The Wader Tales blog of Graham Appleton highlights the range expansions of Black-tailed Godwits

The Black-tailed Godwit has expanded it range in Iceland (above) and in western Russia (Photo courtesy: Tómas Gunnarsson)

” At the same time as limosa numbers in the west of the range have been dropping by an average of 5% per year, there has been colonisation of areas of Russia that are beyond what was thought to be the northern edge of the subspecies’ range.  Over a similar time period there has also been a well-documented range expansion of the islandica subspecies, about which more later.”

Read more at: the Wader Tales blog.