It had been a while since I had visited Oatley Park. I thought it would be nice to see what birds and wildflowers were out. My is it was cut short a bit by showers, but I did find some nice birds and a lot of orchids.
I walked to Lime Kiln Bay from Mortdale Station, and then walked around the wetlands and along the track to the west side of the bay. Then I went to Frog Hollow, and up the track towards the Adventure Playground. Part way up, I took the side track that headed north, and followed it through a nice grove of trees. After having lunch, I continued up to the top park entrance, and down the track to Jewfish Bay. Then it started raining, so I continued on to Websters Lookout and back down the road to Lime Kiln Bay, along to he wetlands again and back to Mortdale Station.
Here are some of the birds I saw –
Striated Thornbill
Chestnut Teal (chicks)
Variegated Fairy-wrens
Crimson Rosella
Grey Butcherbird
And a few of the orchids –
I found these Bearded Orchids in many places –
I only found these Flying Duck Orchids at one spot –
Near to them were a few rock orchids – Dendrobium linguiforme
And I found more near Jewfish Bay.
And some more photos –
