TIME is an important part of the MIGRATION story for #waders #shorebirds.
A short thread 1/7
Firstly - who goes where? Summary of migration of #waders to/from/through UK/Ireland:
https://wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/which-wader-when-and-why/
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds #phenology

2/7 Consider one species - RINGED PLOVER
There are already nests in the UK (1 April) but many Canada/Greenland breeders won't fly north until next month and many of these Russian birds won't breed until start of June
https://wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/well-travelled-ringed-plovers/
#ornithology #waders

3/7 Different populations of the same SPECIES can be on very different time schedules, as can individuals within a local population. Here's why it pays to be an early bird:
https://wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/20/time-to-nest-again/
#ornithology #waders #nestrecording

4/7 Once the timing of an individual's northward migration is set it does not change, as shown by these WHIMBREL:
https://wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/whimbrel-time-to-leave/
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds

5/7 But spring arrival dates are getting EARLIER - so how does that happen?
https://wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/why-is-spring-migration-getting-earlier/
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds

6/7 There is more about how MIGRATION PATTERNS are driven by what happens to birds in their first year here:
https://wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/generational-change/
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds

7/7 When a young wader flies south for the first time, it establishes a migration schedule that can influence its SURVIVAL PROBABILITY and its chick-rearing potential. TIMING can have life-long consequences:
https://wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/travel-advice-for-sanderling/
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds #phenology