World Wetlands Day 2022

Trip Report: Lake Belvedere at Bicentennial Park, Sydney

Brian Everingham, President, NPA Southern Sydney Branch

On World Wetlands Day it seemed appropriate that the entire morning in the field was spent under umbrellas, warding off the misty rain and peering through the haze. Even more appropriately, given the amount of rain that has fallen over NSW this summer, many of the birds we would expect to see here had decided to go elsewhere. Well, why not! For example, the Red-necked Avocets were nowhere to be seen!