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Latest Wader Quest Newsletter published.
3 Sep 2025

Latest Wader Quest Newsletter published.

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Another packed issue of the Wader Quest newsletter is now available by clicking on the image below. Inside this issue;

The Rising Tide: How Sea Level Rise is Reshaping Wader Habitats
6 Jul 2025

The Rising Tide: How Sea Level Rise is Reshaping Wader Habitats

by | posted in: Climate change, Our Blogs, Science and Research, Sea level rise, Threats to waders | 0

Wading birds, with their delicate balance of long migrations and specialised habitats, are uniquely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Chief among these is sea level rise, a growing global issue that is reshaping coastlines and threatening the critical … Continued

Taxonomic Tidy Up – as it affects waders.
18 Jun 2025

Taxonomic Tidy Up – as it affects waders.

by | posted in: Anarhynchus, Buttonquails, Charadrii, Charadrius, Coursers, Crab Plover, Cursorius, Dromus, Glareola, Nomenclature, Our Blogs, Pedionomus, Plovers, Pratincoles, Rhinoptilus, Science and Research, Scolopaci, Stiltia, Stilts, Taxonomy, Thinornis, torquatus, Turnix, Wader News, Waders | 0

Recently, most of the influential list-keepers of the world’s birds, got together and, between them, created a definitive, universal, taxonomic list of the birds of the world and they called it Avilist – The Global Avian Checklist. This may come as … Continued

More ammunition for Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservationists to fight off extinction.
14 Mar 2025

More ammunition for Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservationists to fight off extinction.

by | posted in: artwork, Calidris, Our Blogs, pygmaea, Sandpipers, Science and Research, Scolopaci, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Wader Conservation, Wader News, Waders | 0

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper holds a special place in our hearts at Wader Quest. This is because it was the species that kickstarted our wader conservation journey. When we realised just how close to extinction this species was, we felt compelled … Continued

North of England Curlew Conservation Award Ceremony and Concert
20 Aug 2024

North of England Curlew Conservation Award Ceremony and Concert

by | posted in: arquata, Bird Fairs and Events, Citizen Science, Eurasian Curlew, Fundraising, North of England Curlew Awards, Numenius, Our Blogs, Satellite Tagging, Science and Research, Wader Conservation | 0

On the 18th of August we attended the North of England Curlew Conservation Awards held as Masham Town Hall. These awards celebrate the work of farmers, volunteers and upland managers across the North of England, to conserve Eurasian Curlews. The … Continued

Wader Quest’s year so far.
28 Apr 2024

Wader Quest’s year so far.

by | posted in: American, arquata, Curlews, Eurasian Curlew, Fundraising, Haematopus, Jack, Limnocryptes, minimus, Numenius, Our Blogs, Oystercatchers, palliatus, Science and Research, Shorebirds, Snipes, Wader Conservation, Waders | 0

This year, 2024, we are championing the Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata as our species of the year. The reasons for this are clear. It is a species in peril, being recognised as Near Threatened by the IUCN and on the … 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

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