Tag Archives: Azure Kingfisher

Another Day at Nurragingy Reserve – 24 March 2025

Sue joined me for another day at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. This park has been a very good venue for observing and photographing birds recently. How would this visit go? Some highlights of previous visits have been Pacific Bazas and … Continue reading

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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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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 Cupitts Lane – 12 August 2023

Many thanks to fellow local birder, Michael Crawley, for suggesting this trip and inviting me to join him for a day of bird photography at Cupitts Lane, in the Richmond Lowlands. We were joined by Lennis, and we had an … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 5 June 2023

This was another pleasant day spent at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. Despite some rain, I had a good day photographing a range of birds. Here are some that I saw –

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Birds at Audley – 14 March 2023

My friend Valerie, had visitors staying from France, and she had organised a picnic day at Audley in Royal National Park. It turned out to be a very wet  morning, so we picnicked early in the large shelter shed at … Continue reading

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 27 February 2023

I spent a pleasant day at Nurragingy Reserve wandering around seeing what birds were present. When I go there, I usually look out for the Azure Kingfishers, and it’s been a while since I have spotted any. This visit I … Continue reading

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 17 January 2022

I had been hoping to make another visit to Nurragingy Reserve for a while but there had been railway trackwork or unsuitable weather. This day was not ideal – I had a late start after waiting at home for delivery … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve Visit – 17 October 2021

It had been a long time since I had been able to visit  Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. It was on the list of many places I wanted to visit one the lockdown ended. I arrived at the Reserve around 8:30 … Continue reading

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 20 April 2021

Another nice day of bird photography. This time at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. When I arrived, things were very quiet. I looked for Kingfishers with no luck, checked out the ponds – nothing special, then did a walk around the … Continue reading

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