AGM reminder
Wader Quest AGM Sunday 25th October 14.00 Venue? Your living room! Details of how to join below. Just a quick reminder that the Wader Quest AGM will be taking place virtually on a Teams meeting this Sunday. Anyone wishing to … Continued
Plover Appreciation Day 2020
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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
Plover Appreciation Day
Plover Appreciation Day 16th September 2020 Plovers the world over are fighting to retain their foothold on beaches and other habitats being overwhelmed by human beings. Spare a thought for our plovers by appreciating them on the 16th of September. … Continued
Guest blog 2: Intermountain Bird Observatory Long-billed Curlew Project Update – Heather Hayes
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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
Northern Jacana in Texas
We will be releasing our long awaited book A Quest for Waders in the next few weeks (see below for more details). This book chronicles Rick and Elis Simpson’s travels, between November 2012 and January 2014, to various parts of … Continued
How are waders being affected by a warming tundra?
We are witnessing a warming Arctic tundra due to climate change. You could be justified for thinking that rising temperatures would result in an increase in the abundance of insects. You could further surmise that this would be a positive … Continued
Guest blog 1: Wood Snipe study in Nepal
A Wood Snipe study in Nepal was carried out by a group from the Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation. In spectacular scenery they spent many hours, mainly at dawn and dusk, searching suitable habitat for this enigmatic species. Wood … Continued
Captive breeding and headstarting
When a species is in trouble and on the brink of extinction drastic measures may have to be taken. Captive breeding and headstarting are last-resort weapons available in the conservationists armoury. Here we explain captive breeding and headstarting. These tools … Continued
Curlew Cam 2020
The good folks at Curlew Country have launched their Curlew Cam 2020. The live video of a sitting Eurasian Curlew. It is fascinating, and a little heart wrenching, to watch the adult curlew sitting on the nest. The anxiety and … Continued
World Migratory Bird Day
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Today is World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD). A large number of waders are champion migrants. Two great examples being the globetrotting Red Knots which breed in northern Canada and winter on the coasts of southern South America, and the record … Continued