First UK Curlew back on territory! Busy few months ahead for conservation volunteers who are trying to improve breeding outcomes. Need to increase productivity by 10,000 fledgelings each year. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m... #ornithology

Not every adult wader will breed this summer. Some will take a year off, as discussed in this study in Peru: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/12/09/g... THREAD ENDS #ornithology

Scavenging Turnstone? It can be a sign of desperation. wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/w... 🎂🔟 p.s. Also recorded eating human corpse! #ornithology

Mum and dad's neighbour used to take them to an estuary to birdwatch. She knew nothing about birds but liked my dad talking about them. She asked if turnstones really did so dad sprinkled sandwich crumbs on a sea wall and put pebbles on some. The neighbour was delighted they lived up to their name.

Scavenging Turnstone? It can be a sign of desperation. wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/w... 🎂🔟 p.s. Also recorded eating human corpse! #ornithology

First UK Curlew back on territory! Busy few months ahead for conservation volunteers who are trying to improve breeding outcomes. Need to increase productivity by 10,000 fledgelings each year. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m... #ornithology

First UK Curlew back on territory! Busy few months ahead for conservation volunteers who are trying to improve breeding outcomes. Need to increase productivity by 10,000 fledgelings each year. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m... #ornithology

Why are there so many Black-tailed Godwits in the UK? wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/f... 🎂6️⃣ Colonising new wintering sites: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g... Are things starting to change? Declining wader numbers in South Iceland: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i... #ornithology

Why are there so many Black-tailed Godwits in the UK? wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/f... 🎂6️⃣ Colonising new wintering sites: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g... Are things starting to change? Declining wader numbers in South Iceland: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i... #ornithology

Some thoughts about changing wader numbers, prompted by a paper from Portugal. It is so important to keep counting! 🪶 🎂3️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2023/02/14/w... @btobirds.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @webs-gsmp.bsky.social #birds

Breeding waders or more trees? Relevant WaderTales blogs. Estonia wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/k... Iceland wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i... Scottish peatlands wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/t... Recreating wader habitat wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/p... #ornithology

Ready for spring? Here’s a selection of fifty WaderTales blogs that celebrate the wonder of shorebird migration: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/m... Blog specifically about Greenshank: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/m... #ornithology

Ready for spring? Here’s a selection of fifty WaderTales blogs that celebrate the wonder of shorebird migration: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/m... Blog specifically about Greenshank: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/m... #ornithology

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Storm events will simultaneously reduce foraging opportunities and affect movements of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) in the intertidal Wadden Sea | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Timo Keuning, Evy Gobbens, Ran Nathan, Allert I. Bijleveld | #ornithology 🪶

Reminder! Curlew population in Ireland dropped from 'thousands' of pairs to 138 pairs in JUST THIRTY YEARS. wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/i... #ornithology

Trying to save the Far Eastern Curlew? ... or any other curlew for that matter! Lessons to be learnt from our failure to prevent the extinction of the Slender-billed Curlew: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l... #ornithology

Breeding waders or more trees? Relevant WaderTales blogs. Estonia wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/k... Iceland wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i... Scottish peatlands wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/t... Recreating wader habitat wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/p... #ornithology

Greenshanks will soon be returning to Scottish breeding sites. Unlike their cousins that breed in eastern Russia, they won't have flown far. Research by Highland Ringing Group, supported with £ from @scottishbirding.bsky.social. wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/m... #BirdingScotland

Reminder - adult Curlews have easy lives, these days. Annual survival is very high - 92.2% per year in period since 1996. This is masking just how serious low productivity really is! wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m... #ornithology

Trying to save the Far Eastern Curlew? ... or any other curlew for that matter! Lessons to be learnt from our failure to prevent the extinction of the Slender-billed Curlew: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l... #ornithology

Links to research mentioned by @jengill.bsky.social in talk at #curlew workshop, yesterday. Curlew headstarting: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/08/31/w... Black-t Godwit headstarting: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/h... Juvenile settlement: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j... #ornithology

'Curlew Moon' - a celebration of Curlew. Ten years on. With thanks to Mary Curlew for inspiring Curlew conservationists across Europe. wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/c... #ornithology

Late arrival leads to divorce. A Black-tailed Godwit soap opera with a happy ending. wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/b... 🎂9️⃣ #ornithology

Curlew v Forestry Relevant WaderTales blogs. Estonia wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/k... Iceland wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i... Scottish peatlands wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/t... Recreating wader habitat wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/p... #ornithology

Late arrival leads to divorce. A Black-tailed Godwit soap opera with a happy ending. wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/b... 🎂9️⃣ #ornithology

Black-tailed Godwit - a special wader! Today's blog is the THIRTIETH about the species (out of 154 blogs in the WaderTales catalogue): wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/l... #Birds 📷 @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social

The call of the Whimbrel. Using listening devices to study breeding waders? Careful! Need to understand breeding behaviour in different situations and years. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/t... 🎂1️⃣ #ornithology

'Curlew Moon' - a celebration of Curlew. Ten years on. With thanks to Mary Curlew for inspiring Curlew conservationists across Europe. wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/c... #ornithology

Reminder - adult Curlews have easy lives, these days. Annual survival is very high - 92.2% per year in period since 1996. This is masking just how serious low productivity really is! wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m... #ornithology

Links to research mentioned by @jengill.bsky.social in talk at #curlew workshop, yesterday. Curlew headstarting: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/08/31/w... Black-t Godwit headstarting: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/h... Juvenile settlement: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j... #ornithology

The call of the Whimbrel. Using listening devices to study breeding waders? Careful! Need to understand breeding behaviour in different situations and years. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/t... 🎂1️⃣ #ornithology

Dunlin needed some good news - @rspbscience.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/... Red-listed in UK: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/u... Rapid decline in Iceland: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i... Really bad in the Baltic: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/20/d... #ornithology

Black-tailed Godwit - a special wader! Today's blog is the THIRTIETH about the species (out of 154 blogs in the WaderTales catalogue): wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/l... #Birds 📷 @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social

Social learning in Black-tailed Godwits - where to find food? Summary of new paper in @asab.org journal by Josh Nightingale is summarised in this blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/l... Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ConservationScience🌍

How long does it take juveniles to match the feeding efficiency of adults? Black-tailed Godwit research by Josh Nightingale et al. WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/l... Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology

Father's behaviour determines whether chicks become migrants. Oystercatcher paper by Verónica Méndez became a WaderTales blog on 2 Feb 2021 🎂5️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/o... #ConservationScience🌍

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Disturbance of wintering waders seems to be an obvious problem but where's the evidence that it really matters? Blog about important paper by Mark Whittingham et al was published on 3 Feb 2020 🎂5️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/d... #ornithology

There are now FIFTY blogs about wader/shorebird migration on WaderTales. Here's an updated summary of what's available: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/m... #ornithology

Father's behaviour determines whether chicks become migrants. Oystercatcher paper by Verónica Méndez became a WaderTales blog on 2 Feb 2021 🎂5️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/o... #ConservationScience🌍

When it comes to migration, mom is irrelevant! Interesting paper on Oystercatcher migration became a WaderTales blog on 2 Feb 2021 🎂5️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/o... #ornithology

🔟 years ago, I published a blog to celebrate the work of 'godwiteers' - the special people who look out for colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwits 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/g... 30th Black-tailed Godwit blog will soon be published: wadertales.wordpress.com/about/ #ornithology

🔟 years ago, I published a blog to celebrate the work of 'godwiteers' - the special people who look out for colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwits 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/g... 30th Black-tailed Godwit blog will soon be published: wadertales.wordpress.com/about/ #ornithology

This month has seen a big change in the way that people access WaderTales blogs - nearly six times as many links from BlueSky, compared to X. Most popular blog - amazing Ringed Plovers wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/w... Some of the waders that meet in Chukotka 👇 More in blog. #ornithology

Ready for spring? February is 'moving month' for many #waders #shorebirds. A short thread 🧵 Here's a link to the popular #WaderTales blog about migration to/from/through Britain & Ireland: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w... #ornithology

Most wintering waders are remarkably site-faithful, using the same feeding areas year after year - sometimes for decades. What happens when the food disappears? Blog based on Oystercatcher research by @modelbirder.bsky.social and colleagues: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/01/13/w... 🎂4️⃣ #ornithology

In February, Bar-tailed Godwits will be fattening up in New Zealand, preparing to fly to Alaska. Meanwhile, many barwits in western Britain & Ireland will start to head east: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/r... #ornithology

If you read these two blogs about wintering Green Sandpipers: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/g... wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/w... You may find new breeding Green Sandpiper paper interesting. OpenAccess in @britishbirds.bsky.social: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... #ornithology

The Ringed Plover that breed around the coasts of Britain & Ireland don't have to travel far to breed (some just walk up the beach) but their cousins are more adventurous: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/w... #ukbirding

'limosa' Black-tailed Godwits. 🎂 Blog from 27.1.2017 about 75% decline wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/d... 🎂 Blog from 27.1.2021 about England's breeding blackwits wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/e... Is inbreeding a problem? wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/i... #ornithology