Wind-blown? Please look out for flocks of Black-tailed Godwits in strange places - and check for colour-rings. Blog from 21 March 2017 🎂7⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/wai… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

In the LATEST ISSUE of BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 Icelandic Whimbrel first migration: Non-stop until West Africa, yet later departure and slower travel than adults | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… Camilo Carneiro Tómas Gunnarsson Triin Kaasiku Theunis Piersma José A. Alves | #ornithology

Huge thanks to 312 people who have completed this! We haven't received many reponses particualrly from Portuguese/Spanish speakers. Pls let us know your thoughs on how we can overome #languagebarriers ICCB: Portuguese: conbio.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT05… Spanish: conbio.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT05…

A Conservation Evidence success story. Impact assessments need to account for the fact that birds move! Blog from 7 Apr 2023🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2023/04/07/con… Paper by Josh Nightingale | Global Wader was cited as evidence in decision not to renew the environmental licence for new airport. #ornithology

@Iceland_Review Two corrections: 30% of #Iceland's Oystercatchers don't migrate: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/mis… Rest fly to Britain, Ireland & coastal Europe (not Africa/Asia): wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/whi… Please report colour-ringed birds to help with research by Sölvi R.Vignisson Verónica Méndez Aragón(she/her) et al

Neat tracking by Global Flyway Network! In #Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits, research by Jen Gill (she/her). José A. Alves & Tómas Gunnarsson shows that new generations are on earlier schedules than older birds. wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/why… and wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/gen… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

It is not unusual for bar-tailed #godwit UNO to be first among Bijagós 'winterers' to start #migration to #Arctic #breeding areas, but not as early as this year . Departure on 17 April compares with take-offs on 28, 23, 20 & 25 April in previous 4 years. globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species…

Straight to Iceland, ESCADINHAS? For this #whimbrel, it would be a first. In spring 2022 it aborted northward migration across Atlantic Ocean north of Canaries. In 2023 it remained in Norway for the summer. Individual #shorebirds revealing their secrets: globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species…

Individual #waders #shorebirds tend to use the same 'service stations' when refuelling during long migratory flights. More about fidelity in this Black-tailed Godwit blog. wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/gen… Jen Gill (she/her) José A. Alves Camilo Carneiro

4 #WaderTales blogs, showing how tracking can inform #shorebird conservation: SOCIABLE LAPWING wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/01/03/fol… HUDSONIAN GODWIT wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/08/28/tee… SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/spo… BLACK-TAILED GODWIT wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/11/10/inl… #ornithology #waders

This Turnstone provides a wonderful illustration of connectivity. The birds on a Shetland beach can be impacted by a new airport for Lisbon. Blog about the proposed airport. Battle ongoing! Conservation currently winning! wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/12/23/tag… #waders #ornithology

Congrats ClientEarth SPEA José A. Alves etc. Your exemplary collaborative flyway conservation action has saved Tagus waterbirds shared with 30+ countries & c350 Important Bird Areas covering 16.7 mill ha & 4 World Heritage Sites according to RSPB Science. #ornithology

Birds or planes? A 'win' for evidence-based conservation. On 14 May, the Portuguese government announced that the new airport for Lisbon will be in Alochete - NOT at Montijo in the Tagus SPA. Updated @WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/12/23/tag… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

PT Gov dropped Montijo plans, following a non renewal of env licence earlier this yr based on our papers. Hope this is not a rare win of evidence based conservation! New location will require a new impact assessment & the plea for a proper study is out. publico.pt/2024/05/16/azu…

Eine großartige Nachricht für Hunderttausende Vögel. Der geplante Lissabonner Großflughafen wird nicht im Tejo-Delta gebaut. Riesenerfolg für BirdLife Europe & Central Asia #spea José A. Alves ClientEarth spektrum.de/news/portugal-…

If you are going to 'ask' #waders #shorebirds or other birds to carry data collection devices then it's good to be aware of possible negative consequences. Blog from 27 May 2016 🎂 8⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/are… #ornithology

NEW PAPER in Journal of #Ornithology Does frequent handling influence #whimbrel chicks’ body condition? Short answer: No* *but please see the details: rdcu.be/dJbfP If you do not have access, I'll happily send you a copy. #waders #shorebirds

This #Whimbrel blog, laced with Queen-based puns, was published on 4 June 2020 🎂4⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/04/a-r… Research by Camilo Carneiro et al #waders #ornithology

Ana Coelho & coauthors published a daring and important paper today in BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13… Detailed measurements of food intake rates across range of #shorebirds indicate that during fuelling before northward #migration the smaller species run into trouble.

We will be hosting the Wader Study conference in one month in Montpellier ! Registration to follow main talks online is open 👇: waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20… Office français de la biodiversité LPO France