Fauna Management Plan v2 - Essence Peregian Beach

Fauna Management Plan v2                                                                  NCES REF: J000488
215 David Low Way, Peregian Beach



3      FAUNA HABITAT VALUES AND IMPACTS

3.1        Habitat Types
The composition of the fauna habitat types within and immediately bordering the clearing footprint
has the potential to offer fauna species the following general habitat elements:
       •    Open canopy and mid-canopy nesting sites and perches which may be used by birds and
            arboreal mammals;
       •    Flower pollen from the Melaleuca’s may provide a food source for nectivorous species;
       •    Sun exposed grassy areas may be suitable habitat for exothermic reptiles such as snakes,
            skinks, small lizards and possibly larger reptiles such as lace monitors;
       •    Overgrown shaded gardens have the potential to provide shelter for small terrestrial
            mammals (e.g. bush rats, melomys, antechinus, bandicoots) as well as larger macropods
            (i.e. wallabies and kangaroos). It may also provide refuge for reptiles and amphibians. It is
            likely python species are present in these areas;
       •    One arboreal hollow was observed in a large melaleuca. Melaleuca’s do not tend to form
            hollows although hollows may be present in old limbs / stags. The location of the hollow
            bearing tree is identified in the Tree Plan presented as Appendix 2;
       •    Grass areas have the potential to provide foraging habitat for larger macropods (i.e. wallabies
            and kangaroos); and
       •    Grassy / wetland drain has the potential to provide breeding opportunities for amphibians and
            foraging habitat for wetland bird species.

3.2        Previously Recorded Fauna Species
The Queensland Government’s Biomaps (Wildnet) database was queried on 4 November 2019 and
holds records for 124 fauna species within a 1km buffer of the site (refer Appendix 3). In addition to
several ‘special least concern’ migratory species, the following conservation significant species (i.e.
those listed as ‘endangered’, ‘vulnerable’, or ‘near threatened’ under the Nature Conservation Act
1992 (NC Act) or ‘threatened’ under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
1999 (EPBC Act)) were recorded within a 1km buffer of the site:
       •    Nannoperca oxleyana (Oxleyan pygmy perch) – listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act and
            ‘endangered’ under the EPBC Act;
       •    Pseudomugil mellis (honey blue eye) - listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act and the EPBC
            Act;
       •    Litoria olongburensis (wallum sedgefrog) - listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act and the
            EPBC Act;
       •    Crinia tinnula (wallum froglet) - listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act;
       •    Pezoporus wallicus wallicus (ground parrot) - listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act; and
       •    Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) – listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act and the EPBC Act.

3.3        Habitat for Previously Recorded Conservation Significant Fauna
Table 1 identifies the habitat values for the conservation significant fauna species which have been
previously recorded within a 1km radius of the site on Biomaps (Wildnet).




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