2022-02-14 - General Committee Agenda - Item 4 -Attachment 1 - ECOLOGICAL VALUES REPORT 30 Toulambi St

Ecological Values Report v1                                                                      NCES REF: J001021
Lot 15 on RP129286 – 30 Toulambi Street, Noosa Heads




                                    Plate 6 – Characteristic vegetation within VC1

4.2 Fauna
The urban position and lack of broadscale connectivity with larger bushland areas beyond Pinnaroo
Park limits the potential fauna use of the site. It is expected that the site’s vegetation is most suited
towards birds, possums, and reptiles.
The following fauna species were incidentally observed, heard, or evidence of their presence (i.e.,
scats and tracks) was recorded within or in close proximity to the site during the brief site inspection;
Alectura lathami (Australian brush-turkey), Trichoglossus moluccanus (rainbow lorikeet), Manorina
melanocephala (noisy minor), Pteropus poliocephalus (grey-headed flying fox (species ID assumed
from known records), Psophodes olivaceus (eastern whipbird), Dacelo novaeguineae (Kookaburra)
and Phascolarctos cinereus (koala).
No hollows were observed within the canopy trees onsite during the site inspection and aren’t
expected to occur given the age of the canopy trees onsite.
No flying foxes were observed within the site however the southern limit of the local colony was
roosting within 20-40m of the northern site boundary at the time of inspection. The vegetation within
the site offers potential foraging habitat for the colony however their roosting habitat is typically
preferenced to riparian corridors such as that to the north of the site.
Evidence of fauna utilising the site was observed through scratches and scat about the Eucalyptus
propinqua individuals. Fauna scratches from Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) and possum species
(most likely ring tail) were observed, however, only possum scat was observed which is typically
smaller in size compared to koala scat. It is noted that a comprehensive fauna survey was not
undertaken.
A small population of Koalas are known to utilise the Noosa Heads area with the closest koala
observation by the author being in Banksia Avenue in 2020 approximately ½ kilometre to the north-
west of the site. The site represents the end point of the Pinnaroo Park vegetation corridor and whilst
it is not expected that Koalas would travel through the site heading southward, due to lack of suitable
habitat beyond the southern boundary, it is plausible that may access the site as part of their southern
range within the Pinnaroo Park habitat.
4.2.1 Habitat for Previously Recorded Conversation Significant Fauna
Table 1 identifies the conservation significant fauna species which have been previously recorded
within a 1km radius of the site on Wildlife Online for which the site offers suitable habitat.
Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species

 Previously Recorded                Preferred Habitat                      Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Calyptorhynchus lathami            This species prefers woodland          Potential foraging within the limited
 lathami (glossy black-             areas dominated by Allocasuarina,      number of Allocasuarina trees
 cockatoo (eastern)) – listed       or open sclerophyll forests and        observed within the site.


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