Wader News

After a great deal of hard graft, late nights and head scratching (mostly on the part of Trustee Andrew Whitelee), we have satisfied the Charities Commission (England and Wales) that Wader Quest is indeed a charity and they have bestowed … Continued

We have a new section on the website for reporting monitoring projects. These can be found under Monitoring in the Conservation drop down menu. The first such project we are presenting is the Bohai Bay Global Flyway Network Update #1 … Continued

The April Wader Quest The Newsletter (Vol 6: Issue 1) is also now out and can be found on the website under Our Newsletters in the News section In this issue Charity news and updates New subscription rates reminder Sands … Continued

Update #6 sees the Oriental Pratincoles reaching Cambodia, the Little Curlews setting off from Australia and the Eurasian Whimbrels counting down to their departure date.

We have added a new page to the website under the conservation banner entitled Threatened Wader Species.   It is a comprehensive list of the species in the IUCN categories; Extinct; Critically Endangered; Endangered; Vulnerable; and Near Threatened. Each name … Continued

It was a good job we didn’t commit ourselves to the time span between posting the ‘Featured Wader’ pages, as the second such page, based on our pin badges to date, is the Ruddy Turnstone which is a species with … Continued

From update #6 of the VWSG project and #3 of the AWSG project all the updates have been combined under the All Australia updates making finding the latest information easier. We posted the latest update of this project today.   … Continued

Oriental Pratincole – All on the go and where they will stop? We really don’t know! Little Curlew – Slight movement. Whimbrel – There is still a month to go until the anticipated departure date. View full details here.