Have you registered for #IWSG2024 conference in Montpellier, France? 🇫🇷 #IWSG_conf You've not long left, so sign up now ⬇️ waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20…

🎉 Huge win for nature in Portugal!🌿Last week, the Portuguese Prime Minister officially ruled out plans to build Montijo airport near Lisbon. This mega-project would have been constructed on the Tagus estuary, one of Europe’s most important wetlands, a Natura 2000 site, and a

As the black-tailed #godwits in the west start migrating southwards, godwits in the far east are still migrating northwards! Watch such comparative #migration in real time at globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species…, and read about it in tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #grutto #skries #Uferschnepfe

Stark differences in annual cycles also apparent within black-tailed #godwits using wetlands & deltas of Bangladesh as wintering area. As ANNE begins southward #migration after breeding in Kazachstan, Samiul is still migrating north! Discover yourself at globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/project…

Stunning diversity in annual cycles of Black-tailed Godwits from the Bangladeshi non-breeding pop, tagged by Delip Das Bisharga. Most now crossed the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau to breed😍. Others moving back south😮. And my namesake WOUTER not moving its lazy ass at all.🙄

#Shorebird chicks are not only adorably cute but also expertly camouflaged and very difficult to find. Want to know how tiny snowy #plover chicks evade predators? 📰 link.springer.com/article/10.100… with Tamara Volkmer Luke Eberhart-Hertel Medardo Cruz VroniRohr and others Short 🧵 1/7

Sometimes, we get it right.

A pair of cranes teaching their youngling to fly.

Black-tailed #godwits JOS & ANNE, tagged in #Bangladesh by Delip Das Bisharga as part of PhD research University of Groningen, are exposed to the very high temperatures in Xinjiang, China, during their southward #migration. Verify if these 2 #shorebirds make it out: globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/project…

Black-tailed Godwit on migration in Asia are facing record breaking heat. Fingers crossed they make it to their destination 😥🤞. Follow their progress here ⬇️

I am happy to inform that my book, #thelivingairbook is now available in #Bangladesh. Here is the link. baatighar.com/shop/978819599…

Moult -replacing feathers- is a vital but understudied part in the life of birds. To study timing and speed of flight feather moult in Spoonbills, student Arjen de Boer set up his hide at a moulting site 2021. His findings now in ARDEA_journal! 👇1/2 doi.org/10.5253/arde.2…

The marshes of Doñana continue to attract many southbound Global Flyway Network Godwits this year. But since 5-10 days we're seeing birds using rice fields for first time in many mths. Indeed, rice farmers just sowed 65% of paddies after 2 yrs of no cultivation.👉 youtube.com/watch?v=TO8VHu…

Great analytical effort, but still not so sure. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence (of social learning in young starlings). For arguments, see, e.g.: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111… and: cell.com/current-biolog…

#Free_hannan Bangladeshi rapper Hannan Hossain Shimul, who gained popularity for his song "Awaaz Utha", has been placed on a two-day remand #quotaandolon2024 #quotamovement #quotaandolon #Rapper #QuotaReform

The eyes of rebellion❤️‍🔥 #StepDownHasina #SaveBangladeshiStudents #quotaandolon2024 #QuotaMovement

📢 Important announcement! Due to high demand for our next conference #IWSG2024, members who aren't able to attend in person will now be able to watch the main talks online. Register here ➡️ waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20…

We look forward to seeing you all at the 2024 International Wader Study Group conference, we will be hosting a Shroebirds Tracking Prize during the conference! For more details, please follow rb.gy/zvly5i Wader Study

We will be hosting the Wader Study conference in one month in Montpellier ! Registration to follow main talks online is open 👇: waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20… Office français de la biodiversité LPO France

The formidable #Taklaman desert is sometimes home to black-tailed #godwits during their #migration from wintering areas in #Bangladesh to/from breeding sites. #Grutto's JOS & MOBARAK are right there now. How do we know? How could YOU have known? Check: globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/project…