MCU 14/0106 Appendix F - Ecological Assessment

State and Local Government Ecological Assessment
Noosa Civic Expansion




                                                   Plate 9: Australian Bush Turkey mound.


No NCA scheduled bird species were recorded during the survey.
Targeted searches for the Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) within small patches of Black
Sheoak (Allocasuarina littoralis) (Figure 2) did not identify any signs (i.e. orts) of activity. Sheoak dominated
patches were only located in areas to the north of Walter Hay Drive. Sheoak were also identified in the north
eastern portions of Study Area to the south of Walter Hay Drive.

4.2.3              Summary of Threatened Species
With the exception of the Koala and Wallum Froglet, species targeted were not recorded during the field
work. Despite this, the prevailing habitats identified during field work may be periodically utilised by some of
these species as described in Appendix Q. One species, the Little Bentwing Bat, regarded as a regionally
significant species on the Noosa Biosphere Fauna Species List (Noosa Biosphere, 2009), was identified as
foraging within the Study Area. No plant species of significance were regarded as having the potential to
occur following field work. Following field work the following species were regarded as having potential to
utilise the habitats of the Study Area on occasion:
> Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis).                 Possible use of the southern extent of the Study Area around
  depressions;
> Green-thighed Frog (Litoria brevipalmata). Possible use of the southern extent of the Study Area around
  depressions;
> Wallum Rocketfrog (Litoria freycineti). Possible use of the southern extent of the Study Area around
  depressions;
> Wallum Sedgefrog (Litoria olongburensis). Possible use of the southern extent of the Study Area around
  depressions and of the south western area around depressions, adjacent to the existing truck access;
> Elf Skink (Eroticoscincus graciloides). Possible use of all forested areas where there is leaf litter; and
> Cooloola Blind Snake (Rhamphotyphlops silvia). Possible use of the southern extent of the Study Area
  where alluvial soil occurs.

4.3                Habitat
Appendix Q presents habitat assessments for the Study Area. Habitat assessment aims to identify the
highest quality habitat for the most number of species – for example, while dense stand of Allocasuarina


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