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AMANDA LILLEYMAN /// ORNATHOLOGIST

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“Shorebird migration is amazing but what I really love is the challenge of working out who’s who on the mudflat … that’s my idea of fun!”
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"For my PhD on the ecology of shorebirds, I collected 2520 mud samples from the intertidal flats around Darwin."
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"After sieving and sorting through the mud samples, I counted 21000 invertebrates of about 100 species." 
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"I also found 15 new species of polychaete marine worms. These worms are important food for migratory shorebirds.”
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“The mudflats are important because that’s where shorebirds go to feed. It’s the invertebrates that drive the distribution and abundance of the birds.”
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"I used to like Black-tailed Godwit best but now the Bar-tailed Godwit is my favourite shorebird." 
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"I found a really beautiful artwork of five godwits in flight and I'm planning to have them tattooed on my body ... I'm just not sure where yet." 
 

Words compiled by Story Projects

With thanks to City of Darwin & Charles Darwin University

SARAH MACKIE PHOTOGRAPHY. All photography (c) Sarah Mackie, all rights reserved. Permission must be granted before using

I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which I live and work. I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, also paying my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.