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
In nice news, we recently published a literature review for swift parrots with @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social read all about everything you ever wanted to know about swift parrots for free 💚 birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...
Swift Parrot - Lathamus discolor - Birds of the World
Species accounts for all the birds of the world.
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Thrilled to be part of this new study that aims to derive a meaningful classification of distinct and recognisable Australian terrestrial bird communities. Lead by @martinemaron.bsky.social and Hannah Fraser with many other colleagues check it out here. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Typology of Australian Terrestrial Bird Communities
Aim Holistic measurement of the response of fauna communities to interventions requires suitable community condition metrics. However, the development of such metrics is hindered by the absence of b...
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Doesn’t matter if it’s gang gangs or kakapo every baby parrot is a gangly weirdo
Andrew Digby@digs.bsky.social · 7mo agoA new #kākāpō record: the youngest female to mate. Previously the youngest we'd recorded a female mating was just under 5 years old. Yesterday, Ongaonga (📸 as a chick) mated on Anchor, aged 3 years 10 months. It might be the first of many records broken in #kakapo2026. #conservation #birds
Great to get some ABC coverage on my favourite topic - integrating agriculture and conservation - and new paper 😊 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing
Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?
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Murray-Darling water-sharing study proposes combining agriculture and conservation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing
Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?
abc.net.au
Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-22/water-sharing-policy-proposal-for-murray-darling-basin/106251850
Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing
Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?
abc.net.au
Great to get some ABC coverage on my favourite topic - integrating agriculture and conservation - and new paper 😊 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing
Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?
abc.net.au
Tracking has revolutionized the study of migratory birds - shorebirds included! 🐦 In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities
Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full po...
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It’s about finding common ground for water management, integrating agriculture and biodiversity conservation. We focus on the Australasian Bittern, Australian Painted-snipe and Southern Bell Frog, and show how farming and wildlife can be managed concurrently with supportive policy.
Published today in Biological Conservation, we introduce water into the land sparing versus sharing debate, develop novel water sharing policy options for conserving threatened species in the Murray-Darling, and ask people what they think about such amendments. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Water sparing versus sharing: Depolarising wetland management with novel environment-agriculture policy
Land sparing centres on agricultural intensification to increase yields and free land for conservation, while land sharing integrates farming and biod…
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Published today in Biological Conservation, we introduce water into the land sparing versus sharing debate, develop novel water sharing policy options for conserving threatened species in the Murray-Darling, and ask people what they think about such amendments. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Water sparing versus sharing: Depolarising wetland management with novel environment-agriculture policy
Land sparing centres on agricultural intensification to increase yields and free land for conservation, while land sharing integrates farming and biod…
sciencedirect.com
👀 Here’s the key map from our presentation at the Australasian Ornithological Conference in Perth last week. It shows the long distance movements of Gloria, Marcelina, Knighty, Hope and Thomasina 😊 A strong pattern is emerging that emphasises the value of the Lake Eyre Basin.
👀 Here’s the key map from our presentation at the Australasian Ornithological Conference in Perth last week. It shows the long distance movements of Gloria, Marcelina, Knighty, Hope and Thomasina 😊 A strong pattern is emerging that emphasises the value of the Lake Eyre Basin.
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.
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 👇
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
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We launched another turtle island in Wodonga this week! media.streem.com.au/preview/TSq6...
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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 🪶
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/...
‘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
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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
Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) female (left) and male. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social
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
...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
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!
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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
