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From: Reneerkens, Jeroen[/b]
Date: 4 July 2018 at 09:08
Subject: No reproduction for Greenlandic shorebirds this year?



Dear shorebird enthusiast,

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 (extend of the) effects of this odd Arctic summer by counting the number of juvenile and adult Sanderlings when they have returned from the Arctic. You can find a manual of how to do this attached to this e-mail. Please send your counts to me by e-mail.

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/

Please feel free to share this link within your networks.

Best wishes,
Jeroen

PS You receive this e-mail because you have reported observations of colour-ringed Sanderlings to me. I will only every once in a while use your e-mail for requests and notifications for Sanderling-related topics that I assume you are interested in. If you do not want to receive such messages, please let me know by e-mail and I will remove you from the list.