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Check out Early Online papers of the December issue of Wader Study

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New species of long-dead shorebird named after David Melville – Hakawai melvillei

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2015 Pablo Canevari Award Winner Announced

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“Revolutionary approach of thinking about seasonal survival in bird populations”

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Critical habitat identification project in the arctic – request for information

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Waders in flight, Delaware Bay (Simon Gillings)

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Geolocator on a Red Knot (Jan van der Kam)

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Check out Early Online papers of the December issue of Wader Study

3 November 2015

The first papers have appeared in the December issue. Check them out at https://s.waderstudygroup.org/publications/wader-study-volume-122-issue-3/. Have fun reading!

Conserving British-breeding Woodcock

28 October 2015

To help to take the pressure off declining British-breeding Woodcock, many estates are already delaying the start of the Woodcock shooting season. How might this make a difference? Click here to find out.

New species of long-dead shorebird named after David Melville – Hakawai melvillei

27 October 2015

Read the abstract of the paper here.

Our Aims

The aims of the International Wader Study Group are to:

promote wader conservation and research by fostering contact among amateurs and professionals studying shorebirds
help organise co-operative studies and projects
provide a vehicle for exchange of information on waders and their biology

The main means of achieving these aims are through:

holding an annual conference
publishing, three times per year, the journal Wader Study
publishing occasional volumes of International Wader Studies, an in-depth treatment of individual shorebird issues
acting as the Wetlands International Wader Specialist Group