Shorebirds are capable of flying extraordinary distances so why might some species stay put? Whereas some plover species disperse so widely that populations remain connected over thousands of kilometres, our […]
The Kentish Plover have always have been the subject of taxonomical debates (e.g. Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus split from C. alexandrinus) and research outcomes were not always popular among birdwatchers (e.g. confirming […]
The shorebird image submissions for the handbook is progressing well but still many of the previously registered bird photographers haven’t shown any activity despite multiple reminders. We are pleased by […]
A charismatic shorebird, the Willet has just been split into two species, the Western Willet Tringa inornata and Eastern Willet Tringa semipalmata according to the TiF checklist based on the recently published […]
Today I turned 50. I’m not sure yet whether it is a disaster or a nice reason to celebrate. Anyway, I give something for you on this day. One of […]
I have updated the fundraising campaign and changed it to a crowd sourcing one. The campaign, as the entire publishing project, doesn’t simply target creating a beautiful book series, but […]
It’s been a while I have worked on the cover design of the first volume. Not because it was so difficult to find out how it should look like, but […]
A slightly offensive comment on image submission from today forced me to write a short blog about the business behaviour in this project. This is a private project – means, no […]
It is very encouraging to see the first donations coming for our appeal to cover the gaps in our limited budget. Thanks for all who looked at it. I am […]
I set a donation page for the project in a hope to cover some missing funds for participating conferences. While the project is running according to plans, there is a […]
Back in 2004 scientists published a supertree hypothesis as a framework for future molecular studies on shorebirds. According to their concept the family Recurvirostridae is divided into two subfamilies: Himantopodinae […]
We have plenty of time to make our bird photography database complete, yet we already started accepting excellent images. In this blog post I share a few more thoughts about […]
The all new newsletter is an effective way to keep everyone informed who is interested in the progress report of the project, shorebird related topics and also special offers. The […]
With the publishing of HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1 (Non-passerines) some interesting changes have been made in taxonomy of Charadriiformes, adopting […]
On 20 November 2014 a great shorebird scientist, Allan Baker passed away, leaving his family and the shorebird science world behind. While I personally have never met him, his name […]
The New Shorebirds Handbook Blog 