Ecological Assessment Report

J000206-002-R-Rev1                                                                                                                                                                                   June 2016




                                                                             EPBC
                                                                  NC Act                                                                                 Potential to occur in the    Recorded
                      Scientific Name      Common Name                        Act                                Habitat***
                                                                  Status*                                                                                     project area           Sightings****
                                                                            Status**

         Amphibians
                                                                                       Found in a variety of habitats, particularly around
         Litoria freycineti              Wallum Rocket Frog         V          -                                                                                 Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                       temporary swamps

                                                                                       Frequents sedge land, Banksia, and Melaleuca woodland
                                                                                       in sandy coastal areas of south-east Qld and northern
                                                                                       NSW. This species is commonest in/around ephemeral
         Litoria olongburensis           Wallum Sedge Frog          V          V       acid swamps. It may, however, also occur along slow-                      Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                       flowing creeks and acid lakes in wallum. Or at swamp sites,
                                                                                       the Wallum Sedge Frog can be found sheltering amongst
                                                                                       sedges, reeds and ferns all year round.

                                                                                       This frog lives in forests such as Antarctic Beech, wet
         Mixophyes iterates               Giant Barred Frog         E          E       sclerophyll and rainforests. It often hides in leaf litter near           Unlikley            Not Recorded
                                                                                       permanent fast-flowing streams



         Crinia tinnula                     Wallum Froglet          V          -       Acid paperbark swamps in the wallum country.                              Unlikley                5 km



         Birds
                                                                                       The species utilises a wide range of coastal wetlands and
                                                                                       some inland wetlands, with varying levels of salinity, and is
         Actitis hypoleucos              Common Sandpiper           SL      M, MA                                                                                Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                       mostly found around muddy margins or rocky shores and
                                                                                       rarely on mudflats.
         Acrocephalus australis         Australian Reed-warbler     SL        MA       It lives in reed beds across Australia.                                   Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                       During the breeding season, the Common Noddy usually
                                                                                       occurs on or near islands, on rocky islets and stacks with
         Anous stolidus                    Common Noddy             SL      M, MA      precipitous cliffs, or on shoals or cays of coral or sand.                Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                       When not at the nest, individuals will remain close to the
                                                                                       nest, foraging in the surrounding waters.

                                                                                       Within its range population is fragmented, and the only
                                                                                       breeding habitat is in north-eastern Victoria and the central
                                                                                       coast of New South Wales. Regent Honeyeaters feed on
         Anthochaera phrygia              Regent Honeyeater         E        E, M                                                                                Unlikley            Not Recorded
                                                                                       nectar and insects within box-ironbark eucalypt forests.
                                                                                       When they’re not breeding, birds roam widely in search of
                                                                                       these unpredictable food sources.




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