Lapwings Nest Later Further North in Britain, but Oystercatchers Start Earlier
Lapwings and oystercatchers follow different breeding calendars. British nest records show that fixed grazing and mowing dates can…
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Five of Six Indicator Birds Could Lose Large Areas of Suitable Habitat in Luxembourg
Under the warmer SSP5–8.5 scenario, Red-backed Shrike, Northern Wheatear and Northern Lapwing were projected to lose especially large…
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Polish Maize Fields Had Fewer Breeding Bird Species and Lower Bird Density
Across 122 plots in Poland, maize fields had fewer breeding bird species and lower bird density than mosaics…
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1,270 Shed Primaries Revealed Turnover During Northern Lapwing Moult at a Polish Staging Site
At a northern Polish post-breeding staging site, 1,270 identified shed primaries showed an outward moult sequence, broad variation…
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Artificial Wader Nests Had Lower Survival and Different Predators Than Natural Nests in Estonia
In Estonian coastal grasslands, 77 artificial wader nests had lower survival than 182 natural lapwing and ringed-plover nests,…
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Scotland Proposed 14 Wader Recovery Areas From Shetland to the Central Belt
NatureScot and Working for Waders began consultation on 14 proposed recovery landscapes in May 2026, aiming to concentrate…
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Forest Proximity Raised Predation on Experimental Nests, but Not Real Lapwing Nests
In Czech farmland, 96.6% of undefended experimental nests were predated and risk increased nearer forest patches. About 24.5%…
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Northern Lapwing Nest Survival Was Lower in Alsace Than in Hauts-de-France
Monitoring of 145 Northern Lapwing nests in two French farming regions found lower nest survival in Alsace than…
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BirdNET Identified Oystercatcher Calls With 94% Precision and 99% Recall
A 2026 BTO report on a Yorkshire Dales trial found BirdNET detected validated Eurasian oystercatcher calls with 94%…
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Cairngorms Survey Found Oystercatchers Down 15% Since 2021
The 2025 Cairngorms Wader Survey found Eurasian oystercatchers down 15% since 2021, while all five monitored breeding waders…
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