TOOL-KIT for WADER CONSERVATION wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/08/20/too… Blog summarising talk by Jen Gill (she/her) & Jen Smart (she/her) 🎂 6⃣ #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

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

If, like me, you find it fascinating that small migratory birds reach altitudes of 5,000 or 6,000m when crossing ecological barriers, check out our new preprint. We equipped 16 nocturnal migratory species with multi-sensor loggers to study their migration: tinyurl.com/2xs7nvaz

The #migration of #spoonbills from Europe to Africa started again, the folks of limesplatalea.blogspot.com keeping a daily watch, to document when and in which flocks #spoonbills migrate across the ocean. Read lynxeds.com/product/sinago… for context on birds and places. Paco Hortas

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…

New world record! 2440 Spotted Greenshank seen y'day at 720mu roost site, Tiaozini, Jiangsu in China's Yellow Sea #WorldHeritage Site (& 14 Spoon-billed Sandpipers, 3 legflagged!) by Hongyan Yang, Beijing Forestry Uni. More roost sites need to be made so not all eggs in 1 basket!

Exciting research on the Critically Endangered #MaskedFinfoot is underway in Bangladesh Sundarbans! The Sundarbans Finfoot Research Project, supported by OBC and BCF, is uncovering key insights into their nests, diet, and threats. #BangladeshForestDept #IUCNBangladesh

Wetlands are vital for many reasons so we’re delighted to extend our partnership with the Murray Darling Wetlands Working Group. See how the story will unfold in coming years: dcceew.gov.au/about/news/reh…

💪 Strong new protections for Aussie birds are within reach if PM Albanese & his govt work with the Senate crossbench to fix our broken nature laws! 📣 Let’s make our voices heard! Tag @alboMP & Tanya Plibersek and tell them: No more flaws, fix our broken nature laws.

After >20 years of tracking, our ringed black-tailed godwits have revealed that the autumn and winter sites used by juveniles are (nearly always) the ones they will use throughout their lives. New Journal of Animal Ecology paper (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…) and #wadertales blog:

***Only four birds found this year*** But the time has come for Australian Painted-snipe to return south, so please keep your eyes out and report any sightings! paintedsnipe.com.au/recent-sightin…

This darn bird eluded me for nearly twenty years. I was beginning to think it was a figment of birders collective imaginations! But it was worth the wait - when I finally got to see one, it rewarded me with twenty minutes of excellent views, sunshine illuminating its features 😍

20 Years of Battling Buffel Grass at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary (Ngalia-Warlpiri/Luritja Country) 🌱 Weed control isn’t the flashiest part of conservation - but it’s essential. And looking back over two decades, the impact of persistent efforts is clear. 💪 📷 J Vincent/AWC

Exciting times in the Global Flyway Network Spoonbill crew as autumn migration kicks off. This morning we saw how two first-time migrants, WALDI and VALERIE, met each other in flight and travelled together for 400km on their way to Guérande. Many more stories to unfold in coming weeks...

Poor Mrs Oyk. Nesting in heat, wet, cold, today gale force winds, on a busy beach. She has foxes, predator birds, & people to contend with to get her kids up & flying. Her husband is unusual in that he does not equally share nesting duty. She has to endure most of the bad weather

The full conference programme for #IWSG2024 in Montpellier 🇫🇷 is now available to download online! #IWSG_conf ➡️ waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20…

WHAT A READ! Patrick Laurie wrote a deeply compasionate account of his return to #curlew, #cows & #Galloway and his steps to become the #farmer he wanted to be. "Curlews play a long game. They come at life with the assumption of longevity, and they live to make old bone."

Advances in Black-tailed Godwit conservation research over the last 15 years: What have we learned and what do we need to know? by Verhoeven et al. waderstudygroup.org/article/18427/ #waders #shorebirds #ornithology José A. Alves Jen Gill (she/her) Jen Smart (she/her) Lynda Donaldson Miguel Silva-Monteiro

It's time to put the LOVE in plover because today is #PloverAppreciationDay! Thanks to our recovery program and incredible volunteers, the Eastern Hooded Plover population is on the path to recovery – but they still need ongoing protection! Learn more: birdlife.org.au/programs/beach…