Attachment 3b - Ecological Assessment Report v2- 111 Lake Weyba Drive, NOOSAVILLE

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                                      NCES Ref: J000618
Lot 4 RP36729 – 111 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville



4.4.2    Habitat for Previously Recorded Conservation Significant Fauna
Table 1 identifies the conservation significant fauna species which have been previously recorded
within a 2km radius of the site on Wildlife Online.
Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species

 Previously Recorded                Preferred Habitat                        Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Calidris ferruginea (curlew        Intertidal mudflats in sheltered         Unlikely to occur. May occur on banks
 sandpiper) – listed as             coastal areas, such as estuaries,        of Lake Weyba.
 ‘endangered’ under the NC          bays, inlets and lagoons, also
 Act and ‘critically                around non-tidal swamps, lakes and
 endangered’ under the              lagoons near the coast.
 EPBC Act;

 Calidris tenuirostris (great       Prefers sheltered coastal habitats,      Unlikely to occur. May occur on banks
 knot) – listed as                  with large intertidal mudflats or        of Lake Weyba.
 ‘endangered’ under the NC          sandflats. This includes inlets, bays,
 Act ‘critically endangered’        harbours, estuaries and lagoons.
 under the EPBC Act;

 Calyptorhynchus lathami            This species prefers woodland            May occur with the western portion of
 lathami (glossy back-              areas dominated by Allocasuarina,        the site where higher densities of
 cockatoo (eastern)) – listed       or open sclerophyll forests and          Allocasuarina exist.
 as ‘vulnerable’ under the          woodlands with a stratum of
 NC Act;                            Allocasuarina beneath Eucalyptus,
                                    Corymbia or Angophora (Glossy
                                    Black Conservancy 2010).

 Crinia tinnula (wallum             Inhabits acid paperbark (Melaleuca)      Potential foraging and breeding
 froglet) - listed as               swamps, sedgelands and drainage          habitat within the north-west corner of
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC          lines in wet heath. Also found in        VC1 and adjacent National Park
 Act                                disturbed wallum habitat, such as        wetland areas.
                                    exotic pine plantations, quarry site,
                                    recently burnt heathland, 4WD-
                                    impacted areas and roadsides
                                    (Queensland Government 2019).

 Hirundapus caudacutus              A migratory aerial bird which winters    Potentially suitable but not likely to be
 (white-throated needletail)        in Australia. It forages on flying       critical habitat for the species.
 – listed as ‘vulnerable’           insects in forests shrublands and
 under the NC Act and               grasslands on the east and north
 EPBC Act                           coast of Australia and roosts in trees
                                    (DoE, 2019).

 Litoria freycineti (wallum         Freshwater      wetlands    and          Potential foraging and breeding
 rocketfrog) - listed as            associated vegetation communities        habitat within the north-west corner of
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC          occurring on low nutrient sandy          VC1 and adjacent National Park
 Act                                soils.                                   wetland areas.

 Litoria olongburensis              Subtropical or tropical swamps,          Potential foraging      and    breeding
 (wallum sedgefrog) – listed        wallum swamps, freshwater lakes,         habitat within VC1.
 as ‘vulnerable’ under the          intermittent     freshwater   lakes,
 NC Act and the EPBC Act;           freshwater         marshes,     and
                                    intermittent freshwater marshes.

 Limosa lapponica baueri            Coastal habitats such      as   large    Unlikely to occur. May occur on banks
 (Western Alaskan bar-tailed        intertidal sandflats, banks, mudflats,   of Lake Weyba.
 godwit) – is listed as             estuaries, inlets, harbours, coastal
                                    lagoons and bays.




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