Context: Capture, measurement, genetic sampling, ringing and flagging of shorebirds on their nests are standard techniques that underpin the study and conservation of these species. However, these techniques may reduce hatching success by compromising parental care or nest crypsis, thereby negatively influencing results, study populations and bird welfare. Only a few studies that examine the effect of capture of shorebirds on subsequent egg hatching success are currently available.

Aims: To compare the hatching success of masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) nests, at which adult capture and associated techniques (ringing, flagging and bleeding) have occurred, with nests at which these did not occur, on the fox-free Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.

Methods: Hatching success of masked lapwings was monitored and compared between nests at which adult capture did, and did not, occur. Clutches were aged and age was included in our models to adjust for exposure of clutches to risks such as predators.

Key results: There was no difference in egg hatching success between nests at which capture occurred and those at which it did not occur: 138 chicks hatched from 178 eggs attended by adults that were captured (77.5% hatched); and 279 chicks hatched from 442 eggs attended by adults that were not captured (63.1%).

Conclusion: Trapping incubating lapwings using our existing protocols does not compromise egg hatching success, at least where there are no foxes present.

Implications: Studies of ground-nesting shorebird hatching success in relation to capture can usefully assess for adverse effects of the methods employed. We suggest that further examination of capture of lapwings at the nest be conducted in environments where foxes are present.

背景：捕获，测量，遗传采样，在其巢上筑筑shore类动物的环和标记是支持对这些物种进行研究和保护的标准技术。但是，这些技术可能会通过损害父母的照料或巢式冷冻来降低孵化的成功率，从而对结果，研究种群和鸟类福利产生负面影响。目前只有少数研究检查捕获水鸟对随后卵孵化成功的影响的研究。

目的：为了比较在无狐的菲利普岛上有遮盖的田wing（Vanellus英里）巢的孵化成功率，在这些巢上有成年捕获和相关技术（响，ging和出血），而没有发生过这些巢，澳大利亚维多利亚。

方法：监测掩盖的田lap的孵化成功率，并比较发生和未发生成年捕获的巢之间的情况。离合器已老化，我们的模型中也包括了年龄，以调整离合器对诸如掠食性动物等风险的暴露。

主要结果：发生捕获和未捕获的巢之间的卵孵化成功率没有差异：从被捕获的成年成年成年卵的178个卵中孵出138羽小鸡（孵化率为77.5％）；从442只卵中孵出279头小鸡，成年后未捕获它们（63.1％）。

结论：使用我们现有的协议诱捕孵化的虫不会影响卵孵化的成功，至少在没有狐狸的地方。

启示：关于捕获的地面筑巢shore孵化成功的研究可以有用地评估所采用方法的不利影响。我们建议在存在狐狸的环境中进一步检查捕获燕窝的行为。