Site News

Just in time to help celebrate Laguna Mar Chiquita’s 30th anniversary as a WHSRN site, a new book was recently published in English to help share lessons from this critical site for shorebirds.

The WHSRN Executive Office is very happy to report that the Bay of Fundy WHSRN site has officially expanded to include all four major bays within the Upper Bay of Fundy.

Another spring migration season on Delaware Bay has passed. Take a look back with us to celebrate this most wonderful time of year at WHSRN’s first site.

As part of World Environment Day last month, signage was installed at the Bahía Blanca Estuary in Argentina.

In spring 2018, a bay-wide survey revealed that more than 500,000 shorebirds used Humboldt Bay during spring migration alone – a number five times greater than was previously estimated almost a [...]

On its 25th anniversary as a WHSRN site, Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge has upgraded to a Site of International Importance.

WHSRN's newest site was designated as a site of Regional Importance for supporting more than 20,000 shorebirds per year.

WHSRN's 105th site is a privately owned cattle ranch that provides crucial habitat for grassland shorebirds.

Cabo Rojo Salt Flats has been a WHSRN site since 2010, when it became the first WHSRN site in the Caribbean. When Hurricane Maria swept across Puerto Rico at 155 miles per hour last year, the [...]

The most important wintering area for the rufa Red Knot in all of South America is one step closer to gaining legal protected area status. The Chilean government recently announced that Bahía [...]