Ladies and gentlemen, we have liftoff! Just completed and waiting for his final polish, a stained #glass Black-tailed Godwit - because who doesn’t love a wader?

#Woodcock season opened in Scotland on 1 September but most shoots delay shooting until late November, for conservation reasons. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/con… #ornithology

Which 11 #waders are red-listed in the UK and why? wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/uk-… Three of these ⤵️ ARE red-listed but three are not! #ornithology

One of the strangest WaderTales blogs! What's all that squeaking about? And why do males make more of a fuss? wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/03/01/chi… WaderTales catalogue: wadertales.wordpress.com/about/ #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

New Piping Plover study by Dr. Christy N. Wails et al: marking chicks with flags (instead of colour rings) does not seem to change survival rate: link.springer.com/article/10.100… BUT please see further info at the end of this blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/fla… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Please donate to help Curlew Action put on a unique and groundbreaking workshop to help Curlews!🐦 Each donation up to £250 is matched! 😍 As Curlew populations decline across Europe a conservation technique call "headstarting" is increasingly used 🧵 👇avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/curlew-heads…

Flags on birds' legs? How to avoid problems when trying to answer conservation questions. See latter part of this blog (from 4 Sep 2020 🎂4⃣) wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/fla… #ornithology #waders #shorebirds

But it’s been cold this Summer - global warming my bottom! Great bit of #dataviz by Neil Kaye All the blue years were colder than this Summer. This Summer would have been the warmest of the decade in the 1960s. Changing perception of what’s normal.

This wonderful Hudsonian Whimbrel tale is interwoven with stories of the indigenous people with which it shares its life. Reminds me of the lovely book 'Flight Lines' by Andrew Darby which does the same for Grey Plover: Review: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/plo… #ornithology

With easterlies across the Baltic and some heavy rain in SE England, perhaps this will be a good week to find a high-flying Great Snipe? More about this remarkable species: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/30/fly…

Now that the BBS/ WBBS data entry deadline has passed, the BBS Team at BTO HQ and Regional Organisers across the UK are busy verifying data! Whilst we are busy doing that, here is how far BBS and WBBS volunteers have walked whilst surveying this year! BTO JNCC RSPB Science

Nothing showing on map for DRUMBA the #Whimbrel since 22 Aug, when in S Ireland. Should we be worried Global Flyway Network?

Graham Appleton We've checked, Graham, and we may have lost #whimbrel DRUMBA - or the functionality of its tracker. Sometimes we have further resolve (in the positive) when colour-rings are read. By the way, we also miss UNO since 27 June. Eco Flyway José A. Alves Afonso Rocha Roeland Bom

A godwiteer muses while he waits for two Black-tailed Godwits to show their other legs! Did they oblige? What's a godwiteer? wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/god…

Happy World Shorebirds Day! ❤️ This is the anniversary press release of the 2024 World Shorebirds Day. Feel free to share it with your community, the communication department of your organisation or the local press. #WorldShorebirdsDay #shorebirds worldshorebirdsday.org/post/celebrati…

Nice record. Ringed Plover migration is complex! wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/whi…

Concerning stats on #WorldShorebirdsDay: ELEVEN of the UK's #waders are red-listed: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/uk-… Most of the world's largest #shorebirds are under threat: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/why… Spoon-billed Sandpiper is heading for extinction: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/spo… #ornithology