, Vanellus | 0

South America is well known for its many unusual bird families, some of which occur nowhere else; antbirds, hummingbirds, ovenbirds, woodcreepers, manakins and cotingas all spring readily to mind. As a result, when planning trips to the region few people … Continued

8 May 2021

10 facts about Wader migration for World Migratory Bird Day

Different waders employ different strategies when it comes to migration, here are 10 facts of interest relating to waders and their migration. Click on an image to find out more

11 Apr 2021

New Wader Quest Pin Badges announced

by Rick Simpson | 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

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