Irish Government announces a scheme to protect breeding waders – By Aberdeen Powell
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
Global Bird Fair 2023
Back in January, Tim Appleton and Penny Robinson the Global Birdfair founders, looked at each other across the table (and no doubt a bottle of red) and asked, ‘Shall we? Or shan’t we?’ Happily the answer to that question was … Continued
Wader Quest Volume 10 Issue 2 newsletter out now.
Vol 10 Issue 2: 2023 Wader Quest newsletter is published today, please click on the picture link to view. Contents included in this issue; 2: Wader Quest information. 3-6: Wader Quest news. 7-8: Wader Quest Brasil. 9: Wader Quest South … Continued
2022/3 Wader Quest Grants Summary
As the financial years draws to a close, it is worth looking back to see what species Wader Quest helped to conserve by making grants or donations during that time. As always a number of projects are overseas and there, … Continued
Wader Quest Anniversary Grant winner announced
The Wader Quest grants panel had a number of really interesting projects to explore for this year’s anniversary grant. All had their merits and it was a difficult choice, but in the end the grant is going to Alicia Hayden, … Continued
England’s Estuaries Being Left Exposed
Over half of England’s estuaries are at risk of losing essential habitats. A combination of rising seas, lower drought river levels and new weirs and dams are shrinking these vital habitats. Locally, estuaries play host to many species of wader but … Continued
Another successful AGM
On the 27th of November 2022 we held our virtual AGM via Microsoft Teams and it all went according to plan, largely due to the effort, ideas and planning carried out by Elizabeth Anderson, who hosted the event, and Secretary … Continued
WCWW9 begins!
Going birding on the 5th and or 6th of November? If so, no matter where you are in the world, let us know what waders or shorebirds you see on those days and stand up to say I CARE about wader … Continued