Clive Minton, ‘the grandfather of wader studies’, sadly died in a car accident in Victoria, Australia, on 6th November 2019. Clive was single-minded in his passion for waders. He was largely responsible for setting up the Wash Wader Ringing Group (WWRG) in 1959, which he led until 1982, even though by then he had moved to Australia. Having ringed well over 300,000 waders, the WWRG has added im

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