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**

                                                                                      Migratory species common October – April west of the
                                                                                      great dividing range. Nest yearly in steep cliffs The Fork-
                                                                                      tailed Swift is almost exclusively aerial, flying from less
                                                                                      than 1 m to at least 300 m above ground and probably
         Apus pacificus                    Fork Tailed Swift       LC         M                                                                              Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                      much higher. In Australia, they mostly occur over inland
                                                                                      plains but sometimes above foothills or in coastal areas.
                                                                                      They often occur over cliffs and beaches and also over
                                                                                      islands and sometimes well out to sea
                                                                                      The Eastern Great Egret has been reported in a wide
                                                                                      range of wetland habitats (for example inland and coastal,
         Ardea Alba modesta              Eastern Great Egret       LC         M                                                                              Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                      freshwater and saline, permanent and ephemeral, open
                                                                                      and vegetated, large and small, natural and artificial)
                                                                                      Moist pastures with tall grass, floodplains, swamps, fodder
         Ardea ibis                          Cattle Egret          LC         M                                                                              Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                      crops.
                                                                                      In Australasia, the Ruddy Turnstone is mainly found on
         Arenaria interpres               Ruddy Turnstone          SL      M, MA                                                                             Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                      coastal regions with exposed rock coast lines or coral reefs

                                                                                      The Australasian Bittern requires shallow water, less than
                                                                                      30 cm deep with medium to low density reeds, grasses or
                                                                                      shrubs for foraging. It needs deeper water with medium to
         Botaurus poiciloptilus          Australasian Bittern      LC         E                                                                              Unlikley            Not Recorded
                                                                                      high density reeds, rushes or sedges for nesting. It is
                                                                                      largely recorded in freshwater wetlands and, rarely, in
                                                                                      estuaries or tidal wetlands.

                                                                                      In Australasia, the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper prefers muddy
                                                                                      edges of shallow fresh or brackish wetlands, with inundated
                                                                                      or emergent sedges, grass, saltmarsh or other low
                                                                                      vegetation. This includes lagoons, swamps, lakes and
         Calidris acuminata             Sharp-tailed Sandpiper     SL      M, MA      pools near the coast, and dams, waterholes, soaks, bore                Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                      drains and bore swamps, saltpans and hypersaline
                                                                                      saltlakes inland. They also occur in saltworks and sewage
                                                                                      farms. They use flooded paddocks, sedgelands and other
                                                                                      ephemeral wetlands, but leave when they dry


                                                                                      In Australia, the species is almost always found on the
                                                                                      coast, mostly on open sandy beaches exposed to open
         Calidris alba                        Sanderling           SL      M, MA      sea-swell, and also on exposed sandbars and spits, and                 Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                      shingle banks, where they forage in the wave-wash zone
                                                                                      and amongst rotting seaweed.




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