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Snake Catcher Hills Shire

Snakes in the City arranges licensed snake capture and humane relocation across the Hills District and Hills Shire for homes, strata properties, workplaces and managed sites. Keep people and pets clear, note the last-seen position from safety, and call 0411 103 488 with the actual suburb and street address. Our team confirms catcher availability, the call-out fee and estimated arrival before attendance is arranged.

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Choose the guide for your address

For a Kellyville address, use our Kellyville snake-removal guide. For Beaumont Hills homes or managed sites, see the Beaumont Hills local snake-removal guide; for a Baulkham Hills address, use the Baulkham Hills property-access guide. For a property in North Kellyville or a home, strata property or workplace in Norwest, choose that suburb’s guide. Give the exact street and entrance when calling; the wider Hills district name alone is not enough to arrange access.

What to do when you see a snake in Hills Shire

Create distance first. Do not identify, corner, touch, trap or kill the snake. Never put yourself between it and an escape route.

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Move away

Bring children and pets indoors or into a closed room. Give the snake several metres of space and avoid sudden movement.
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Watch safely

If it is safe, watch from behind a closed window, fence or other secure position. Note its last-known location without chasing it.
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Call Snakes in the City

Provide the address, access instructions, where the snake was last seen and whether it is indoors, outside, injured or trapped.

Suspected snakebite: call 000 immediately

Keep the person still, apply a pressure immobilisation bandage if available, and wait for an ambulance. Do not wash the bite, cut or suck the wound, use a tight tourniquet, or try to catch the snake.

Why snakes may turn up around Hills Shire

The Hills Shire includes natural creeks and rivers, rehabilitated channels, constructed wetlands, detention basins, urban bushland and rural land. Council planning material identifies extensive waterway environments and large areas of vegetation across the Shire. Local conditions therefore vary sharply between established suburbs, growth areas, business precincts and semi-rural properties. Within Hills Shire, conditions vary from street to street. Property layout, nearby open space, drainage, vegetation, construction activity and prey are more useful indicators than the suburb name alone. A snake may be passing through rather than living on the property. Water, prey, warmth and temporary shelter matter more than suburb boundaries.

Three snake-removal settings across the Hills district

A suburb name alone does not tell a catcher where a snake may have gone or how to reach it. New estates, established bush and creek suburbs, and working acreage call for different access details. These guides include nearby Hills district service areas across council boundaries.

Established bush and creek suburbs

Mature gardens, retaining walls, reserve boundaries and drainage lines can put concealed cover close to everyday paths. If a snake is near a door, play area or garden edge, redirect people and watch only from safety. Report the gate, side passage or last-seen hiding place; do not reach into foliage or rockwork. Explore the Castle Hill guide to parks and established gardens, Cherrybrook guide to bush-adjacent homes, Baulkham Hills guide to suburban creek corridors and West Pennant Hills guide to leafy, sloping properties.

Acreage and rural Hills properties

Stables, feed and hay storage, nurseries, dams, sheds and machinery can spread a sighting across a large property. Pause work in that area and move people and animals away without passing the snake. Give the correct gate or access track and nearest paddock, shed or growing row; leave equipment and stored material untouched. Read the Dural guide for acreage and nurseries, Kenthurst guide for large rural blocks, Galston guide for horse properties and growing areas and Annangrove guide for sheds and acreage access.

For any setting, keep your distance and call Snakes in the City on 0411 103 488 with the last confirmed location. A suspected bite is a Triple Zero (000) emergency.

Recent Hills field work

Locating a concealed snake at Box Hill

At a Box Hill property, Harley used an inspection camera to locate a red-bellied black snake beneath stored sheet metal before safely removing it. The published field report explains how locating the animal helped guide the removal. Read the Box Hill sheet-metal call-out report, or see our Box Hill snake-removal guide for homes and worksites.
Inspection endoscope illustrated in the published Box Hill field report
Inspection equipment pictured in the Box Hill report; this is not a photograph of the snake beneath the sheet metal.

Places to check without putting yourself at risk

Do not search by reaching into concealed spaces. These are details to report to the catcher from a safe position.

Around buildings

  • gaps under doors, gates and sheds
  • garage edges, laundries and utility areas
  • openings around pipes or wall penetrations

Gardens and yards

  • dense groundcover and fence lines
  • rock walls, pots and retaining structures
  • pool equipment, compost and garden storage

Stored materials

  • timber, roofing and building supplies
  • pallets, machinery and stacked equipment
  • areas showing rodent or frog activity

From the field: a Winston Hills pool rescue

A red-bellied black snake took shelter beneath concrete pool edging at Ulanda Place. Read how Harley Jones completed the three-hour poolside snake rescue in Winston Hills before the snake was humanely relocated.

Meet Harley and see regional snake habitat

These first-hand Snakes in the City photographs introduce Harley Jones and illustrate snakes and habitat relevant to the wider region. Our office confirms the available catcher for each booking. Species cannot be confirmed from a description alone; keep a safe distance and call for advice.
Harley Jones from Snakes in the City
Harley Jones from Snakes in the City. This photograph identifies Harley Jones. Our back office confirms who is available for each call-out. It is not presented as a specific Hills Shire call-out. Photo: Snakes in the City.
Eastern brown snake in Western Sydney grassland
Eastern brown snake in Western Sydney grassland. A first-hand Sydney field photograph showing relevant habitat; it is not presented as a specific Hills Shire call-out. Photo: Snakes in the City.
Red-bellied black snake in Sydney wetland habitat
Red-bellied black snake in Sydney wetland habitat. A first-hand Sydney field photograph showing relevant habitat; it is not presented as a specific Hills Shire call-out. Photo: Snakes in the City.

Snakes that may occur in The Hills and north-west Sydney

This is regional context, not a promise that either species occurs on every Hills Shire property. Never rely on colour alone: age, lighting and natural variation make quick identification unreliable.

Eastern brown snake

May use open ground and modified habitat where prey is present. Colour varies, so a brown-looking snake cannot be identified safely by colour alone.

Red-bellied black snake

May occur around wetter corridors, creeks and drainage areas. Do not move closer to look for identifying markings.

Making a Hills Shire property less attractive to snakes

No garden design can guarantee a snake-free property. The practical goal is to reduce concealed shelter and the food sources that attract prey.
  • maintain grass and garden edges so the ground is visible
  • raise stored timber and materials where practical
  • seal appropriate building gaps with pest-proof materials
  • control rodents and clean spilled pet, bird or poultry feed
  • trim dense vegetation away from commonly used doors and paths
  • wear enclosed footwear and gloves around concealed outdoor areas

Urgent medical and veterinary contacts for the region

These verified contacts are included for safety, not as endorsements. A human snakebite is always a 000 emergency; do not drive the patient to hospital yourself unless emergency services direct you.

SASH Western Sydney

1 Rowood Road, Prospect NSW 2148 24/7 veterinary option: (02) 8609 9444 Keep pets away from the snake and call the veterinary team for transport advice.

Verify veterinary details

Frequently asked questions

How quickly should I call after seeing a snake?Call while you still know where it is, provided you can do so safely. A snake can disappear into vegetation, a roof space or stored material quickly.
Should I send a photograph?Only take a photograph from a safe distance using zoom and a physical barrier. Never move closer or block the snake to get a clearer image.
Can I shut the snake in a room?If it is already inside a room and you can close the door without going near it, do so and place a towel along the door gap. Do not re-enter.
Does a tidy yard stop every snake?No. Maintenance can reduce cover and prey activity, but snakes can still pass through well-kept Hills Shire properties.
What should I tell the catcher?Give the exact address, safest access point, last-known position, whether the snake is indoors or outside, and any nearby pets, people or site hazards.

More snake safety information

Explore other Snakes in the City service pages for this part of Greater Sydney.

Snake catcher service areas across The Hills

Choose a local suburb guide below, including Dural, Galston and Winston Hills. For all other locations, call with the exact address to confirm current availability.

Need a snake catcher in Hills Shire?

Keep your distance and call Snakes in the City. If anyone may have been bitten, call 000 immediately.
Call 0411 103 488Medical emergency: 000

Explore the Sydney-region snake observation report

Our 2025 public-data report provides broader regional context. A verified single-square reference is not available for this page, so no specific grid square is assigned. The report covers a defined rectangle, not every area served by SITC.

Explore the observation report and its coverage →

Counts apply to the whole square, not each suburb listed. A suburb appearing in a square does not mean a snake was recorded in that suburb. These are public observation records, not SITC call-outs, unique snake totals or a measure of danger.