Black-tailed godwits are returning to breed WWT Welney and other wetland sites around the Fens. If you spot birds with leg rings, look out for individuals with a lime coloured E as one of the rings. These were headstarted by Project Godwit and all sightings gratefully received.

Found the first returning head started Godwits (Limosa limosa) at Welney today three birds with Lime E rings, all recorded to Project Godwit via the website.

Fantastic news - the #TagusAirport is finally stopped. A rare but incredibly important win for conservation!

On March 20th in 2022, it was time to think about Black-tailed Godwit migration. 🎂2⃣
This was tweet 14 in a series of 30.
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Project Godwit Jonathan Taylor WWT Welney Josh Nightingale | Global Wader

❄️ Migration sensation 🌞

Four out of the five tagged Bewick's swans which wintered in the Fens have already crossed the North Sea, only Jule left in the UK Zwergschwäne auf Reisen|Bewick's Swans on the move

Incoming Project Godwit black-tailed godwits being spotted 👀 in Portugal this week on route to the UK.

Celebrating spring with the return of 'limosa' Black-tailed Godwits.
#WaderTales blog from 3 March 2020 🎂4⃣
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Tracking 'limosa' subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit.
Most will fly to the Netherlands.
Perhaps one will turn up in the Washes of East Anglia?
Blog about this migration:
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This week we announced the sad passing of colleague and friend, Mark Smart from the RSPB England Team. Mark was hugely respected & liked in the conservation community, a giant of wetland creation. Our latest blog is a tribute. He will be deeply missed shorturl.at/qNU13

A few 'limosa' Black-tailed Godwits will be heading for Ouse and Nene Washes of East Anglia. More here:
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WWT Welney Project Godwit RSPB England

We'd like to draw attention to the amazing Project Godwit, established to help one of our most iconic shore birds. Not confined only to the field, they also have a great website with headstarted chicks, educational materials& great videos. Check it out!
projectgodwit.org.uk

Migration of #waders #shorebirds never stops!
The last Woodcock have only just arrived in the UK and 'limosa' Black-tailed Godwits are already heading north.
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LOADS of migration stories summarised here:
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Vacancy | Site Manager 💧🌿🧑🤝🧑
Rare opportunity to lead the team of colleagues & volunteers at WWT Welney as well as fulfil the duties of managing a wetland reserve.
Full details and apply through website by Sun 7 January 2024 -
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The black-tailed godwit is a species of urgent conservation concern.

In the final year of Project Godwit, we've published a new action plan with RSPB and Natural England to secure the future of this wader.

Read more 👉 ow.ly/f9YW50PSjg0

Project Godwit & @WWTWorldwide successfully raised 206 Black-tailed Godwit chicks over 7 years, releasing them to the wild. Raised temporarily in captivity then released to give better chance of survival, many returned to breed when they reached maturity👉bit.ly/PGchicks

Project Godwit improved over 1,000 ha of wetland & installed pumps & scrapes - shallow seasonal pools of water. This provides homes for invertebrates, which chicks need to survive. Breeding pairs have now increased by 39% 😀 WWT

📷 Will Meinderts (FLPA)

Want to join the Project Godwit team?

📢 We're recruiting for a Monitoring Officer to join the team this summer and monitor breeding godwits at project sites in the Fens 🐣🐣🐣

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Closing date: Sun 19 Feb

#conservationjob #jobalert WWT Welney RSPB Science

I’ve been involved in pulling together this conference and I’m really excited by the line up. Come along and find out about the ups and downs of an amazing range of hands on species conservation projects from the UK, Europe and beyond.

📢Wader Headstarting: Learning from Experience📢

Join us for a conference 1-2 March 23 at the WWT London Wetland Centre wetland centre. Register now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/project-godw…

WWT Welney RSPB Science LIFE Programme

We are running a workshop as part of #IWSG2022 - Join us to discuss our results and research advances on continental BTG over the last 15 years: what have we learned and what is still missing?
Register by 22 Aug👉 waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20…

It was our final release of birds today! There may be more headstarting in future but this phase is complete. Total: 206 fledglings. The job is far from done but today is a special day. Thank you to everyone who has helped along the way 🙏 WWT Welney RSPB LIFE Programme