Since 1993, the Wildlife Ecology Chair at Simon Fraser University has fostered a research network to examine the year-round activites of highly migratory shorebirds,emphasizing the Western Sandpiper .

Farmers are taking part in a community-led project which is reversing the decline in wader populations on Achill Island.

The grey plover, dunlin, turnstone and curlew sandpiper were all moved to higher threat categories as a result of population ...

A dunlin is about the size of a starling and both sexes are similar — they have a relatively long, thin, slightly downcurved dark beak and relatively long dark legs. A dunlin is about the size ...