Flying ducks in Berowra Valley NP : September 17 2025

A lovely blue sky day - got moving to catch a train - mission - flying duck orchids

First time on the bike in Sydney in a while. Local access roads are not safe - get the train. Really sad for someone who loves riding out the front door and doing the kms

Took the train and cycled the few kms to Turner Rd fire trail - sun orchids first up

New life in a fold of a tree

There were a lot of sun orchids - maybe 50 or more - checked every one

Details of lobe and column are the same - details are different

No spots

Each walk is a recce walk - cryptostlyis leaves - will spare you the sun orchids- saw maybe 100

Framed by the trees

Part of the recce walk idea - 4 spikes coming up for dipodium orchids. Given the dark colour of the spikes going to suggest dipodium punctatum

Grey spider grevillea - sometimes called woolly

Red spider grevillea

Cluster of sundew flowers

Tried to get views across the valley - did nit work that way but the pea flowers are lovely

Sun orchid side on

Slender rice flower also side on

Walk plan was to follow Great North Walk as the flying duck orchids are up this way. Saw the bud to the left of the sign first - then saw the open flower

No need for a leaf backdrop. The sign post is doing that. Flying duck orchid - caleana major

Side on

This bug was on the sign too

Went down a side tracknti check the waratah I saw last week - now fully open

View from the top

Small waxlip orchid - maybe the one I saw last walk

Budding flying duck orchids - a few in frame

Sydney boronia

Did find a 2nd cluster of flying duck orchids. Photo work was hard as the light was in a hard place

Did find a new cluster of small waxlips orchids in a new spot

Caladenia glossodia - twins

A tiny flash of white - epacris - heath flower

Drumsticks flower

First kunzea flower of the season

Fringe myrtle flower

Hibbertia flower

Found this sun orchid flower on the ground - makes for a close up of the column

Narrow-leafed hemigenia

Starburst - different to the previous myrtle - need to check IDs

Leptospermum squarrosum

Bulbous form of the scribbly gum

View across to Cowan from the start of the fire trail

Perfect framing for this sun orchid

Thelymitra ixioides is what was in the frame

Budding bearded orchid close to the start point

Zoomed in

Stepped back

Was good to get out on the bike. I do hate that I have to take a train to start a ride BUT that is the way to stay safe. Nice days make up for that

Dinner: Italian meatballs - no photos

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