Attachment 6b - Ecological Assessment Part 2 · MCU18/0015

                                          Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



      Scientific Name       Common Name                                 Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                  mudbanks, sandbanks and spits, and near mangroves and occasionally in
                                                  samphire (Halosarcia spp.). Birds are seldom near the edge of water,
                                                  however, birds may wade into the water. Occasionally, on sandy beaches, among
                                                  seaweed and other debris and in rocky areas, Terek Sandpipers will use the
                                                  supralittoral or upper littoral zone, where a film of water covers the sand.
                                                  However, on exposed rock platforms, the species forages in the lower littoral
                                                  zone and not the supralittoral or upper littoral zones. Less often seen on sandy
                                                  or shingle beaches, or on rock or coral reefs or platforms, Terek Sandpipers are
                                                  occasionally sighted around drying sewage ponds and saltpans if surrounded by
                                                  mudflats. The species is also found around brackish coastal swamps, lagoons and
                                                  dune-lakes; and also on gravel or rocky edges of estuarine pools and freshwater
                                                  river-pools. Very occasionally, birds use swampy, grassy or cultivated paddocks
                                                  near the coast. Preferring to roost in or among mangroves, birds may perch in
                                                  branches or roots up to 2m from the ground, or beneath them in the shade on
                                                  hot days. Occasionally, they roost in dead trees or among tangled driftwood.
                                                  They may roost with other waders on flat shores, on muddy spits, islets or banks,
                                                  and sometimes on sandy and pebbly beaches (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                  Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species inhabits mangrove
 Xeromys myoides        Water mouse               communities and associated saltmarsh, sedgelands, clay pans, and heathlands as
                                                  well as adjacent freshwater wetlands (NSW OEH 2014).




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