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Wader Quest
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Raising funds for & awareness about waders/shorebirds & their conservation needs.
Registered charity in England & Wales, No: 1993674
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November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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On this day 6th November 2012, Elis & I stood on the baking saltpans of Pak Thale in Thailand, binoculars in hand & hearts full of anticipation
Our mission was to see on the rare & enigmatic Spoon-billed Sandpiper..
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© Kinzzzang
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November 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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📣 If you haven’t sent your WCWW list from last weekend, there’s still time!
Please include your name + anyone who was with you, so we can add everyone to the roll of honour. 🏅
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November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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This weekend is Wader Conservation World Watch 🌍
A tribute to the heroes protecting waders, often in tough and emotional circumstances
Join us in saying:
❤️ We care.
Black-necked stilt by © Christopher Forslund
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October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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🌍#WCWW2025, another great example of #communityconservation can make a difference
We’re constantly inspired by the amazing team at
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& their tireless work protecting beach-nesting birds like the Hooded Plover.
♥️ “Together, We Say I CARE”
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October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Join the Wader Conservation World Watch 🌎
Across the planet, waders connect us all, but their world is disappearing. Show you care ❤️
Spoon-billed Sandpiper © Bitnik Gao
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October 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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If you like to take part in Wader Conservation World Watch, please don’t forget to:
Send us your logo for inclusion on the WCWW website and in the newsletter.
Redshank © Georg Wietschorke

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October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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🌍 Wader Conservation World Watch
Take part wherever you are observe, record & share your wader sightings.
Raise awareness of the conservation issues waders face.
💚 Wader Quest £1,000 Grants Fund.
Siberian Sandplover © Bitnik Gao

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October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Wader Quest talk at @globalbirder.bsky.social
Curlew stage, Saturday - 12 July, 11.30am
or visit us on Robin marquee15, looking forward to seeing all our friends there.

Shore Plover © Elis Simpson

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June 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Wader Quest latest Newsletter   Volume 12; Issue 1 June 2025, insightful updates and stories about wader conservation!

This issue is dedicated to the memory of a dear friend of Wader Quest; Julia Page.

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June 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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The Global Birding Big Day
WaderQuestTeam, managed to record 1,617 species
THANK YOU ALL very much .
A special Thanks to Tim Appleton
& Penny Robinson for working so hard to promote the event. #birdsuniteourworld

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May 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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More ammunition for Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservationists to fight off extinction.

Artwork © NikBorrow

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March 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Fantastic close up shot of a Purple Sandpiper
© Andrew Brown.
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March 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Melanism and Leucism
Find out more about melanism and leucism in the latest WQ newsletter page 36 and 37
Western Willet © Brad Winn & Lapwing © Joe Downing

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February 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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The Water Thick-knee, like the other Thick-knees, is mainly nocturnal. It is, however, more active during the day than the rest of its genus, when it can be found on river and lake edges. © Elis Simpson

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February 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Thanks to Jim Wright for this lovely review of our A Quest for Waders Book
'Breathtakingly excellent – like a birding Michael Palin.
The photographs and drawings are fantastic, and the text is fast-moving, endlessly entertaining and amusing.’ – Jim Wright

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February 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The Wader Quest Newsletter is now published with updates on the Northern Curlew and American Oystercatcher populations, threats to shorebirds in the Inner Gulf of Thailand, and new breeding grounds for Spoon-billed Sandpiper
For more info: 👉 Link in our bio
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February 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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If, like us, you've always thought that telling a Baird's from a White-rumped Sandpiper was
nigh on impossible, then this article may help you.
White-rumped Sandpiper © Brad James
Baird's Sandpiper © Tom Espo
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January 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Wader Quest was able to support these projects;
Grants Fund 2024 video
Sanderling © Dr. Georg Wietschorke

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January 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Calling all photographers; We're updating our website galleries, if you have any beautiful wader/shorebird pictures you'd like to share, with credit & copyright, send them to info@waderquest.net

Black-necked Stilt © Christopher Forslund
January 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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This time of the year, in the northern hemisphere, waders are trying to survive the harsh winter. We need to give them space to feed and to rest in order that they survive for the next step of their precarious lives.
Purple Sandpiper © Yann Kolbeinsson

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January 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I wish we'd seen the Least Sandpiper at Steart in the UK this well!!
Fantastic shot by © Christopher Forslund

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January 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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The calendar year closes & a new one opens. It is then we all begin to think of renewal, looking forward to when the season changes & new life begins, bringing hope & joy to us all.
Happy New Year!

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January 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Wader Guru
The question is; ‘I have noticed that when roosting in flocks, plovers and lapwings all face the same way, why do they do this? Surely it would be safer if some looked behind them?’

👉 Link in our bio

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December 29, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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However you celebrate this time of the year, we wish you all peace and harmony and we hope that you all find success and fulfilment in 2025.
artwork by Rick Simpson
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December 23, 2024 at 3:30 PM