Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment

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




 Previously Recorded               Preferred Habitat                        Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Esacus magnirostris (beach        Found exclusively along the coast,       Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 stone-curlew) – listed as         on a wide range of beaches, islands,
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC         reefs and in estuaries, and may
 Act;                              often be seen at the edges of or near
                                   mangroves. They forage in the
                                   intertidal zone of beaches and
                                   estuaries, on islands, flats, banks
                                   and spits of sand, mud, gravel or
                                   rock, and among mangroves (NSW
                                   OEH 2020).

 Hirundapus caudacutus             A migratory aerial bird which winters    Not considered important to the
 (white-throated needletail)       in Australia. It forages on flying       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
                                   (DES, 2020).

 Limosa lapponica baueri           Coastal habitats such      as   large    Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 (Western Alaskan bar-tailed       intertidal sandflats, banks, mudflats,
 godwit) – is listed as            estuaries, inlets, harbours, coastal
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC         lagoons and bays.
 Act and EPBC Act;

 Litoria freycineti (Wallum        Freshwater       wetlands        and     Potential habitat within the VC1 unit
 rocketfrog) - listed as           associated vegetation communities        in the northern site extent.
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC         occurring on low nutrient sandy soils
 Act

 Litoria olongburensis             Subtropical or tropical swamps,          Potential seasonal habitat within the
 (wallum sedgefrog) – listed       wallum swamps, freshwater lakes,         VC1 unit in the northern site extent.
 as ‘vulnerable’ under the         intermittent     freshwater   lakes,     Optimal habitat present off-site to the
 NC Act and the EPBC Act;          freshwater         marshes,      and     east.
                                   intermittent freshwater marshes.

 Macronectes giganteus             Nests in small colonies amongst          Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 (southern giant-petrel) –         open vegetation on Antarctic and
 listed as ‘endangered’            subantarctic    islands,     including
 under the NC and EPBC             Macquarie and Heard Islands and in
 Act;                              Australian Antarctic territory.

 Ninox strenua (powerful           The Powerful Owl is found in open        Potential foraging within the VC1
 owl) – listed as ‘vulnerable’     forests and woodlands, as well as        area onsite.
 under the NC Act                  along sheltered gullies in wet forests
                                   with dense understoreys, especially
                                   along watercourses. Will sometimes
                                   be found in open areas near forests
                                   such as farmland, parks and
                                   suburban areas, as well as in
                                   remnant bushland patches. Needs
                                   old growth trees to nest (Australian
                                   Museum 2019).

 Numenius                          Occupies coastal lakes, inlets, bays     Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 madagascariensis (eastern         and estuarine habitats. Species is
 curlew) – listed as               mainly found in intertidal mudflats
 ‘endangered’ under the NC         and sometimes saltmarsh
 Act and ‘critically
 endangered’ under the



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