@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #weather a favourite shot in any weather we can see…..rain, wind, snow etc. The alt is #riverbank any bird capture on the banks of a waterway.
7 Common Snipe on a #riverbank
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#birds #photography #ECK
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Webinar Series - 1
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#charity #wildlifeconservation
World Curlew Day is coming, 21 April!
The beautiful, haunting call of the Eurasian Curlew is at risk of being lost. Join us in raising awareness & supporting efforts to protect them.
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Long-billed Curlew © Richard Block
#waders #shorebirds
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Little ringed plover, Scaling Dam
One of the pair feeding in front of the hide recently, always a welcome return. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding
For many birdwatchers and nature lovers, the American Avocet is a symbol of hope and renewal. Its graceful presence encourages us to slow down, observe, and appreciate the subtle, interconnected rhythms of life.
📷© Jack Zhi
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#wildlifeconservation #charity
Eurasian Stone-curlew and Great Thick-knee
What Makes Burhinidae Special?
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#charity #wildlifeconservation #waderwednesday
Male Snowy Plover roosting in the sand
Snowy Plover trying to look like a Wrybill. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds
🚀 Incredible movement alert!
Our @PulsarWild sponsored CTT-tagged Jack Snipe has just completed an astonishing journey reaching Belgium from Staffordshire in just 7 hours 9 minutes! 🇬🇧➡️🇧🇪
That’s an average speed of 30+ mph for one of our most elusive and secretive species. 🤯
“For the Love of Waders:
A Passion for Shoreline Birds” by Rick Simpson
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Yoredale Natural History Society
Friday 27th March
7:30pm start
Methodist Church Hall
DL8 5BB
YNHS members free.
Visitors £5pp
Pec Sandpiper © Elis Simpson
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A terrific Terek Sandpiper for #WaderWednesday!
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #India
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
If you would like to join this dedicated team of heroes and give the plovers a fighting chance, then follow the link below to contact the team to find out how you can get involved.
Email at coast@southtyneside.gov.uk
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Roosting Western Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper that is just beginning to molt into its breeding plumage. The count down begins. Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. #shorebirds #birds
@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Feeders, birds on feeders.
The Alt theme is #Green, any bird with Green in its plumage.
I've taken the #Green route with this Northern Lapwing
#birds #ECK #nikon @waderquest.bsky.social #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #ukbirds
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) in Uruguay for #WaderWednesday . #shorebirds #sandpipers #waders
American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) for #WaderWednesday . #BirdingUruguay #plovers #shorebirds #waders
Today's #SpringArrivalSpotlight: the Little Ringed Plover!
These sweet little waders return from March, favouring gravelly riverbanks & wetlands.
Spot their bright yellow eye-ring & swift, darting movements as they forage.
A very round white and brown shorebird stands on the sand with blurry ocean waves behind.
The news is terrible but I’m going to continue posting birds and frogs and flowers and the sky because looking at nature can help us keep going in the face of all the awful. Please take good care of yourselves
#birds 🌿
Noticing this urban #Wader or #Shorebird refuge at #Cullercoats Oystercatchers, Redshank and Turnstone #Birds #Nature UK
A Mother’s Day Reflection from Wader Quest.
The Ruff has one of the most remarkable male-dominated breeding systems among waders, and yet provides one of the finest examples of devoted motherhood in the wader world.
📸© Henri Jussila & © Luis Sitges
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Dunlin by the Stray Cafe Redcar.
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Earlier this week regular patch birder @duncbye.bsky.social spotted one of our colour-ringed Oystercatchers back in the area at Storwood. This individual breeds in the #LDV (back for its fourth breeding season) and winters at Dawlish Warren in Devon – 402 km to the south @yorkbirding.bsky.social
On Tuesday evening our ringing team recaught a Woodcock on Wheldrake Ings after dark, and after checking our database, it turns out that we ringed this individual at the same site (as a first year) in January 2019 – so seven years after ringing and now almost eight years old @yorkbirding.bsky.social
The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in Kachemak Bay
Join fellow birders, scientists, photographers, and nature lovers May 6–10, 2026 in beautiful Kachemak
More details here!!
kachemakshorebird.org
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#wildlifeconservation #charity
A magnificent Eurasian Curlew for #WaderWednesday 😍
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A tiny stamp can help protect one of nature’s greatest travellers.
Shorebirds migrate thousands of miles each year, relying on fragile coastal habitats to survive their journey. Shorebird stamps raise awareness about these incredible species.
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#Stamps
Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) was seen in Mongolia a few years ago at Lake Uvs and its surrounding wetlands, near the Russian border. #Ramsar_site. I saw at least 20 of them. @ramsar.org #birds
Australasian Shorebird Conference 2026 goes live.
Abstracts are now being accepted for the conference to be held in Newcastle NSW, September 19-21.
More details here!!
australasianshorebirds.com
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#Australia #conference
@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #SteppingOut, the Alt theme is #ColourfulCaptures.
If you're #SteppingOut long legs help.
A Redshank mid stride
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin @rspb.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social #nikon #ukbirding #Sigma
@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingInWater, any bird standing in water.
The Alt Them is #Green, any bird/photo with Green included.
A Wood Sandpiper on a very still day
#birds #EastCoastKin #nikon #sigma @waderquest.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding
Today we celebrate the power of stories, the ones that shaped us, stretched our thinking, and stayed with us long after the final page.
Be #inspired by #waders or #shorebirds #WorldBookDay2026 #BOOKERS
A message for World Book Day from Rick Simpson
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