Scrubwrens in inner west Sydney

[Andrew Taylor <>]

There are resident and I presume breeding White-browed Scrubwrens either side of Sydney Airport in Barton Park & Eastlakes Golf Course.  At least for Barton Park this is recolonisation (in scrubby regrowth) within the last 2 decade s - Neil Rankin only reported 1 sighting in his surveys in the 90s.

Andrew Taylor

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Stephen Ambrose <> wrote:

That's a great record, Robert. Scrubwrens are still quite widespread in
suitably-vegetated areas along the banks of the Lane Cove River and its
tributaries, but I regard the vegetated lining of the sandstone cliff at
Woolwich Dock, near where the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers meet, as
marginal habitat for them. We often marvel at how plants can colonise
seemingly inhospitable areas (e.g. cliff-faces), but tend to forget that the
early plant colonisers can also provide new opportunities for early bird
colonists such as scrubwrens.

Kind regards,
Stephen

Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW



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Robert Curran
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Greetings all

There is a resident population of Scrubwrens living in the vegetation lining
the sandstone cliff into which Woolwich Dock is emplaced.
(http://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/visit/woolwich-dock-parklands)

Regards

Robert
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Robert Curran

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