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A small patch of mallee scrub south of Keith.

The Adelaide Botanic Gardens / Botanic Park form part of the Adelaide Parklands and are within easy walking distance from the city.

Aldinga Scrub CP is the largest remaining patch of scrub along the coast south of Adelaide.

Aldinga Reef is an intertidal limestone reef platform exposed during low tide at Aldinga Beach.

A great place to see birds only a few kilometres NE of Lyndoch in the Barossa Valley.

Angove Conservation Park is small area of remnant scrub at Tea Tree Gully.

Anstey Hill Recreation Park is in the NE foothills overlooking Tea Tree Gully.

A small wetland area adjacent to Breakout Creek (River Torrens outlet) at West Beach.

Aroona Sanctuary is near Leigh Creek.

The Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens are situated between the Stuart Highway and Spencer Gulf at Port Augusta West.

This park is situated in the Murray Mallee between Swan Reach and Loxton.

Bald Hill Beach is c. 14km south of Port Wakefield.

Bangham Conservation Park is located 45 km north east of Naracoorte.

Banrock Station Wine and Wetland Centre is 3 km NW of Kingston on Murray.

Bascombe Well Conservation Park is south of the Birdseye Highway near Lock.

Baudin Conservation Park is on the eastern outskirts of Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island.

Beachport Conservation Park is just north of Beachport between Lake George and the Southern Ocean.

Belair National Park is the oldest park in South Australia and only 13km from the city centre.

Bernoulli Conservation Reserve is south of Cape Jaffa

Big Heath Conservation Park is 20km SW of Naracoorte

Big Swamp is on the Flinders Highway, 20km NE of Port Lincoln.

This large park with a varied range of habitats is north of Olary on the Barrier Highway.

Bird Islands Conservation Park is situated at Warburto Point, Yorke Peninsula about 10km S of Wallaroo.

Black Hill Conservation Park is only 16km from the Adelaide CBD in the north-eastern foothills.

Black Rock Conservation Park is 21km ENE of Ororroo.

Blackwood Forest Recreation Park is located at Hawthorndene 14.5km south of Adelaide.

Bool Lagoon GR is 24km south of Naracoorte.

Bowman Park is situated just east of Crystal Brook off Gladstone-Huddleston Road.

These wetlands are north of Henley Beach Road at Lockleys.

Brookfield Conservation Park on the Murray Flats is situated between Truro and Blanchetown.

The park is in the Adelaide Foothills at Mitcham and only 10km SE of the city.

This patch of scrub is off the Princess Highway between Callington and Monarto.

Bucks Lake Game Reserve is adjacent to Carpenter Rocks.

A small patch of dense pink gum scrub overlooking the lakes SE of Ashbourne.

This reserve is c. 40km west of Keith.

Bushland Park is one of the largest reserves of remnant bushland in the upper catchment zone of the Onkaparinga Valley.

Butcher Gap Conservation Park is 6km S of Kingston, SE.

A constructed wetland at Reynella East.

Calpatanna Waterhole Conservation Park is south-east of Streaky Bay

This park is in the transitional zone between the rounded hills of the Mid North to the beginning of the rocky gorge country of the Flinders Ranges.

This small park is in the eastern Mount Lofty Ranges near Charleston.

Christmas Rocks Conservation Park is just north of Willalooka on the Riddoch Highway.

Clayton Wetlands is a camping area along the Birdsville Track.

This park is in the highest part of the Mount Lofty Ranges.

One of the few remaining blocks of scrub between Port Broughton and Port Pirie.

Clinton Conservation Park is at the head of Gulf St Vincent running from Port Clinton to Port Wakefield.

The park is located between the suburbs of Salisbury East and Golden Grove.

Cockatoo Lake Recreation Reserve is c. 20km S of Keppoch

Cooltong Conservation Park is 8km NE of Berri.

Goolwa Barrage is about 5.5km SE of Goolwa.

An area of scrub near Ashbourne on the Bull Creek Road.

This small patch of remnant vegetation is in the Upper Torrens Catchment area.

Currency Creek Gorge is off Alexandrina Road about 5.5km NNW of Goolwa.

The D.B. Mack Reserve is a National Trust property between Blanchetown and Waikerie.

A very small patch of scrub 6km S of Willallooka.

Deep Creek C.P. is the largest area of stringybark forest conserved on the Fleurieu Peninsula.

This park on the Riddoch Highway is only 16km NW of Padthaway.

Duck Lagoon Reserve is SW of Kingscote.

Englebrook Reserve is a National Trust of SA reserve at Bridgewater.

This small park east of Delamere is close to Waitpinga Conservation Park.

Ettrick Conservation Park is along Glenburr Road c. 35km NE of Murray Bridge.

Fairview Conservation Park is 17km N of Lucindale.

Ferguson Conservation Park is a small park at Stonyfell in the eastern foothills of Adelaide.

A large block of mallee scrub along Chaunceys Line Road between Mount Barker and Murray Bridge.

This park can be found between Cox Scrub and Mount Magnificent Conservation Parks.

The Cape de Couedic section of Flinders Chase National Park is at the south-west end of Kangaroo Island.

Furner Conservation Park is NE of Beachport.

The park is west of Ashton.

Glen Roy Conservation Park is almost mid-way between Naracoorte and Penola.

The park overlooks the southern suburbs of Adelaide.

A good place to see waterbirds near Goolwa.

Where is it?: Gower Conservation Park is about 9km south-east of Tantanoola and 25km north-west of Mt Gambier. Owner: Department for Environment and Water. Property summary: Total area 40 hectares. Hundred of Hindmarsh – Section 4171. Landscape Management Region: Limestone Coast. History: Gower National Parks…

Where is it?: Grange is a seaside suburb of Adelaide northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is bounded by coastline north from Grange Road, east to Fort Street, north from Military Road to Trimmer Parade and along the western boundary…

Granite Island, off Victor Harbor is the most visited park in South Australia.

Greenfields Wetlands, Stage 2 are 18km north of Adelaide.

Greenhill Recreation Park is along Greenhill Road at Greenhill.

Guichen Bay Conservation Park is located 8km N of Robe.

A large park with a variety of habitats 40km SW of Keith.

Hacks Lagoon CP is 20km S of Naracoorte.

Hale Conservation is on the south-eastern outskirts of Williamstown.

This park is one of Australia’s most outstanding geological and archaeological sites. [74 species recorded]

Hart Lagoon is on the outskirts of Waikerie.

This wetland is adjacent to Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park

Where is it?: Heggaton Conservation Park is. c. 35km SE of Kimba. Owner: Department for Environment and Water Property summary: Total area 6,476 hectares. Hundred of Heggaton – Allotment 3 (Deposited Plan 36274)1 Landscape Management Region: Eyre Peninsula History: Allotment 3 was proclaimed as Heggaton…

A small reserve 16km N of Victor Harbor.

Where is it?: Hope Valley Reservoir Reserve is c. 14km NE of Adelaide. It is bounded by Lyons Road, Awoonga Road, Grand Junction Road and the Torrens Linear Park. Owner: SA Water. Access and Parking: Off Awoonga Road and Lyons Road. Property…

A park of steep gullies and wooded hillsides. [74 species recorded]

Innes National Park is at the south-western foot of Yorke Peninsula.

A large area of mallee on the western side of the Middleback Ranges

This site is close to Echunga.

Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park is about 12km SE of Tanunda in the Barossa Valley.

Karte Conservation Park is 30km NW of Pinnaroo.

These wetlands are on the northern Adelaide Plains. [111 species recorded]

Kelly Hill Conservation Park includes the Kelly Hills Caves.

A small park adjacent to the Duke’s Highway and 10km NW of Keith.

One of the four sections of the Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park easily accessible from the South-Eastern Freeway.

These ponds are on the northern outskirts of Goolwa.

Kinchina Conservation Park is about 4km W of Murray Bridge in the Narrinyeri Hills.

This park is at the southern end of Kuitpo Forest SW of Meadows.

Lake McIntyre (Millicent) is c. 49km NW of Mount Gambier.

A large coastal park on western Eyre Peninsula north of Elliston.

Lawari Conservation Park covers an extensive area at the eastern end of Hindmarsh Island.

Lenger Reserve is a National Trust of South Australia property NE of Mannum.

Lipson Island Conservation Park is c. 25km NE of Tumby Bay, Eyre Peninsula.

Little Mount Crawford NFR is one of three reserves in the Mount Crawford Forest area.

Lowan Conservation Park is c. 20km NW of Karoonda.

Bird list and description Maize Island Lagoon Conservation Park

Malkumba-Coongie Lakes National Park lies within the Innamincka Regional Reserve 100km north west of Innamincka.

Where is it?: Manning Fauna & Flora Reserve is about 1.7 km NW of McLaren Flat at the corner of Kays and Whitings Roads. Owner: The Field Naturalists Society of South Australia Incorporated.  Property summary: Total area 45 hectares. Hundred of Willunga –…

A small remnant patch of coastal vegetation close to Adelaide.

The park features medium and steep sloping hillsides, rounded ridge-tops and narrow valley floors.

Where is it?: The park is located 30km north of Mannum and 10km south east of Sedan, on the southern side of Laucke Road. It is bisected by the Marne River. Owner: Department for Environment and Water. Property summary: Total area 94…

Where is it?: Martin Washpool Conservation Park is immediately south of Salt Creek Road and east of the Princess Highway at Salt Creek between Meningie and Kingston, SE. Owner: Department for Environment and Water. Property summary: Total area 2,851 hectares. Hundred of Messent…

Mary Seymour Conservation Park is close to Big Heath Conservation Park and Bool Lagoon Game Reserve.

McLaren Flat Wetland, Blewitt Springs Road, McLaren Vale.

Messent Conservation Park is NE of Salt Creek.

Mimbara Conservation Park is 25km NE of Robertstown and east of Worlds End Highway.

Mokota Conservation Park is 15km N of Burra.

A small area of remnant mallee 6km south of Monarto South.

An area of 194 hectares set in very rugged hill country with mainly stringboards and river red gums.

Montecollina Bore is off the Strzelecki Track, between Lyndhurst and Innamincka.

Moorunde Wildlife Reserve was established for the protection of the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat.

A great place to find birds along the River Murray at Morgan.

Morialta Conservation Park is in the foothills east of Adelaide.

This park is only 13km N of Victor Harbor.

Mount Brown Conservation Park is situated south of Quorn in the Flinders Ranges.

Southern Emu-wrens can be found at this site if you are lucky.

This park is close to the South-eastern Freeway.

The Mount Loft Botanic Gardens has a range of natural and man made habitats.

This park is near Mount Compass.

A small park with diverse habitats 12km south of Keith.

Alligator Gorge is 10km S of Wilmington.

This section of Mount Remarkable National Park is located 45km north of Port Pirie. Access is from National Highway One via Mambray Creek Road.

Mount Scott Conservation Park is located 22 km east of Kingston SE.

Mowantjie Willauwar Conservation Park is along the Princess Highway between Tailem Bend and Meningie.

Muddle Wirra Reserve (Pengilly Scrub) is 5km SE of Wasleys.

Mulbura Park Reserve is a National Trust Reserve near Port Vincent.

Mullinger Swamp Conservation Park is on the SA-Vic border 7km NE of Kybybolite

Muloowurtie Conservation Reserve near Pine Point, Yorke Peninsula

Mungeranie Wetlands is a great place to stop for lots of bird on the way to Birdsville.

The northern section of Munyaroo Conservation Park is c. 57km SW of Whyalla.

The Lookout is a great spot to see birds at the Murray Mouth.

Mutton Cove Conservation Reserve, Osborne is on the western side of the Port River.

This park is close to Mylor and in the wetter part of the Mount Lofty Ranges.

A small area of mostly stringy bark woodland 10km S of Myponga

Where is it?: Myponga Reservoir Reserve is on the SE shores of the Myponga Reservoir, off Main South Road and adjacent to the town of Myponga about 60km S of Adelaide. Owner: SA Water. Access and Parking: Access to the reserve is off…

Nangawooka Flora Reserve is situated on the Adelaide – Victor Harbor Road about 5 km north of Victor Harbor.

Nangwarry Native Forest Reserve is located about 10km south of Penola.

Where is it?: Neagle Rocks Reserve is located off Neagles Rocks Road, Clare. Owner: Owned and managed by the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council. Property summary: Total area 13 hectares. Hundred of Clare – Lot 37 (Deposited Plan 44629), Lots 104-105 (Filed Plan…

Nelshaby Reserve

This park is close to Victor Harbor and a good place to see sea-birds close inshore when the weather is a bit rough.

Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park is about 8km N of Walker Flat.

Nixon Skinner Conservation Park is on the edge of Myponga Reservoir.

A narrow strip of remnant mallee along the old railway line from Milang.

Oaklands Wetlands and Oaklands Estate Reserve is along Oaklands Road adjacent to the Sturt River sand Warradale Barracks.

Ohlmeyer Park Reservoir Reserve is located off Neagles Rocks Road, Clar

An easy spot to see waterbirds near the mouth of the Onkaparinga River.

The park follows the Onkaparinga River upstream from Old Noarlunga through the Onkaparinga River Gorge.

This section is the south-eastern part of the Onkaparinga River National Park off Whitings Road.

This park at the end of the Onkaparinga River is a great place to see waterbirds.

Padthaway Conservation Park is two kilometres north east of Padthaway.

Paiwalla Wetland is 15km N of Murray Bridge.

This park is east of Terowie.

This park in the northern Adelaide hills is close to Elizabeth, Gawler and Golden Grove.

Peebinga Conservation Park is in the Murray Mallee between Pinnaroo and Loxton.

Where is it?: Pekina Reservoir Recreation Reserve is 3km SW of Orroroo. Owner: Crown Land Property summary: Total area c. 161 hectares. Hundred of Walloway – Allotment 1 (Deposited Plan 28233)1 Landscape Management Region: Northern and Yorke History: As early as 1886 there was…

Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park is 20km SW of Penneshaw.

Penambol Conservation Park is located approximately 22 km south of Mt Gambier.

Penola Conservation Park is about 12km W of Penola.

Pinnaroo Wetlands are situated between the Mallee Highway and the railway line.

Point Davenport Conservation Park is on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula.

A small wetland area close to Bordertown.

This park is between Morgan and Overland Corner NE of Waikerie.

Poonthie Ruwe Conservation Park is near The Bend Motorsport Park.

Porter Lagoon is off the Barrier Highway south of Burra.

This park is only 4km NE of Lobethal.

Where is it?: Pualco Range Conservation Park is c. 57km E of Oodla Wirra or c. 62km S of Yunta. Owner: Department for Environment and Water. Property summary: Total area 8,877 hectares. Out of Hundred – Pieces 80-82 (Filed Plan 219194)1. Landscape Management…

Ramco Lagoon is near Waikerie on the Rivery Murray.

Ratalang (Basham Beach) Regional Park is at Port Elliot.

Red Banks Conservation Park is only 15km E of Burra in the mid-north.

This narrow park was formerly part of a Travelling Stock Route.

A narrow permanent wetland on the eastern side of the River Murray near Murray Bridge.

Roachdale Reserve is a National Trust of SA property near Kersbrook.

A small man made wetlands off Mannum Road at Murray Bridge.

Roonka Conservation Park is c. 5km N of Blanchetown on the western side of the River Murray.

Saint Kilda is only 30km N of Adelaide.

Sandy Creek Conservation Park is situated between Sandy Creek and Lyndoch in the Barossa Valley.

Scott Conservation Park is c. 7.5 km NW of Currency Creek.

Scott Creek Conservation Park near Cherry Gardens

Where is it?: Shell Hill Reserve is located at the corner of Murraylands Road and Black Hill Road, Back Hill. Entrance and parking is off Black Hill Road.       Owner: Crown Land managed by the Mid Murray Council1. Property summary: Total area…

This park with large River Red Gums along the creeklines and Grey Box woodland on the upper slopes is close to Adelaide.

Spring Gully Conservation Park contains the only occurrence of Red Stringybark in South Australia.

This park is c. 15km SE of Myponga.

St Clair Wetlands are a man made wetlands at the corner of Torrens Road and Cheltenham Parade, St Clair.

St Peters Billabong is only4.5km NE of Adelaide.

This park bisected by the River Sturt is only 11km from Adelaide between the suburbs of Bellevue Heights and Flagstaff Hill.

This park in the Murray Mallee is only 10km west of Swan Reach.

The Swanport Wetland border the eastern side of the River Murray adjacent to the Swanport Bridge.

This small reserve is on the drier eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges near Tepko.

This park near Cape Jervis includes the heritage listed Talisker Silver Lead Mine ruins.

Tangari Regional Park is one of many reserves in the City of Onkaparinga area.

These treatment ponds are on the outskirts of Tanunda.

Telford Scrub Conservation Park is 14km N of Mount Gambier.

Tennyson Dunes Conservation is between Semaphore and Grange.

The Bluff overlooks Encounter Bay.

The Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park is north-west of Quorn in the Flinders Ranges.

The Knoll Conservation Park is on Waverley Ridge near Crafers West.

This is a man-made wetlands at Para Hills West.

Where is it?: The Pines is c. 7km NW of Kapunda along the Clare Road between Kapunda and Tarlee. Owner: Crown Land under care and control of Light Regional Council. Property summary: Total area c. 29 hectares. Hundred of Kapunda – Sections…

A great place to see lots of shorebirds on the Samphire Coast.

Thorndon Park Reserve was formerly Thorndon Park Reservoir on Gorge Road, Paradise

Tilley Swamp Conservation Park is located between Salt Creek and Kingston SE.

A Swamp Paper-bark Woodland / Wetland near Goolwa.

This wetland area on the edge of Lake Alexandrina is always a great place to see birds.

This small park is close to Mount Barker.

Tucknott Scrub Conservation Park is in the Koppio Hills north of Port Lincoln.

Lipson Island is off the coast between Port Neill and Tumby Bay

Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park is on the Oodnadatta Track between Marree and William Creek.

Only 6km from the centre of Adelaide the Arboretum is part of the Waite Historic Precinct.

This reserve remains one of the best surviving example of Grey Box Grassy Woodland on the Adelaide Hills face area.

This small park is c. 18km E of Delamere.

This wetland is located in the centre of Port Pirie.

The Washpool is a perennial lagoon south of Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park.

Telowie Gorge Conservation Park is located 25km NE of Port Pirie.

Warren C.P. is immediately south of Hale C.P. between the South Para and Warren Reservoirs.

The Warriparinga Wetlands is on the corner of Marion and Sturt Roads, Bedford Park.

Mannum Waterfalls are a spectacular sight when Reedy Creek is flowing.

Watiparinga Reserve is a National Trust of SA property at Eden Hills adjoining Shepherds Hill Recreation Park.

Watts Gully NFR is about 13km S of Williamstown.

Weeroona Island is about 15km N of Port Pirie with a variety of habitats.

White Cliffs Reserve is along the Broughton River east of Koolunga.

This narrow strip of park is between Morgan and Burra.

Over 100 species of birds have been recorded in this small wetland area.

This park is 10km north of Whyalla.

These wetlands are in the suburb of Whyalla Playford.

Wills Creek Conservation Park is situated on the north-western shores of Gulf St Vincent extends south from the township of Port Clinton south to the town of Price.

Winninowie Conservation Park is 34km N of Port Germein.

These gardens feature Australian and South African plants.

Where is it?: Woakwine Conservation Park is located 8 kilometres east of Robe on the Old Naracoorte Road off the Southern Ports Highway. The park is split by Drain L.  Owner: Department for Environment and Water. Property summary: Total area 424 hectares. Hundred…

Where is it?: Wolseley Common Conservation Park is on the south-east outskirts of Wolseley, near the Victorian Border. Owner: Department for Environment and Water Property summary: Total area 24 hectares. Hundred of Tatiara – Section 1013, Allotments 50-52 (Deposited Plan 28840), Allotment 100…

Wombat Flat Native Forest Reserve is about 14km north-east of Coonawarra.

A group of parks at Stirling in the Adelaide Hills.

This park is about 3km SE of Myponga.