Attachment 7B - Fauna and Flora Assessment_NoosaLandfill_NorthernSection_Revision3

                                                                                    Native Foresters



3.2.2 Vegetation within 100 metre buffer

Two timed meanders through the 100 metre buffer zone traversing remnant wet heath and
Scribbly gum woodland vegetation were undertaken as shown in Figure 1. No EVNT species
were recorded in the timed meander surveys. Results of timed meander surveys are summarised
in Table 3.

TABLE 3: Results of timed meander surveys
 Survey 1 (remnant – northeast of the survey site) 12/12/2019 repeated 27/06/2023
 Starting point GPS coordinates: -26.435674 oS, 153.026859 oE
 Target species: Acacia attenuata, Acacia baueri, Eucalyptus conglomerata.
 Time              Species recorded
 1100
                   Nil
 1130
 Survey 2 (remnant – northwest of the survey site) 12/12/2019 repeated 27/06/2023
 Starting point GPS coordinates: -26.435590 oS, 153.026752 oE
 Target species: Acacia attenuata, Acacia baueri, Eucalyptus conglomerata.
 Time              Species recorded
 1145
                   Nil
 1215

3.3      Fauna assessment
The vegetation on the subject site supports the breeding and habitation requirements of a diversity
of native fauna, including but not limited to one terrestrial mammal; thirteen bird species; five
amphibian species and two reptile species, as shown in Appendix H.

Two Least-concern skinks were detected within the footprint of proposed clearing works: Elegant
Snake Eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher) and Garden Skink (Lampropholis delicata).

A number of nectarivorous and insectivorous bird species were observed foraging amongst the
Paperbarked tea tree, Eucalypt and heath elements in the survey area (Figure 8). Monkey rope
vine also provides food for nectarivorous birds during seasonally dry conditions when preferred
food sources are scarce. Scarlet honeyeaters (Myzomela sanguinolenta), were observed feeding
on Monkey rope flowers during the survey.

The survey area provides refuge during dry conditions, and in suitably wet conditions, it also
provides breeding habitat for Least concern amphibian species such as Eastern sedge frog
(Litoria fallax), Striped marsh frog (Limnodynastes peronii), Striped rocketfrog (Litoria nasuta),
Green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) and Graceful tree frog (Litoria gracilenta). Despite the presence
of suitable habitat in the survey area, Wallum frogs appear to be excluded from the area of interest
on the edge of the landfill potentially due to the presence of large populations of competitor
species e.g. Eastern sedgefrog and Striped rocketfrog and predator species e.g. Cane toads;
frequent disturbance and/or changes in water quality (pH and nutrients) associated with proximity
to landfill runoff (Ed Meyer, pers.comm). Large populations of Vulnerable-listed Wallum froglets
(Crinia tinnula) were identified in the less disturbed remnant and groundwater-dependent
ecosystems further north and east during targeted surveys conducted in March and April 2019,
and further north along the Noosa Eumundi Road (Noosa National Park) in February 2020, but
were not present in the survey area.




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