
Graham Appleton
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Graham Appleton
@GrahamFAppleton
Writer & life-long birdwatcher. Formerly Director of Communications for BTO. #WaderTales blogs about #waders #shorebirds #ornithology


With fewer than 300 critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers left in the wild, urgent action is needed to secure their future🌍 Read the International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper 2025–2035: eaaflyway.org/wp-content/upl…
Cracking Grey Plover at Ferrybridge yesterday mid-afternoon 150 shots ruined by heat haze. These overprocessed shots are all I could retrieve.
The May passage of small waders was evident @hilbrebirdobs yesterday. 310 Dunlin, 300 Sanderling and 210 Ringed Plover feeding up before heading North.
𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗡-𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗣𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗨 𝗜𝗡 𝗞𝗔𝗠𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗞𝗔 by 𝘓𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰 et al. in latest BirdingASIA is amazing collaborative science #ornithology

‘Sum Plum’ Spotted Redshank on the Aln Estuary.





Large numbers of Iceland-bound Whimbrel staging on Islay for the last week, fuelling up on the island's abundant leatherjackets ready for the next leg of their journey (800 miles to Iceland). SouthEasterlies today may see them moving on. @GrahamFAppleton @Tireebirder @barrabirder


A small selection of the migratory waders passing through the Scrapes at Minsmere today... Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpipers and Bar-tailed Godwit, among many other species! (5th May 2026) @GrahamFAppleton @suffolkwildlife
