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"The birds have become so scarce that every single sighting is huge,"
Dr Herring said.

"It was extraordinary. She lay flat on the ground. We could only just see her eye,"
she said.

A rare Australian Painted Snipe standing in water, the bird is short and stocky, brown with a flash of white feathers.

"They like to remain undetected. They're super sneaky and hide amongst the water plants. That's one reason why they don't get seen,"
he said.

Three men stand waist deep among the rushes in a wetland bird spotting.

"It's a little bit pathetic that we only know the whereabouts of five birds. And that's been the case for six months,"
he said.
A muddy wetlands with grass in the foreground. You can just make out the eye of a rare Australian Painted Snipe in the mud.

"It's just good encouragement to get out there this spring and summer and see if you can find the holy grail of wetlands."
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