Wednesday, 4 July 2018

POOR BREEDING SEASON FOR SHOREBIRDS IN NE GREENLAND

   It is early July, and most Arctic shorebirds are on their breeding grounds now. I have just returned from Zackenberg in northeast Greenland, and it appeared to be a non-breeding season, which I have never experienced before.
   It looks like hardly any shorebird will breed this year along the entire east coast of Greenland, so I would already like to ask for your help to document the extent of the effects of this odd Arctic summer by counting the number of juvenile and adult Sanderlings when they have returned from the Arctic.   Please send your counts to me by e-mail:  j.w.h.reneerkens@rug.nl
Here you can read more about what I witnessed in the last half of June in Greenland:
https://teampiersma.org/2018/07/03/excessive-spring-snowfall-results-in-a-non-breeding-year-for-shorebirds-in-ne-greenland/
Jeroen Reneerkens