Birdwood Gully – Fungi and Orchids – 20 May 2022

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was a nice trip to Birdwood Gully at Springwood to see what fungi was out. I found a good variety of colourful waxcaps and corals. I also found some orchids.

Here is some of the fungi, staring with the waxcaps. Continue reading →

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Eurama – Numantia Falls Walk – 19 May 2022

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was an interesting walk with Bob visiting a number of historic ruins and old tracks at Faulconbridge. Neither of us had visited the ruins before.

The history of the old building can be found here and on the Blue Mountains Local History Blog 

For the trip, Bob drove to Faulconbridge and parked at the station. Then we caught a train to Linden, and then walked back down to Martin Place (Linden). We then followed a rough track along the railway line to the old property. The ruins are on private land which extends right down to Numantia Falls. But we found no fences or keep out signs. Continue reading →

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Fungi at Ferndale Park, Blue Gum Reserve and the Lane Cove River – 18 May 2022

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was a full day spent visiting some reserves near Chatswood then walking along the Lane Cove River to another spot and photographing the fungi that was out. The fungi season is starting to improve in a big way!

Gliophorus psittacinus

Ferndale Park

Quite a few waxcaps and colourful coral fungi was out.

Continue reading →

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Barton Park and Cooks River Birds – 17 May 2022

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent a full day along the Cooks River -starting off at Barton Park and then walking back along the Cooks River.

Here are some photos – Continue reading →

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Bola Creek Fungi – 16 May 2022

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Dave Noble

Another good day spent hunting for fungi. This time at Bola Creek in Royal National Park. And not along this time – I was accompanied by Valerie, Sue and Deb. A lot more eyes to spot things of interest.

Hygrocybe helicoides

It was a very pleasant day. Here is some of what we found (in order) – Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 15 May 2022

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was an excellent day – walking down into Fairy Dell and then along Magdala Creek to Glenbrook Creek and then upstream to the Lagoon, and then back to Springwood Via Sassafras Gully and Sassafras Gully Road. All along the way I found a fair bit of fungi out.

Here is some of what I found (in order) Continue reading →

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Birds at Tempe and Barton Park – 14 May 2022

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent a quite full day involved with bird photography. I started at 8 am with the Tempe Birdos for their monthly survey, then I walk down to Barton Park and spend most of the rest of the day there.

Jacky Winter

At Tempe, I joined the group surveying Tempe Reserve. Here are some of the birds we spotted – Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Fungi – 13 May 2022

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Dave Noble

It had been a while since I had visited Wolli Creek – the nearest bushland to where I live. So I decided to do an afternoon walk from Bexley North down the creek along the Two Valleys Track. I was on the lookout for birds and fungi. The birds were pretty poor all the way along – perhaps because it been raining a lot recently. At first the fungi was also poor, but it got a lot better as I headed downstream.

Here is some fungi in the upper section of the creek – Continue reading →

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Greenway Bird Survey – 11 May 2022

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Dave Noble

This bird survey was not cancelled due to bad weather, and we were fortunate to largely escape any rain. But dark gloomy conditions made photography difficult.

We surveyed from Taverners Hill Light Rail Station to Hawthorne Light Rail Station. It was fairly quiet at Taverners Hill, although I had missed seeing a Spotted Pardalote seen by the people that arrived early. We did see this Spotted Dove with part of an egg. Continue reading →

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Birds at Barton Park – 10 May 2022

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Dave Noble

I got up early for the Mudlarks Bird Survey along the Cooks River but found it had been cancelled due to bad weather. But the weather did not seem too bad a bit later, and I had been in touch with friend Valerie and Sue and we decided to meet up and head to Barton Park for the morning to see what birds were out.

Brown Goshawk

It turned out to be a great visit. We spotted quite a few interesting birds. Continue reading →

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