You may hear that 'species x is moving north', particulalrly in discussions about climate change. A range may be 'moving north' but individuals rarely change where they breed or spend winter. Juveniles drive change, as discussed here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g... 🎂7️⃣ #ornithology

Interesting track of homeward-bound Icelandic Golden Plover (@tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social posted on Facebook). Portugal to E England, Netherlands, Orkney & Iceland. Caught up in flock heading to Europe? Readjusted to head to Iceland? #ornithology Background: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...

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/m... #ornithology

Snipe news! 1/4 Two Snipe tagged in Iceland by José Alves left Ireland at dusk on 5 April and reached Iceland 17 hours later. See map. Averaging 80 and 87 km/h @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #ornithology

Snipe update! Lots more tagged Snipe have flown from Ireland to Iceland Please read linked thread. Data from @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social #ornithology

Graham Appleton@wadertales.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Snipe news! 1/4 Two Snipe tagged in Iceland by José Alves left Ireland at dusk on 5 April and reached Iceland 17 hours later. See map. Averaging 80 and 87 km/h @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #ornithology

From caribou and grizzly bears to golden eagles and tundra swans, a new animation maps how wildlife move across the Yellowstone-to-Yukon region using NASA satellite data. Watch now:

Room to Roam: How Tracking Data Guides Conservation Action

How do animals navigate a changing world? From the hundreds of thousands of caribou migrating across northern Canada to a single grizzly bear attempting to cross a Montana highway 46 times, wildlife…

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Delighted to see this work lead by @manuelasrodrigues.bsky.social out "in print"! Much yet to discover about juvenile birds... @bou.org.uk @amornith.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social @cms.int @ramsar.org @globalflyway.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social

Manuela Rodrigues@manuelasrodrigues.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New paper in IBIS: We used GPS-ACC tags to explore the unknown post-fledging phase of Eurasian Spoonbills born in Portuguese wetlands. Should they stay in their lovely natal wetland, or leave to explore new areas? 🇵🇹🧭🐥 doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... @rochafonso.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social

Tracking has revolutionized the study of migratory birds - shorebirds included! 🐦 In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities

Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full po...

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Tracking #waders/#shorebirds - where are the knowldege gaps? See Martin's new paper: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... BLOG What are we learning from tracking? wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... Map illustrating Whimbrel tracks 👇 #ornithology

Martin Beal@amigodeaves.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Tracking has revolutionized the study of migratory birds - shorebirds included! 🐦 In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Maps like this one - for the Dee Estuary - illustrate that Black-tailed Godwits rely on a network of sites during the course of a year. More in this blog from 9 Jan 2025: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h... #ornithology @amigodeaves.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social @numenini.bsky.social

A very, very sad story! #Shorebirds stand at the forefront of #global changes, dealing with #habitat loss in their coastal non-breeding areas and warming temperatures in their higher latitude breeding grounds. @globalflyway.bsky.social @uaveiro.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social @ramsar.org

Azul @publicoazul.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Espécie *Numenius tenuirostris* foi declarada extinta. A mais recente actualização da Lista Vermelha de Espécies Ameaçadas da União Internacional para a Conservação da Natureza foi conhecida no dia 10 de Outubro.

(1/3) I'm happy to share that the first chapter of my thesis has just been published in Landscape Ecology 🏞️ In this study, we explored the drivers behind the recent (re)colonisation of breeding areas by the Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) in Portugal 🇵🇹

I would like to thank my supervisors and co-authors, @jocelyn-tdv.bsky.social Thomas Blanchon @tamarlok.bsky.social and @joseaalves.bsky.social for the advice! Also, technicians and field volunteers at @tourduvalat.bsky.social eco_flyway @globalflyway.bsky.social CESAM, and @uaveiro.bsky.social

#Whimbrels SOGA and ABU have migrated back to the #Bijagós nonbreeding area in Guinea-Bissau after their breeding season in Iceland. You can track it all yourself by playing at www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/speci... Check it out! @roelandbom.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social

This month, WaderTales will be ten years old. I'm going to create a thread that highlights some of the research findings that have surprised me. Plenty of "Wow!" & "I didn't know that!" moments. Here's a link to the catalogue of 150 blogs wadertales.wordpress.com/about/ #ornithology

The Global Wader team pulled together archived shorebird data, to help define proposed World Heritage Site in Guinea-Bissau: www.globalwader.org/news/bijagos... Excellent evidence of the benefits of collaboration, as discussed here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ConservationScience🌍