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
North of England Curlew Conservation Award Ceremony and Concert
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 at Birdfair 2024 summary
Over the weekend of the 12th to the 14th of July Wader Quest attended the Global Birdfair at Lyndon Top, Rutland. It made a lovely change to have pretty much perfect weather for the event, it didn’t rain, and it … Continued
Newsletter Volume 11 Issue 2 released
In this Issue 2: Wader Quest information. 3-5: Wader Quest news. 5: Grants panel updates. 6: Open garden raising funds for Wader Quest. 7: Fun facts about Curlews. 8-15: Severn and Avon Vales Curlew Project updates . 16: Wader news … Continued
Global Big Day Results; Wader Quest came 3rd!!!
Each May, the good folk at Global Birding, Tim Appleton and Penny Robinson (who also happen to be our Patrons), in conjunction with eBird, hold a Big Day event. This year we surpassed ourselves with contributions from Anguilla, Australia, Brazil, … Continued
Join the Global Big Day Wader Quest team!
May the 11th is the Global Big Day event. Every year Wader Quest has a team and we invite people from around the world to join us to see how many species of bird we can observe between us. If … Continued
Wader Quest’s year so far.
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
Rick and Elis’ Big Green Hike
As we set off from home, the feeders were busy with several Siskins, loads of Chaffinches, a couple of Collared Doves mopping up the detritus dropped by the finches and three species of tit; Blue, Great and Coal. They seemed … Continued