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The IWSG conference 2020 will be held virtually | 10-11th October 2021
2 June 2020
Given the current circumstances around Covid-19, we have decided to postpone our anniversary conference on the island of Sylt, Germany to 8-11th October 2021. Postponing the Sylt conference does not mean we should skip a year of sharing knowledge and meeting each other, as so we invite you to join our: Virtual annual conference on 10-11th October 2020. Following other ornithological events, we will be using Zoom Webinar to host the meeting. Registration and abstract submission for the conference
And the 2020 IWSG Small Grant Winner is….
27 April 2020
IWSG are happy to announce that we have found the successful applicant for the 2019 Small Project Grant: Emmanuel Nii Attram Taye from the University of Ghana with his project "Breeding ecology and foraging behaviour of Black-winged stilts in Ghana". Aspects of Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) foraging and breeding biology is still poorly understood. The project will investigate behaviour and nesting success of this species in the Densu Delta Ramsar Site in Ghana. The project will be
New available positions within ÉLVONAL Shorebird Science
25 February 2020
News authored by Vojtěch Kubelka and Tamás Székely Within the ÉLVONAL Shorebird Science project: Sex role evolution: testing the impacts of ecology, demography and genes, we are trying to understand the fundamental associations among key components of sex roles: courtship, pair bonding, incubation and parental care, investigating shorebirds across continents. We have established cooperation among 28 teams worldwide working with 46 populations of 31 shorebird species and currently we are

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  • The International Wader Study Group (IWSG) brings together everyone who has a passion for waders (shorebirds), the habitats they use and their conservation.
  • Members include research scientists, citizen scientists and conservation practitioners from all around the world. Membership is open to all.
  • Details on our aims and objectives can be found here.
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