Originally posted on wadertales:
A review of the global threats to the world’s Numeniini (curlews, godwits & Upland Sandpiper) has just been published. It does not make for good reading. Icelandic Whimbrel in the warm conditions of The Guinea-Bissau It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Eskimo Curlews were migrating the full length of the two American continents 150 years ago – but the… Continue reading Why are we losing our large waders?