Where is it?: Wills Creek Conservation Park is situated at Mangrove Point on the north-western shores of Gulf St Vincent. The park includes a coastal wetland/estuary of national significance. The park abuts the Price Saltfields. Parking is available at Price and at the end of the causeway linking Price to the tidal Wills Creek.
Owner: Department for Environment and Water.
Property summary: Total area 2298 hectares. Hundred of Cunningham – Allotments 6 (Deposited Plan 44470), 11-14, 20-22, 26-28 (Deposited Plan 31429)3.
Landscape Management Region: Northern and Yorke
History: Wills Creek Conservation Park was first proclaimed on 14 December 20061.
Habitat: There are a three major plant communities with the park.
- Mangrove woodland – Grey Mangrove (Avicennia marina ssp. marina).
- Low (Samphire) shrubland – Shrubby Samphire (Tecticornia arbuscula) and Beaded Samphire (Salicornia quinqueflora).
- Low woodland – along the limestone escarpment north of Price – Red Mallee (Eucalyptus oleosa), Dryland Tea-tree (Melaleuca lanceolata) and Spear Grass (Austrostipa spp.)2
The park provides habitat for the nationally and state vulnerable Slender-billed Thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei). 
Total Species Recorded to Date: 103 (non-passerines 71, passerines 32)
Common Species: Common Greenshank, White-faced Heron, Singing Honeyeater, White-browned Scrubwren, Chestnut Teal, Grey Teal, Willie Wagtail
Less Common Species: Far Eastern Curlew, Rock Parrot, Terek Sandpiper, Red Wattlebird, Whimbrel
References
1 Department for Environment and Water. (2019). Protected Areas Information System. Property Summary Report. 30 March 2019. p. 58.
2 Government of South Australia. (2006). National Parks and Wildlife (Wills Creek Conservation Park) Proclamation 2006. The South Australian Government Gazette. 71: 4373. (14 December 2006)
3 Management Plan. Mainland Conservation Parks of York Peninsula. 2009. Department for Environment and Heritage, Adelaide, South Australia.>
Updated: 28/07/2021