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
 EPBC Act;

 Petauroides armillatus            Prefers tall old growth eucalypt         Nil – no suitable habitat onsite or
 (central greater glider) –        forests and woodlands with a             adjacent to the site.
 listed as ‘endangered’            diversity of eucalypt species and
 under the NC Act and              approx. 2-4 denning trees (tall trees
 EPBC Act                          with hollows >10cm dia.) per 2ha.

 Pezoporus wallicus wallicus       Coastal heathland or sedgeland with      Low habitat value in VC1. Optimal
 (ground parrot) - listed as       very dense cover and a high density      habitat present off-site to the east
 vulnerable’ under the NC          of the parrot's food plants (DES,        within heathland and sedgeland
 Act                               2020).                                   habitat areas.

 Phascolarctos cinereus            Forest and woodlands with           a    Foraging and breeding within Koala
 (koala) – listed as               dominance of koala food trees.           habitat trees onsite.
 ‘endangered’ under the NC
 Act and EPBC Act

 Podargus ocellatus                Prefers     subtropical   rainforest,    Potential foraging within the VC1
 plumiferus (plumed                particularly in deep, wet, sheltered     area onsite.
 frogmouth) – listed as            gullies along creeklines and often
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC         containing stands of Bangalow
 Act                               Palms or ferns. In NSW, it is most
                                   often found in moist, lowland,
                                   mesophyll vine forest (NSW gov,
                                   Environment & Heritage Office)

 Poephila cincta cincta            The Black-throated Finch (southern)      Unlikely to occur within the site.
 (black throated finch (white-     occurs mainly in grassy, open
 rumped subspecies)) –             woodlands and forests, typically
 listed as ‘endangered’            dominated by Eucalyptus, Corymbia
 under the NC Act and              and Melaleuca, and occasionally in
 EPBC Act;                         tussock grasslands or other habitats
                                   (for example freshwater wetlands),
                                   often along or near watercourses, or
                                   in the vicinity of water (Baldwin
                                   1976; Britton & Britton 2000; BTF
                                   Recovery Team 2004; Ley & Cook
                                   2001; NRA 2005; Wieneke 1989).
 Pteropus poliocephalus                                                     Foraging within Eucalypt trees. No
                                   The Grey-headed Flying-fox is a
 (Grey-headed Flying-fox)                                                   roost sites observed.
                                   canopy-feeding       frugivore    and
 listed as ‘vulnerable’ under
                                   nectarivore, utilising rainforests,
 the EPBC Act
                                   open forests, closed and open
                                   woodlands, Melaleuca swamps and
                                   Banksia woodlands. The primary
                                   food source is blossom from
                                   Eucalyptus and related genera but
                                   in some areas it also utilises a wide
                                   range of rainforest fruits (Eby 1998).
 Rostratula australis                                                       Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
                                   Prefers fringes of swamps, dams
 (Australian painted snipe) -
                                   and nearby marshy areas where
 listed as ‘endangered’
                                   there is a cover of grasses, lignum,
 under the NC Act and
                                   low scrub or open timber
 EPBC Act
 Xeromys myoides                                                            Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
                                   The water mouse builds and
 (water mouse) – listed as
                                   occupies elaborate nest structures
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC
                                   in intertidal zones dominated by
 Act and EPBC Act



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