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Fundraising Cycling Ride | Support Project Godwit & IWSG small grants
17 July 2020
At the end of August, Jen and Mark Smart will completed a 8-day fundraising cycling ride over a distance of 600 miles to support Project Godwit and IWSG small grants: They will be wearing special IWSG 50th anniversary cycling jerseys. Want one? You can purchase it now and until the 27th Jully by sending an email to Jennifer.smart@rspb.org.uk or contact Jen via direct message on Twitter @drredshank: https://twitter.com/drredshank/status/1283506019755327489?s=20 Follow their route and support
The IWSG conference 2020 will be held virtually | 10-11th October 2020
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

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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.
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