History

The Picture Australia database is home to 11 historical photographs taken in Castlereagh Nature Reserve when it was known as Castlereagh State Forest. Most of the photographs were taken in 1917. Click here to view the collection.

West Sydney Wild

"West Sydney Wild", by Alan Fairley and David Waterhouse, is a great guide to the bushland reserves of western Sydney, including Castlereagh Nature Reserve. The book describes twelve of the western Sydney's sanctuaries, highlighting their special features, plant communities, significant flora, birds and other animals. A feature that I found especially useful was the detailed map of Castlereagh Nature Reserve.


Read a book review here, at the old Australian Plants Online website. Visit their new website by clicking here.


West Sydney Wild. Alan Fairley and David Waterhouse, Rosenberg Publishing, 2005 RRP $19.95, Available at bookshops or www.rosenbergpub.com.au. Paperback, 180 pages, 225 x 150 mm, 72 colour photos. ISBN 1877058386

Bird Watching

The Eremaea Birds website includes a page that allows bird watchers to list recent bird sightings they deem to be of particular interest to the birding community. Based on recent entries, bird watchers seem to be active in Castlereagh Nature Reserve. For example, this Speckled Warbler was photographed on 27 May 2007 by Carol Abbott in the Reserve.

Check out the other interesting bird sightings at Castlereagh Nature Reserve and elsewhere in NSW at the Eremaea Birds Recent Sightings web page.