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3 Sep 2025

Latest Wader Quest Newsletter published.

by Rick Simpson | posted in: alexandrinus, American, Anarhynchus, Anarhynchus, aquilonius, Bar-tailed Godwit, Bird Fairs and Events, bitorquatus, Buttonquails, Calidris, Charadrius, Citizen Science, Climate change, Common Redshank, Common Ringed Plover, Coursers, Curlews, dealbatus, Declines, Dromus, dubius, Dunlin, Far Eastern Curlew, fulva, Fundraising, Global Birdfair, Global Birding, Godwits, Haematopus, hiaticula, Himantopus, Kentish Plover, Lapwings, Least Sandpiper, madagascariensis, Martin Mere, melanota, melanurus, minutilla, mythology, newsletter, Nomenclature, Northern Red-breasted Plover, novaeseelandiae, novaezelandiae, Numenius, Our Blogs, Our Newsletters, Oystercatchers, Pacific Golden, palliatus, Pectoral Sandpiper, Plovers, Pluvialis, Rhinoptilus, Sandpipers, Satellite Tagging, Science and Research, Shop, Shore, Shorebirds, Southern Red-breasted Plover, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Stiltia, Stilts, Taxonomy, Thinornis, Threats to waders, Turnix, Vanellus, Volunteers, Wader Books, Wader Conservation, Wader Conservation World Watch, Wader News, Waders, White-backed Stilt, White-faced | 0

Another packed issue of the Wader Quest newsletter is now available by clicking on the image below. Inside this issue;

14 Mar 2025

More ammunition for Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservationists to fight off extinction.

by Rick Simpson | posted in: artwork, Calidris, Our Blogs, pygmaea, Sandpipers, Science and Research, Scolopaci, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Wader Conservation, Wader News, Waders | 0

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper holds a special place in our hearts at Wader Quest. This is because it was the species that kickstarted our wader conservation journey. When we realised just how close to extinction this species was, we felt compelled … Continued

30 Nov 2022

Another successful AGM

by Rick Simpson | 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

5 Nov 2021

Countdown to WCWW8; 1 day to go

by Rick Simpson | 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

3 Mar 2021

Spoon-billed Sandpiper numbers update

by Rick Simpson | 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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