Wader News

We take a pause here from our feverish activity in collating WCWW reports. We arrived home from our recent trip to find that, while we were travelling, the wader world suffered the very sad loss of Clive Minton in a … Continued

On a glorious Sunday morning at 10am the doors opened on the first Wader Quest AGM event. Ahead of those arriving were talks with a theme, and that theme was to demonstrate how inspiring waders are. The event was to … Continued

WCWW6 is coming 2nd and 3rd of November 2019 Dust off your optics and cameras Work out your itinerary And go birding – it is as simple as that. Afterwards, send us a list of the waders (Charadrii) you see … Continued

Come along and be inspired.   This year, for the first time, we are holding an event to support our AGM. It will take place on the 27th of October at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes Visitor Centre, Coast Road, … Continued

Last weekend (Falsterbo 30th Aug – 1st Sept / Wirral 31st Aug  – 1st Sep) saw two events take place that Wader Quest was involved in. The Falsterbo Bird Show is an annual event that takes place at the southern … Continued

Since Rick and Elis can’t be in two places at once, Phil and Gail Pickett have volunteered to take charge of the Wader Quest Stand at the Wirral Wader Festival to be held at RSPB Burton Mere Wetland on Saturday … Continued

Applications are invited from individuals or projects for this year’s £1,000 Wader Quest Anniversary Grant. Write to info@waderquest.net for more details on how to apply. Projects should ideally be directed to one or more of the following funding priorities: • … Continued

  It is amazing how fast the three days at Bird Fair whizz by. One minute you are tacking posters up and arranging the goods the next you are packing up the boxes again and on the way home. Months … Continued