The #NewForest is a key breeding grounds for rare #GroundNestingBirds 🐣 We are following their story this year with Lee, one of our Keepers who support wildlife in the Forest. He tells us about the birds & the species he's already spotted getting ready to breed. #StayOnTheTracks

Great to hear there are a few more voles going out to join the recently reintroduced population!

Concerns about "not-quite-red-listed" Redshank. This blog from 23 Mar 2021 discusses population changes for coastal #waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/wad… NEWS = Non-estuarine Waterbird Survey (BTO) #shorebirds #ornithology

It’s always a special day when we find the first #redshank nest. These birds are incredibly good at hiding their nests! Nest are found for research that feeds directly into their #conservation

And she’s back again for the 7th year running! Site faithful since fledging back in 2016. gwct.org.uk/news/news/2022…

Look at all those wader footprints! At least 2 pairs of lapwing and 2 pairs of redshank with chicks using this scrape, protected by an electric fence and with the removal of crows they have a pretty good chance at success! #conservation

#Redshank is heading for UK RED LIST? Breeding Bird Surveys breeding decline 1995-2021 = 49% Another 5% decline 2021>2022 reported today Making decline of over 50% since 1995 Lots of background info in this thread: x.com/grahamfappleto… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology 📷Kevin Simmonds

First confirmed successful breeding of a Avon Valley redshank chick from 2021, now with big chicks of her own only a few fields across from where she hatched! #conservation #ornithology GWCT Science

It was a bit of a soggy start but it was a great day at open farm Sunday yesterday, we spoke to so many people about wader #conservation, predator management and #farming. The kids loved having a go at looking for lapwing in the hide! #LOFS23

You can count on #redshank's in the end of the breeding season... World champions fence post enthusiasts! Wadden & Delta Centre Waders For Real Global Flyway Network Wader Study NL Inst of Ecology Wader-World 🌍 Wader Quest Working_for_Waders Wash Wader RG Beheerautoriteit Waddenzee De Zee Kust DE WADDEN WaddenseaUNESCO

Our Avon Valley redshank have almost all finished breeding and are heading off to their coastal summer grounds. Please keep a look out for colour ringed birds especially around the Hampshire coast, every sighting is hugely valuable to the project! #ornithology

Thank you for the sighting of one of our Avon Valley redshank, this was a chick reared in 2022!

We have a exciting new job opportunity to join our wetlands research team! #conservation #ornithology gwct.org.uk/about/careers/…

Lough Erne Wildfowlers' Council is delighted to announce our upcoming breeding wader conference! November 23rd at Lusty Beg Island, Co. Fermanagh. Book here now... eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-toge…

A day with fellow #FarmerClusters from the South learning about how Avon Valley Farmer Cluster Waders For Real have been successful in increasing lapwing productivity - habitat management & reducing predators pressure. Also Dr Swan spoke about similar The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust projects

Always brilliant to get sightings of Avon Valley breeding redshank outside the breeding season. This one hasn’t gone too far!

☀️ The sun was shining and several rare birds paid a visit as a group of farmers, land managers, rangers and ecologists gathered to get inspiration from the success of the GWCT's wader conservation work in the Avon Valley #workingforwildlife Waders For Real

This lapwing was tagged as part of our new Fallow Plot study. It was a retrap, ringed as a chick by Ryan Burrell during his PhD on lapwing back in 2019, on the same plot. The data will help us improve arable nesting lapwing options as part of this Natural England funded study.

The water has FINALLY dropped enough to access our best redshank site, with the redshank champion himself Rupert Brewer! The nests have a 2 inch layer of dry grass in them to keep the eggs nice and dry, what a fantastic species! #conservation

The joy at finding water vole poo for your "Whose Poo" game ready for Open Farm Sunday. Several thousand expected to visit here on Sunday, where they can learn not only about farming but also the extensive conservation work we do. Recovery and re-introductions.