@WadersForReal

Avon Valley Farmer Cluster, working to reverse the decline of breeding waders, with farmers, keepers and land mangers. EU LIFE, CSFF funded.

 Hampshire
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Joined March 2015
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Rupert Brewer@RupertBrewer26 Jun 2024
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.
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GWCT Science@GWCTScience24 Apr 2024
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.
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☀️ 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
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Megan Lock@MeganRural28 Nov 2023
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
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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-t…
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Wim Tijsen@TijsenW14 Jun 2023
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 – at Wieringen, Nederland
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#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: xitter.cf/GrahamFAppleton/status… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology 📷Kevin Simmonds
Graham Appleton@GrahamFAppleton19 Sep 2019
REDSHANK ALERT! A Redshank is not ... ... as charismatic as a #Curlew ... ... as lush as a #Lapwing or ... ... as graceful as a #Greenshank ... BUT next time you see one, please spare it a second glance - and thought. The species is in trouble - thread 1/11 #ornithology
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The #NewForest is a key breeding grounds for rare #GroundNestingBirds 🐣 We are following their story this year with Lee, one of our Keepers who support wildlife in the Forest. He tells us about the birds & the species he's already spotted getting ready to breed. #StayOnTheTracks
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Concerns about "not-quite-red-listed" Redshank. This blog from 23 Mar 2021 discusses population changes for coastal #waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… NEWS = Non-estuarine Waterbird Survey (@_BTO) #shorebirds #ornithology
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Next week our Annual Meeting 2023 kicks off in the UK, hosted by @GWCT. We’re pleased to introduce some knowledgeable guest speakers attending to discuss #BiodiversitySensitiveFarming 👇
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Elmley NNR@ElmleyNNR4 Mar 2023
Long lived & monogamous Oystercatchers are returning to the marsh & reestablishing their breeding territory. One of earliest pair to return have been signal ownership of their territory to new interlopers with a rather comical piping ceremony, enjoy with sound ⬆️ #waders
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Checking out our latest habitat management including new sites. Skilled agricultural contractors producing breeding wader habitats on working farms, coordinated by Lough Erne Wildfowlers' Council. Vital funding received from multiple sources. #partnership #lapwing #curlew.
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Which #waders do best - nest hiders or open nesters? It depends... wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
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Michael Stinson@mstinson18716 Jan 2023
Great day on Upper #LoughErne - loads of wintering snipe & lapwing. Identified plenty of opportunities for future breeding wader management on islands & shorelines. However, the real challenge is getting them successfully breeding on surrounding farmland...
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GWCT Science@GWCTScience1 Dec 2022
MEET OUR STUDENTS: @RyanABurrell is a #PhD student between @Gameandwildlife and @BU_Research. His #research focuses on the interactions between avian-protected predators and breeding #waders. He's writing up now, so stay tuned for some interesting papers! #ornithology #TeamGWCT
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"There has been an assumption that managers of nature reserves know how to provide the right foraging conditions for #Lapwing and #Redshank chicks. This paper in @WaderStudy shows that they do." Blog from 30 Nov 2015 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/201… #waders #ornithology
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GWCT Science@GWCTScience28 Nov 2022
"The #watervole reintroduction & benefits for other wildlife, shows not all reintroductions require #rewilding of the landscape or designation. Wildlife can thrive on #farmland when there is active management of #habitat & #predation"... Read more here bit.ly/3UboXHR
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How can #Lapwing be red-listed when it's the most common breeding wader in the UK (nearly 100,000 pairs)? Answer here: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… @RSPBScience @curlewcalls @ForWaders @WadersForReal @ElmleyNNR @ryeharbour_NR @WWTWelney @jake_fiennes

UK waders: “Into the Red”

If you ask British birdwatchers to name the eleven wader species that are causing the most conservation concern in the UK, they would probably not include Dunlin. Curlew may well be top of their li…

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REDSHANK ALERT! A Redshank is not ... ... as charismatic as a #Curlew ... ... as lush as a #Lapwing or ... ... as graceful as a #Greenshank ... BUT next time you see one, please spare it a second glance - and thought. The species is in trouble - thread 1/11 #ornithology
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Kane Brides@KaneBrides24 Sep 2022
Replying to @WWTconservation
@WWTconservation's @donaldsonlynda1 up next @WaderStudy conference on what @ProjectGodwit headstarting is teaching us about juvenile survival & recruitment. #Waders #Ornithology
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