It is a rare privilege to experience the departure of migratory #shorebirds in 1part of the world & be there as the birds arrive elsewhere. Tim Oortwijn of Wadden & Delta Centre had it. He witnessed departing bar-tailed #godwits Parc National du Banc d'Arguin - PNBA in mid April & arrivals on Texel ca week later.

Dit is inderdaad een uitspraak met mogelijk verstrekkende gevolgen voor de toelating van pesticiden. Wat gaat Ned bestuursrechter nu doen?

The wonderful SARILHOS made it to #Iceland last night! We wish her a very successful, well - let's call it happy, breeding season!

For some background reading on the present phase of the life of black-tailed #godwits , see the recent #OpenAccess paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

No, not quite. At the latitude of central Portugal, #whimbrel ESCADINHAS took turn to right to stop in Bahía de Baiona in southwest Galicia. Probably thwarted by fierce northern winds. What an excellent sense of where land is!
What's next? Keep an eye on: globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species…

Some of us at birdeyes.org had the privilege to reflect on what it means to be a scientist faced with continuous #biodiversity loss and with the relentless & predicted #ClimateCrisis .

In English: ukrant.nl/magazine/a-fro…
In Dutch: ukrant.nl/magazine/eerst…
University of Groningen

Wow, the best thing of publishing (apart from the writing) is the reading, and citations may indicate how much a paper is read.
Nice that our paper on individual development of #migration in flocking #shorebird migrant based on #tracking got good score.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

A thread about the 'New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness,' which I signed. (nydeclaration.com)
The dec says that along with mammals and birds, there's 'at least a realistic possibility' of consciousness in many other groups, including fish, crustaceans, insects.. 1

🏞 Big news from Australia! Minister for Environment & Water allocates $17M (AUD) for EAAF016 (The Coorong, Lake Alexandrina & Lake Albert) habitat restoration! This funding will enhance infrastructure and breeding habitat. Learn more: buff.ly/3w6kxMo
DCCEEW
Convention on Wetlands

Simply amazing to see migratory tracks of birds as they fly across our planet connecting people & #criticallyimportant #wetlands
Conservation action by all along a #flyway network of sites is of highest priority so these international travellers survive
African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) Wetlands International

We have a new paper in PNASNews on migration ecology - this study led by Simeon Lisovski investigates the vulnerability of migratory shorebirds to environmental change. New models that can better estimate the future migration needs of migratory shorebirds. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Very impressive presentation by Dr Mohamed making a strong case for more targeted research using tracking to understand migratory routes, improve monitoring information and analysis to support conservation.
#PRCM

Today on #WetlandsWednesday I want to share with you one of my country - Zambia’s 🇿🇲 exquisite Royal Ceremony that takes place in the Zambezi Floodplain system, also a RAMSAR Site under our convention Convention on Wetlands. By the way several traditional ceremonies happen around water…

Great to have birdeyes.org of University of Groningen represented at PRCM-Forum by Dr Mohamed Henriques (who gave a plenary today) and Dr Hacen El Hacen (who took the photo). Birds have a lot to tell us, and as shorebird scientists we try to listen, interpret carefully & share.

Never a dull moment with SARILHOS, the Icelandic black-tailed #godwit tracked for several years. After a night- #flight across North Sea, she made a stop in what remains of the Teesmouth mud; is probably on her way to Iceland now. Follow the suspense at globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species…

Homo sapiens may be a slow learner, yet something ‘s dawning on the mind: the consciousness of others. We can start rewriting our inter-species ethics. sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nydecl…

[ #FOMACO2024 ] 📹Watch the live stream 👇
youtu.be/DtXze3VAozQ

C'est fantastique de voir le PNBA participer activement dans le 11ème forum marin et côtier du #PRCM !. Le PNBA est là, pour partager son expérience en matière de gouvernance.
Il faut noter que le forum est ouvert aujourd’hui, par le Président de la République de Guinée Bissau

The prey transect counts were rudely disturbed by a sandstorm. Even the barn swallows decided to sit this one out. Luckily for us, after rain not only comes sunshine, but also harriers and larks!

In collab Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung

This is fantastic 🙌🏽👌🏾👏🏽👇🏾 Thank You for sharing this as their migration across wetland systems under our convention Convention on Wetlands 🙏🏾👌🏾

Quick update on the two buddy Bar-tailed Godwits. After Borneo, they continued flying together, & landed around Shanwei City in Guangdong on Apr 15. One (red) departed Apr 19 & now in Hangzhou Bay, while pink one left Apr 20 and now in Shanghai. So sad they parted ways so early!