Tag Archives: Nurragingy Reserve

The Great West Walk – Toongabbie to Mt Druitt – 12 December 2019

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Dave Noble

Bob and myself competed another stage of the new Great West Walk. Earlier, I had walked from Parramatta to Toongabbie (and Bob had also completed that section by himself). We had originally planned to go canyoning, but with most canyons … Continue reading →

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 27 November 2019

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Dave Noble

My previous visit to Nurragingy Reseve had been very fruitful – with lots of nice birds to photograph. I was keen to return and check the progress of the Azure Kingfishers, to see if their young had fledged. When I … Continue reading →

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 22 November 2019

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Dave Noble

This was a very pleasant day spent at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. At the reserve I met up with Jan, who was there on his first visit. We later met up with Johan for a short while – and we … Continue reading →

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 19 September 2019

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Dave Noble

The weather forecast was for showers, but I was keen to get outdoors, so after consulting the weather radar, I jumped on a train to Doonside and then spent a pleasant day at Nurragingy Reserve. It did rain, quite heavily, … Continue reading →

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 18 August 2019

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Dave Noble

This was another pleasant day photographing birds at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. Like the previous visit, I had no luck spotting any of the Azure Kingfishers this time. But there were plenty of other nice birds to see. The best … Continue reading →

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 25 July 2019

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Dave Noble

It had been a while since I had visited Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. I caught a train to Doonside and then walked the short distance from the station to the Reserve. Whenever I go to Nurragingy, I always look for … Continue reading →

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Another Day at Nurragingy – 24 May 2019

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Dave Noble

I arrived at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside nice and early on a cool and very misty morning. It was quiet on the bird front so I wandered around getting some photos of the gardens in the mist. It was certainly … Continue reading →

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 15 May 2019

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Dave Noble

I made another visit to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside to see what birds were out. My last visit had been very good – I was able to get some reasonable photos of a pair of Azure Kingfishers (although not at … Continue reading →

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Photographing Azure Kingfishers – 1 May 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Dave Noble

I made a visit to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. I was intending to look for honeyeaters, but instead concentrated on photographing a pair of Azure Kingfishers. But there were also a lot of other interesting birds to see. I arrived … Continue reading →

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Nurragingy Reserve – 18 February 2019

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Dave Noble

After my last trip to Nurragingy, I was keen to head back there for some more bird photography. A hot day was forecast, so I got there not long after 8 am. I was hoping to photograph the Pacific Baza … Continue reading →

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