Make a note in your diary to join in the fun.
To take part is as simple as A,B,C.
B. Send us an email telling us what you have seen and where.
C. Look for your birds on the species list and your name on the roll of honour on this website.
You will also receive a Wader Quest The Newsletter WCWW e-newsletter special to your email address with all the results, lists and the roll of honour.
It is that easy; no registration required just good old-fashioned bird watching... Oh! And an email. waderquest@gmail.com
"We Care!"
We care that the Yellow Sea is being devastated.
We care that 80% of UK Northern Lapwings have disappeared.
We care that the Spoon-billed Sandpiper is heading for extinction.
We care that 48% of known wader populations are in decline.
We care that hay meadow nesting chicks are being destroyed by early mowing.
We care that thousands of waders are still hunted.
We care that Hooded Plovers still can't find a place on the beach to breed.
We care that wetlands are being drained.
We care that 97% of Irish breeding Eurasian Curlews have gone.
We care that 97% of Irish breeding Eurasian Curlews have gone.
We care that Black Stilts only cling to existence due to captive breeding.
We care that 6 wader species are Extinct.
We care that 8 wader species are Critically Endangered.
We care that 4 of those are probably Extinct.
We care that 9 wader species are Endangered (2 new recently).
We care that 9 wader species are Vulnerable.
We care that 29 wader species are Near threatened (6 new recently)
and finally
We care enough to stand up and be counted.
We care that 8 wader species are Critically Endangered.
We care that 4 of those are probably Extinct.
We care that 9 wader species are Endangered (2 new recently).
We care that 9 wader species are Vulnerable.
We care that 29 wader species are Near threatened (6 new recently)
and finally
We care enough to stand up and be counted.
If you are part of an organisation which wishes to support the project please get in touch and we'll add your logo below.
Note: For our purposes there is no necessity to count the birds however if you are willing and able to do so we would encourage you to enter your lists on public databases such as eBird and BirdTrack to add to our general knowledge of wader distribution and population levels. In particular we would be interested to hear about any colour-ringed or flagged birds, information that may be of some interest to researchers.
Hooded Plover, White-faced Plover, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Grey Plover. |
Together we have seen 131 species
There have been 327 observers
In 35 countries
On 6 continents in all 9 flyways.
Roll of Honour
And here is a list of the species seen and the Roll of Honour.
Species Roll of Honour
African Jacana ALBANIA
Comb-crested Jacana Desislava Stefanova
Wattled Jacana Ivaylo Dimchev
Bronze-winged Jacana ANGUILLA
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Jackie Cestero
Greater Painted-Snipe ARGENTINA
Magellanic Oystercatcher Ángeles Loredo
Blackish Oystercatcher Rodney Furmston
American Oystercatcher AUSTRALIA
African Black Oystercatcher Amanda Lilleyman
Eurasian Oystercatcher Andrea Dennett
South Island Oystercatcher Bill Belson
Pied Oystercatcher Clive Garland
Variable Oystercatcher David Percival
Sooty Oystercatcher Debra Prestwood
Black-winged Stilt Demetrios Bertzeletos
White-headed Stilt Diane Lambert
Black-necked Stilt Dianne Bennett
White-backed Stilt Gavin O'Brien
Black Stilt Grace Maglio
Pied Avocet Hilary Thompson
American Avocet John Newman
Red-necked Avocet Kevin Smith
Eurasian Stone Curlew Lois Wooding
Water Thick-knee Mary Frost
Spotted Thick-knee Mike Clear
Beach Stone-curlew Peter Newbery
Collared Pratincole Rose Clear
Magellanic Plover Tiffanie Pearse
Northern Lapwing Zorica Komac
Blacksmith Lapwing BELGIUM
Spur-winged Lapwing Alicia Mottur
Crowned Lapwing Esfandir Mottur
African Wattled Lapwing Shahrzade Mottur
White-crowned Lapwing BRAZIL
Black-winged Lapwing Andrew Simpson
Grey-headed Lapwing Beatriz Blauth
Red-wattled Lapwing Bobby Wilcox
Masked Lapwing Bruno Lima
Black-shouldered Lapwing Bruno Neri
Southern Lapwing Edimara Blauth
European Golden Plover Fábio Barata
Pacific Golden Plover Karina Avila
American Golden Plover Yeddo Blauth
Grey Plover BULGARIA
Northern Red-breasted Plover Ralitsa Georgieva
Common Ringed Plover Vladimir Mladenov
Semipalmated Plover CHILE
Little Ringed Plover Jame Quesada
Long-billed Plover CHINA
Killdeer Katherine Leung
Piping Plover Li Jing
Kittlitz's Plover Lu Jianshu
Three-banded Plover Zhang Lin
White-fronted Plover COLOMBIA
Kentish Plover Alexander Morales
White-faced plover Jessica Suaréz
Snowy Plover Patricia Falk
Malaysian Plover CZECH REPUBLIC
Red-capped Plover Jan Bures
Collared Plover Jaromir Nachazel
Two-banded Plover Libor Schröpfer
Double-banded Plover Martina Nachazelova
Lesser Sandplover ENGLAND
Greater Sand Plover Barry Yates
Wilson's Plover Ben Knights
Eurasian Dotterel Bernard Siddle
Hooded Dotterel Bryan Wearmouth
Black-fronted Dotterel Carol Watt
Red-kneed Dotterel Carole Davis
Wrybill Cathy Miller
Eurasian Woodcock Damian Money
American Woodcock David Smith
Jack Snipe Dawlish Warren Recording Group
African Snipe Elis Simpson
Common Snipe Geraldine Stockdale
Latham's Snipe Howard Stockdale
South American Snipe Inge Bristow
Short-billed Dowitcher Isaac Johnston
Long-billed Dowitcher Jake Harvey
Asian Dowitcher Janet Avery
Black-tailed Godwit Jenny Brightwell
Hudsonian Godwit Jez Simms
Bar-tailed Godwit Jill Black
Marbled Godwit Jodie Clements
Little Curlew John Belsey
Eurasian Whimbrel Karl Price
Hudsonian Whimbrel Lesley Collins
Eurasian Curlew Liz Huxley
Far Eastern Curlew Lloyd Evans
Long-billed Curlew Marcus Strandring
Spotted Redshank Marilyn Pritchard
Common Redshank Mark Bridges
Marsh Sandpiper Maureen Irvine
Common Greenshank Michael Copland
Nordmann's Greenshank Neil McMahon
Greater Yellowlegs Paul Davis
Lesser Yellowlegs Richard Parry
Green Sandpiper Rick Simpson
Solitary Sandpiper Rob Norris
Wood Sandpiper Rob Sheldon
Terek Sandpiper Roberta Goodall
Common Sandpiper Ruth Thomas
Spotted Sandpiper Scott Petrek
Grey-tailed Tattler Sophie Gibson
Willet Stephen Collins
Ruddy Turnstone Stephen Leatherdale
Black Turnstone Steve Grimwade
Great Knot Steven Halstead
Red Knot Tim Appleton
Sanderling FALKLAND ISLANDS
Semipalmated Sandpiper Neal Warnock
Western Sandpiper FRANCE
Red-necked Stint Adrien Chaigne
Little Stint Alan McBride
Least Sandpiper Alexis Poyade
Long-toed Stint André Dierickx
Temminck's Stint Caroline Robert
White-rumped Sandpiper Céline Senecault
Pectoral Sandpiper Céline Sitouze
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Chantal Costa
Curlew Sandpiper Coralie Bossu
Purple Sandpiper Cristina Albarracin
Dunlin Elie Denejean-Sitouze
Broad-billed Sandpiper Géraldine Leveneur
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Isabelle Bracco
Stilt Sandpiper Jaime Martinez
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Jean-Cyrille Notter
Ruff Jean-François Cornuaille
Grey Phalarope Jean-Marie Tichon
Snowy Sheathbill Jean-Pierre Baloche
Jérome Dubos
Laurent Brillard
Martin Riethmuller
Matthieu Saliman
Michel Yerokine
Michèle Marty
Mikael Alpha
Nathalie Maisonneuve
Nicolas Juillet
Nicolas Vitry
Pablo Corral
Patrice Deboisvilliers
Rodolphe Blin
Sandrine Idatte
Serge Garnier
Sylvain Poisblaud
Valentin Russeil
INDIA
Avinash Sharma
Ritesh Dighe
ISRAEL
Avi Livne (Weiss)
Avital Gil
Dan Sharon
Eldad Amir
Ilan Nassim Moriya
Iris Adar
Ori Davidor
Rony Livne
Shai Blitzblau
Shlomi Levi
Yossi Boaz
JAPAN
Rob Edmunds
Tomomi Kawasumi
MALAYSIA
Mohd Nurazmeel Bin Moktar
Shahril Fatihah Bin Hasnul Hafiz
David Henderson
Barbara Henderson
Zaim Hazim
MALTA
Adin Vella
Alex Casha
Caldon Merceica
Charles Coleiro
Charles Gauci
Dennis Cachia
Edward Bonavia
Jonathan Pullicino
Luke Vella
Noel Camilleri
Sean Bonello
Timmy Micallef
Victor Cilia
MEXICO
Luis T. Quezada
MacarioFernández
Roberto Salazar Aragon
MOZAMBIQUE
Chris Curtis
Chris Milligan
Gary Allport
NAMIBIA
James Dee
NEW ZEALAND
Ailsa Howard
Andrew Austin
Angel Parody-Merino
Bruce McKinlay
Jemma Welch
Rachel Hufton
Ria Migaloo
NORTHERN IRELAND
Hazel Watson
Ric Else
PANAMÁ
Joanna Burger
Michael Gochfeld
Rosabel Miró
Venicio Wilson
PARAGUAY
José Petters
Marko Fast
Oscar Rodríguez
Rob Clay
Sergio Ríos
PERÚ
Carlos Ruiz
PHILIPPINES
Albert Balbutin
Annabelle Jereza
Bryan Ocampo
Cedric Labiano
Dexter Gamboa
Divina Diokno
Domingo Chico Jr.
Elizabeth Bello
Josiah David Quimpo
Katrina Mamparair
Kitty Amante
Mami C. Qi
Natividad Lacdan
Nattaya Ampanjan
Nic Abanador
Princess del Castillo
Roger Cabalce
Ronald Agahin
Rowell Macahilas
Sam Manalastas
Sean Melendres
Stephanie Lim
SCOTLAND
Alison O'Hara
Amy Griffin
Andrew Whitelee
Andy Wakelin
Erik Porter
Gary Turnbull
Harris Porter
Hugh Harrop
Iain Bennie
Joanna Peaker
Louise Clark
Penny Insole
Rachel MacKay-Austin
SPAIN
Emma Brand
Gary Clewley
Haritz Sarasa Zabala
Helen Hipperson
Louise Clewley
SOUTH AFRICA
Amanda Walden
Brittany Arendse
Bruce Ward-Smith
Colin Summersgill
Dave Rimmer
Ian Gordon
Jenny Sharland
Mark Brown
Mike Bridgeford
Niall Perrins
Peter Rosewarne
Peter Sharland
Robert Wienand
Sue Oertli
SWEDEN
Honor Prentice
Oskar Löfgren
THAILAND
Nick Upton
Peter Ericsson
USA
Andrew Magee
Becky Bowen
Betsy Higgins
Brodie Cass Talbot
Carole Griffiths
Dave McLain
Devin Griffiths
Elena Coffey
Frank Hanlik
Gary Cowell
Geoff LeBaron
George Gove
Georgia Feild
Gina Nichol
Harry Newman
Jesse Brownback
Leslie Hoffmann
Lynne Shapiro
Mary Heerema
Meg Rousher
Miles Tomlinson
Nancy Meyer-Lustman
Neil Solomon
Pat Egan
Peter Allison
Suzannah Hansley
Winston Bowen
WALES
Dan Rouse
Unnamed participants
49 persons
2016 results
Together we have seen 131 species
There have been 327 observers
In 35 countries
On 6 continents in all 9 flyways.
Roll of Honour
And here is a list of the species seen and the Roll of Honour.
And here is a list of the species seen and the Roll of Honour.
Species Roll of Honour
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2016 results
Together we have seen 125 species
There have been 245 observers
In 38 countries
On 6 continents in all 9 flyways.
Together we have seen 125 species
There have been 245 observers
In 38 countries
On 6 continents in all 9 flyways.
Together we have seen 125 species
There have been 182 observers
In 33 countries
On 6 continents in all 9 flyways.
Prize Draw:
Congratulations to Mike and Rose Clear of NSW, Australia who received a signed Lars Jonsson wader poster and a set (Nºs 1-8) of Wader Quest Collectables wader pin badges.
Together we have seen 117 species
There have been 70 observers
In 19 countries
On 6 continents in all 9 flyways.
Together we have seen 125 species
There have been 182 observers
In 33 countries
On 6 continents in all 9 flyways.
Congratulations to Mike and Rose Clear of NSW, Australia who received a signed Lars Jonsson wader poster and a set (Nºs 1-8) of Wader Quest Collectables wader pin badges.
Together we have seen 117 species
There have been 70 observers
In 19 countries
On 6 continents in all 9 flyways.
On 6 continents in all 9 flyways.
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Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria: Titchwell RSPB reserve, Norfolk, England. 30/11/2014. |
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Today 1st November 2015 at my local reserve Upton Warren Worcs UK . Northern Lapwing 200, Curlew 6, Common snipe 51, Jack Snipe flushed just feet away, Green sandpiper. a quiet time of year for waders on the reserve with no passage birds present.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your list for yesterday, the world watch is on the 7th and 8th, it was a goodly list though, especially since you saw a Jack Snipe, will you be able to repeat the exercise for next weekend, hopefully the Jack Snipe will still be there! Fingers crossed and thanks gain for your interest.
DeleteLooking forward to a cold front hopefully bringing some fresh waders to the New York City area this weekend.
ReplyDeleteHere´s hoping Dominic! Thanks very much for your support for this event. Cheers! Please let us know by email if you can we may miss it here! Thanks.
DeleteQuite waste of our Labuan island North Borneo time spended Observing and Recording the Migrant Waders this year but seems I did not see our works not mentioned in the Malaysian Waders Watch list this year
ReplyDeleteSorry we did not receive your list, please contact us so we can add you names to the above list, thank you: waderquest@gmail.com
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