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Do you work with waders or shorebirds in the Western Hemisphere? 🌎⬇️ Join the webinar, available simultaneously in English and Spanish

New dataset with 130,000+ capture records for Calidris sandpipers in the Western Hemiphere (C. alpina, C. mauri, C. pusilla). Archived at: www.frdr-dfdr.ca/repo/dataset... #ornithology Photo credit: Alan D. Wilson at naturespicsonline.com.

A great overview of Arctic research trends (albeit grim reading) by @Kujjua 🧪 e360.yale.edu/features/arc...

New paper in Glob. Change Biol. compiling a massive dataset on phenology of grassland birds in the Great Plains. Breeding seasons becoming shorter in the arid south but longer in the prairie potholes. Led by @ksellis.bsky.social with a big team of contributors. #ornithology doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

New paper in J. Appl. Ecol. on collision mortality of migratory Black-necked Cranes. Seasonal mortality highest in juveniles but declined with age and experience. Project led by Lijia Wen, Yumin Guo and @yanjiexu.bsky.social with partners in China, Spain, Finland and Norway. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

The Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Convention on Wetlands had a successful meeting with progress on a variety of new science and policy initiatives. #STRP29

🪰🐝🪲 New VKM report with a risk assessment for potential impacts on native biodiversity from release of black dump flies, parasitic wasps, and hister beetles as biocontrol agents for control of house and stable flies in barns and stables in Norway. cstu.io/23ecd3

🪰 Fluer i fjøs og stall kan stresse dyr, spre smitte og skape problemer for dyreholdet.  Kan rovfluer og snylteveps brukes for å bekjempe dem uten å skade norsk natur? VKM har vurdert risikoen og konkluderer med at disse nyttedyrene utgjør liten risiko for biologisk mangfold. https://cstu.io/23ecd3

#WaderJob

The 29th meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP29) will take place at the Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, from Monday, 28 September to Friday, 2 October 2026. Friday, 2 October will be dedicated to GEO-Wetlands. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New StoryMap on the effects of wind power development on semi-domesticated reindeer in Scandinavia. storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...

EARLY VIEW in IBIS A global perspective on the annual cycles of whimbrels | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Camilo Carneiro et al | #ornithology 🪶

Høstfarger på Røros

Congratulations to Dr. Hans-Ulrich Rösner on receiving the Federal Cross of Merit in Germany. A long-time member of IWSG, he played a key role in securing the Wadden Sea's designation as a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Read more ⬇️ www.waddensea-worldheritage.org/news/hans-ul...

A 9-year old Canada Goose departed the Netherlands and moved to Norway this year. Sighting from 12 Sep 2026 at the Ørin field station at Verdal. submit.cr-birding.org/animals/1938...

Weekend walk in the forest for late season chanterelles.

Tre arter av kråkefugler i ett dårlig bilde fra kirkegården

✨ 36 years ✨ An Avocet ringed as a chick at RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk, in 1990 smashed longevity records this year! It was sighted at RSPB Middleton Lakes in June 2026. The average lifespan of an Avocet is approximately 6 years, so this is an incredible age. 🙌 📷 Philip Croft / BTO

Our Chair, @bksandercock.bsky.social, closes a really wonderful International @waderstudy.bsky.social conference. Thanks to all organisers 🙏🙏🙏 #iwsg2026

Postconference field excursion to Cies Islands with #iwsg2026

New #ornithology paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org! We show that female dotterels can move across large distances within a single breeding season in search of mating opportunities, visiting up to five different sites (median: 3) and travelling up to 1000 km between sites (median: 71 km). 1/n

Distinctive patterns of wing moult allow sexing and aging of Great Snipe on autumn migration

What can 20+ years of GPS tracking teach us about saving Eurasian Curlews? A lot! Tracking data from 626 curlews across Europe revealed remarkably strong fidelity to breeding & wintering sites, critical life stages, and key places & pressures affecting survival. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... 1/3

Odd-year cohorts of invasive pink salmon dominate the North Atlantic. But what is the status of the even-year population? New publication in Boreal Environment Research doi.org/10.60910/ber... @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social

Sommer tur til Skjækervatnet

Our paper on breeding site fidelity in Red Phalaropes now available in early view @behavecol.bsky.social! academic.oup.com/beheco/advan... We colour banded 169 males and 184 females of this polyandrous shorebird on their Arctic breeding grounds, and monitored their return in the next year 1/4

🐦 A new paper out! GPS tracking of 85 Common Redshanks revealed how breeding phenology and habitat use vary across the species' breeding range, highlighting the value of protected grasslands, AES and tailored conservation. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #HABITRACK

New paper: How flexible are migratory stopovers? A 30-year study of western sandpipers shows little change in stopover duration across four key Pacific Flyway sites, suggesting limited scope to adjust refuelling time in response to environmental change ➡️ vist.ly/5bvqt #Ornithology

Strender og sol i Finnmark ☀️

As Global Flyway Network we contributed to an Australia-wide assessment of non-breeding site fidelity of 12 shorebirds. Using 636,167 records of 84k individuals overall site fidelity was >95% but lower in Red Knot & Sanderling. Juveniles were less site faithful than adults. doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

1/Excited to share two new papers! The first is by Rozy Bathrick in @amornith.bsky.social on intra-specific variation in stopover site use. Rozy shows that Lesser Yellowlegs from different breeding sites use the Prairie Pothole Region in dramatically different ways. academic.oup.com/condor/artic...

Our comparative analyses with @bksandercock.bsky.social and colleagues is now included in July issue of Oikos, and is making the cover, with a stunning picture of one of my great friend Verca. Read the paper here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Tundra waders at Kautokeino, Norway

Happy summer solstice from the taiga breeding waders of northern Norway ☀️

Ny statusrapport: En svak bedring løfter ikke villaksen ut av bakevja. Les mer: vitenskapsradet.no/Nyheter/en-s...

Day trip to Forollhogna to recover a dropped satellite tag from a Great Snipe

Separately, whilst on St Kilda last month working on these endemic Wrens, a Redpoll which flew into our nets already had an ID ring. Turns out it was ringed in September 2025 as a first-year bird, on Sula in Norway. That's 1135km away from St Kilda! @jezierskimt.bsky.social @stkildawhs.bsky.social

How can Norway provide new renewable energy sources to meet future needs while still protecting its natural environment, and the plants and animals that live there?

Newt survey in Norway this morning. Mainly great crested, but a smooth newt for size comparison too! 300 cresties have been found in this tiny pond. #amphibians @arc-trust.bsky.social

My friend Dr. Yanjie Xu (U of Helsinki) just published her recent study in Conservation Biology on how to save Europe’s birds. It’s a literal roadmap for the global 30x30 conservation target. #Conservation #Ornithology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Kittiwakes settling on nest platforms in Tromsø

Spring migration is building in Trøndelag! Water Rail, Garganey and Whinchat at Hamervatnet, Greenshank at Eidesøra, and Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel and Ruff at Gaulosen. Recorded 78 species on 9 checklists for Norway. #GlobalBigDay #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #eBird ebird.org/tripreport/5...

Urban wildlife around Burnaby Lake. ebird.org/checklist/S3...

"Moose in Sweden have migrated the same way for thousands of years... Whether it is wildebeest in the Serengeti or moose in Sweden, we need to raise awareness so that natural migratory behavior is preserved," - Göran Ericsson, lead moose researcher, SLU. tinyurl.com/btythsay

Fiskelus i ferskvann - vanlige arter på norske ferskvannsfisk?

Helgetur til Frøya og Hitra

New article on nest survival of Northern Lapwings in two regions of France. Regional differences in productivity affected by nest microclimate with most losses to predators or agricultural equipment. Field study led by Reinier Van den Berg at Univ. Strasbourg. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Our new study, led by Sergi Herrando (EBCC chair, @ICOcells) published in Conservation Biology, shows that it is possible to create frequent and regular maps showing where farmland birds are disappearing across Europe by using the data from the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS).

Reporting from the Guardian on an interspecies assembly recently held in Oppdal kommune.

First sighting of a White Wagtail is a sign of spring in Norway. ebird.org/tripreport/4...