Native Animals - Recent Sightings


The Hills Shire provides homes for at least 370 different fauna species, including possums, sugar gliders, swamp wallabies, owls, red-crowned toadlets and even koalas! Possum

 

Fauna Location
Glossy Black Cockatoos Annangrove Park
Sugar Glider Excelsior Reserve
Echidna Excelsior Reserve
Grey Goshawk Richard Webb Res
Green Tree Snake Richard Webb Res
Red Bellied Black Snake Richard Webb Res
Pair of Tawny Frog Mouths Eric Mobbs Reserve
Pair of Bower Birds Eric Mobbs Reserve
Pardalote Fred Caterson Reserve
Bower Bird Sophia Doyle Reserve
Yellow Robins Fred Caterson Reserve
Echidna Richard Webb Res
Green Tree Snake Bidjigal Reserve
Powerful Owl Bidjigal Reserve
Wallaby Bidjigal Reserve
Quail Bidjigal Reserve
Swamp Wallaby Bidjigal Reserve
Microbats Bidjigal Reserve
Tree Frog Bidjigal Reserve
Velvet Gecko Hunts Creek Reserve

Have you spotted any native fauna in our bushland reserves? Let us know! Contact the Council Bushland Team on 9686 8207 or print out and fill in our  Fauna Monitoring Record Sheet - 19 KB. (Send to: Bushland Regeneration Coordinator, The Hills Shire Council PO Box 75 Castle Hill NSW 1765)