World Shorebirds Day 2026 — Inspiring News on the Horizons
World Shorebirds Day returns on 6 September, with reasons for encouragement from the past year and a reminder that the value of counting grows when we keep returning to the same places.
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom • 5 PostsGyorgy Szimuly is a birder, writer, and founder of World Shorebirds Day and The Ornithologist. He focuses on shorebird conservation, ornithology, citizen science, and strengthening the connection between people and the natural world.
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Celebrating 40 Years of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
Forty years after the designation of its first site at Delaware Bay, WHSRN continues to demonstrate how collaboration across borders can help safeguard shorebirds and the habitats they depend upon throughout the Americas.
Oystercatcher Day Has Officially Launched
A new international awareness initiative dedicated to oystercatchers and the wider conservation of beach-nesting birds has officially been launched through the World Shorebirds Day portal.
The Growing Network of Shorebird Awareness Initiatives
Awareness days are not replacements for conservation work. They are recurring moments that keep species, habitats, and migration systems visible in public life — and part of a wider conservation ecosystem built by many different people and initiatives.
The Journey to the Foundation of World Shorebirds Day
Long before World Shorebirds Day existed, shorebirds had already changed the way I looked at migration, wetlands, and the fragile connections between landscapes across the world.
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Celebrating 40 Years of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
Forty years after the designation of its first site at Delaware Bay, WHSRN continues to demonstrate how collaboration across borders can help safeguard shorebirds and the habitats they depend upon throughout the Americas.
The Growing Network of Shorebird Awareness Initiatives
Awareness days are not replacements for conservation work. They are recurring moments that keep species, habitats, and migration systems visible in public life — and part of a wider conservation ecosystem built by many different people and initiatives.
The Broader Purpose of the Global Shorebird Counts
The Global Shorebird Counts was built around a simple idea: every place matters. From internationally important wetlands to overlooked inland fields, local observations help reveal a much larger picture of migration and change.
