Telford Scrub Conservation Park 420km SE from Adelaide CBD Where is it?: The Park is located 14 km north of Mt Gambier off Grundys Lane. Owner: Department of the Environment, Water and Natural Resources Property summary: Total area 170 hectares. Hundred of Young – Section 134. Natural Resources Management Region: Natural Resources South East History: Telford Scrub Conservation Park was first proclaimed on 12 March 1987. Habitat: The Park comprises a series of sand ridges overlying limestone, giving way to low lying wetlands in the southern and eastern sections. It supports four major vegetation associations: Brown Stringybark (Eucalyptus baxteri) open woodland; Brown Stringybark/Rough-barked Manna Gum (E. viminalis subsp. cygnetensis) open woodland with isolated Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), and Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata), Native Box (Bursaria spinosa), and Bracken (Pteridium esculentum) understorey Swamp Gum (E. ovata) open woodland with an understorey of Heath Tea-tree (Leptospermum myrsinoides), bottlebrush tea-tree (Melaleuca squarrosa}, sword-sedge (Lepidosperma sp.), and rushes (Juncus sp); and low open shrubland dominated by Prickly Tea-tree (L. continentalis}, Heath Tea-tree (L. myrsinoides), sedges (Ghania sp.) and rushes (Juncus sp.). More information: DEWNR Total Species Recorded to Date: 117 (non-passerines 65, passerines 52) Common Species: Crimson Rosella, Laughing Kookaburra, White-throated Treecreeper, Superb Fairywren, White-browed Scrubwomen, Australian Magpie, Black-winged Currawong, Less Common Species: Grey Goshawk, Latham’s Snipe, Southern Boobook, Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Pied Currawong, White-browed Woodswallow, Satin Flycatcher Download the bird list