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Design a T-shirt for IWSG – kids edition! | Deadline extended until the 14th September 23:59
3 July 2023
Following the success of our inaugural t-shirt competition in 2021, and at the request of a number of members we are proud to let you know that we'll be running a new t-shirt competition but this time for our younger members! We'd like all young waderologists to enter in their best wader designs to be seen on t-shirts and bags on our Teemill website to raise money for supporting the IWSG in its activities (https://waderstudygroup.teemill.com). There will be two age categories - under 11s and
Spotlight: Alarm Flights in Australia | The beach
5 June 2023
by Deborah Buehler originally published in Wader Study 130(1) The beach. For many humans, it means relaxation and recreation. It’s a place to fish, or walk the dog, or sunbathe, or swim. For many shorebird species, the beach is necessary for survival and reproduction. Unfortunately, beaches are not always tranquil. Shorebirds can be attacked by birds of prey or flushed by human beachgoers and their pets. How much does this happen? What causes the disturbance? Can anything be done to reduce the
UNEP’s World Bird Migratory Day 2023: “Water: Sustaining Bird Life” and the dire state of Doñana
12 May 2023
The Doñana National Park in the Guadalquivir basin in southern Spain faces an unprecedented challenge! Despite enjoying all possible levels of legal protection, Doñana National Park and its surrounding natural areas are under severe threat due to decades of (ground)water overexploitation, the effects of which are aggravated by a severe ongoing drought. Adding insult to injury, members of the Andalusian Parliament are pushing a new law proposal to regularize almost 2000ha of illegally irrigated

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.