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...