Indigenous name: Dharug Country
Scheyville National Park is one of four woodland and two lagoon sites that make up the Richmond Woodlands Key Biodiversity Area (KBA).
The other woodland sites are:
Covering 954 hectares, Scheyville National Park is the largest of the sites that make up the Richmond Woodlands KBA.
The vegetation in proximity to the survey trail is a mix of two communities:
Arrive via the entrance of the Scheyville National Park (NP) off 122 Scheyville Road, Scheyville. Congregate all cars at the top of the hill in the car park. From the NP general notice board, cross the road and view the Birdata Notice board to locate the bird survey trail for this location.
There are toilets around the rear of the National Park Headquarters building at the far end of the lawn area.
Entrance gates on this site are locked each night.
As you walk along the survey trail, take note of all the birds you see and hear, and of how many of them. This standardised survey is known as a ‘500m area search’. Click here for detailed instructions on how to survey this site.
Record your bird survey using the Birdata app.
Sheyville Nature Reserve has a shared site to encourage repeat surveys. The shared site name in Birdata is Scheyville NP Headquarters SVHQ31
Learn more about bird surveying.
More than 80 species of birds have been recorded at this site using Birdata. For more information about some of these birds, visit the Bird Profiles.
If you are interested in joining group surveys of Richmond Woodlands KBA, contact us via the form on this page.
To save birds, we need reliable data. Birdata is Australia's online national bird monitoring platform. Compiled by professional researchers and citizen scientists, Birdata is Australia's longest running digital database for bird sightings with more than 30 million records (and counting).
Richmond Woodlands is a Key Biodiversity Area important for the Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater and Swift Parrot.
