Matt Herring
@mattherring.bsky.social
Ecologist | Wildlife-friendly farming | Wetlands | Waterbirds | #bitternfriendlyrice | http://paintedsnipe.com.au | I’ve had the pleasure of working on over 950 Murray-Darling farms | PhD
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Matt Herring
@mattherring.bsky.social
· Mar 27
One of our Macquarie Marshes birds finally hit 5G coverage and just gave us a dump of 573 fixes! HE’S IN NORTH QLD! Its a gold mine of data for the endangered Australian Painted-snipe.
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Would you like a new wallpaper for your phone 😊
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Would you like a new wallpaper for your phone 😊
Would you like a new wallpaper for your phone 😊
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Would you like a new wallpaper for your phone 😊
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A new special collection, released in the journal Wildlife Research @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social, published by @csiropublishing.bsky.social, showcases some of the amazing Indigenous-led and cross-cultural wildlife research occurring in Australia 🧪
Watch the full interview in the link below.
Watch the full interview in the link below.
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A new special collection, released in the journal Wildlife Research @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social, published by @csiropublishing.bsky.social, showcases some of the amazing Indigenous-led and cross-cultural wildlife research occurring in Australia 🧪
Watch the full interview in the link below.
Watch the full interview in the link below.
Reposted by Matt Herring
Why track waders?
This blog has two aims – to share important scientific and conservation stories revealed through shorebird tracking work and to encourage scientists to make their data available via the Global Wader platform.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m...
#ornithology
Whimbrel tracks 👇
This blog has two aims – to share important scientific and conservation stories revealed through shorebird tracking work and to encourage scientists to make their data available via the Global Wader platform.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m...
#ornithology
Whimbrel tracks 👇
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Why track waders?
This blog has two aims – to share important scientific and conservation stories revealed through shorebird tracking work and to encourage scientists to make their data available via the Global Wader platform.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m...
#ornithology
Whimbrel tracks 👇
This blog has two aims – to share important scientific and conservation stories revealed through shorebird tracking work and to encourage scientists to make their data available via the Global Wader platform.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m...
#ornithology
Whimbrel tracks 👇
We are absolutely thrilled to introduce Clive and Inhancer, a pair caught yesterday in the Macquarie Marshes and fitted with GPS 4G transmitters from Global Messenger. We are immensely grateful to the local landholders, Leanne, Garry and Jet Hall, who were central in making it happen.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We are absolutely thrilled to introduce Clive and Inhancer, a pair caught yesterday in the Macquarie Marshes and fitted with GPS 4G transmitters from Global Messenger. We are immensely grateful to the local landholders, Leanne, Garry and Jet Hall, who were central in making it happen.
After a very quiet six months, we’ve had some terrific sightings roll in the last few days: near Ipswich, QLD, at Shoalhaven Heads & near Taree, NSW. Congrats to everyone on their finds & huge thanks for making sure we don’t miss any records. Keep the them coming! paintedsnipe.com.au/recent-sight...
Recent Sightings - Australian Painted Snipe Tracking
paintedsnipe.com.au
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
After a very quiet six months, we’ve had some terrific sightings roll in the last few days: near Ipswich, QLD, at Shoalhaven Heads & near Taree, NSW. Congrats to everyone on their finds & huge thanks for making sure we don’t miss any records. Keep the them coming! paintedsnipe.com.au/recent-sight...
Reposted by Matt Herring
Reposted by Matt Herring
NEW on #theBOUblog from Mark Drever & Luis Bautista-Sopelana
Bird migration as hydrological flow: using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites
bou.org.uk/blog-drev...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
Bird migration as hydrological flow: using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites
bou.org.uk/blog-drev...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Mark Drever & Luis Bautista-Sopelana
Bird migration as hydrological flow: using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites
bou.org.uk/blog-drev...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
Bird migration as hydrological flow: using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites
bou.org.uk/blog-drev...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
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The poo ponds at Werribee are a fantastic spot for bird watching. They're not only home to waterbirds, but also to all sorts of grassland and salt marsh species. Haven't been there for ages but I have vivid memories of the incredible diversity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A mythical place’: how a Melbourne sewage farm became a haven for 300 species of birds
The abundance of birdlife amid the grassy plains, marshlands and 200 lagoons of the Western Treatment Plant rivals Kakadu – and is a magnet for birdwatchers
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The poo ponds at Werribee are a fantastic spot for bird watching. They're not only home to waterbirds, but also to all sorts of grassland and salt marsh species. Haven't been there for ages but I have vivid memories of the incredible diversity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Check out Coral-Mae's (age 9) felt plover, inspired by the Pacific Golden Plover. This submission comes all the way from The Crags, South Africa! Golden Plover chicks are born in the arctic tundra amongst the thawing ice and thriving plant life looking like moss puffs. #PAD2025
September 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Check out Coral-Mae's (age 9) felt plover, inspired by the Pacific Golden Plover. This submission comes all the way from The Crags, South Africa! Golden Plover chicks are born in the arctic tundra amongst the thawing ice and thriving plant life looking like moss puffs. #PAD2025
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Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) female (left) and male.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
@mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
@mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) female (left) and male.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
@mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
@mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social
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Hi! We're new here but maybe you followed us on X! We're @birdlifeoz.bsky.social's Beach-nesting Birds team - working to give birds that nest on Australian beaches a chance to raise their young 🐥 We've uploaded our past X posts, so you can learn about our work if you didn't know us!
#plovers
#plovers
August 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Hi! We're new here but maybe you followed us on X! We're @birdlifeoz.bsky.social's Beach-nesting Birds team - working to give birds that nest on Australian beaches a chance to raise their young 🐥 We've uploaded our past X posts, so you can learn about our work if you didn't know us!
#plovers
#plovers
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...hone the recognition software, so we can all better monitor for bitterns across Tasmania.
It's fun, there'll be great snacks, & you don't need to be an expert. Have a go for National Science Week!
Details & bookings: events.humanitix.com/bittern-ques...
#nationalscienceweek
It's fun, there'll be great snacks, & you don't need to be an expert. Have a go for National Science Week!
Details & bookings: events.humanitix.com/bittern-ques...
#nationalscienceweek
Bittern quest: boom or bust? [afternoon]
Learn about the mysterious, Endangered Australasian bittern, & help track down its booming call among data collected across Tasmania by CallTrackers volunteers!
events.humanitix.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
...hone the recognition software, so we can all better monitor for bitterns across Tasmania.
It's fun, there'll be great snacks, & you don't need to be an expert. Have a go for National Science Week!
Details & bookings: events.humanitix.com/bittern-ques...
#nationalscienceweek
It's fun, there'll be great snacks, & you don't need to be an expert. Have a go for National Science Week!
Details & bookings: events.humanitix.com/bittern-ques...
#nationalscienceweek
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In Hobart this Sunday? Your ears are very much needed for this special BITTERN QUEST!
Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmania—tentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bittern—in order to...
#nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics
Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmania—tentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bittern—in order to...
#nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics
August 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In Hobart this Sunday? Your ears are very much needed for this special BITTERN QUEST!
Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmania—tentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bittern—in order to...
#nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics
Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmania—tentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bittern—in order to...
#nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics
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Stick insects! Everyone loves stick insects. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A giant insect that looks like a stick! What is not to love? | First Dog on the Moon
Even more amazing – it is not even Australia’s longest stick insect!
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Stick insects! Everyone loves stick insects. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tasmanians! Getting into the massive #NationalScienceWeek buzz? Maybe you've already booked into a 'Discover CallTrackers' acoustic monitoring workshop, or 'Bittern Quest'? Details in #NatureTrackers' calendar—see August: naturetrackers.au/about/events...
But ALSO...
#CitSci #STEM #Tasmania 🧪🌏🌿🎙️🪶🦇
But ALSO...
#CitSci #STEM #Tasmania 🧪🌏🌿🎙️🪶🦇
August 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Tasmanians! Getting into the massive #NationalScienceWeek buzz? Maybe you've already booked into a 'Discover CallTrackers' acoustic monitoring workshop, or 'Bittern Quest'? Details in #NatureTrackers' calendar—see August: naturetrackers.au/about/events...
But ALSO...
#CitSci #STEM #Tasmania 🧪🌏🌿🎙️🪶🦇
But ALSO...
#CitSci #STEM #Tasmania 🧪🌏🌿🎙️🪶🦇
Excellent graphic from @birdlifeoz.bsky.social about the all too common mix up between the Australasian Bittern and Nankeen Night-heron.
July 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Excellent graphic from @birdlifeoz.bsky.social about the all too common mix up between the Australasian Bittern and Nankeen Night-heron.
Reposted by Matt Herring
AviList: a unified global bird checklist | link.springer.com/ar... | Biodiversity and Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
AviList: a unified global bird checklist
Biodiversity and Conservation - Universally recognized scientific names for organisms are necessary for accurate and efficient communication. Incongruence in taxonomic treatments results in...
link.springer.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
AviList: a unified global bird checklist | link.springer.com/ar... | Biodiversity and Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
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This is what it’s like to check the nest of a regent parrot on the banks of the Murray River 😍👀👀
July 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This is what it’s like to check the nest of a regent parrot on the banks of the Murray River 😍👀👀
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Alison and her family have been such wonderful champions of the reintroduction program. On some nights, up to five birds visit their property and run laps around their home - and they love it! (And no, the birds don’t keep them awake - they’ve never heard a peep!)
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Curlews return to fox-free Phillip Island, 40 years after last sighting
Decades after the bush stone-curlew went extinct on Phillip Island, scientists reintroduce the species and hope the eradication of foxes will enable the flock to grow in the wild again.
www.abc.net.au
July 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Alison and her family have been such wonderful champions of the reintroduction program. On some nights, up to five birds visit their property and run laps around their home - and they love it! (And no, the birds don’t keep them awake - they’ve never heard a peep!)
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Kanangra-Boyd National Park at its best this weekend. This wildlife paradise is home to Glossy Black Cockatoos, Yellow-bellied Gliders and Small Alpine Xenicas, among many other rare species. And I reckon that Mt Cloudmaker, the peak near the sun, is one of Australia’s best hikes.
July 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Kanangra-Boyd National Park at its best this weekend. This wildlife paradise is home to Glossy Black Cockatoos, Yellow-bellied Gliders and Small Alpine Xenicas, among many other rare species. And I reckon that Mt Cloudmaker, the peak near the sun, is one of Australia’s best hikes.
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Ever had that feeling of being watched..? Reminded when I looked up from frog surveys to find I was the one being surveyed. By a southern bell frog. Creep.
July 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ever had that feeling of being watched..? Reminded when I looked up from frog surveys to find I was the one being surveyed. By a southern bell frog. Creep.
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Discussing how to grow mistletoe with David Watson, the world’s mistletoe expert, and the importance of guidance reflecting the evidence
youtu.be/6N1eOrSe-1s?...
youtu.be/6N1eOrSe-1s?...
The need for guidance to be based on evidence
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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July 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Discussing how to grow mistletoe with David Watson, the world’s mistletoe expert, and the importance of guidance reflecting the evidence
youtu.be/6N1eOrSe-1s?...
youtu.be/6N1eOrSe-1s?...