Graham Appleton

Spring thread about UK #waders 3⃣0⃣ The last #shorebirds to leave the UK are Grey (Black-bellied) Plovers, heading northeast to Siberia. "Plovers from the north" describes their amazing journeys: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/plo… #ornithology #GlobalBigDay #WMBD2022 #GlobalBigDay2022

It's Temmminck's time! Far more spring records than autumn ones - as shown in this old @BirdTrack graph. More about wader migration here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/whi…

If you're one of nearly 3,000 people who has read the WaderTales Spoon-billed Sandpiper blog ... wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/spo… ... you may be interested in this plan to save the species.👇 #ornithology #shorebirds #waders #conservation

Just a couple of weeks to get a photo of a 'sum plum' Grey Plover. Off to Russian Taymyr soon. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/plo… #ornithology

With a hop and a skip, these beautiful waders have made it from Africa to the Wirral. Next stop? Perhaps Hebrides, almost certainly Iceland and some on to Greenland. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/whi…

Studies of Spoon-billed Sandpipers have focused on coastal floodplains - where numbers have dropped alarmingly, as discussed here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/spo… Is the discovery of an upland population a new sign of hope? #ornithology

#WorldMigratoryBirdDay Celebrating the tagged #waders #shorebirds that collect so much valuable information about migration. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak… Map shows #Curlew tracks through areas with wind turbines. #ornithology

Wow! Blog about spotshanks: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/few… Blog about Fennoscandian breeding waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/fen… #ornithology

@looksouth @DEBALMER @curlewcalls @numenini @RareBirdAlertUK @GPCbirding @GlobalFlyway Or "pioneers"? See wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/gen…

@GrahamFAppleton @DEBALMER @curlewcalls @numenini @RareBirdAlertUK @GPCbirding @GlobalFlyway Adventurers, not “vagrants”

Pacific Golden Plovers wintering in Europe? And Slender-billed Curlews? #WaderTales blog #157: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/sho… #ornithology

It's important that France renews the ban on hunting Curlew, each year. wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/bla… Birds tagged when wintering in Brittany return to English and Scottish breeding sites. Species is 'near-threatened' globally. wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/is-… #ornithology

Nice! A refuelling Whimbrel on one of Scotland's west-coast islands. Most Icelandic Whimbrel stop off on the way north but some make it in one flight from West Africa. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/whi… #birds

Great international collaboration: making full use of tracking information, for shorebird science and conservation. WaderTales blog published 6 May 2025 read by over 1600 people. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak… #ornithology

What do we discover by tracking #waders #shorebirds? Popular WaderTales blog published 6 May 2025 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak… Example below shows potential interactions beteen migrating Curlews and wind turbines (Schwemmer et al) @globalflyway @WaderStudy #ornithology

More lovely wader footage from Charles. Many of these waders are on their way north, with only the Little Ringed Plover likely to breed at Minsmere. Where did these birds come from and what journeys lie ahead? Answers here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/whi… #ornithology

@vmpakanen @TriinKaasiku @GlobalFlyway @TomasGretar @numenini @Tireebirder @HebridesBirds Spring thread about UK #waders 2⃣8⃣ Turnstone that spend the winter on the UK's coast depart for Greenland and NE Canada in May. Many will stop off in #Iceland. Numbers are declining, as you can read in here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/wad… #ornithology