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Graham Appleton

@grahamfappleton

Writer & life-long birdwatcher.
Formerly Director of Communications for BTO.
#WaderTales blogs about #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

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"Rhapsody of Whimbrel" How is migration affected by the way the wind blows? wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/04/a-r… šŸŽ‚5ļøāƒ£ Research by Camilo Carneiro et al #ornithology

"Rhapsody of Whimbrel"
How is migration affected by the way the wind blows?
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/04/a-r… šŸŽ‚5ļøāƒ£
Research by Camilo Carneiro et al
#ornithology
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Join us for a FREE discussion on the benefits of tracking curlews in the UK and across Europe. Where do they go? What have we learned? . eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-trac…

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** Tracking Curlew ** Looking forward to chairing Curlew Action webinar on Wed 11th: eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-trac… Tracking is helping us to understand & conserve waders/shorebirds. Here's a recent WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak… #ornithology

** Tracking Curlew **
Looking forward to chairing <a href="/CurlewAction/">Curlew Action</a> webinar on Wed 11th:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-trac…
Tracking is helping us to understand &amp; conserve waders/shorebirds.
Here's a recent WaderTales blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak…
#ornithology
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Is this the one week with no wader migration to/from/through Britain & Ireland? The last waders (Dunlin & Grey Plover heading for Siberia) have departed? The first failed breeders (e.g. Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit) have not arrived? Blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/whi… #ornithology

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Risks and perceived risks to nesting Lapwings. WaderTales blog from 7 June 2017 šŸŽ‚8ļøāƒ£ wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/mas… Papers from 2 MSc projects by UEA CEEC students. #ornithology #waders #shorebirds

Risks and perceived risks to nesting Lapwings.
WaderTales blog from 7 June 2017 šŸŽ‚8ļøāƒ£
wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/mas…
Papers from 2 MSc projects by <a href="/ueaceec/">UEA CEEC</a> students.
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds
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I'm in the chair for Wednesday's FREE Curlew webinar from Curlew Action ** Tracking Curlews ** eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-trac… More info about tracking #waders #shorebirds ā¬‡ļø wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak… #ornithology

I'm in the chair for Wednesday's FREE Curlew webinar from <a href="/CurlewAction/">Curlew Action</a> 
** Tracking Curlews **
eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-trac…
More info about tracking #waders #shorebirds ā¬‡ļø
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak…
#ornithology
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Green electricity is going to mean more power lines. Planning where they go could be really important to breeding waders. Research from Iceland by Aldis PĆ”lsdóttir et al is at heart of blog from 9 June 2022 šŸŽ‚ wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/pow… #ornithology

Green electricity is going to mean more power lines.
Planning where they go could be really important to breeding waders.
Research from Iceland by Aldis PĆ”lsdóttir et al is at heart of blog from 9 June 2022 šŸŽ‚
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/pow…
#ornithology
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Interested in #waders #shorebirds? If you've not read Flight Lines by Andrew Darby you've missed out. Here's the WaderTales review, as part of a broader article about Grey (Black-bellied) Plovers: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/plo… šŸŽ‚5ļøāƒ£ #ornithology

Interested in #waders #shorebirds?
If you've not read Flight Lines by <a href="/looksouth/">Andrew Darby</a> you've missed out.
Here's the WaderTales review, as part of a broader article about Grey (Black-bellied) Plovers:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/plo… šŸŽ‚5ļøāƒ£
#ornithology
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Counting #waders #shorebirds? Think you have a difficult job? Try counting wintering Oystercatchers in Iceland! wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/mis… Blog from 12 June 2018 #ornithology

Counting #waders #shorebirds?
Think you have a difficult job?
Try counting wintering Oystercatchers in Iceland!
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/mis…
Blog from 12 June 2018
#ornithology
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Reminder from 12 June 2021: "More Curlew chicks needed" Blog based on paper by BTO scientists, using data collected by British bird ringers. wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/mor… #ornithology

Reminder from 12 June 2021:
"More Curlew chicks needed"
Blog based on paper by <a href="/_BTO/">BTO</a>  scientists, using data collected by British bird ringers.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/mor…
#ornithology
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Saw Oystercatcher parent trying to encourage chicks to jump from roof of a school, yesterday. Nest-site selection has changed in the UK since the first pairs moved inland from coastal beaches in about 1840. wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/oys… šŸŽ‚ #ornithology

Saw Oystercatcher parent trying to encourage chicks to jump from roof of a school, yesterday.
Nest-site selection has changed in the UK since the first pairs moved inland from coastal beaches in about 1840.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/oys… šŸŽ‚
#ornithology
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Farming and conservation. In a less predictable climate, we're going to have to get better at collecting and saving water. Successful example discussed in blog from 14 June 2019 šŸŽ‚ wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/man… #ConservationScience

Farming and conservation.
In a less predictable climate, we're going to have to get better at collecting and saving water.
Successful example discussed in blog from 14 June 2019 šŸŽ‚
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/man…
#ConservationScience
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This picture depicts a devastating scene that conservationists are seeing up and down the country this breeding season. Lots of hard work is going into protecting these birds; working with farmers, landowners, and collaboration with other conservation groups. We are now

This picture depicts a devastating scene that conservationists are seeing up and down the country this breeding season. 

Lots of hard work is going into protecting these birds; working with farmers, landowners, and collaboration with other conservation groups. 

We are now
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Check ou this #PhD #opportunity with Carlos David Santos & myself. Intertidal habitats & sea level rise, what could possibly go wrong? The more we figure out, the better we can respond #biodiversity #conservation #waders Eco Flyway Global Flyway Network Wader Study EAAFP WHSG

Check ou this #PhD #opportunity with <a href="/cdsantos_fc/">Carlos David Santos</a> &amp; myself.

Intertidal habitats &amp; sea level rise, what could possibly go wrong?

The more we figure out, the better we can respond #biodiversity #conservation #waders

<a href="/eco_flyway/">Eco Flyway</a> <a href="/GlobalFlyway/">Global Flyway Network</a> <a href="/WaderStudy/">Wader Study</a> <a href="/EAAFP/">EAAFP</a>
<a href="/shorebirdswest/">WHSG</a>
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Tracking Curlews New Curlew Action webinar is available on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=2Ulp7l… Useful background? More Curlew chicks needed: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/mor… Making the most of tracking: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak… #ornithology #waders #shorebirds

Tracking Curlews
New <a href="/CurlewAction/">Curlew Action</a> webinar is available on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=2Ulp7l…
Useful background?
More Curlew chicks needed:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/mor…
Making the most of tracking:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak…
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds
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Wrong trees. Wrong places. I wonder how many #waders discovered that their homes had been planted with trees, when they returned to Iceland this spring? šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/ice… Blog from 18 June 2022 šŸ˜šŸŽ‚ Research by AldĆ­s PĆ”lsdóttir et al #ornithology #shorebirds

Wrong trees.
Wrong places.
I wonder how many #waders discovered that their homes had been planted with trees, when they returned to Iceland this spring? šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/ice…
Blog from 18 June 2022 šŸ˜šŸŽ‚
Research by Aldís PÔlsdóttir et al
#ornithology #shorebirds
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If you want to grow more trees, planting them in bigger blocks will affect fewer breeding #waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/ice… Blog from 18 June 2022 šŸŽ‚ Research by AldĆ­s PĆ”lsdóttir et al #ornithology #shorebirds

If you want to grow more trees, planting them in bigger blocks will affect fewer breeding #waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/ice…
Blog from 18 June 2022 šŸŽ‚
Research by Aldís PÔlsdóttir et al
#ornithology #shorebirds
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If you want to know what foxes get up to, count their poo! "Trees, predators and breeding #waders" documents the pervasive and long-term effects of adding trees to an open landscape. wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/tre… šŸŽ‚5ļøāƒ£ Research Mark Hancock et al #ornithology #shorebirds

If you want to know what foxes get up to, count their poo!
"Trees, predators and breeding #waders" documents the pervasive and long-term effects of adding trees to an open landscape.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/tre… šŸŽ‚5ļøāƒ£
Research Mark Hancock et al
#ornithology #shorebirds