To recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to waterbird science, two international awards have been instituted.

The Nisbet Research Award was set up by Dr. Ian Newton for work focusing on gulls and terns.

In 2022, the Editor-in-Chief started the additional sections, Opinion, From the Field, and changed the cover to include a waterbird species representing one of the papers in that issue.

[2] The journal accepts manuscripts via their online portal supported by ScholarOne, and practices double-blind peer review.

The rejection rate of manuscripts submitted to the journal during 2022 was 43%, and time to final decision was 142 days.