There is also a wadertales blog about this paper: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/r...

Icelandic waders race for space and opportunities in spring. New paper by Verónica Méndez et al. showing differences between long- and short-distance migrants. #ornithology Effects of Migration Distance on Shifting Migratory and Breeding Phenology in Waders onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Dunlin now VULNERABLE on Iceland's RED LIST. One of the waders most impacted by new forestry plantations: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i... Over 50% of Europe's Dunlin nest in Iceland so recent declines are of concern to whole East Atlantic Flyway. #ConservationScience🌍

Putting this in context: About 75% of Europe's Whimbrel breed in Iceland. Over 50% of Europe's Dunlin. About 50% of Europe's Golden Plover. About 20% of Europe's Redshank. SCARY! #ornithology

New Icelandic RED LIST (in Icelandic): www.natt.is/is/frettir/2... Country's populations of Dunlin, Golden Plover, Redshank and Whimbrel are now VULNERABLE (Threatened). Blog in English about recent declines: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i... #ornithology

New response piece in New Forests by Wasowicz et al on using lodgepole pine in forestry in Iceland. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

At the end of every new road/track in Iceland is a new summer cottage, a tourist development, a newly planted forest or energy infrastructure. All these developments impact breeding waders but the birds' problems start with the road. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/r... #ConservationScience🌍

New paper in Journal of Avian Biology by Aldís E. Pálsdóttir et al on the effects of roads on waders and other open-habitat species in Iceland: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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

Restoring peatland. Capturing carbon and providing breeding habitat for waders. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/p... Paper by Rob Hughes & Chris Bingham #ConservationScience🌍

1.5 million pairs of wader return to #Iceland each spring. Where do they nest and how vulnerable are they to habitat changes, many of which are linked to 'development' proposals? wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/i... #ConservationScience🌍

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 👇

A juvenile wader/shorebird does not travel with its parents, so how does it establish its personal annual migration itinerary? Black-tailed Godwit blog from 12 Sep 2024 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j... Paper by @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social et al #ornithology

Best bits of Iceland for waders. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/i... New WaderTales blog - Number 150 🥳 Paper by Verónica Méndez et al #ConservationScience🌍

New distribution models for Icelandic waders show how temperate to arctic species overlap across climatic and environmental gradients. Led by Dr. Verónica Méndez nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @wildlifebiology.bsky.social #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #ConservationScience🌍

WaderTales blogs were read in 80 countries in May. The most widely downloaded tale highlights some of the latest results from wader/shorebird tracking: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ConservationScience🌍 Map shows tracks of one Whimbrel monitored for several years by Camilo Carneiro et al

Spot the golden plover nest - is a good game.

Phalaropes are wonderfully tame. #ornithology

Southern Iceland is the most important area in Europe for breeding Whimbrel. New study measures decline of nearly 50% in twelve years. Blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i... Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ConservationScience🌍

Dunlin is the biggest loser in Southern Lowlands of Iceland. Breeding numbers down 60% in eleven years. Blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i... Paper (Aldís Pálsdóttir et al): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... THREAD #ornithology

All is not well in the Southern Lowlands of Iceland - one of the most important wader breeding areas in Europe. WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i... Paper by Aldís Pálsdóttir et al in 'Bird Study': www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology

Spooky news just before spring migration.

"Serenade of a Whimbrel" Also available as a blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/t...

New paper on population changes in common waders and passerines in Iceland's largest breeding area. Most populations are declining fast. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Following Black-tailed Godwits with rings, colour-rings and tracking. New paper in @jappliedecology.bsky.social by @amigodeaves.bsky.social et al, summarised in WaderTales blog. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h... #ConservationScience🌏 Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

New paper! @jappliedecology.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3C5gYJp We mapped out the migrations of over 10K ind ⚫-tailed godwits (!) to characterize connectivity between sites in Europe and Africa. We compiled tracking data, ring recoveries and resightings: >400K records in total! (1/5)

Latest WaderTales blog focuses on the newly red-listed Broad-billed Sandpiper. It lists all 16 waders/shorebirds that had their conservation status revised in the wrong direction: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/b... #ornithology

Did you see paper in @ibisjournal.bsky.social about using Audiomoth sound recorders to survey breeding waders? Summary just published as WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/c... #ornithology

Here’s the playlist for the 42 ecological and conservation concept videos. Perfect for falling asleep at night. Enjoy! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Does head-starting deliver for Black-tailed Godwits and can it deliver for Curlew? wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/h... Paper by @lyndadonaldson.bsky.social et al #UKbirding

More green energy ✅ But collecting the energy requires new transmission lines and they can be bad news for breeding waders/shorebirds. Research from Iceland: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/p... #conservationscience🌍

We were recently asked how volcanic eruptions affect Iceland's birds. Long-term gain. Short-term pain. #ornithology Positive effect on waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/t... Negative effect on waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/12/20/b...