Category Archives: Sydney

Birds at Barton Park and Sydney Park – 23 March 2022

I visited two places during the day – first going to Barton Park, then catching a bus up the road to finish at Sydney Park. It turned out to be a relatively quiet day.

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A Good Afternoon at Long Reef – 21 March 2022

Some interesting birds had recently turned up at Long Reef Aquatic Reserve on the Northern Beaches recently and I decide to make a visit. The tide was forecast to be low around 5:30 so an afternoon visit seemed ideal. After … Continue reading

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Birds at Barton Park and the Cooks River – 19 March 2022

I spent a nice day devoted to bird photography. I started at the Landing Lights Wetland at Barton Park, then later went to Tempe and walked home via the Cooks River. Barton Park The Landing Lights Wetland was fairly quiet. … Continue reading

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Terrys Creek and Hawthorne Canal – 16 March 2022

This was a day somewhat like the day before in that I visited two different places. But in many ways it was also quite different. I first headed to Eastwood and started walking down Terrys Creek – but got a … Continue reading

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Oatley Park and Sydney Park – 15 March 2022

This was a nice day out. The first part was a visit to Oatley Park with Digi Dave. We had a good look around and saw some nice birds and lizards. Later, on the way home, I got a text … 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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More Local Birds – Tempe, Barton Park and Sydney Park – 12 March 2022

I had the whole day available for some local bird photography. It started at Tempe with the monthly Tempe Birdos Survey. After morning tea, I wandered around a bit more at Tempe Wetlands, then walked down to Barton Park. Then … Continue reading

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Fungi at Ferndale Park – 11 March 2022

I was keen to get to and visit some local rainforest areas to see if there was any fungi out. So I chose to visit Ferndale Park at Chatswood. I had the option of extending the trip by visiting the … Continue reading

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Malabar Headland – 10 March 2022

After the bird survey, I headed to Malabar Headland. After a lot of recent rain, I knew that the tracks in the National Park would be dry – being mainly boardwalk, and I wanted to see what animals were around. … Continue reading

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Mudlarks – Cooks River Bird Survey – 10 March 2022

Due to vey wet weather the survey was postponed from Tuesday to Thursday morning. On this survey the group went upstream from the Lang St Bridge to The Boat Harbour and Cup and Saucer Creek Wetlands and back on the … Continue reading

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