8. Ecological Assessment Report v1- NOOSA NORTHSHORE RETREAT_Optimized · MCU19/0117

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                                     NCES REF: J000436
Lot 500 on SP215779 – 90 Beach Road, Noosa North Shore




Table 1 – Habitat value for conservation significant fauna species

 Previously Recorded               Preferred Habitat                        Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Litoria freycineti (wallum        Occur around swamps, perched             Low value foraging habitat adjacent
 rocketfrog)                       lakes and drainage lines in coastal      to offsite swamps.
                                   and sub-coastal wet heath.




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 Crinia tinnula (wallum            Restricted to freshwater swamps in       Low value foraging habitat adjacent
 froglet)                          lowland coastal areas and is found       to offsite swamps.
                                   in       associated        vegetation
                                   communities such as heath,
                                   sedgeland and woodland on
                                   nutrient-poor sandy soils.

 Hirundapus caudacutus             Almost exclusively aerial however        Potential roosting habitat within
 (white-throated needletail)       species has been recorded roosting       hollow bearing trees.
                                   in trees in forests and woodlands,
                                   both among dense foliage in the
                                   canopy or in hollows.

 Calyptorhynchus lathami           Coastal woodlands and drier forest       Low-moderate density of
 lathami (glossy black-            areas or timbered watercourses           Allocasuarina littoralis within the site.
 cockatoo (eastern))               where casuarina trees are common.

 Numenius                          Intertidal mudflats.                     Nil
 madagascariensis (eastern
 curlew)

 Limosa Lapponica baueri           Coastal habitats such as large           Nil
 (Western Alaskan bar-tailed       intertidal sandflats, banks, mudflats,
 godwit)                           estuaries, inlets, harbours, coastal
                                   lagoons and bays.

 Tenuibranchiurus glypticus        Inhabits coastal wallum swamps           Nil
 (swamp crayfish)                  and is found among sedges rather
                                   than in more open water.

 Phascolarctos cinereus            Forest and woodlands with           a    Habitat present within site although
 (koala)                           dominance of koala food trees.           no evidence of koala habitation
                                                                            observed (e.g. scats/scratches)

 Pteropus poliocephalus            Utilises vegetation communities          Foraging habitat present. No roost
 (grey headed flying-fox)          including rainforests, open forests,     sites (camps) observed within site.
                                   closed and open woodlands,
                                   Melaleuca swamps and Banksia
                                   woodlands.

The field investigations did not incidentally identify the presence of any of the conservation significant
fauna species previously recorded on Wildlife Online and identified in Table 1.




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