Appendix D_Shorebird_survey_report_Final_Jul20_jans edits

  Table of contents

 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
 Background ………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
 Survey outcomes ... ................................................................................................................................. 4
 Survey area ............................................................................................................................................. 6
 Survey methodology. ............................................................................................................................... 8
 Survey results…………………………………………………………………………………………………….9
 Conservation.......................................................................................................................................... 18
 Appendices ............................................................................................................................................ 19




 Cover photo of a critically endangered Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) at rest in the Noosa River estuary.
 The total population of the species traversing the EAAF is estimated at around 35,000 individuals. A previously abundant
 migrant - it was last observed in the Noosa River in October, 2017. Credit Bob Inglis.




Noosa River – Shorebird Survey Report 2019                                                                                                  Page 2