Spring migration is getting earlier, because new generations are on earlier schedules than their elders. Black-tailed Godwit blog from 16 Nov 2015 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/w... More about 'generational change': wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g... #ornithology

Each spring, shorebirds gather in Delaware Bay to feast on the eggs of horseshoe crabs. What happens when this food is not available? Red Knot suffer more than flexible Ruddy Turnstones. wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/r... Blog from 15 Nov 2019 🎂 Paper by Anna Tucker et al #ConservationScience🌎

Cessation of grouse moor management and climate change scenarios are both predicted to drive declines in Red Grouse, Curlew and Golden Plover. Our paper in @jappliedecology.bsky.social, led by Tom Mason, combines these factors in modelling future population trends. #conservationscience🌎

Lessons from extinction? wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l... #ornithology

Great to see @cateden91.bsky.social's first PhD paper, showing for first time how rivers/freshwater supports Spotted Flycatchers, a declining woodland bird, by subsidising their diet with energy-rich invertebrates. We should be re-wetting the woodlands and re-wooding the rivers! #ornithology

We saw a colour-ringed Oystercatcher on West Sands, St Andrews, yesterday. @jengill.bsky.social She nests on the 9th green at Selfoss Golf Club (Iceland). St Andrews seems an appropriate winter home! A blog abou c.r. project: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/o... #BirdingScotland

f you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross national and continental boundaries. Here's how the Wash links to other sites. Draw your local map using a ShinyApp: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h... #UKbirding

If you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross country and continental boundaries. Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites. Draw your local map using a ShinyApp: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h... #ornithology

Encountering this godwit always makes me think about the changes we have both seen in the 29 years since we first met, especially the planting of non-native trees all over Iceland wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i...

'Guardian' gulls? Oystercatchers that nested close to a gull colony were far more successful. Blog from 11 Nov 2021 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/w... #ConservationScience🌍

Record breaker! The story of the oldest Black-tailed Godwit in Britain/Ireland is told in a @washwader.bsky.social blog: wwrg.org.uk/blog Ringed when John Major was PrimeMinister! #UKbirding

@yarmouthbirder.bsky.social This is a bird you've seen on Breydon Water, Peter.

Longevity record! Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago. The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong. Blog about longevity of waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... #ornithology

Longevity record! Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago. The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong. Blog about longevity of waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... #ornithology

Good reminder, Andrew! Age record for BTO-ringed Red-necked Phalarope is over 12 years, so the same bird could be making the same journey this year! wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... Blog summarising migration of 40+ species: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w... #ornithology

Good reminder, Andrew! Age record for BTO-ringed Red-necked Phalarope is over 12 years, so the same bird could be making the same journey this year! wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... Blog summarising migration of 40+ species: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w... #ornithology

Tom seems to have captured the moment that a Redshank is shaking the salt out of its nares (nostrils). Waders operating in salty conditions have salt glands, near their eyes, that remove excess salt.

Why track waders? This blog has two aims – to share important scientific and conservation stories revealed through shorebird tracking work and to encourage scientists to make their data available via the Global Wader platform. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ornithology Whimbrel tracks 👇

Having watched Celebrity Traitors, I'm thinking of writing a WaderTales blog about faeder Ruff (the males that hide in plain site, cloaked as females), starring a bird called Alan. Did you know: females (reeves) migrate further than males? wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w... #UKbirding

🌏Where do Latham's Snipes go on their non-breeding grounds in Australia? 🛰️Tracking their movements using GPS telemetry devices: doi.org/10.1017/S095... #BirdConservation #Ornithology #Conservation #Research #Latham's #Snipe #Australia #GPS #tracking

5 November in UK & Ireland: lighter winds and full moon may well herald the arrival of lots of continental Woodcock. Blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/c... Not sure what they'll make of the fireworks! #birds Last week's @birdtrack.bsky.social graph👇

Why track waders? This blog has two aims – to share important scientific and conservation stories revealed through shorebird tracking work and to encourage scientists to make their data available via the Global Wader platform. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ornithology Whimbrel tracks 👇

5 November in UK & Ireland: lighter winds and full moon may well herald the arrival of lots of continental Woodcock. Blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/c... Not sure what they'll make of the fireworks! #birds Last week's @birdtrack.bsky.social graph👇

5 November: lighter winds and full moon may well herald the arrival of lots of continental Woodcock. Blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/c... Not sure what they'll make of the fireworks! #ornithology Last week's @birdtrack.bsky.social graph 👇

Ten years ago, I wrote a blog to explain why the Curlew had been classifed as 'Near Threatened'. 🎂 Now updated for the tenth anniversary: wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/i... Links to more recent Curlew research. #ornithology

Wise words from Tom. Some science to emphasise the importance of leaving space for waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/d... #ornithology

Ten years ago, I wrote a blog to explain why the Curlew had been classifed as 'Near Threatened'. 🎂 Now updated for the tenth anniversary: wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/i... Links to more recent Curlew research. #ornithology

Annual refresh of shorebird longevity blog, following publication of BTO Ringing Report for 2024. New longevity record for Green Sandpiper. Updated WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... Link to BTO report: www.bto.org/get-involved... #ornithology

BTO Ringing Report for 2024 now on-line. New longevity record for Green Sandpiper. Oystercatcher is still the 'grand-daddy'. Updated WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... Link to BTO report: www.bto.org/get-involved... #ornithology

BTO Ringing Report for 2024 now on-line. New longevity record for Green Sandpiper. Oystercatcher is still the 'grand-daddy'. Updated WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... Link to BTO report: www.bto.org/get-involved... #ornithology

WaderTales blog about wader roosts and the energy that's lost when birds are disturbed. wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/a... Published on this day in 2016 🎂9️⃣ Over 3000 reads #ornithology

Safety first when marking waders shorebirds. Blog from 29 Oct 2018 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/l... Another blog with safety advice: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/f... #ConservationScience🌍

Wise words from Tom. Some science to emphasise the importance of leaving space for waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/d... #ornithology

Scottish Dotterel. Blog published 10 years ago suggeseted 57% decline 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/u... Update in 2020 - climate drivers? wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/s... Better news from Eastern Cairngorms from 2023 survey? www.waderstudygroup.org/article/19702/ #ornithology

Waders shining in the sun - gorgeous! Sanderling from Greenland Turnstones from Canada? Dunlin from Siberia wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...

Conserving British-breeding Woodcock wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/c... Blog is 🔟 today. Over 3500 reads #ornithology Map from @btobirds.bsky.social Atlas Partners @scottishbirding.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social

Conserving British-breeding Woodcock wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/c... Blog is 🔟 today. Over 3500 reads #ornithology Map from @btobirds.bsky.social Atlas Partners @scottishbirding.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social

Woodcock shooting season opens on 1 Sep in Scotland and 1 Oct in rest of UK BUT delaying shooting until after continental migrants arrives takes the pressure off local breeders. Species is red-listed. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/c... Graph: @birdtrack.bsky.social #ornithology

Woodcock shooting season opens on 1 Sep in Scotland and 1 Oct in rest of UK BUT delaying shooting until after continental migrants arrives takes the pressure off local breeders. Species is red-listed. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/c... Graph: @birdtrack.bsky.social #ornithology

If you don't need to fly, you may as well moult? Golden Plover blog from 23 Oct 2018 🎂7️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/s... #ornithology

Godwit #genetics Rethinking what we thought we knew about Bar-tailed Godwit migration - with important consequences for conservation. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/r... Paper by Jesse Conklin et al in IBIS (@bou.org.uk) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If you don't need to fly, you may as well moult? Golden Plover blog from 23 Oct 2018 🎂7️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/s... #ornithology

MOSQUITOS FOUND IN ICELAND FOR THE FIRST TIME 😱

Last day for early bird rates for a fantastic upcoming conference:

Tomorrow (Wed 22nd), I'm chairing FREE @curlewaction.bsky.social webinar. How good was this breeding season? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-uk... Reminder: UK Curlews need to produce 10,000 extra fledglings every year. wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m... #ornithology

New Wadertales blog on an important IBIS paper from Jesse Conklin et al: the winter distribution of bar-tailed godwit subspecies is not what we thought: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/r... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ornithology @wadertales.bsky.social @globalflyway.bsky.social

Godwit #genetics Rethinking what we thought we knew about Bar-tailed Godwit migration - with important consequences for conservation. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/r... Paper by Jesse Conklin et al in IBIS (@bou.org.uk) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bar-tailed Godwits migration - not what we thought! Blog about new paper in @bou.org.uk jounal: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/r... Research by Jesse Conklin et al: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Now I need to change three other WaderTales blogs! #ornithology

Anything to say? Eurasian Curlew on the Aln Estuary, Northumberland. @btobirds.bsky.social @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @curlewrecovery.bsky.social @wadertales.bsky.social #birdsoftheworld

On this day in 2021, WaderTales was celebrating a new Bar-tailed Godwit subspecies. wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/10/18/n... Today, Jesse Conklin tells us about 2 subspecies that have started to hybridise after 16,000 years separation. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/r... #ConservationScience🌍