Blog for Curlew fans? This Whimbrel study in Shetland emphasises need for mosaic landscapes in breeding season: wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/09/29/e...#ornithology
Breeding Whimbrel may be associated with wet heaths but chicks need small pools and ditches too One of the advantages for waders (shorebirds) is that parents can lead their chicks to suitable feedi…
Just noticed that today is the ninth anniversary of the first #WaderTaleswadertales.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/t...#ornithologywadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/h...
Head-starting waders/shorebirds will not always work (see caveats in blog) but ProjectGodwit has been a big success: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/h...#ornithology
Successfully headstarting Black-tailed Godwits. NEW analysis by Project Godwit team. Blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/h...tinyurl.com/3dxp5pyn#ornithology
Understanding change? Wader numbers can go up as well as down. wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/i...#ornithology
These four young Black-tailed Godwits will not return to Iceland for 20 months. What happens to them during this time? Do they travel around western Europe or settle quickly on what will become a regular winter home? wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j...#ornithology
Adult waders tend to be exceptionally consistent in their use of time and space, with marked individuals turning up on the same estuaries at the same time year after year, as discussed in the Whimbrel...
EARLY VIEW in IBIS British Ornithologists’ Union – Early Professional Award 2024 to Wouter M.G. Vansteelant Citation by Jennifer Gill onlinelibrary.wiley....#ornithology
Fascinating Greenshank talk by Brett Sandercock at IWSG conference. More info about two of the studies mentioned. Survival review: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/m...wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/m...#ornithology
If you want to know more about Curlew headstarting (especially if you are watching Harry Ewing's talk at International Wader Study Group), here's a WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/08/31/w...#ornithology
83 captive-reared Curlew were released successfully in 2019, over 130 in 2021 and a similar number in 2022 but this does not mean that head-starting is a solution to England’s Curlew problems. We don’...
To learn more about Oystercatchers (esp. if you are watching IWSG presentation by Veronica Méndez) here are 3 blogs: Who migrates? wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/w...wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/o...wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/08/07/w...#ornithology
