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Little Stint

A Little Stint works the salt marshes in the West Coast National Park, South Africa.

#birding #birdingphototography #photography #saltmarshes #travel #waders #westcoastnationalpark

🌍🌏🌎 Sanderling (Calidris alba) #CosmopolitanBirds #EurasianBirds #AfricanBirds #AustralasianBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #SouthAmericanBirds | #Sanderling #CalidrisAlba | #Sanderlings #Sandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by JacekBen🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌍🌏🌎 Sanderling (Calidris alba) #CosmopolitanBirds #EurasianBirds #AfricanBirds #AustralasianBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #SouthAmericanBirds | #Sanderling #CalidrisAlba | #Sanderlings #Sandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by JacekBen🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌍🌏🌎 Sanderling (Calidris alba) #CosmopolitanBirds #EurasianBirds #AfricanBirds #AustralasianBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #SouthAmericanBirds | #Sanderling #CalidrisAlba | #Sanderlings #Sandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by JacekBen🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌍🌏🌎 Sanderling (Calidris alba) #CosmopolitanBirds #EurasianBirds #AfricanBirds #AustralasianBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #SouthAmericanBirds | #Sanderling #CalidrisAlba | #Sanderlings #Sandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by JacekBen🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌍🌏🌎 Sanderling (Calidris alba) #CosmopolitanBirds #EurasianBirds #AfricanBirds #AustralasianBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #SouthAmericanBirds | #Sanderling #CalidrisAlba | #Sanderlings #Sandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by JacekBen🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

New addition! 🌏🌎 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) #NorthPacificBirds #AsianBirds | #SpoonBilledSandpiper #CalidrisPygmaea | #Sandpipers #TypicalSandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by bitnikgao🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

New addition! 🌏🌎 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) #NorthPacificBirds #AsianBirds | #SpoonBilledSandpiper #CalidrisPygmaea | #Sandpipers #TypicalSandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by bitnikgao🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

New addition! 🌏🌎 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) #NorthPacificBirds #AsianBirds | #SpoonBilledSandpiper #CalidrisPygmaea | #Sandpipers #TypicalSandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by bitnikgao🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

New addition! 🌏🌎 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) #NorthPacificBirds #AsianBirds | #SpoonBilledSandpiper #CalidrisPygmaea | #Sandpipers #TypicalSandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by bitnikgao🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

New addition! 🌏🌎 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) #NorthPacificBirds #AsianBirds | #SpoonBilledSandpiper #CalidrisPygmaea | #Sandpipers #TypicalSandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by bitnikgao🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

Borrowing this from Wader Quest's fb page.
"This is a fantastic video, it's about the relatively recent and vital discovery of the importance of biofilm, that green slime on the surface of mudflats.
It seems that this substance is invaluable to migrating waders and, in this case, particularly to the delightful Western Sandpiper, a declining species. The video highlights their reliance on this food source for their very survival. Without it, they would be malnourished, meaning most would not be able to complete their migration and many would simply die. This would cause a decline in the population since, as a species. they would not be able to breed in sufficient numbers to maintain the population, which ultimately could lead to their extinction. Roberts Bank in British Columbia, Canada is a globally classified Important Bird Area and a key stopover for Western Sandpipers. Distressingly, its mudflats and their biofilm covering, are threatened by the proposed expansion of the Fraser Port Authority, the so-called Roberts Bank T-2 development. If allowed to go ahead this would mean additional significant habitat loss that would further endanger the species. This situation typifies a wider crisis affecting waders across the planet, highlighting the urgent need for collaboration among researchers, conservationists, and communities to protect these vital ecosystems, and the species that use them, which are becoming increasingly at risk of extinction."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMo0YiXIxjA

Western Sandpiper © Jared VanderMeer Wildlife Photography

#waders #shorebirds
#wildlife #conservation
#shorebirdconservation
#wadersconservation
#limicolas #avesplayeras
#waadvogel
#aquestforwaders
#aninspirationofwaders
#sandpiper #migration #birdlovers
#naturedocumentary #birds_matter
#mudflats #biodiversity #microbiota #biofilm

🌍 African oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) #AfricanBirds | #AfricanOystercatcher #AfricanBlackOystercatcher | #Oystercatchers #Waders #Shorebirds 📷: Photo by STRIEWA🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 African spoonbill (Platalea alba) #Africanbirds #Madagascanbirds | #AfricanSpoonbill #Spoonbills #Waders #Waterbirds | #birds #birdsoftheworld 🦜 Photo by JoFinchenParsons

This chair is getting a good test this weekend. But for now it's my seat for some heavy rubber fun. When inspiration hits you either take the opportunity or you don't.

When you're presented with a chance just take it!

#HeavyRubber #Drysuit #GasMask #Gloves #Waders #M50 #Scuba

Up on Marine Parade, heard that distinctive peep. Looked down and sure enough, three #oystercatchers landed on the beach right where I was heading for a #swim. Great to see #waders in the city with turnstones too recently. Down on the pebbles, crow, herring gulls and two oystercatchers all in line but blinking camera refused to focus. Another crow swooped down and shooed the waders off low over the water towards the marina.
#Brighton

I escaped the house to get outside earlier today; a brief visit to #Exmouth #Devon for a look at the River Exe.

I was watching some #Oystercatcher and I saw that one had rings. I reported the sighting and the Devon & Cornwall Wader Ringing Group ( https://www.dcwrg.org.uk ) were good enough to reply with the bird’s history (see the screenshot) below.
#Birds #Birding #BirdsofMastodon #wildlife #nature #waders #ringing #banding

Heavy rubber drone at your service

Thanks to @Rubbahh for the photo

##HeavyRubber #Drysuit #GBUK #GBUK23 #GearBlastUK #GearBlast #GasMask ##S10 #Gloves #waders #Harness