Valerie joined me for an interesting day wandering around Oatley Park and Lime Kiln Bay observing Nature.
There was plenty to see.
Fringe Lilies were in profusion –
This Sulphur-crested Cockatoo was eating Flannel Flowers –
Rainbow Lorikeet
Flannel Flower
Crimson Rosella
At the Lime Kiln Bay Wetlands, a family of Dusky Moorhen –
And one of the usual Water Dragons –
We found a single Beard Orchid – Calochilus gracimillus –
There were plenty of Trigger Plants –
Christmas Bush –
Lobelia dentata –
The Mangroves –
Hyacinth Orchid – Dipodium variegatum –
Brown Thornbill –
White-browed Scrubwren –
A second species of Hyacinth Orchid – Dipodium punctatum –
Brown Thornbill –
Hyacinth Orchid – Dipodium punctatum –
Hyacinth Orchid – Dipodium variegatum –
Water Dragon –
Bonnet Orchid – Cryptostylis erecta –
Variegated Fairy-wren –
Jewfish Bay –
The Georges River from Websters Lookout –
On the far side (Lugano) we could see a pair of Ospreys –
Rainbow Lorikeet –
And just before we finished, at the kids funpack, some of the trees seem to have been very savagely trimmed. Not good.