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Plover Appreciation Day is coming…
13 Sep 2024

Plover Appreciation Day is coming…

by | posted in: alexandrinus, American Golden, Anarhynchus, apricaria, Charadrii, Charadrius, Common Ringed Plover, dominica, Dotterel, dubius, Eurasian Dotterel, European Golden, fulva, Grey, hiaticula, Kentish Plover, Lapwings, Little Ringed Plover, morinellus, nivosus, Northern Lapwing, Our Blogs, Pacific Golden, Plover Appreciation Day, Plovers, Pluvialis, Snowy Plover, squatarola, Vanellus, vanellus, Wader Books | 0

… on the 16th of September and this year the theme is books, fiction or otherwise, around plovers. I have a reasonable collection of bird books, around 1,000 at the last count, of which 70 odd are specifically about waders. … Continued

Latest newsletter released Vol. 11 Iss. 1
20 Mar 2024

Latest newsletter released Vol. 11 Iss. 1

by | posted in: artwork, Our Blogs | 0

In this issue: 2: Wader Quest information 3: Wader Quest news 4- 5: Grants awarded 6: News from Brazil 7: Fundraising news; Big Green Hike 2024 8: Fundraising News; My Giving Circle grant / Republic of Ireland’s National Bird 9: … 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

Dotterel; What’s in a name?
24 Jan 2021

Dotterel; What’s in a name?

by | posted in: Banded Dotterel, Charadrii, Charadrius, Dotterel, Double-banded Plover, Eurasian Dotterel, morinellus, mythology, New Zealand Dotterel, Nomenclature, Northern Red-breasted Plover, Plovers, Rufous-chested Dotterel, Southern Red-breasted Plover, Tawny-throated Dotterel, Taxonomy | 0

The Dotterel Charadrius morinellus; when I first heard the name as a youngster it was one of those, almost mythical species, which, as far as I could see, I had little or no chance of ever seeing. In those days … Continued

Plover Appreciation Day
13 Sep 2020

Plover Appreciation Day

by | posted in: Citizen Science, Lapwings, Our Blogs, Plovers, Volunteers, Wader Conservation | 0

Plover Appreciation Day 16th September 2020 Plovers the world over are fighting to retain their foothold on beaches and other habitats being overwhelmed by human beings. Spare a thought for our plovers by appreciating them on the 16th of September. … Continued

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