Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                   Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



     Scientific Name               Common Name                                     Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                         Unlikely. This species occurs in terrestrial freshwater wetlands and, rarely,
                                                         estuarine habitats. It favours wetlands with tall, dense vegetation, where it
                                                         forages in still, shallow water up to 0.3m deep, often at the edges of pools or
                                                         waterways, or from platforms or mats of vegetation over deep water. The
Botaurus poiciloptilus       Australasian bittern
                                                         species favours permanent and seasonal freshwater habitats, particularly those
                                                         dominated by sedges, rushes and/or reeds (e.g. Phragmites, Cyperus,
                                                         Eleocharis, Juncus, Typha, Baumea, Bolboschoenus) or cutting grass (Gahnia)
                                                         growing over muddy or peaty substrate (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                         Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
Calidris canutus             Red knot                    includes tidal reefs and pools, weed-covered rocks, pebbly, shelly and sandy
                                                         shores with stranded seaweed, and mudflats (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                         Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
Calidris ferruginea          Curlew sandpiper            includes tidal reefs and pools, weed-covered rocks, pebbly, shelly and sandy
                                                         shores with stranded seaweed, and mudflats (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                         Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
Calidris tenuirostris        Great knot                  includes tidal reefs and pools, weed-covered rocks, pebbly, shelly and sandy
                                                         shores with stranded seaweed, and mudflats (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                         Likely: A relatively small number of these trees were present on the site and
                                                         the species has been recorded in the vicinity of the site. The species is
                                                         uncommon although widespread from the central Queensland coast to East
                                                         Gippsland in Victoria, and inland to the southern tablelands and central western
Calyptorhynchus      lathami Glossy       black-cockatoo plains of NSW, with a small population in the Riverina. An isolated population
lathami                      (eastern)                   exists on Kangaroo Island, SA. This species inhabits open forest and woodlands of
                                                         the coast and the Great Dividing Range where it feeds almost exclusively on the
                                                         seeds of several species of she-oak. Black sheoak (Allocasuarina littoralis) and
                                                         forest sheoak (A. torulosa) are important foods. This species is dependent on
                                                         large hollow-bearing eucalypts for nest sites (NSW OEH 2014).
Chalinolobus dwyeri          Large-eared pied Bat        Unlikely. This species requires a combination of sandstone cliff/escarpment to



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