Tag Archives: Waterbird Refuge

Birds at Sydney Olympic Park – 10 February 2024

The weather in the afternoon improved a lot compared to the wet weather of the morning, and I was keen to venture out again, so I travelled to North Strathfield and first visited Mason Park Wetlands. I then continued into … Continue reading

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Sydney Olympic Park – 2 March 2023

I joined in on the National Parks Association Walk at Sydney Olympic Park, led by Brian Everingham. While we were at the park, we observed good range of birds. Here are some. These were all seen at or near the … Continue reading

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Sydney Olympic Park – 20 February 2023

A warm day was forecast, so I didn’t want to do too much, so I decided on a trip to Sydney Olympic Park. I started at Mason Park Wetlands, and then made my way to Lake Belvedere. Then to the … Continue reading

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Birds at Sydney Olympic Park – 6 February 2023

I wanted to visit the Narawang Wetlands again to see if I could get some better photos of the Black-backed Bittern, but also wanted to fit in some other places in Sydney Olympic Park. So I caught a train to … Continue reading

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Sydney Olympic Park Birds – 1 October 2022

This day was at least a lot finer than the day before. There was a fair bit of rain on the radar, but most seemed to miss me at Sydney Olympic Park. I walked into the park from Concord Station, … Continue reading

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Birds at Sydney Olympic Park – 22 July 2022

The run of wet weather was continuing. With this in mind, I headed to Sydney Olympic Park – where the paths would not be bogs and where there is also some shelter. This worked out well. I started at the … Continue reading

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Sydney Olympic Park – Birds and Fungi – 30 March 2022

This was an afternoon trip to Sydney Olympic Park. I first went to Woo-la-ra to photograph the stinkhorns again that I had seen on my previous visit. These stinkhorns are Pseudocolus fuciformis. Here are some more photos –

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Birds at Sydney Olympic Park – 13 March 2022

I spent a nice day at Sydney Olympic Park, but the day had an unusual start. I was intending to visit Nurragingy Reserve,  and so caught a train to Doonside and walked down to the park gates and found it … Continue reading

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World Wetlands Day – Sydney Olympic Park – 2 February 2022

I joined Brian Everingham and others from the National Parks Association of NSW for a visit to see the birds in the wetlands at Sydney Olympic Park. We had an early start, meeting near Lake Belvedere at 7 am. in … Continue reading

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Birds at Sydney Olympic Park – 6 November 2021

I decide to visit Sydney Olympic Park for a day of bird photography. I caught a train to North Strathfield then walked down to the Mason Park Wetlands. After a stop there, I entered Bicentennial Park and visited Lake Belvedere, … Continue reading

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