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Apply for IWSG Small Projects Grants up until 1st December
24 November 2023
Deadline for IWSG Small Projects Grant fast approaching: 1st December is the last chance to apply for a IWSG Small Projects Grant! Projects run by IWSG members can be supported with up to 1500 euros. Describe your project, the relevance, the timeline and the budget, and submit it. Then we will read it and get back to you no later than 1st May 2024. Since 2016, the International Wader Study Group annually funds small projects to support wader studies that otherwise will not go ahead. visit the
Afonso Rocha won the IWSG 2023 competition for tracking studies with his “Temperature Exodus” project
2 November 2023
The IWSG is happy to announce the winner of IWSG competition for tracking studies which took place during our 2023 annual conference (Sylt, Germany 29/09/23 — 03/10/23). Dr Afonso Rocha, from the University of Extremadura, Spain, won 15 GSM MINI 4G Druid Trackers to study "Temperature Exodus" using Black-winged Stilt in the Tagus estuary, Portugal. read more about the project "Temperature Exodus" of Alfonso Rocha here: Temperature_Exodus_AR - Afonso Rocha. The Price is funded by Druid
Launch of The Global Wader Tracking Data Project
26 September 2023
IWSG is happy to draw your attention to this new project: The Global Wader Tracking Data Project. The GWTDP is intended to work as a directory of tracking studies. Details from the field are recorded: which species, sexes, ages; where and when, using a uniform data format across contributing studies. We encourage users to store their data in a repository such as Movebank, and can help with uploading historical data. The GWTDP is a new, community-led initiative aiming to become a definitive

What we do

  • 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.