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.
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Doesn’t matter if it’s gang gangs or kakapo every baby parrot is a gangly weirdo
Great to get some ABC coverage on my favourite topic - integrating agriculture and conservation - and new paper 😊
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Murray-Darling water-sharing study proposes combining agriculture and conservation
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Murray-Darling water-sharing study proposes combining agriculture and conservation
->Australian Broadcasting Corporation | #Agriculture #Conservation | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
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
Great to get some ABC coverage on my favourite topic - integrating agriculture and conservation - and new paper 😊
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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
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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...
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...
👀 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.
Thanks to everyone for their support of the endangered Australian Painted-snipe, especially those that donated to the crowdfunding 🙌🙏😊
👀 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.
Would you like a new wallpaper for your phone 😊
Would you like a new wallpaper for your phone 😊
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.
You’re too kind Leo, thank you! We’re all good for now.
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.
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Whimbrel tracks 👇
who made a huge contribution as a volunteer, spearheading a lot of the early collation and databasing of APS records. And as always, thank you to everyone else that made all of this possible, especially with your donations to the crowdfunding. These are our eighth and ninth birds to be tracked.
Clive comes to us thanks to the Victorian Wader Study Group as a tribute to the late Clive Minton, widely recognised as the ‘grandfather’ of shorebird research in Australia. Inhancer is thanks to Birdlife Australia as a tribute to Ian Hance.
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.
‘Tis the season 😊
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...
We launched another turtle island in Wodonga this week!
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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
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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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.
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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
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