Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                                    NCES REF: J000542
Lot 9 on RP225312 – 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads



Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species

 Previously Recorded               Preferred Habitat                        Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Calidris canutus (red knot)       Intertidal mudflats, sandflats and       Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 – listed as ‘endangered’          sandy beaches of sheltered coasts,
 under the NC Act and              in estuaries, bays, inlets, lagoons
 EPBC Act;                         and harbours; sometimes on sandy
                                   ocean beaches or shallow pools on
                                   exposed wave-cut rock platforms or
                                   coral reefs (Higgins & Davies 1996).

 Calidris ferruginea (curlew       Intertidal mudflats in sheltered         Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 sandpiper) – listed as            coastal areas, such as estuaries,
 ‘critically endangered’           bays, inlets and lagoons, also
 under the NC Act and              around non-tidal swamps, lakes and
 EPBC Act;                         lagoons near the coast.

 Calidris tenuirostris (great      Prefers sheltered coastal habitats,      Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 knot) – listed as ‘critically     with large intertidal mudflats or
 endangered’ under the NC          sandflats. This includes inlets, bays,
 Act and EPBC Act;                 harbours, estuaries and lagoons.

 Calyptorhynchus lathami           This species prefers woodland            Species is known to forage with the
 lathami (glossy black-            areas dominated by Allocasuarina,        Allocasuarina trees within the site,
 cockatoo (eastern)) – listed      or open sclerophyll forests and          particularly along the western site
 as ‘vulnerable’ under the         woodlands with a stratum of              boundary.
 NC Act and EPBC Act;              Allocasuarina beneath Eucalyptus,
                                   Corymbia or Angophora (Glossy
                                   Black Conservancy 2010).

 Charadrius mongolus               Usually occurs in coastal littoral and   Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 (lesser sand plover) – listed     estuarine environments. It inhabits
 as ‘endangered’ under the         large intertidal sandflats or mudflats
 NC and EPBC Act;                  in sheltered bays, harbours and
                                   estuaries, and occasionally sandy
                                   ocean beaches, coral reefs, wave-
                                   cut rock platforms and rocky
                                   outcrops. It also sometime occurs in
                                   short     saltmarsh      or    among
                                   mangroves. The species also
                                   inhabits saltworks and near-coastal
                                   saltpans, brackish swamps and
                                   sandy or silt islands in river beds
                                   (Marchant & Higgins 1993)

 Crinia tinnula (wallum            Inhabits acid paperbark (Melaleuca)      Potential seasonal habitat within the
 froglet) – listed as              swamps, sedgelands and drainage          VC1 unit in the northern site extent.
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC         lines in wet heath. Also found in        Optimal habitat present off-site to the
 Act;                              disturbed wallum habitat, such as        east.
                                   exotic pine plantations, quarry site,
                                   recently burnt heathland, 4WD-
                                   impacted areas and roadsides
                                   (Queensland Government 2019).

 Erythrotriorchis radiatus         Occurs in coastal and sub-coastal        Unlikely to occur within the site.
 (red goshawk) – listed as         areas in wooded and forested lands
 ‘endangered’ under the NC         of tropical and warm-temperate
 Act and ‘vulnerable’ under        Australia (Marchant & Higgins
 the EPBC Act;                     1993).




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