Screenshot from the eBird site showing Rozelle Parklands and Wetlands, where three Superb Fairy Wrens were sighted.

By Judy Christie, leader of the Orphan School Creek bushcare volunteers, Bulletin 3/2025 (May)

I recently checked the database known as eBird to see if there had been recent sightings of Superb Fairy Wrens nearby, and there have been! Three Superb Fairy Wrens were seen at the Rozelle Parklands and Wetlands on 16 February 2025. The details are in this link: https://ebird.org/checklist/S213628564

This is not surprising as we know there are family groups along the light rail corridor, and that they’d been sighted last year at the western end of Rozelle Bay. This confirms that they are moving around.

This is also the time of the year when young wrens go off exploring. However, it is great that the new parklands are providing suitable habitat again. A few more habitat ‘stepping stones’ through the Glebe Parklands could bring them closer.

Superb fairy wren. Photo by patrickkavanagh Flickr cc licence