Mattea Taylor

Photo credits. Us: @MeishaLiddon; The adorable tiny athlete (red-necked stint) that flies between our Australian coasts and Siberia: @BirdsByLou

The more we learn about shorebirds the more we can protect them and their habitat. Banding shorebirds is so important for this. Thanks to a Wettenhall Environmental Trust grant, @BirdsByLou and I recently honed our skills with the Qld Wader Study Group, to equip our NSW research.

It's a CSRG Christmas!!! Check out the "lit-mas" tree of a snapshot of publications produced by the Conservation Science Research Group lab over the past year - what a fantastic effort!!

Removing polychaetes from plant debris makes me wish I'd played that game Operation a bit more so my fine motor skills were more developed! 😂

Phenomenal. Bar-tailed Godwit has broken its own record: a first-year bird (five months old!) has flown 13,560 km—just shy of the direct flight limit of a Boeing 787—from Alaska to Tasmania, seemingly non-stop, in just 11 days (avg. speed: c.51 km/hr).

Very cool to see some sea hares today near Merewether baths, Newcastle! 😍 Wildlife appreciation in all its forms @ConservationUon

So many silver gulls flocking at Hexham Swamp today. I've never seen that thriller movie The Birds but I feel like this was gearing up for it. 😂

The Port Stephens delegation meets their Japanese hosts @DrAndreaGriffin @HunterBirders

Repeated monitoring suggests shorebirds are disturbed consistently during winter at a globally important roost in tropical Australia by Khwaja et al. waderstudygroup.org/article/16776/ #waders #shorebirds #ornithology @Mattea_Taylor @BirdlifeOz @DEECA_Vic @GlobalFlyway @Uni_Newcastle

Final survey at this site... now that inland has dried up a bit, the pied stilts have returned and we also had some equine visitors 😅

We're so excited to reveal that the animals will be taking over the Sydney Harbour Bridge for @vividsydney. ❤️ Our illumination explores Australia’s habitats, from backyards to our most endangered ecosystems. The city will light up from the 26 May - 17 June. #vividsydney

The things you do for science... some of my feather samples were wet so I'm using a hair dryer to better preserve them until I get back to the lab @ConservationUon

Otter-ly gorgeous! 🦦🌱🌊 Have you seen this 3D wetlands scene in #Bristol? It's been commissioned by @WWTworldwide to raise awareness of wetland habitats.

The tranquillity of Thursday's early morning survey with @BirdsByLou and @el_rourke... before the rain began!

Making the most of time with @BirdsByLou and @el_rourke... data entry undercover to stay (mostly) dry in between bouts of fieldwork. @BirdsByLou #shorebirds #phdlife #Science

Final survey for the month...

Shorebirds are incredible!!! And how fantastic is technology to discover such things!

My highlight of today's disturbance survey was the Wompoo Fruit Dove that flew into view as I was leaving. No disrespect to the Eastern Curlews I'm researching but this was an exciting new bird I hadn't thought I'd get to see in the region, though I'd heard it had been around.

The forecast said a 20% chance of rain but it rained during the shorebird disturbance survey anyway. Fortunately, I came prepared!