Tag Archives: Nurragingy Reserve

More Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 3 March 2025

Most recent visits to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside and been very worthwhile – especially seeing the Pacific Bazas and the Sacred and Azure Kingfishers. But, just a week before, our visit had been relatively quiet. But that was hopefully an … Continue reading

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Back to Nurragingy Reserve – 24 February 2025

The previous recent visit to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside had been outstanding opportunities to photograph the resident birdlife, so I was keen on another visit. Sue was also keen to come along. This visit proved to be a lot quieter … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 20 February 2025

The day started off relatively quiet, but as it proceeded, things got better and better. Several highlights – quality time observing a pair of Azure Kingfishers, but later we observed a large number of Pacific Bazas. We were astounded to … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 13 February 2025

Sue joined me for another visit to Nurragingy Reserve. We again had an excellent outing seeing a lot of interesting birds. First off, we went to the pond where we had seen Sacred Kingfishers feeding a chick at their nest … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 6 February 2025

Sue joined me for another excellent day spent at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. We saw a variety of birds, including observing both Azure Kingfishers and Sacred Kingfishers. Here are some photos from our visit –

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 26 January 2025

Sue joined me for a day visiting Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. She had never visited this Reserve and we both enjoyed a very good day. We caught a train to Doonside, and then walked the short distance into the Reserve. … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 19 January 2025

I had intended to visit Rookwood, but on the train, the weather looked good enough for a longer and more remote  trip, so I made a visit to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside, and despite some bad weather, I was fortunate … Continue reading

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 10 January 2025

It had been a while since I had visited Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside, so I caught a train to Doonside and then walked into the Reserve. It was warm day, and there was a forecast for rain. Due to the … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 20 October 2024

I spent a very pleasant and interesting day at Nurragingy Reserve photographing mainly birds. The highlights were a family of Australasian Grebes and the Sacred Kingfishers. I started with the Australasian Grebes. There were four chicks – often residing on … Continue reading

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Visit to Nurragingy Reserve – 11 October 2024

Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside is one of the places I like to visit regularly, but it had been a while since my last visit. So I thought it about time to see what was there. I had a very good … Continue reading

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