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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

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

Wader Quest Brasil / Projeto Aves Limícolas update
18 Jun 2022

Wader Quest Brasil / Projeto Aves Limícolas update

by | 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

Team Wader Quest – Global Birding Weekend
15 Oct 2021

Team Wader Quest – Global Birding Weekend

by | 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

New series; Breeding waders in South America Pt 1 – Lapwings
11 Aug 2021

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

by | 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

10 facts about Wader migration for World Migratory Bird Day
8 May 2021

10 facts about Wader migration for World Migratory Bird Day

by | posted in: Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Calidris, canutus, cinctus, Common Ringed Plover, Curlews, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, Erythrogonys, Far Eastern Curlew, Godwits, Lapwings, Least Sandpiper, Limosa, madagascariensis, minutilla, Northern Lapwing, Numenius, Our Blogs, Phegornis, Red Knot, Red-kneed Dotterel, Shorebirds, vanellus, Vanellus, Waders, World Migratory Bird DAy | 0

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

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

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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