Where is it?: Montecollina Bore is off the Strzelecki Track, between Lyndhurst and Innamincka, 220km NE of Lyndhurst. Camping is permitted.
Owner: Lindon Station
Property summary: Total area c. 50 hectares. Out of Hundreds – Part Section 1004
Landscape Management Region: South Australian Arid Lands
History: Montecollina Bore was drilled in 1903 and is on the Tingana Tingana Station lease.
Habitat: The dam overflows to form a shallow wetland, surrounded by sandhills. Habitat of the bore-fed wetland includes
- shrubland – Nitre-bush (Nitraria billardieri), Old-man Saltbush (Atriplex nummularia ssp. nummularia)
- samphire flat – Ruby Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa), Lagoon Spurge (Phyllanthus lacunarius)
- dunefield – Sandhill Lignum (Duma coccoloboides)
Total Species Recorded to Date: 76 (non-passerines 50, passerines 26)
Common Species: White-headed Stilt, Little Corella, Singing Honeyeater, Chirruping Wedgbill, Willie Wagtail, White-backed Swallow
Less Common Species: Pink-eared Duck, Australian Shelduck, Red-necked Avocet, Eastern Barn Owl, Cockatiel, Pied Honeyeater, Eyrean Grasswren
Updated: 26/07/2021