Tag Archives: Wentworth Common

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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Birds at Sydney Olympic Park – 19 September 2023

Another very hot day was forecast, but I was keen to get outdoors, so I did an early morning trip to Sydney Olympic Park where I visited the Bicentennial Park Waterbird Refuge and Wentworth Common. It was very hot, so … 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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Birds at Sydney Olympic Park – 23 January 2023

I spent the day at Sydney Olympic Park photographing birds. I first went to the Narawang Wetlands at Newington, again trying to photograph the Black-backed Bittern. This time, the light and weather was a lot better, but the bird was … 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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Nurragingy Reserve and Sydney Olympic Park – 20 March 2022

I joined local birder, Michael, for a day at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside, then on the way home, we called into Sydney Olympic Park for a look. Nurragingy Reserve At Nurragingy, we first visited the main ponds. Here we saw … Continue reading

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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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Birds at Sydney Olympic Park – 15 January 2022

I made an afternoon trip to Sydney Olympic Park to see what birds were around. It turned out to be relatively quiet. While there, I first went to the Waterbird Refuge at Bicentennial Park and then to Wentworth Common and … Continue reading

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