Oops! Late to join #WaderWeek. Short thread. 1/5 First - good luck to everyone trying to help UK Curlew. Here's to a productive breeding season. Need 10,000 more chicks to fledge. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...

#WaderWeek 4/5 Sanderling migration is still happening too, with birds pausing on west coast beaches, on their way to Greenland. Some Americans may just have discovered that Greenland exists but Sanderling have been breeding their for centuries! wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/t...

Oops! Late to join #WaderWeek. Short thread. 1/5 First - good luck to everyone trying to help UK Curlew. Here's to a productive breeding season. Need 10,000 more chicks to fledge. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...

How strong is site fidelity in Black-tailed Godwits? We know that adults return to the same sites each year but what do their chicks do, when it is their turn to breed? wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/s... 🎂8️⃣ #ornithology

Where's best to nest? Out in the open, like an Oystercatcher? Hidden in a clump of grass, like a Redshank? wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/03/17/w... 🎂6️⃣ #birds

Forestry is a threat to Iceland's breeding waders. wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i... #ornithology

When tracking devices are deployed on waders/shorebirds, it's important that the data are used to answer multiple questions. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ornithology

The 'Not-so-Common' Sandpiper - and Spotted Sandpipers too. Blog from 4 May 2019. 🎂7️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/05/04/n... With a nod to Phil Holland. #ornithology

Summer is arriving earlier in Iceland! Are wader species able to respond to the changing climate? It depends upon where they fly from: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/m... #ornithology

Spring migration is coming to an end. The last waders to leave the UK are Grey Plovers, heading northeast to Siberia. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/p... Summary of5️⃣0️⃣ WaderTales blogs that celebrate shorebird migration: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/m... #UKbirding

Summer is arriving earlier in Iceland! Are wader species able to respond to the changing climate? It depends upon where they fly from: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/m.... #conservationscience🌍 #climatechange

Spring migration is coming to an end. The last waders to leave the UK are Grey Plovers, heading northeast to Siberia. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/p... Summary of5️⃣0️⃣ WaderTales blogs that celebrate shorebird migration: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/m... #UKbirding

It's Temmminck's time! Far more spring records than autumn ones - as shown in this old @birdtrack.bsky.social graph. More about wader migration here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w... @jocelyngould.bsky.social @gary-woodburn.bsky.social @severnsidebirds.bsky.social

Great Turnstone sighting! Waders often use the same 'service stations', each bird creating its own annual migration route. By overlapping these routes you can produce a network of important sites for a species, as discussed here (Black-tailed Godwit). wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...

When tracking devices are deployed on waders/shorebirds, it's important that the data are used to answer multiple questions. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ornithology

... and 'teenage' waders/shorebirds need love too, as you can read here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/08/28/t... #conservationscience🌍

It's Temmminck's time! Far more spring records than autumn ones - as shown in this old @birdtrack.bsky.social graph. More about wader migration here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w... @jocelyngould.bsky.social @gary-woodburn.bsky.social @severnsidebirds.bsky.social

Summer is arriving earlier in Iceland! Are wader species able to respond to the changing climate? It depends upon where they fly from: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/m.... #conservationscience🌍 #climatechange

What do we discover by tracking waders? Popular WaderTales blog published 6 May 2025 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... Example below shows potential interactions beteen migrating Curlews and wind turbines (Schwemmer et al) @globalflyway.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social #ornithology

Our #birdingFife first fledged bird of the year was a Chaffinch, yesterday, on a #patchbirding @birdtrack.bsky.social walk. Earlier than I expect to see CH and seems strange to be ahead of Blackbird and Robin.

Wow! Blog about spotshanks: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/f... Blog about Fennoscandian breeding waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/f... #ornithology

Lovely 'schinzii' Dunlin heading for Iceland and/or SE Greenland. More about migration on this flyway here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w... #birdingScotland

Great international collaboration: making full use of tracking information, for shorebird science and conservation. WaderTales blog published 6 May 2025 read by over 1600 people. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ornithology

It's important that France renews the ban on hunting Curlew, each year. wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/b... Birds tagged when wintering in Brittany return to English and Scottish breeding sites. Species is 'near-threatened' globally. wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/i... #ornithology

Ethno-ornithology? "the study of birds and human culture" Learning more about what happened to Slender-billed Curlews and Pacific Golden Plovers: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/s... #ornithology

Great international collaboration: making full use of tracking information, for shorebird science and conservation. WaderTales blog published 6 May 2025 read by over 1600 people. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ornithology

Warbler numbers - #birdingFife Whitethroats ountnumbering Blackcaps about 15:1 on our patch. Wonder if BC numbers were affected by awful winter in Spain/Portugal? Looks like a great year for WH. Collective noun could be a 'Deafening of Whitethroats'.

What do we discover by tracking waders? Popular WaderTales blog published 6 May 2025 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... Example below shows potential interactions beteen migrating Curlews and wind turbines (Schwemmer et al) @globalflyway.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social #ornithology

Spring migration thread 👇 Focus on waders in the UK. #birds

The 'Not-so-Common' Sandpiper - and Spotted Sandpipers too. Blog from 4 May 2019. 🎂7️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/05/04/n... With a nod to Phil Holland. #ornithology

Is a cool bank holiday weekend good news for nesting Ringed Plovers and Oysterctatchers? Less disturbance of nesting birds? Read about how tourist numbers impact breeding distributions on Norfolk & Suffolk coastline: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/08/23/o... #ornithology

It's Whimbrel time! Look out for flocks of Icelandic birds, especially in Ireland and western Britain. While some birds can fly sraight from west Africa to Iceland, many stop off. The timing of migration is remarkably consistent: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/w... #ornithology

Headstarting - raising chicks from eggs collected from a small population of Black-tailed Godwits - may increase any problems associated with inbreeding? How serious an issue is this? Blog aboout paper published 29 April 2025 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/i... #ornithology

From Irish peat digging to grouse farming on the moors of England. A blog about Curlew that celebrates Mary Colwell's wonderful book: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/c... Blog published 29 April 2018 and downloaded by 1500 people. #ornithology

"As soon as climate change became apparent, the Dotterel turned into a focal species for ornithologists who were interested in how species would be affected by climate heating." Blog from 30 April 2020 🎂6️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/s... #ornithology

"As soon as climate change became apparent, the Dotterel turned into a focal species for ornithologists who were interested in how species would be affected by climate heating." Blog from 30 April 2020 🎂6️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/s... #ornithology

From Irish peat digging to grouse farming on the moors of England. A blog about Curlew that celebrates Mary Colwell's wonderful book: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/c... Blog published 29 April 2018 and downloaded by 1500 people. #ornithology

Headstarting - raising chicks from eggs collected from a small population of Black-tailed Godwits - may increase any problems associated with inbreeding? How serious an issue is this? Blog aboout paper published 29 April 2025 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/i... #ornithology

It's important that France renews the ban on hunting Curlew, each year. wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/b... Birds tagged when wintering in Brittany return to English and Scottish breeding sites. Species is 'near-threatened' globally. wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/i... #ornithology

When a wader joins a flock of migrating birds, it may be heading in the wrong direction? Seem odd? Check this out: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/08/25/t...

"There is something magical about standing in Eyrarbakki in South Iceland, in spring, watching small flocks of Whimbrel come in over the sea, ... five days after leaving the west coast of Africa." Blog from 27 April 2022 🎂4️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/w... #birds

Interesting track of homeward-bound Icelandic Golden Plover (@tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social posted on Facebook). Portugal to E England, Netherlands, Orkney & Iceland. Caught up in flock heading to Europe? Readjusted to head to Iceland? #ornithology Background: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...

"There is something magical about standing in Eyrarbakki in South Iceland, in spring, watching small flocks of Whimbrel come in over the sea, ... five days after leaving the west coast of Africa." Blog from 27 April 2022 🎂4️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/w... #birds

When a wader joins a flock of migrating birds, it may be heading in the wrong direction? Seem odd? Check this out: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/08/25/t...

Interesting track of homeward-bound Icelandic Golden Plover (@tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social posted on Facebook). Portugal to E England, Netherlands, Orkney & Iceland. Caught up in flock heading to Europe? Readjusted to head to Iceland? #ornithology Background: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...

Interesting track of homeward-bound Icelandic Golden Plover (@tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social posted on Facebook). Portugal to E England, Netherlands, Orkney & Iceland. Caught up in flock heading to Europe. Readjusted to head to Iceland? #ornithology Background: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...

Snipe update! Lots more tagged Snipe have flown from Ireland to Iceland Please read linked thread. Data from @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social #ornithology

Summer is arriving earlier in Iceland! Are wader species able to respond to the changing climate? It depends upon where they fly from: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/m... #ornithology

Nice one, Richard! How repeatable is the timing of migration? wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/w... #ornithology

Tree Pipit singing on Lucklaw Hill this morning (Balmullo) #birdingFife