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Thank god 😅 ⁦Shannon Skalos, PhD 🪶🐦⁩

The 1st WADER STUDY issue of 2024 is complete! Links to all the contents in this thread 👇 #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

BREAKING: We just saved the iconic Tagus Estuary and its migratory birds from a new airport in Portugal. Following our lawsuit, authorities ditched the plans and the nature reserve is safe. clientearth.org/latest/press-o…

Congrats ClientEarth SPEA José A. Alves etc. Your exemplary collaborative flyway conservation action has saved Tagus waterbirds shared with 30+ countries & c350 Important Bird Areas covering 16.7 mill ha & 4 World Heritage Sites according to RSPB Science. #ornithology

Birds or planes? A 'win' for evidence-based conservation. On 14 May, the Portuguese government announced that the new airport for Lisbon will be in Alochete - NOT at Montijo in the Tagus SPA. Updated @WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/12/23/tag… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

PT Gov dropped Montijo plans, following a non renewal of env licence earlier this yr based on our papers. Hope this is not a rare win of evidence based conservation! New location will require a new impact assessment & the plea for a proper study is out. publico.pt/2024/05/16/azu…

🥳 UPDATE 🥳 Portuguese government has announced that replacement airport for Lisbon will be at Alcochete - not on/alongside the Tagus Estuary. Blog updated! wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/12/23/tag…

🎉 Huge win for nature in Portugal!🌿Last week, the Portuguese Prime Minister officially ruled out plans to build Montijo airport near Lisbon. This mega-project would have been constructed on the Tagus estuary, one of Europe’s most important wetlands, a Natura 2000 site, and a

NEW PAPER in Journal of #Ornithology Does frequent handling influence #whimbrel chicks’ body condition? Short answer: No* *but please see the details: rdcu.be/dJbfP If you do not have access, I'll happily send you a copy. #waders #shorebirds

All 15 out! Tagged bw #stilts are already showing spectacular dispersal movements: while some birds are looking after their young, others have already travelled hundreds of km to renest?!

We've added another side event to our next conference in Montpellier 🇫🇷 - "Registering and archiving your tracking data with Global Wader", taking place Friday 20th September, 9am-11:15am #IWSG_conf #IWSG2024 More details here ⬇️ waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20…

New (free) side event prior to the Wader Study conference !

Looking for a PhD position on waders and other meadow birds in West Africa? Check out these 2 opportunities from the LIFE IP GrassBirdHabitats project, an EU-funded initiative dedicated to protecting meadow birds and their habitats 🧵👀⬇️

I'm part of the MOTH (More-Than-Human) Rights collective, based out of NYU Law. We've just released this book of essays, conversations & collaborations on the subject of MOTH rights & much beyond. It's free to all as a PDF/Kindle download. Pls share on. 👉mothrights.org/more-than-huma…

As the academic yr stars so do Eco Flyway meetings! Yday we were visited by Marie Claire Gatt & Ben Metzger who shared their recent work with the #tracking of shearwaters in the #Mediterranean🐧🌊 @CESAM_Univ Global Flyway Network SPECO | Portuguese Ecological Society Universidade Aveiro Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)

Excited to share my final PhD paper on lesser kestrel migration!! We explor how arrival dates vary across breeding colonies: link.springer.com/10.1007/s10336… Big thanks to: Daniel García Silveira, Javier Bustamante, Jacopo G Cecere, Michelangelo Morganti, Diego Rubolini, Wouter Vansteelant, Josh Nightingale | Global Wader, Emmanuel Lourie

Satellite tracking reveals more about the breeding behaviour of Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits. wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/fle… Paper by Josh Nightingale | Global Wader in BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ib… #ornithology #waders #shorebirds

Thesis Abstracts, compiled by Josh Nightingale | Global Wader: Implications of wintering in the tropics for migratory shorebirds (PhD), by Ana Coelho Shorebirds in the Bijagós Archipelago (PhD), by Mohamed Henriques waderstudygroup.org/article/18402/ #waders #shorebirds #ornithology #OpenAccess

Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits (and Oystercatchers) in April snow. Satellite tracking reveals fascinating details of nesting behaviour. wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/fle… Paper by Josh Nightingale | Global Wader in BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 #ornithology #phenology

#WaderTales catch up? 3 about Black-tailed Godwits. 4th about Whimbrel Juvenile settlement wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/juv… Head-starting wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/how… Flexible nesting behaviour wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/fle… Handling chicks of #waders #shorebirds wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/10/05/how… #ornithology