Response to Info Request - Attachment 6b - Ecological Assessment Part 2 MCU18-0015 & RAL18-0001 · MCU18/0015

                                                   Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



      Scientific Name              Common Name                             Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                    Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
 Calidris ferruginea     Curlew sandpiper           includes tidal reefs and pools, weed-covered rocks, pebbly, shelly and sandy
                                                    shores with stranded seaweed, and mudflats (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                    Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Small, migratory wader that
                                                    prefers shallow fresh to saline wetlands. This species is found at coastal lagoons,
 Calidris melanotos      Pectoral sandpiper
                                                    estuaries, bays, swamps, lakes, inundated grasslands, saltmarshes, river pools,
                                                    creeks, floodplains and artificial wetlands.
                                                    Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
                                                    includes tidal mudflats, saltmarshes, sandy or shelly beaches, saline and
 Calidris ruficollis     Red-necked stint
                                                    freshwater wetlands, coastal and inland, salt fields, and sewage ponds (Dept.
                                                    Environment 2012).
                                                    Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
 Calidris tenuirostris   Great knot                 includes tidal reefs and pools, weed-covered rocks, pebbly, shelly and sandy
                                                    shores with stranded seaweed, and mudflats (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                    Likely: A relatively small number of these trees were present on the site and the
                                                    species has been recorded in the vicinity of the site. The species is uncommon
                                                    although widespread from the central Queensland coast to East Gippsland in
                                                    Victoria, and inland to the southern tablelands and central western plains of
 Calyptorhynchus lathami Glossy      black-cockatoo NSW, with a small population in the Riverina. An isolated population exists on
 lathami                 (eastern)                  Kangaroo Island, SA. This species inhabits open forest and woodlands of the coast
                                                    and the Great Dividing Range where it feeds almost exclusively on the seeds of
                                                    several species of she-oak. Black sheoak (Allocasuarina littoralis) and forest
                                                    sheoak (A. torulosa) are important foods. This species is dependent on large
                                                    hollow-bearing eucalypts for nest sites (NSW OEH 2014).
                                                    Unlikely. This species requires a combination of sandstone cliff/escarpment to
                                                    provide roosting habitat that is adjacent to higher fertility sites, particularly box
 Chalinolobus dwyeri     Large-eared pied Bat
                                                    gum woodlands or river/rainforest corridors which are used for foraging. Almost
                                                    all records have been found within several kilometres of cliff lines or rocky



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