Wader news is important to Wader Quest. We include it in our blogs and newsletters. We give updates on developments from around the world.
Heidi Lots; Lots Nature Heidi Lots, of Lots Nature, who was our featured artist in the Wader Quest The Newsletter Vol 6 Issue 1, has kindly made some of her artworks available for sale through Wader Quest. They are all … Continued
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
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
If you speak Spanish this may prove very interesting: Note the time 23.00 hrs. Something to do to round off your Migratory Bird Day activities. Heidi Lots, who has been one of our featured artists in the Wader Quest The … Continued
Spanish artist Jose Arcas has made some of his artworks depicting waders available for sale through Wader Quest; 12% of the price will go to Wader Quest funds. They are all original watercolours on paper, are signed (not all photos … Continued
Australian Wader Study Group Satellite Tagging update #4 Latest satellite tagging news from AWSG. Update #4 for 2020, showing the movements of Eurasian Whimbrels and Oriental Pratincoles. Oriental Pratincole SEP back on the breeding grounds in Karnataka, India Full details … Continued
Worldwide Garden Birdwatch, initiated by one of Wader Quest’s sponsors, Experience Wildlife. Why not join the Worldwide Garden Birdwatch? Most of us won’t be able to see or hear many waders during this event, but it’ll be fun to see … Continued
The April 2020 Wader Quest newsletter Vol 7 Issue 1 is ready to read. Wader Quest News. Colour-ringed Curlews. Wader Quest subs policy change. Sands of Change – S2: Ep 3. Waders in art. Jose Arcas. Making of a … Continued
Atlantic Forest Sandpiper doesn’t exist, does it? Whilst living in Brazil, Elis and I enjoyed doing voluntary conservation work with a group of kids, living right on the forest edge. They had a utilitarian approach to the forest and its … Continued
John James Audubon loved his waders but lived in a time with different sensitivities to our own today. Shooting birds simply to identify them or to see what they had eaten was quite the norm. In the first story here, … Continued
