Bird Islands Conservation Park
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Bird Islands Conservation Park South Australia |
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 Bird Islands Conservation Park
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| Nearest town or city | Wallaroo |
| Coordinates | 33°58′55.88″S 137°32′8.65″E / 33.9821889°S 137.5357361°ECoordinates: 33°58′55.88″S 137°32′8.65″E / 33.9821889°S 137.5357361°E |
| Established | 1972 |
| Area | 3.69 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
Bird Islands Conservation Park is a 369-hectare (910-acre) protected area in eastern Spencer Gulf, South Australia. It is located at Warburto Point on Yorke Peninsula, about 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the town of Wallaroo. In 1991, land additions were made to the park to include the intertidal zone of both islands. In 1999, a larger, mainland section was added to support mangroves, samphire and coastal fringe vegetation.
The two islands forming Bird Islands Conservation Park are fringed by grey mangrove (Avicennia marina ssp. marina) woodlands and chenopod shrublands. A tall open shrubland of coast daisy-bush (Olearia axillaris) and grasslands of introduced species occur on the sandy, higher ground. The mainland section of the park at Warburto Point is similar but with some sandy beach areas backed by dunes supporting coast daisy-bush and various Acacia spp. shrublands. Nine native plant species have been recorded in this park.
Australia is party to international agreements regarding the conservation of migratory birds (Japan-Australia and China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreements) and several of these migrant shorebirds (listed under JAMBA and CAMBA treaties) regularly visit Bird Islands Conservation Park. These are known to include sharp-tailed sandpiper, red knot, red-necked stint, greater sand plover, grey-tailed tattler, Caspian tern and Terek sandpiper.
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