Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                      NCES REF: LEA2016-06
Lot 496 on MCH591 - 30 Pottery Street, Pomona



The site does not contain any suitable habitat for the conservation significant frog species presented
in Table 2. No watercourses, ephemeral drainage lines or areas of standing water were observed
within the site.

A small number of Allocasuarina littoralis (black she-oak) individuals were observed within the site
which are one of the main food sources for the glossy black cockatoo. However, it is not considered
that the removal of a small number of glossy black cockatoo food trees from the site is likely to impact
the species at this locality due to the greater number of Allocasuarina species present within the
nearby Tuchekoi National Park. Several large hollow bearing habitat trees are present in the west
of the site which may offer current or future suitable nesting habitat for glossy black cockatoo’s. The
site layout has been designed to avoid clearing impact to these trees with most observed habitat
trees captured in the proposed Lot F covenant area.

One record of the regent honeyeater was identified in the Wildlife online database and relates to a
specimen observed in 1998 from Yurol State Forest to the south-east of the site (Atlas of Living
Australia). In general, regent honeyeater records are more common in south-east Australia, with
very few records within south-east Queensland. The likelihood of the regent honeyeater utilising the
site or the local corridor is therefore expected to be remote. Nonetheless the layout retains a large
expanse of representative vegetation on the site.

The habitat to be cleared constitutes suitable habitat for the Koala and koala scratch marks were
observed on a couple of grey gums in the far west of the site. Approximately 0.8ha of koala habitat
is proposed to be retained in the west of the site and protected under conservation covenant. The
proposed 0.8ha of open forest clearing in the east of the site is not anticipated to significantly impact
food or habitat resources for the species given the extent of suitable available habitat surrounding
the site. Further the clearing is not expected to trigger a referral requirement under the EPBC Act
for impacts to koalas, which are listed as a Matter of National Environmental Significance (MNES).

It must be noted that a targeted fauna survey was not undertaken as part of this EAR and would be
required to gain a more thorough understanding of actual fauna utilisation of the site.

The presence of a spotter catcher on site during clearing would satisfy general duty of care
obligations under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 where ‘Least Concern’ fauna species are
present on the site.




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