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Another successful AGM
30 Nov 2022

Another successful AGM

by | posted in: AGM, Bird Fairs and Events, Calidris, Declines, Eurynorynchus, Fundraising, Our Blogs, pygmaea, pygmea, Sandpipers, Science and Research, Shorebirds, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Wader Conservation, Waders | 0

On the 27th of November 2022 we held our virtual AGM via Microsoft Teams and it all went according to plan, largely due to the effort, ideas and planning carried out by Elizabeth Anderson, who hosted the event, and Secretary … Continued

Planting Trees can Decrease Wader Populations
20 Oct 2022

Planting Trees can Decrease Wader Populations

by | posted in: alpina, apricaria, Black-tailed Godwit, Calidris, Charadrii, Declines, Dunlin, Eurasian, Eurasian Whimbrel, European Golden, Godwits, Haematopus, limosa, Limosa, Numenius, ostralegus, Our Blogs, Oystercatchers, phaeopus, Plovers, Pluvialis, Science and Research, Wader Conservation, Waders, Whimbrels | 0

We all know the benefits of reforestation. Reversing human land conversion, increasing carbon capture and reinstating habitats can be no bad thing, right? However, there is more to consider here, such as the species that use open spaces, such as … Continued

The Wader Guru.
28 Jul 2022

The Wader Guru.

by | posted in: American, Charadrii, Citizen Science, cursor, Cursorius, Greater, melanoleuca, minor, nebularia, Our Blogs, Sandpipers, Science and Research, Scolopax, Shorebirds, Taxonomy, Tringa, Wader Guru, Waders, Woodcock, Yellowlegs | 0

Coming soon to the Wader Quest website, the Wader Guru. This is a panel of experts who are waiting to answer any questions you may have regarding waders/shorebirds. The page will have many FAQs, the number and scope of which … Continued

Recent Wader Quest grants.
19 Mar 2022

Recent Wader Quest grants.

by | posted in: Charadrii, Charadrius, Collared, Fuegian, guttifer, nemoricola, Nordmann's Greenshank, Our Blogs, Plovers, stricklandii, Waders, Wilson's, wilsonia, Wood | 0

Like everyone else, Wader Quest has suffered from the recent lean times, but, we have still been able to fund some very interesting projects already this year. As the income has been reduced due to a lack of events and … Continued

Countdown to WCWW8; 1 day to go
5 Nov 2021

Countdown to WCWW8; 1 day to go

by | posted in: Bird Fairs and Events, Calidris, Charadrii, Eurynorynchus, Global Birding, Our Blogs, Our Newsletters, pygmaea, pygmea, Red-necked, ruficollis, Shorebirds, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Stint, Wader Conservation, Wader Conservation World Watch, Wader News, Waders | 0

Forget Christmas Eve, forget Hallowe’en, when it comes to excitement you can’t beat WCWW Eve. Just one more sleep folks! For the last of our countdown to Wader Conservation World Watch artworks, we are taking you all back to where … 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

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

New Wader Quest Pin Badges announced
11 Apr 2021

New Wader Quest Pin Badges announced

by | posted in: Banded Stilt, cinerea, Cladorhynchus, Collared Pratincole, Glareola, gregarius, Himantopus, Lapwings, leucocephalus, Our Blogs, Pin badges, pratincola, Pratincoles, Sociable, Sociable Lapwing, Stilts, Terek Sandpiper, Vanellus, Xenus | 0

Earlier this year we asked pin badge enthusiasts which two species, from a list of four (Red Knot, Common Snipe, Terek Sandpiper and Collared Pratincole), they would most like to see in the Wader Quest collection. Adding together all the … Continued

British Summer-Visiting Breeding Waders
7 Apr 2021

British Summer-Visiting Breeding Waders

by | posted in: Actitis, Burhinus, Charadrius, Common Sandpiper, Dotterel, dubius, Eggs, Esacus, Eurasian Dotterel, Eurasian Stone-Curlew, Eurasian Whimbrel, Godwits, hypoleucos, Limosa, Little Ringed Plover, lobatus, morinellus, mythology, Numenius, oedicnemus, Our Blogs, phaeopus, Phalaropes, Phalaropus, Red-necked Phalarope, Satellite Tagging, Stone-Curlews and Thick-knees | 0

There are 78 species of waders on the British list (78 BOU categories A,B & C), the majority are rare vagrants (45), others passage migrants (6), a number are with us all year as residents (13), although some of those … Continued

Spoon-billed Sandpiper numbers update
3 Mar 2021

Spoon-billed Sandpiper numbers update

by | posted in: Calidris, Our Blogs, pygmaea, Spoon-billed Sandpiper | 0

The bad news is, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper population is still declining, the good news is that it is at a rate of around 8-9% a year and not the 25% it was a few years ago (2009). Back in the … Continued

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