Welcome to the International Wader Study Group

The International Wader Study Group (IWSG) is an association of amateurs and professionals from all parts of the world interested in Charadrii (waders or shorebirds). Membership of the WSG is currently over 450 worldwide. Members can be found in over 50 countries around the world, including all European countries and the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australasia.

The aims of the International Wader Study Group are to:

• maintain contact between both amateurs and professionals studying waders
• help organise co-operative studies; and
• provide a vehicle for exchange of information on waders and their biology

The IWSG publishes the Wader Study Group Bulletin, a peer-reviewed journal of shorebird research and International Wader Studies that includes shorebird monographs. The Group organises an annual conference that brings together wader researchers and conservationists from around the globe and includes dedicated workshops on specific species, habitat or ecological themes.

Ramsar

The Ramsar Convention in Korea concluded with a new Resolution 22 that promote the importance of international cooperation for
the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats. Read more here

Membership

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Conferences

Come meet us in Poland...more