Waders For Real

The joy at finding water vole poo for your "Whose Poo" game ready for Open Farm Sunday. Several thousand expected to visit here on Sunday, where they can learn not only about farming but also the extensive conservation work we do. Recovery and re-introductions.

@_James1Phillips Would be great for you to visit us on some of our Hampshire sites where lapwing are doing really well.

Spring 2024 and I’m not seeing any breeding Lapwing anywhere. This iconic bird seems to have been airbrushed from farmland across Southern England. What was once a classic #farmlandbird has now all but disappeared from the wider countryside. This is so sad 😔 What’s going on?

The water has FINALLY dropped enough to access our best redshank site, with the redshank champion himself @RupertBrewer2! The nests have a 2 inch layer of dry grass in them to keep the eggs nice and dry, what a fantastic species! #conservation

This lapwing was tagged as part of our new Fallow Plot study. It was a retrap, ringed as a chick by @RyanABurrell during his PhD on lapwing back in 2019, on the same plot. The data will help us improve arable nesting lapwing options as part of this @NaturalEngland funded study.

☀️ The sun was shining and several rare birds paid a visit as a group of farmers, land managers, rangers and ecologists gathered to get inspiration from the success of the GWCT's wader conservation work in the Avon Valley #workingforwildlife @WadersForReal

Always brilliant to get sightings of Avon Valley breeding redshank outside the breeding season. This one hasn’t gone too far!

A day with fellow #FarmerClusters from the South learning about how Avon Valley Farmer Cluster @WadersForReal have been successful in increasing lapwing productivity - habitat management & reducing predators pressure. Also Dr Swan spoke about similar @Gameandwildlife projects

@MartinAdams @LizzieGrayshon Brilliant thanks, looks like a chick from 2021, only resighted once in the summer of 2021 so great news it’s still around!

After telling people of the incredible journeys these birds make across the globe it was good to come across this CR Redshank from... Hampshire!! @WadersForReal (Also present last week - I'll email the details @LizzieGrayshon )

Waders at @DWTBrownsea this morning: 298+ Oycs, 58 Avocet, 13 Grey Plover (1 summer plumage) 5 Ringo, 28 Curlew, 163 Blackwit, 1 Barwit, 9 Knot, 73 Redshank, 19 Greenshank @BrownseaNT @DorsetBirdClub @DorsetWildlife @SightingDOR @waderquest @GrahamFAppleton

Lough Erne Wildfowlers' Council is delighted to announce our upcoming breeding wader conference! November 23rd at Lusty Beg Island, Co. Fermanagh. Book here now... eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-toge…

We have a exciting new job opportunity to join our wetlands research team! #conservation #ornithology gwct.org.uk/about/careers/…

Thank you for the sighting of one of our Avon Valley redshank, this was a chick reared in 2022!

@BayHoles @LizzieGrayshon @_BTO @DorsetBirdClub @harbourbirds Ah brilliant, yes this is one of ours! Would you mind sending it over email so I can send you the data back on this bird. Lgrayshon@gwct.org.uk

Distant CR Redshank on a gloomy Holes Bay NW today. One of yours @LizzieGrayshon @WadersForReal ? Green over Red & Black flag over green? @_BTO @DorsetBirdClub @harbourbirds

Our Avon Valley redshank have almost all finished breeding and are heading off to their coastal summer grounds. Please keep a look out for colour ringed birds especially around the Hampshire coast, every sighting is hugely valuable to the project! #ornithology

You can count on #redshank's in the end of the breeding season... World champions fence post enthusiasts! @NIOZwdrc @WadersForReal @GlobalFlyway @WaderStudy @niooknaw @Waderworld1 @waderquest @ForWaders @WashWader @Behautwad @DZK_deWadden @WaddenseaUNESCO

It was a bit of a soggy start but it was a great day at open farm Sunday yesterday, we spoke to so many people about wader #conservation, predator management and #farming. The kids loved having a go at looking for lapwing in the hide! #LOFS23

First confirmed successful breeding of a Avon Valley redshank chick from 2021, now with big chicks of her own only a few fields across from where she hatched! #conservation #ornithology @GWCTScience

@lane309 @GwctScotland Was the nest just there near the building?

Safely hatched and fingers crossed for these little beauties. The last mink I caught ten days ago, was only fifty yards from their nest!!! @WaderStudy @waderquest @WadersForReal @ForWaders @wader @GwctScotland

#Redshank is heading for UK RED LIST? @BBS_birds breeding decline 1995-2021 = 49% Another 5% decline 2021>2022 reported today Making decline of over 50% since 1995 Lots of background info in this thread: twitter.com/GrahamFAppleto… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology 📷Kevin Simmonds

Look at all those wader footprints! At least 2 pairs of lapwing and 2 pairs of redshank with chicks using this scrape, protected by an electric fence and with the removal of crows they have a pretty good chance at success! #conservation

And she’s back again for the 7th year running! Site faithful since fledging back in 2016. gwct.org.uk/news/news/2022…