WADER BREEDING SUCCESS IN THE 2020 ARCTIC SUMMER, BASED ON JUVENILE RATIOS OF BIRDS WHICH SPEND THE NON-BREEDING SEASON IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA.

Overall, for South East Australia, breeding success in the Arctic summer of 2020 was average or slightly below average for all but one of the four species successfully monitored (Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis (18.5%), Curlew Sandpiper C. ferruginea (18.2%), Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres (13%), with one species Sharp-tailed Sandpiper C. acuminata (10.2%) having low breeding success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]