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Warriewood Wetlands, a place hitherto unknown to our walkers - bar one: The area was quite dry. A massive woeful development is rising aongside - too close by far which will surely impact adversely on this small precious wetland. The board walk and path walk were relatively short; Pippa happily spied her little blue wrens, we saw some pigeons, purple swamp hens, coots, kookaburras, ducks, perky wagtails and a magpie lark. Lots and lots of lilies, a skink. True twitchers told us that they had listed over thirty birds this morning! They were keen for us to cross the road to the Irrawong Reserve to see the waterfall. Later a bit or research revealed that it is indeed quite interesting on that side of the road. Our walk extended up the road for coffee and orange juice at Flower Power Nursery.
A Note on the Wetlands:
At 26 ha in size, the Warriewood Wetland is the largest remaining sand plain wetland in the northern Sydney area. It provides a variety of habitats for local fauna and at the same time plays a vital role in flood mitigation, nutrient recycling and filtering sediments. The wetlands contain several Endangered Ecological Communtities.
During the Wran Government developers were allowed to build the adjoing shopping centre in exchange for the remainder of the land be sold to Warringah council. A prolonged pricing dispute followed which was finally settled 18 years later. Then the Pittwater Council purchased the land for residents to secure and conserve the land.
Walkers today: Marie-Claire, Moira, Wendy, Pippa, Linzi, Kate, Carolle
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