Ramsey Way Conservation Park, Yorke Peninsula

On our way to Edithburgh for a short holiday last week we took a short detour on a side road a short distance off the main highway. This dirt road took us through some farming country and passed the small Ramsey Way Conservation Park (see photos above and below).

I’ve done a little research online and can find only two references to this park: the government declaration of the park concerning mining restrictions (2008) and notice of a field trip visit by the Native Orchid Society of South Australia next Sunday (June 5th 2011). It is not even listed yet on the National Parks website list of conservation parks. Now that I know that I would have spent a little more time there doing a bird and plant survey. Still, it was late afternoon and the light was fading quickly, so it would have been an inadequate survey.

I’m sure that a longer survey of the park would reveal a diverse and interesting bird and plant list. This park is one of only a few remnant bush areas in the region and so is a valuable asset regarding the local flora and fauna. My list seems very inadequate, but given the time restraints it is a start:

Bird list:

• Little raven
• White-browed babbler
• Magpie lark
• Australian Magpie
• Willie wagtail
• Yellow-rumped pardalote
• Weebill
• Spiny-cheeked honeyeater
• Grey butcherbird
• Crested pigeon
• Common Bronzewing pigeon
• Silvereye
• Red-rumped parrot
• Nankeen kestrel

Ramsey Way Conservation Park, Yorke Peninsula

Ramsey Way Conservation Park, Yorke Peninsula