#WaderWeek 4/5
Sanderling migration is still happening too, with birds pausing on west coast beaches, on their way to Greenland.
Some Americans may just have discovered that Greenland exists but Sanderling have been breeding their for centuries!
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First - good luck to everyone trying to help UK #Curlew.
Here's to a productive breeding season. Need 10,000 more chicks to fledge.
More here:
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Trees or breeding waders?
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There's little point paying farmers to leave space for breeding waders if their neighbours are going to plant trees.
https://t.co/1YCpAiHVZb
New review paper by Emma Sheard et al suggests that forests create ...
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Trees do not make good neighbours, if you're a breeding wader.
Three blogs from the first 10 years of #WaderTales.
1️⃣ North of Scotland https://t.co/5xeFRdQPIf
2️⃣ Estonia
https://t.co/yfgr8lJMcI
3️⃣ Iceland https://t.co/zhpR2aRfmM
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We haven't tweeted for a while so here's an Oystercatcher appreciation post. Each pair fixates on different things for their nest, big sticks, little sticks, curved sticks, rabbit droppings...
For Wader Week this week, listen to our episode where host Alex Pirie chats to Patrick Laurie from @ForWaders. where they discuss decline of waders in Scotland, what farmers can do and the trees versus waders debate, amongst other topics. #waderweek
https://t.co/fP5iCAdlYQ
As part of wader week, have a look at this guest blog (below) from former head gamekeeper and estate manager Bruce Cooper about work to conserve lapwings, redshank and curlews in the Angus Glens - farmers, keepers and birdwatchers pulling in the direction 💪
"...significantly reduced...Golden Plover (−81 %), Snipe (−76 %), Curlew (−24 %), & a non-significant reduction in Lapwing (−58 %)". What happened when predator control was stopped after the "Otterburn experiment" 👇