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Wader Olympics for Plover Appreciation Day
15 Sep 2021

Wader Olympics for Plover Appreciation Day

by | posted in: American Golden, apricaria, Charadrii, Charadrius, dominica, European Golden, fulva, Grey, Our Blogs, Pacific Golden, Plover Appreciation Day, Plovers, Pluvialis, Shorebirds, squatarola | 0

In celebration of Plover Appreciation Day, we have reproduced an article written during the Japanese Olympic Games. As we write this storm Evert is thundering its way across southern England and our ears echo with the sound of rain lashing … Continued

Clive Minton remembered in Broome…
27 Aug 2021

Clive Minton remembered in Broome…

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For many years now there has been talk of an interpretative centre at the marvellous Broome Bird Observatory. This has finally come to fruition in the form of the Clive Minton Discovery Centre, named and dedicated to the late Clive … Continued

New series; Breeding waders in South America Pt 1 – Lapwings
11 Aug 2021

New series; Breeding waders in South America Pt 1 – Lapwings

by | posted in: Andean Lapwing, Charadrii, chilensis, Lapwings, Our Blogs, resplendens, Southern Lapwing, Vanellus | 0

South America is well known for its many unusual bird families, some of which occur nowhere else; antbirds, hummingbirds, ovenbirds, woodcreepers, manakins and cotingas all spring readily to mind. As a result, when planning trips to the region few people … Continued

Announcing New Wader Quest Patrons
1 Aug 2021

Announcing New Wader Quest Patrons

by | posted in: Bird Fairs and Events, Global Bird Weekend, Our Blogs, Our Newsletters, Volunteers, World Migratory Bird Day, World Migratory Bird DAy | 0

The Board of Trustees is very pleased to announce that Tim Appleton MBE and Penny Robinson, the driving force behind Global Bird Weekend, have agreed to be joint Patrons of Wader Quest. This couple will need no introduction to you … Continued

Wader Swamp Shooting In The Caribbean.
12 Jul 2021

Wader Swamp Shooting In The Caribbean.

by | posted in: American Golden, Arenaria, Bartramia, Calidris, canutus, Declines, delicata, dominica, Dowitchers, flavipes, Gallinago, Godwits, Greater, Grey, griseus, haemastica, himantopus, Hudsonian, Hudsonian Whimbrel, hudsonicus, interpres, Lesser, Limnodromus, Limosa, longicauda, melanoleuca, melanota, Migration, Numenius, Our Blogs, Pectoral Sandpiper, Plovers, Pluvialis, Red Knot, Ruddy, Sandpipers, Satellite Tagging, Science and Research, semipalmata, Short-billed, Snipes, squatarola, Stilt, Tringa, Turnstones, Upland, Wader Conservation, Whimbrels, Willet, Wilson's, Yellowlegs | 0

Most of the migratory shorebird species breeding in eastern North America and the Arctic pass over the Caribbean region during late August, September. As they do they may encounter severe tropical storms and use the islands as refuges. Hunting clubs … Continued

Kentish Plover; What’s In A Name?
18 May 2021

Kentish Plover; What’s In A Name?

by | posted in: alexandrinus, Charadrii, Charadrius, Javan Plover, javanicus, Kentish Plover, nivosus, Nomenclature, Our Blogs, Snowy Plover, Taxonomy | 0

The second in the series of interestingly named species is another plover, this time the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus, as Henry Seebohm put it in his 1888 book The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or, The Plovers, Sandpipers Snipes … Continued

10 facts about Wader migration for World Migratory Bird Day
8 May 2021

10 facts about Wader migration for World Migratory Bird Day

by | posted in: Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Calidris, canutus, cinctus, Common Ringed Plover, Curlews, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, Erythrogonys, Far Eastern Curlew, Godwits, Lapwings, Least Sandpiper, Limosa, madagascariensis, minutilla, Northern Lapwing, Numenius, Our Blogs, Phegornis, Red Knot, Red-kneed Dotterel, Shorebirds, vanellus, Vanellus, Waders, World Migratory Bird DAy | 0

Different waders employ different strategies when it comes to migration, here are 10 facts of interest relating to waders and their migration. Click on an image to find out more

World Migratory Bird Day
7 May 2021

World Migratory Bird Day

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Just over half the wader/shorebird species of the world are migratory, and it is these species that seem to be having the worst of it when it comes to dwindling populations. Breeding and non-breeding areas have long been known and … Continued

‘Banded Dotts’ at Kaikoura film, Nest 38, winner at International Wildlife Film Festival.
6 May 2021

‘Banded Dotts’ at Kaikoura film, Nest 38, winner at International Wildlife Film Festival.

by | posted in: Banded Dotterel, Citizen Science, Dotterel, Double-banded Plover, Eggs, Our Blogs, Plovers, Shorebirds, Volunteers, Wader Conservation | 0

It is sad to say that the success of this film rests upon the fact that the ‘Banded Dotts’ (Double-banded Plovers outside of New Zealand), are doing badly when the try to breed on the beach at Kaikoura, and indeed … Continued

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