International Wader Study Group

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Are you interested in the calls that waders/shorebirds make?
@waderstudy.bsky.social have kindly made a 'Perspectives' article available as 'open access'.
www.waderstudygroup.org/article/19261/
See thread for two WaderTales blogs about wader calls 👇
#ornithology

New paper 📄⬇️
#waders #shorebirds

A few #waders seen on Monday's excursion to Schiermonnikoog with @waderstudy.bsky.social #IWSG2025 🇳🇱 🪶

What waders have you seen today for #WaderWednesday ?
#waders #shorebirds

Grateful to have been part of #IWSG2025 ! Inspiring plenaries, great posters and interesting talks 🎤
Looking forward to presenting my PhD work next year in Spain for the 51st conference 🪶
@waderstudy.bsky.social

Missed our conference, or just want to see more amazing #wader #shorebird research?

Members can check out the early online #WaderStudy journal here ⬇️
www.waderstudygroup.org/publications... #ornithology

Great day yesterday at Lauwersmeer National Park with the International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social
Highlight of the day being the Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
#IWSG2025

Briefly introducing the results of our research on the long-term population trend of the Kentish plover in Spain in the International Wader Study Group Conference 2025, Groningen (Netherlands) #IWSG2025.
@waderstudy.bsky.social #waders #shorebirds #plovers

Great three days in the conference of @waderstudy.bsky.social in @rug.nl. Good science, nice discussions and very friendly and encouraging atmosphere! Thank you for the organisers and all the participants! Delighted to see so many early career-researchers across the globe.

YouTube video by RSPB Landscapes of the future - farming for waders | RSPB

Great short video on farming and waders in the UK, from @rspbengland.bsky.social

#waders #shorebirds

youtu.be/EG0EQLOKfsI?...

#iwsg2025 Is over, and I already missed it. Happy that so many people wanted to chitchat with me about my vaporware poster about 3D nest morphology, or about our( @dillensegerg.bsky.social ) project about Andean shorebird breeding timing! See you next year @waderstudy.bsky.social !

Incredible weekend at the International Wader Study Group Confernce in Groningen, Netherlands. 250 delegates from over 40 countries!
@waderstudy.bsky.social
#IWSG2025

We're pleased to announce that our 2026 conference will be in... SPAIN 🇪🇸

🗓 Dates for your diary are 4-7th September 2026

Watch this space for more details to come!

#IWSG2026 #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Thank you to all the sponsors and supporters of our 50th annual conference! #IWSG2025

THANK YOU to everyone for another brilliant conference #IWSG2025 - and a special thanks to all our speakers and the amazing organising team behind it all!

Come and join our flock on Instagram too ➡️ www.instagram.com/waderstudy

Here is José O. Valdebenito ⬇️ giving a great talk on Two-banded Plovers in Chile 🇨🇱 #IWSG2025

He received one of our Conference Grants this year. The Grants help more delegates from low-income countries join us to share their amazing work!

Donations to our fund are always welcome. DM us for details

Interesting talk by @jellybb.bsky.social about the aberrant egg coloration in Ruff clutches. Blue eggs may affect nest survival, but fitness effects may be habitat dependent. @waderstudy.bsky.social IWSG Conference 2025 in Groningen (Netherlands) #IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds

Good start to the breeding ecology session at the @waderstudy.bsky.social IWSG Conference 2025 in Groningen, Netherlands. @miguelbtg.bsky.social assesses the role of vegetation structure (height and heterogeneity) in nest survival of #shorebirds in grasslands. #IWSG2025 #waders

Another day of great talks coming up at our conference today, including sessions on...

🐣 Breeding ecology
🗺 Conservation
🪺 Behavioural breeding ecology
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Anthropagenic pressures
🏖 Migratory habitat use
👣 Non-breeding habitat use

#IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds #Ornithology

And more to come tomorrow! Hope you have great time 😊

It's been a busy first day of talks with 36 amazing speakers - thank you to everyone, you make our conference so special 💙 #IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Thank you to all of today's speakers for a really interesting array of talks! So much great research, and more on the way tomorrow! #IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Yana Korneeva talks about spatial and energetic strategies of breeding Kentish Plovers in natural and managed coastal habitats in southern Spain. @waderstudy.bsky.social IWSG Conference 2025 in Groningen (Netherlands) #IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds #plovers

Nice talk by Kirrily S. Hastings, from Birdlife Australia, analysing the relationship between food resources and territory abandonment by the Western Hooded Plover on Australian beaches. @waderstudy.bsky.social IWSG Conference in Groningen (Netherlands) #IWSG2025 #shorebirds @birdlifeoz.bsky.social

A brilliant plenary from Maja to start off a day of amazing talks from around the world 🌏🌎🌍 #IWSG2025

A HUGE thank you to @wmgvs.bsky.social for a brilliant opening plenary to our conference 💙 #IWSG2025

This afternoon at our conference sees the return of our popular Poster Session 🖼🥳 followed by today's final talks from topics including...

🌏 Migration
🧐 Adaptations

#IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds #Ornithology

We're got a variety of great talks at our conference today, with topics including...

👥️ Population development
💧 Resource use
☀️ Responses to environmental change
🪱 Foraging ecology and diet

#IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds #Ornithology

Here we go then! Our 50th annual conference is officially open 🥳 #IWSG2025