This weekend we're giving you a preview of the workshops running at our conference #IWSG2024

Workshop 1⃣ is 'Using drones to survey shorebirds'
Drones are becoming increasingly popular, we will look at their uses, advantages and constraints

More here ➡️ waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20…

“This note provides necessary information for recording shorebird embryo and chick vocalisations. We describe the equipment required for recording and protocols for recording” - Dr Kristal Kostoglou et al.

waderstudygroup.org/article/17849/
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Deakin University

Coming to #IWSG2024 in Montpellier? 🇫🇷
Don't forget you need to book your own accommodation!

Aim for city centre for full access to the urban transport network (tram, bus, central station). The conference venue Planet Ocean is well served by Tram Line 1 🚎 every 6 minutes

Magical 😇✨️🥰⬇️
We need an extra 10,000 chicks a year to stop the decline of Curlew, so every little leggy fluffball is precious. Good luck to them and hope they fledge!
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Our conferences are amazing opportunities for wader-lovers and researchers to share their work. Do you have a presentation you could give at #IWSG2024 ? #IWSG_conf
Submit your abstract here ⬇️
waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20…

“The most ambitious of these projects, the Grengiols-Solar Park, plans to cover the summit of the Breithorn with some 160,000 solar modules (Grengiols-Solar 2023), destroying this Dotterel breeding and passage site.” – Lionel Maumary

waderstudygroup.org/article/17887/
#waders #ornithology

Have you registered for #IWSG2024 conference in Montpellier, France? 🇫🇷 #IWSG_conf
You've not long left, so sign up now ⬇️
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“The analysis of the camera data showed that the nest was predated by a Eurasian Jay (…)” – Moreno et al.

waderstudygroup.org/article/17881/
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Fundación Artemisan

“Our records indicate that the winter distribution of Svalbard Dunlin extends from Iberia to north Africa and the Banc d’Arguin in Mauritania (…)” – Wilson et al.

waderstudygroup.org/article/17878/
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

“During a routine bird banding session (…), we noticed a Common Sandpiper with 11 functional primaries on both its left and right wings.” - Pranay Khadanga et al.

waderstudygroup.org/article/17869/
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Rahul Khot Bombay Natural History Society

“It took about 10 minutes for the sachet to become noticeably warm, and high temperatures lasted for about an hour” – Ron Summers

waderstudygroup.org/article/17866/
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

“By analysing measurements of flight speeds of Redshanks when flying in different ecological situations it emerged that they simultaneously adjust airspeed with respect to multiple factors.” - Anders Hedenström

waderstudygroup.org/article/17857/
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

“The body masses of Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers were significantly higher during northward migration than southward migration.” - Hugo Rodríguez-García & Astolfo Mata

waderstudygroup.org/article/17853/
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology