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Annexure “D” Flora and Fauna Assessment

Rezoning Report 185, 195 & 203 Turner Road, Currans Hill Flora, fauna and riparian assessment Prepared for Turner Road Developments and Ken Broome

18th August 2017

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Project Name Currans Hill, Turner Road – Consultancy Services

Project Number 1879

File location N: 15COR-1879

Project Manager Steven House Phone: 02 4201 2201 Office address: Suite 204, Level 2, 62 Moore Street, Austinmer NSW 2515

Prepared by Catherine Wade, Robyn Johnson

Approved by Steven House

Status FINAL

Version Number 1

Last saved on 18th August, 2017

Cover photo Turner Rd, Currans Hill (taken by Steven House)

This report should be cited as ‘Eco Logical Australia August 2017. ‘Currans Hill, Turner Road, Flora and Fauna Assessment’. Prepared for Turner Road Developments and Ken Broome.

Disclaimer This document may only be used for the purpose for which it was commissioned and in accordance with the contract between Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd and Turner Road Developments Pty Ltd and Ken Broome. The scope of services was defined in consultation with Turner Road Developments Pty Ltd and Ken Broome, by time and budgetary constraints imposed by the client, and the availability of reports and other data on the subject area. Changes to available information, legislation and schedules are made on an ongoing basis and readers should obtain up to date information. Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for or in respect of any use of or reliance upon this report and its supporting material by any third party. Information provided is not intended to be a substitute for site specific assessment or legal advice in relation to any matter. Unauthorised use of this report in any form is prohibited.


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Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................. 6

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Background................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Description of project .................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Site description ............................................................................................................................. 7 1.4 Report objectives .......................................................................................................................... 9

2 Legislative requirements ......................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Commonwealth legislation .......................................................................................................... 10 2.1.1 Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 .................................................. 10 2.2 State legislation and policies ...................................................................................................... 10 2.2.1 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 .................................................................. 10 2.2.2 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 .............................................................................. 10 2.2.3 Water Management Act 2000 ..................................................................................................... 11 2.2.4 Noxious Weeds Act 1993 ........................................................................................................... 11

3 Methods ..................................................................................................................................... 12 3.1 Literature review and data audit ................................................................................................. 12 3.2 Mapping ...................................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Field survey ................................................................................................................................ 13

4 Results ....................................................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Literature review and data audit ................................................................................................. 14 4.2 Vegetation and fauna habitat...................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Threatened ecological communities ........................................................................................... 14 4.4 Threatened flora ......................................................................................................................... 14 4.5 Threatened fauna ....................................................................................................................... 14

5 Impact Assessment .................................................................................................................. 17 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 17 5.2 Vegetation and fauna habitat...................................................................................................... 17 5.3 Threatened ecological communities ........................................................................................... 17 5.4 Threatened flora ......................................................................................................................... 17 5.5 Threatened fauna ....................................................................................................................... 17

6 Riparian Assessment ............................................................................................................... 18


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7 Conclusions and recommendations ...................................................................................... 20 7.1 Assessments of significance ...................................................................................................... 20 7.2 Mitigation measures ................................................................................................................... 20 7.2.1 Dam dewatering plan .................................................................................................................. 21

References ............................................................................................................................................. 22

Appendix A: NOW Correspondence .................................................................................................... 23

Appendix B: Threatened species & communities likelihood of occurrence ................................... 24

Appendix C: Seven part tests (EP&A Act) .......................................................................................... 40

Appendix D: Significant impact criteria (EPBC Act) .......................................................................... 55


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List of Figures Figure 1: Subject site location .................................................................................................................... 8

Figure 2: Threatened species records ..................................................................................................... 15

Figure 3: Validated vegetation communities ............................................................................................ 16

Figure 4. Riparian zones and revegetation .............................................................................................. 19

List of Tables Table 1: Field survey species list ............................................................................................................. 38

Abbreviations ABBREVIATION DESCRIPTION

CA Controlled Action

CEEC Critically Endangered Ecological Community

CLS Cumberland Land Snail

CPW Cumberland Plain Woodland

DA Development Application

DCP Development Control Plan

ELA Eco Logical Australia

EPBC Act Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

EP&A Act Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

FM Fisheries Management

GIS Geographic Information System

LEP Local Environment Plan

LGA Local Government Area

NCA Non-controlled action

NCA-SM Non-controlled action – specified manner


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ABBREVIATION DESCRIPTION

NES National environmental significance

NPWS National Parks & Wildlife Service

NSW New South Wales

OEH Office of Environment and Heritage

SEWPAC Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

SIS Species Impact Statement

TEC Threatened Ecological Community

TSC Act Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995

VMP Vegetation Management Plan

WM Act Water Management Act 2000


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Executive summary This report is a flora, fauna and riparian assessment of the proposed rezoning of 187, 195 and 203 Turner Road, Currans Hill, New South Wales (NSW). This assessment has been undertaken in a manner that assesses that statutory requirements in relation to approval to clear the site and the requirements of the Water Management Act, 2000. This is to demonstrate that the rezoning will facilitate development that is permissible under state and commonwealth legislation.

This assessment addresses the requirements of the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act), Water Management Act, 2000 (WM Act) and the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). It combines information from database searches with a field survey to identify species, populations and communities known or likely to occur on the subject site, and assesses the significance of the proposed impacts.

The threatened community Cumberland Plain Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (CPW) occurs within the subject site, in the form of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees surrounded by approximately 10.5 hectares (ha) of exotic pasture. This community is a critically endangered ecological community (CEEC) under the TSC Act. Although CPW is also listed as critically endangered under the EPBC Act, the scattered trees present on the subject site do not meet the criteria to be considered part of the community under this Act. A small remnant (0.2 ha) of River-Flat Eucalypt Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions (RFEF) occurs along the main drainage line on the subject site. This community is an endangered ecological community (EEC) under the TSC Act.

No threatened flora or fauna was observed during the field survey. However, the following species have the potential or are known to occur within the subject site:

Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Eastern False Pipistrelle) (TSC Act) Mormopterus norfolkensis (East Coast Freetail Bat) (TSC Act) Myotis macropus (Southern Myotis) (TSC Act) Scoteanax rueppellii (Greater Broad-nosed Bat) (TSC Act) Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-Fox) (TSC Act and EPBC Act).

The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of the CPW community and approximately 0.2 ha of the RFEF community. The proposal would also remove one hollow bearing tree and dewater three existing dams.

The impacts of the proposal of the above listed two ecological communities and five bat species were assessed using the ‘Assessment of Significance’ (7-part test) under Section 5A of the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) and using ‘Significant Impact Criteria’ under the EPBC Act. The impacts of the proposal of the threatened communities and species are not considered significant and therefore a Species Impact Statement is not required under the TSC Act and referral to Commonwealth Department of Environment (DotE) is not required under the EPBC Act.



1 Introduction 1.1 Background

This report is a flora and fauna assessment of the proposed rezoning of 187, 195 and 203 Turner Road, Currans Hill, New South Wales (NSW). Eco Logical Australia (ELA) was commissioned by Turner Road Developments Pty Ltd and Ken Broome to prepare this assessment to assist with obtaining development consent for subdividing the land.

This assessment addresses the requirements of the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995 and the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999. It combines information from database searches with field investigations to identify species and ecosystems known or likely to occur on the subject site.

1.2 Descript ion of project

This report assesses the ecological impact of the proposed rezoning for 187, 195 and 203 Turner Road, Currans Hill, as shown in Figure 1.

1.3 Site description

Turner Road, Currans Hill is located within the Western Sydney region of NSW. It lies within the Cumberland Plain and comprises exotic pasture across undulating hills, with some small pockets of remnant native vegetation. The dominant soil type is clay based, originating from Wianamatta Shale and Cumberland Plain Woodland (CPW) is the associated vegetation type. Small pockets of alluvial soil in drainage areas support River-Flat Eucalypt Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions (RFEF). The subject site consists mostly of cleared grassland and weeds with areas of native vegetation along the creek (Figure 1). The subject site is composed of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees belonging to the CPW community, 0.2 hectares (ha) of RFEF and approximately 10.5 ha of pasture grasses.



Figure 1: Subject site location



1.4 Report object ives

The aim of this report is to:

Identify native vegetation communities, flora, fauna and ecological values at the subject site Assess the impact of the proposed development on the vegetation communities, flora, fauna

and ecological values recorded at the subject site using the 7 part tests in accordance with Section 5A of the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act).

Provide recommendations to alleviate the impact of the proposal on threatened vegetation communities, flora and fauna.



2 Legislative requirements 2.1 Commonwealth legislation

2.1.1 Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) establishes a process for assessing the environmental impact of activities and developments where matters of ‘national environmental significance’ (NES) may be affected, such as threatened species, ecological communities and migratory species.

The CPW vegetation on the subject site does not meet the criteria for listing under this act. Impacts of the proposal on Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-Fox) have been assessed using ‘Significant Impact Criteria’ under the EPBC Act.

2.2 State legislation and policies

2.2.1 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) is the principal planning legislation for the state of NSW, providing a framework for environmental planning instruments and development and activity assessment of proposals. Various additional legislative instruments, such as the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act), are also integrated with EP&A Act.

Section 5A of the EP&A Act specifically requires consideration of whether there is likely to be a significant effect on threatened species, populations or ecological communities or their habitats. This assessment of significance is known as the ‘7-part test’ and is undertaken in relation to species, communities, habitat and threatening processes listed under either the TSC Act or the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (FM Act).

Assessments of significance (7-part tests) have been undertaken for this proposal in relation to two ecological communities and five bat species.

2.2.2 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 The TSC Act aims to protect and encourage the recovery of threatened species, populations and communities listed under the TSC Act. The TSC Act is integrated with the EP&A Act and requires consideration of whether a development or an activity is likely to significantly affect threatened species, populations and ecological communities or their habitat.

An assessment of significance or 7-part test is required for any species, population or community that has been recorded on the subject site or could potentially occur on the subject site due to the presence of specific habitat requirements. If the assessment determines that a significant impact to a particular species, population or community is likely to result, a Species Impact Statement (SIS) may be required.

Seven part-tests were prepared for a number of threatened communities and species known or likely to occur on the subject site.



2.2.3 Water Management Act 2000

A controlled activity approval under the Water Management Act 2000 (WM Act) is required for certain types of developments and activities that are carried out in or within 40 m of a river, lake or estuary. The WM Act provides a number of mechanisms for protection of water sources via the water management planning process. If a ‘controlled activity' is proposed on ‘waterfront land', an approval is required under Section 91 (2) of the WM Act. ‘Controlled activities' include; the construction of buildings or carrying out of works; the removal of material or vegetation from land by excavation or any other means; the deposition of material on land by landfill or otherwise. ‘Waterfront land' is defined as ‘the bed of any river or lake, and any land lying between the river or lake and a line drawn parallel to and 40 metres inland from either the highest bank or shore’.

Approvals for controlled activities are administered by the NSW Office of Water (NOW) (a part of the NSW Department of Primary Industries) and a set of guidelines have been developed to assist applicants who are considering carrying out a controlled activity on waterfront land. The guidelines provide information on the design and construction of a controlled activity, and other mechanisms for the protection of waterfront land and include:

In-stream works Laying pipes and cables in watercourses Outlet structures Riparian corridors Vegetation management plans Watercourse crossings.

This proposal has been prepared in consultation with NOW (see Appendix A) and a Controlled Activity Approval will be required.

2.2.4 Noxious Weeds Act 1993 The Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (NW Act) defines the roles of government, councils, private landholders and public authorities in the management of noxious weeds. The NW Act sets up categorisation and control actions for the various noxious weeds, according to their potential to cause harm to our local environment.

Under this Act, noxious weeds have been identified for Local Government Areas (LGAs) and assigned Control Categories (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Part 3 of the NW Act stipulates that occupiers of land (this includes owners of land) have an enforceable responsibility for controlling noxious weeds on the land they occupy.

African Boxthorn and African Olive were present on subject site and will be removed as part of this development.



3 Methods 3.1 Literature review and data audit

The following information and databases were reviewed prior to field survey:

Existing vegetation, soil and landscape mapping, as well as other available GIS data Atlas of NSW Wildlife EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Tool OEH Online Threatened Species Profiles.

Descriptions of vegetation communities present within the subject site were also reviewed along with aerial photography of the subject site prior to field survey. A search of the online EPBC Protected Matters Search Tool and Atlas of NSW Wildlife was performed for a radius of 5 km centred on the subject site on 2 June 2015.

Results from both searches were combined to produce a list of threatened species, populations and communities that may possibly occur within the subject site. Likelihood of occurrences for threatened species, populations and communities on the subject site were then made based on the habitat characteristics of the subject site, determined from knowledge of the species’ ecology and is shown in Appendix B. Five terms for the likelihood of occurrence of species are used in this report, as defined below:

“known” = the species was or has been observed on the subject site “likely” = a medium to high probability that a species uses the subject site “potential” = suitable habitat for a species occurs on the subject site, but there is insufficient

information to categorise the species as likely, or unlikely to occur “unlikely” = a very low to low probability that a species uses the subject site “no” = habitat on the subject site and in the vicinity is unsuitable for the species.

All species that were assessed as having the potential to occur in the subject site prior to field survey were considered during field survey. Where these targeted species were not found, and where habitat on the subject site was not considered to be suitable for supporting a species, or was extremely small relative to the habitat available elsewhere in the locality and within the species’ known range, their likelihood of occurrence was considered to be “unlikely to occur” and thus an Assessment of Significance for the species was not conducted.

3.2 Mapping

ELA mapped extant native vegetation, at a scale of 1:4,000 from high resolution digital aerial photographs with ArcGIS.

Vegetation community information, canopy density and understorey condition categories were assigned using a combination of existing mapping from the Natural Assets Policy (Camden Council, 2003) and aerial photograph interpretation.



3.3 Field survey

Field survey was carried out on 28 May 2015 by Steven House of ELA to assess and refine the accuracy of the aerial photo interpretation. Approximately two hours were spent walking over the study area to validate the mapped vegetation communities, assess vegetation condition, to identify species, to opportunistically record fauna species and record habitats. A list of native and exotic flora is included in Appendix B.

During the field survey, fauna habitat such as waterways (e.g. drainage and creek lines), hollow-bearing trees, logs, rocks, and condition of vegetation were noted.

Incidental sightings of fauna have been included in Appendix B.



4 Results 4.1 Literature review and data audit

The search for threatened species using the Protected Matters Search Tool and Atlas of NSW Wildlife (within a 5 km buffer around the subject site) and the review of literature resulted in a list of two endangered ecological communities, 41 threatened and migratory fauna species and 11 threatened flora species, which are shown in Appendix B. It should be noted that the result of the Protected Matters Search Tool, which has been included in Appendix B, is only a list of species based on habitat modelling, therefore, not all species listed in Appendix B are shown in Figure 2.

4.2 Vegetat ion and fauna habitat

Fauna is supported on the subject site by vegetation communities, including exotic pasture and remnant paddock trees. Habitat features are very limited, and include riparian areas and one hollow bearing tree. The bird species observed were common species found in urbanised environments in particular Noisy Minor (Manorina melanocephala), Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), and Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides).

Woodlands on the subject site are not of sufficient size and complexity to support resident populations of sedentary bird species, whilst they do provide other resources to transient or wide ranging threatened species. The vegetation on the subject site provides no linkages to other areas of habitat. Along the eastern boundary of the subject site the adjacent development has established a riparian corridor which provides a linkage between Narellan Creek and the Scenic Hills area.

4.3 Threatened ecological communities

The threatened community Cumberland Plain Woodland (CPW) occurs within the subject site. This community was in the form of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees within predominantly exotic pasture. This community is a critically endangered ecological community (CEEC) under the TSC Act and is also listed as critically endangered under the EPBC Act.

A small remnant of River-Flat Eucalypt Forest (RFEF) on Coastal Floodplains of the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions occurs along the main drainage line on the site.

Vegetation communities are mapped in Figure 2. Due to the small size and poor quality of the vegetation, the vegetation does not meet the definition of CPW under the EPBC Act.

4.4 Threatened f lora

No threatened flora species were recorded in the subject site during the field survey.

4.5 Threatened fauna

No threatened fauna species were recorded in the subject site during the field survey.



Figure 2: Threatened species records



Figure 3: Validated vegetation communities



5 Impact Assessment 5.1 Introduct ion

The proposed residential development would occur inside the subject site boundary shown in Figure 1. The potential impact of the proposed development on threatened species and communities was assessed by undertaking assessments of significance for selected species and communities listed under the TSC Act and these are shown in Appendix C.

5.2 Vegetat ion and fauna habitat

Potential impacts resulting from the proposal include:

Removal / modification of existing vegetation Loss / modification of fauna habitat Soil erosion.

The vegetation communities are CPW and RFEF, these communities occur as paddock trees and small riparian remnant respectively.

5.3 Threatened ecological communities

CPW and RFEF would be affected by the proposal and the areas that would be cleared are shown in Figure 3. Assessments of Significance were undertaken for these two communities and are provided in Appendix C. The results of these assessments indicated that it is unlikely that these endangered ecological communities would be significantly impacted by the proposal.

5.4 Threatened f lora

No threatened flora species were recorded during the field survey or are considered to have the potential to occur on the subject site. Therefore, no Assessments of Significance were undertaken.

5.5 Threatened fauna

Five threatened fauna species have the potential to occur on the subject site, even though they were not recorded during the field survey. These species included:

Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Eastern False Pipistrelle) Mormopterus norfolkensis (East Coast Freetail Bat) Myotis macropus (Southern Myotis) Scoteanax rueppellii (Greater Broad-nosed Bat) Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-Fox).

Based on the habitat requirements of the above species it is possible that they may occur on the subject site and have the potential to be affected by the proposal. Assessments of Significance under the TSC Act and consideration of the Significant Impact Criteria under the EPBC Act for the Grey-headed Flying Fox was undertaken and these assessments are provided in Appendix C and



Appendix D. The conclusions of these tests were that no significant impact from the proposal is likely, as long as the mitigation measures outlined in the following section are implemented.

6 Riparian Assessment An assessment of the riparian zones on the site identified three drainage lines that were highly disturbed and were considered to be of relatively low value. The main drainage line running through the centre of the site to the Gregory Hills development to the north includes a series of farm dams, is highly modified downstream of the site and has been approved for compete removal upstream of the site, within the Gregory Hills development.

This stream will be realigned and treated as a first order stream, with a buffer 10m either side of a reconstructed channel (See figure 4). An online basin will be constructed at the southern boundary of the site. The stream on the southeastern corner of the site will be treated in a manner consistent with the adjacent Manuka Valley development.

The above approach has been developed in consultation with the NSW Office of Water (see Appendix A) and a detailed vegetation management plan has been prepared to guide the restoration of the riparian areas.



Figure 4. Riparian zones and revegetation



7 Conclusions and recommendations 7.1 Assessments of signif icance

The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of the CPW community and approximately 0.2 ha of the RFEF community. The proposal would also remove one hollow bearing tree and dewater three existing dams. Reconstruction of the creek is proposed to improve water quality and revegetation of the riparian corridor is proposed under a Vegetation Management Plan for the subject site.

The results of the assessments of significance indicate that the proposal is not likely to have a significant impact on the following communities and species:

Cumberland Plain Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (CPW) (TSC Act) River-Flat Eucalypt Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and

South East Corner bioregions (RFEF) (TSC Act) Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Eastern False Pipistrelle) (TSC Act) Mormopterus norfolkensis (East Coast Freetail Bat) (TSC Act) Myotis macropus (Southern Myotis) (TSC Act) Scoteanax rueppellii (Greater Broad-nosed Bat) (TSC Act) Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-Fox) (TSC Act and EPBC Act).

Mitigation measures and offsets are discussed in Section 7.2 below.

7.2 Mitigation measures

A number of mitigation measures will be implemented which will minimise the potential impact on threatened species and communities listed under the TSC Act. General mitigation measures that should be implemented include:

A qualified ecologist must be present throughout vegetation clearing activities to relocate fauna, or take fauna into care where appropriate (i.e. juvenile or nocturnal fauna). Tree hollows shall be inspected to identify presence or potential presence of fauna inhabitants. Measures must be taken to ensure that fauna inhabiting tree hollows, active nests or other habitat (i.e. logs, leaf litter) are treated humanely and relocated before development activities commence, in line with the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

One hollow bearing tree is present on the subject site. Short-term habitat shall be provided in the form of nest box installation during vegetation clearance and bushland restoration works. Each individual tree hollow must be replaced at a minimum 1:1 ratio with nest boxes that will provide suitable short-term habitat requirements for displaced fauna.

Control weeds to ensure the enhancement and protection for remaining CPW and RFEF throughout the subject site, including control of any noxious or environmental weeds, the management of the introduction of weed propagules to the subject site through washing down of construction and vegetation clearing equipment prior to their use.

Follow the hygiene protocol for the control of disease in frogs (DECC, 2008).



Install specific erosion and sediment controls to avoid sediment and other pollution entering waterways.

Regularly monitor the subject site before and after heavy rainfall and follow-up work to repair / install erosion and sedimentation controls.

Use herbicides in accordance with appropriate guidelines with regard to environmental and personal safety.

Include native winter-flowering trees within the rehabilitated riparian zone. Dewater dams in accordance with the method proposed below.

7.2.1 Dam dewatering plan Three man-made dams lie within the subject site. It is recommended that a ‘Dam Dewatering Plan’ be established prior to construction to ensure mitigation measures are in place to reduce or avoid any adverse environmental impacts as a consequence of the development.

While the final outline of the Dam Dewatering Plan will be dependent on further field work results, it is likely it would cover aspects such as:

Assessment of water quality and discharge options Management of aquatic pests and weeds (e.g. Gambusia, Carp, Salvinia, Alligator Weed) Relocation of native aquatic species (e.g. Eastern Long-necked Turtles, Gudgeons) Relocation or protection of key habitat elements (such as waterbird nests or unique flora) Options for enhancing or protecting any remaining habitat during works.



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Appendix A: NOW Correspondence From: Jeremy Morice <[email protected]> Date: 7 August 2014 2:00:26 PM AEST To: Ian Dixon <[email protected]> Subject: Re: FW: Merit based assessment - 195-203 Turner Road, Currans Hill (Manooka Valley West)

Hi Ian,

I have reviewed your riparian report prepared for the subject site. Based on the information provided the following NSW Office of Water comments apply to any future development of the site:

The eastern mapped watercourse as referred to in your riparian report below can be removed.

"To the east of the Driver Property, a residential development has removed a 1st order creek that once flowed into the Driver Property (water in that catchment will flow through road drainage to the larger creek further south). I am advised that this creek has been approved for removal within the Driver Property."

The second order mapped watercourse from reaches A-I as specified in the report provided is considered to be waterfront land as defined by the Water Management Act 2000. It is acknowledged that this watercourse is highly degraded with some reaches of disconnected channel within the site. It is also modified or removed within adjacent properties.

The following requirements for this watercourse apply:

o Given the condition of this watercourse it is considered suitable for treatment as a 1st order stream as specified by the Guidelines for riparian corridors on waterfront land

o The online wet detention basins as proposed in the concept plan are allowable subject to the assessment of detailed design by the NSW Office of Water. Basins require riparian planting including some trees and shrubs along the fringes of the basins. Designs will also require Council approval in regard to water quality and drainage requirements.

The second order stream located in the south eastern corner of the site requires the establishment of a riparian corridor consistent with its treatment within the adjoining Manooka Valley development to the east of the site.

Any revisions to the current concept subdivision plan for the site should be provided to the NSW Office of Water for further comment prior to submission of a Development Application for the site.

Please give me a call if you wish to discuss any of the above.

Regards,

Jeremy Morice | Water Regulation Officer NSW Department of Primary Industries | NSW Office of Water Level 0 | 84 Crown Street | Wollongong NSW 2500 PO Box 53 | Wollongong NSW 2520

T: 02 4224 9736 | F: 02 4224 9740 | E: [email protected] W: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au | www.water.nsw.gov.au

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W

oodl

and

com

mun

ity o

ccur

ring

on s

hale

der

ived

soi

ls th

roug

hout

low

rai

nfal

l ar

eas

of w

este

rn S

ydne

y.

Kno

wn

Riv

er-F

lat

Euc

alyp

t Fo

rest

(R

FEF)

on

Coa

stal

Fl

oodp

lain

s of

th

e N

ew

Sou

th

Wal

es

Nor

th

Coa

st,

Syd

ney

Bas

in a

nd S

outh

Eas

t C

orne

r B

iore

gion

s

EE

C

- O

ccur

s ex

clus

ivel

y al

ong

or

clos

e to

m

inor

w

ater

cour

ses

drai

ning

so

ils

deriv

ed fr

om W

iana

mat

ta S

hale

. C

omm

on o

n so

ils o

f rec

ent a

lluvi

al d

epos

its

and

is fo

und

on th

e flo

odpl

ains

of t

he H

awke

sbur

y-N

epea

n R

iver

.

Kno

wn

Faun

a

Mac

quar

ie a

ustra

lasi

ca

Mac

quar

ie P

erch

E

E

H

abita

t for

the

Mac

quar

ie P

erch

is b

otto

m o

r m

id-w

ater

in s

low

-flow

ing

river

s w

ith d

eep

hole

s, t

ypic

ally

in t

he u

pper

rea

ches

of

fore

sted

cat

chm

ents

with

in

tact

rip

aria

n ve

geta

tion.

Mac

quar

ie P

erch

als

o do

wel

l in

som

e up

per

catc

hmen

t lak

es. I

n so

me

parts

of i

ts r

ange

, the

spe

cies

is r

educ

ed to

taki

ng

refu

ge in

sm

all p

ools

whi

ch p

ersi

st in

mid

land

–upl

and

area

s th

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h th

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ier

sum

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per

iods

.

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Gra

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es o

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in c

oast

al s

tream

s fro

m t

he G

rose

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er

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roug

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SW, V

IC a

nd T

AS

. On

mai

nlan

d A

ustra

lia, t

his

spec

ies

has

been

rec

orde

d fro

m r

iver

s flo

win

g ea

st a

nd s

outh

of

the

mai

n di

vidi

ng

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

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This

spe

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spe

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only

par

t of

its

life

cycl

e in

fre

shw

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, m

ainl

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habi

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clea

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avel

-bot

tom

ed s

tream

s w

ith a

ltern

atin

g po

ols

and

riffle

s,

and

gran

ite o

utcr

ops

but

has

also

bee

n fo

und

in m

uddy

-bot

tom

ed,

heav

ily

silte

d ha

bita

t. G

rayl

ing

mig

rate

bet

wee

n fre

shw

ater

stre

ams

and

the

ocea

n an

d as

suc

h it

is g

ener

ally

acc

epte

d to

be

a di

adro

mou

s (m

igra

tory

bet

wee

n fre

sh a

nd s

alt w

ater

s) s

peci

es.

Hel

eiop

orus

au

stra

liacu

s G

iant

Bur

row

ing

Frog

V

V

Fo

rage

s in

woo

dlan

ds,

wet

hea

th,

dry

and

wet

scl

erop

hyll

fore

st (

Ehm

ann

1997

). As

soci

ated

with

sem

i -per

man

ent

to e

phem

eral

san

d or

roc

k ba

sed

stre

ams

(Ehm

ann

1997

), w

here

the

soil

is s

oft a

nd s

andy

so

that

bur

row

s ca

n be

con

stru

cted

(Env

ironm

ent A

ustra

lia 2

000)

.

No

Lito

ria a

urea

G

reen

and

Gol

den

Bel

l Fro

g E

V

Th

is s

peci

es h

as b

een

obse

rved

util

isin

g a

varie

ty o

f nat

ural

and

man

-mad

e w

ater

bodi

es (

Pyk

e &

Whi

te 1

996)

suc

h as

coa

stal

sw

amps

, m

arsh

es,

dune

sw

ales

, la

goon

s, la

kes,

oth

er e

stua

ry w

etla

nds,

riv

erin

e flo

odpl

ain

wet

land

s an

d bi

llabo

ngs,

sto

rmw

ater

det

entio

n ba

sins

, fa

rm d

ams,

bun

ded

area

s,

drai

ns, d

itche

s an

d an

y ot

her s

truct

ure

capa

ble

of s

torin

g w

ater

(DE

CC

200

7).

Fast

flo

win

g st

ream

s ar

e no

t ut

ilised

for

bre

edin

g pu

rpos

es b

y th

is s

peci

es

(Mah

ony

1999

). P

refe

rabl

e ha

bita

t for

this

spe

cies

incl

udes

attr

ibut

es s

uch

as

shal

low

, stil

l or s

low

flow

ing,

per

man

ent a

nd/o

r wid

ely

fluct

uatin

g w

ater

bod

ies

that

ar

e un

pollu

ted

and

with

out

heav

y sh

adin

g (D

EC

C

2007

). La

rge

perm

anen

t sw

amps

and

pon

ds e

xhib

iting

wel

l-est

ablis

hed

fring

ing

vege

tatio

n (e

spec

ially

bul

rush

es–T

ypha

sp.

and

spi

keru

shes

–Ele

ocha

ris s

p.) a

djac

ent t

o op

en g

rass

land

are

as f

or f

orag

ing

are

pref

erab

le (

Ehm

ann

1997

; R

obin

son

1993

). P

onds

tha

t ar

e ty

pica

lly in

habi

ted

tend

to

be f

ree

from

pre

dato

ry f

ish

such

as

Mos

quito

Fis

h ( G

ambu

sia

holb

rook

i) (D

EC

C 2

007)

.

Unl

ikel

y

Lito

ria ra

nifo

rmis

S

outh

ern

Bel

l Fro

g E

V

R

elat

ivel

y st

ill or

slo

w-fl

owin

g si

tes

such

as

billa

bong

s, p

onds

, lak

es o

r fa

rm

dam

s, e

spec

ially

whe

re b

ulru

shes

(Typ

ha s

p., E

leoc

haris

sp.

and

Phr

agm

ites

sp.)

are

pres

ent

(DE

CC

200

7; E

hman

n 19

97).

This

spe

cies

is

com

mon

in

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

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rra

ns

Hil

l, F

lora

, fa

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lignu

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hrub

land

s, b

lack

box

and

Riv

er R

ed G

um w

oodl

ands

, irr

igat

ion

chan

nels

and

at t

he p

erip

hery

of r

iver

s in

the

sout

hern

par

ts o

f NSW

(D

EC

C

2007

). Th

is s

peci

es o

ccur

s in

veg

etat

ion

type

s su

ch a

s op

en g

rass

land

, ope

n fo

rest

an

d ep

hem

eral

an

d pe

rman

ent

non-

salin

e m

arsh

es

and

swam

ps

(DE

CC

20

07).

Ope

n gr

assl

and

and

ephe

mer

al

perm

anen

t no

n -sa

line

mar

shes

and

sw

amps

hav

e al

so b

een

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

is s

peci

es (

Ehm

ann

1997

).

Hop

loce

phal

us

bung

aroi

des

Bro

ad-h

eade

d S

nake

E

V

Ty

pica

l site

s co

nsis

t of e

xpos

ed s

ands

tone

out

crop

s an

d be

nchi

ng w

here

the

vege

tatio

n is

pre

dom

inan

tly w

oodl

and,

ope

n w

oodl

and

and

/ or

hea

th o

n Tr

iass

ic s

ands

tone

of

the

Sydn

ey B

asin

(D

EC

C 2

007)

. Th

ey u

tilis

e ro

ck

crev

ices

and

exf

olia

ting

shee

ts o

f w

eath

ered

san

dsto

ne d

urin

g th

e co

oler

m

onth

s an

d tre

e ho

llow

s du

ring

sum

mer

(Web

b &

Shi

ne 1

998b

). S

ome

of th

e ca

nopy

tre

e sp

ecie

s fo

und

to r

egul

arly

co-

occu

r at

kno

wn

site

s in

clud

e C

orym

bia

exim

ia,

C.

gum

mife

ra,

Euc

alyp

tus

sieb

eri,

E.

punc

tata

an

d E

. pip

erita

(DE

CC

200

7).

No

Ard

ea ib

is

Cat

tle E

gret

-

M

Cat

tle E

gret

s fo

rage

on

past

ure,

mar

sh, g

rass

y ro

ad v

erge

s, ra

in p

uddl

es a

nd

crop

land

s, b

ut n

ot u

sual

ly i

n th

e op

en w

ater

of

stre

ams

or l

akes

and

the

y av

oid

mar

ine

envi

ronm

ents

(McK

illiga

n, 2

005)

. Som

e in

divi

dual

s st

ay c

lose

to

the

nata

l her

onry

from

one

nes

ting

seas

on to

the

next

, but

the

maj

ority

leav

e th

e di

stric

t in

aut

umn

and

retu

rn t

he n

ext

sprin

g. C

attle

Egr

ets

are

likel

y to

sp

end

the

win

ter

disp

erse

d al

ong

the

coas

tal p

lain

and

onl

y a

smal

l num

ber

have

bee

n re

cove

red

wes

t of t

he G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange

(McK

illig

an, 2

005)

.

Unl

ikel

y

Ant

hoch

aera

Phr

ygia

(aka

Xan

thom

yza

phry

gia)

Reg

ent H

oney

eate

r E

E

& M

A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith te

mpe

rate

euc

alyp

t woo

dlan

d an

d op

en fo

rest

incl

udin

g fo

rest

ed

ges,

woo

ded

farm

land

and

urb

an a

reas

with

mat

ure

euca

lypt

s, a

nd ri

paria

n fo

rest

s of

Riv

er O

ak (

Cas

uarin

a cu

nnin

gham

iana

) (G

arne

tt 19

93).

Are

as

cont

aini

ng S

wam

p M

ahog

any

( Euc

alyp

tus

robu

sta)

in

coas

tal

area

s ha

ve

been

obs

erve

d to

be

utilis

ed (N

PWS

199

7). T

he R

egen

t Hon

eyea

ter p

rimar

ily

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

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ns

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lora

, fa

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a a

nd

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US

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ST

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CU

RR

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feed

s on

nec

tar

from

box

and

iro

nbar

k eu

caly

pts

and

occa

sion

ally

fro

m

bank

sias

and

mis

tleto

es (

NP

WS

1995

). A

s su

ch i

t is

rel

iant

on

loca

lly

abun

dant

nec

tar

sour

ces

with

diff

eren

t flo

wer

ing

times

to

prov

ide

relia

ble

supp

ly o

f nec

tar (

Env

ironm

ent A

ustra

lia 2

000)

.

Bot

auru

s po

icilo

ptilu

s A

ustra

lasi

an B

itter

n E

E

Te

rres

trial

wet

land

s w

ith ta

ll de

nse

vege

tatio

n, o

ccas

iona

lly e

stua

rine

habi

tats

(M

arch

ant &

Hig

gins

199

3). R

eedb

eds,

sw

amps

, stre

ams,

est

uarie

s (S

imps

on

& D

ay 1

999)

.

Unl

ikel

y

Cal

idris

can

utus

R

ed K

not

- M

R

ed K

nots

are

wid

espr

ead

arou

nd th

e A

ustra

lian

coas

t, le

ss in

the

sout

h an

d w

ith fe

w in

land

rec

ords

. Sm

all n

umbe

rs v

isit

Tasm

ania

and

off -

shor

e is

land

s.

It is

wid

espr

ead

but s

catte

red

in N

ew Z

eala

nd. T

hey

bree

d in

Nor

th A

mer

ica,

R

ussi

a, G

reen

land

and

Spi

tsbe

rgen

. Red

Kno

ts a

re a

non

-bre

edin

g vi

sito

r to

m

ost c

ontin

ents

(BIB

, 200

6)

Unl

ikel

y

Cal

loce

phal

on

fimbr

iatu

m

Gan

g-ga

ng C

ocka

too

V

- D

urin

g su

mm

er i

n de

nse,

tal

l, w

et f

ores

ts o

f m

ount

ains

and

gul

lies,

alp

ine

woo

dlan

ds (

Mor

com

be 2

004)

. In

win

ter

they

occ

ur a

t lo

wer

alti

tude

s in

drie

r m

ore

open

for

ests

and

woo

dlan

ds,

parti

cula

rly b

ox-ir

onba

rk a

ssem

blag

es

(Shi

elds

& C

hrom

e 19

92).

They

som

etim

es i

nhab

it w

oodl

and,

far

ms

and

subu

rbs

in a

utum

n/w

inte

r (S

imps

on &

Day

200

4).

Unl

ikel

y

Cal

ypto

rhyn

chus

la

tham

i G

loss

y B

lack

-C

ocka

too

V

- A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith a

var

iety

of

fore

st t

ypes

con

tain

ing

Allo

casu

arin

a sp

ecie

s,

usua

lly r

efle

ctin

g th

e po

or n

utrie

nt s

tatu

s of

und

erly

ing

soils

(En

viro

nmen

t A

ustra

lia 2

000;

NPW

S 19

97; D

EC

C 2

007)

. Int

act d

rier

fore

st ty

pes

with

less

ru

gged

land

scap

es a

re p

refe

rred

(DE

CC

200

7). N

ests

in la

rge

trees

with

larg

e ho

llow

s (E

nviro

nmen

t Aus

tralia

200

0).

Unl

ikel

y

Cht

honi

cola

sag

ittat

a S

peck

led

War

bler

V

-

Occ

upie

s a

wid

e ra

nge

of e

ucal

ypt

dom

inat

ed c

omm

uniti

es w

ith a

gra

ssy

unde

rsto

ry,

ofte

n on

roc

ky r

idge

s or

in g

ullie

s (D

EC

C 2

007)

. Ty

pica

l hab

itat

incl

udes

sca

ttere

d na

tive

tuss

ock

gras

ses,

a s

pars

e sh

rub

laye

r, so

me

euca

lypt

reg

row

th a

nd a

n op

en c

anop

y (D

EC

C 2

007)

. La

rge,

rel

ativ

ely

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

Cu

rra

ns

Hil

l, F

lora

, fa

un

a a

nd

Rip

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n A

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undi

stur

bed

rem

nant

s ar

e re

quire

d fo

r th

e sp

ecie

s to

per

sist

in

an a

rea

(DE

CC

200

7).

Pai

rs a

re s

eden

tary

and

occ

upy

a br

eedi

ng t

errit

ory

of a

bout

te

n he

ctar

es,

with

a s

light

ly l

arge

r ho

me-

rang

e w

hen

not

bree

ding

(D

EC

C

2007

).

Dap

hoen

ositt

a ch

ryso

pter

a V

arie

d Si

ttella

V

-

Dis

tribu

tion

incl

udes

mos

t of

mai

nlan

d A

ustra

lia e

xcep

t de

serts

and

ope

n gr

assl

ands

. P

refe

rs

euca

lypt

fo

rest

s an

d w

oodl

ands

w

ith

roug

h -ba

rked

sp

ecie

s, o

r m

atur

e sm

ooth

-bar

ked

gum

s w

ith d

ead

bran

ches

, m

alle

e an

d A

caci

a w

oodl

and.

Fee

ds o

n ar

thro

pods

fro

m b

ark,

dea

d br

anch

es,

or s

mal

l br

anch

es a

nd tw

igs.

Unl

ikel

y

Das

yorn

is b

rach

ypte

rus

Eas

tern

Bris

tlebi

rd

E

E

Hab

itat

is c

hara

cter

ised

by

dens

e, lo

w v

eget

atio

n in

clud

ing

heat

h an

d op

en

woo

dlan

d w

ith a

hea

thy

unde

rsto

rey;

in n

orth

ern

NSW

occ

urs

in o

pen

fore

st

with

tuss

ocky

gra

ss u

nder

stor

ey; a

ll of

thes

e ve

geta

tion

type

s ar

e fir

e pr

one.

Age

of

habi

tat

sinc

e fir

es (

fire -

age)

is

of p

aram

ount

im

porta

nce

to t

his

spec

ies;

Illa

war

ra a

nd s

outh

ern

popu

latio

ns r

each

max

imum

den

sitie

s in

ha

bita

t tha

t has

not

bee

n bu

rnt f

or a

t lea

st 1

5 ye

ars;

how

ever

, in

the

north

ern

NSW

pop

ulat

ion

a la

ck o

f fire

in g

rass

y fo

rest

may

be

detri

men

tal a

s gr

assy

tu

ssoc

k ne

stin

g ha

bita

t be

com

es u

nsui

tabl

e af

ter

long

per

iods

with

out

fire;

no

rther

n N

SW b

irds

are

usua

lly f

ound

in

habi

tats

bur

nt f

ive

to 1

0 ye

ars

prev

ious

ly.

No

Ery

thro

trior

chis

radi

atus

R

ed G

osha

wk

CE

V

A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith fo

rest

s an

d w

oodl

ands

with

a m

osai

c of

veg

etat

ion

type

s, a

n ab

unda

nce

of b

irds

and

perm

anen

t wat

er.

In N

SW, t

his

spec

ies

is th

ough

t to

favo

ur m

ixed

sub

tropi

cal

rain

fore

st,

Mel

aleu

ca S

wam

p Fo

rest

, an

d op

en

euca

lypt

fore

st a

long

rive

rs, o

ften

in ru

gged

terra

in (M

arch

ant &

Hig

gins

199

3;

DE

CC

200

5).

Acro

ss n

orth

ern

Aus

tralia

n so

uth

thro

ugh

east

ern

Que

ensl

and

to f

ar n

orth

-eas

t N

SW.

The

spec

ies

is v

ery

rare

in N

SW.

Mos

t re

cord

s ar

e fro

m th

e C

lare

nce

Riv

er C

atch

men

t, w

ith a

few

abo

ut th

e lo

wer

Ric

hmon

d an

d

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

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rra

ns

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l, F

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Twee

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s.

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5, T

hrea

tene

d Sp

ecie

s W

ebsi

te P

rofil

es.

NSW

D

ept.

of

Envi

ronm

ent

and

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

(ww

w.th

reat

ened

spec

ies.

nsw

.gov

.au )

)

Gal

linag

o ha

rdw

icki

i La

tham

’s S

nipe

-

Mi

A v

arie

ty o

f per

man

ent a

nd e

phem

eral

wet

land

s, p

refe

rrin

g op

en fr

esh

wat

er

wet

land

s w

ith n

earb

y co

ver

(Mar

chan

t and

Hig

gins

199

9). O

ccup

ies

a va

riety

of

veg

etat

ion

arou

nd w

etla

nds

(Mar

chan

t and

Hig

gins

199

9) in

clud

ing

wet

land

gr

asse

s an

d op

en w

oode

d sw

amps

(Sim

pson

and

Day

199

9).

Unl

ikel

y

Glo

ssop

sitta

pus

illa

Littl

e Lo

rikee

t V

-

In N

SW L

ittle

Lor

ikee

ts a

re d

istri

bute

d in

for

ests

and

woo

dlan

ds f

rom

the

co

ast

to

the

wes

tern

sl

opes

of

th

e G

reat

D

ivid

ing

Ran

ge,

exte

ndin

g w

estw

ards

to

th

e vi

cini

ty

of

Alb

ury,

P

arke

s,

Dub

bo a

nd

Nar

rabr

i. Li

ttle

Lorik

eets

mos

tly o

ccur

in

dry,

ope

n eu

caly

pt f

ores

ts a

nd w

oodl

ands

. Th

ey

have

bee

n re

cord

ed f

rom

bot

h ol

d-gr

owth

and

logg

ed f

ores

ts in

the

eas

tern

pa

rt of

thei

r ran

ge, a

nd in

rem

nant

woo

dlan

d pa

tche

s an

d ro

adsi

de v

eget

atio

n on

the

wes

tern

slo

pes.

The

y fe

ed p

rimar

ily o

n ne

ctar

and

pol

len

in t

he t

ree

cano

py, p

artic

ular

ly o

n pr

ofus

ely -

flow

erin

g eu

caly

pts,

but

als

o on

a v

arie

ty o

f ot

her

spec

ies

incl

udin

g m

elal

euca

s an

d m

istle

toes

. O

n th

e w

este

rn s

lope

s an

d ta

blel

ands

Whi

te B

ox E

ucal

yptu

s al

bens

and

Yel

low

Box

E.

mel

liodo

ra

are

parti

cula

rly im

porta

nt fo

od s

ourc

es fo

r pol

len

and

nect

ar re

spec

tivel

y.

Unl

ikel

y

Hie

raae

tus

mor

phno

ides

Li

ttle

Eag

le

V

- U

tilis

es

open

eu

caly

pt,

sheo

ak

and

acac

ia

fore

st,

woo

dlan

d or

op

en

woo

dlan

d. U

ses

tall

trees

for n

estin

g, w

ith a

larg

e st

ick

nest

bei

ng b

uilt.

Lay

s eg

gs in

spr

ing,

and

you

ng fl

edge

in e

arly

sum

mer

. Pre

ys o

n bi

rds,

rept

iles

and

mam

mal

s, a

nd o

ccas

iona

lly fe

eds

on la

rge

inse

cts

or c

arrio

n.

Unl

ikel

y

Lath

amus

dis

colo

r S

wift

Par

rot

E

E

Bre

eds

in T

asm

ania

bet

wee

n S

epte

mbe

r and

Jan

uary

. M

igra

tes

to m

ainl

and

in a

utum

n, w

here

it

fora

ges

on p

rofu

se f

low

erin

g E

ucal

ypts

(B

lake

rs e

t al

. 19

84; S

chod

de a

nd T

idem

ann

1986

; For

shaw

and

Coo

per

1981

). H

ence

, in

this

reg

ion,

aut

umn

and

win

ter

flow

erin

g eu

caly

pts

are

impo

rtant

for

thi

s

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

Cu

rra

ns

Hil

l, F

lora

, fa

un

a a

nd

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spec

ies.

Fa

vour

ed

feed

tre

es

incl

ude

win

ter

flow

erin

g sp

ecie

s su

ch

as

Sw

amp

Mah

ogan

y ( E

ucal

yptu

s ro

bust

a), S

potte

d G

um (

Cor

ymbi

a m

acul

ata)

, R

ed B

lood

woo

d (C

. gum

mife

ra),

Mug

ga Ir

onba

rk (

E. s

ider

oxyl

on),

and

Whi

te

Box

( E. a

lben

s) (D

EC

C 2

007)

.

Mel

anod

ryas

cuc

ulla

ta

cucu

llata

H

oode

d R

obin

(s

outh

east

ern

subs

peci

es)

V

- A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith a

wid

e ra

nge

of E

ucal

ypt

woo

dlan

ds, A

caci

a sh

rubl

and

and

open

for

ests

(B

lake

rs e

t al

. 19

84).

In t

empe

rate

woo

dlan

ds,

the

spec

ies

favo

urs

open

are

as a

djoi

ning

lar

ge w

oodl

and

bloc

ks,

with

are

as o

f de

ad

timbe

r an

d sp

arse

shr

ub c

over

(N

SW S

cien

tific

Com

mitt

ee 2

001)

. H

oode

d R

obin

hom

e ra

nges

are

rel

ativ

ely

larg

e, a

vera

ging

18h

a fo

r bi

rds

from

the

N

ew E

ngla

nd T

abl e

land

(NSW

Sci

entif

ic C

omm

ittee

200

1).

Unl

ikel

y

Mer

ops

orna

tus

Rai

nbow

Bee

-eat

er

- M

a,M

i R

esid

ent

in c

oast

al a

nd

subc

oast

al

north

ern

Aus

tralia

; re

gula

r br

eedi

ng

mig

rant

in

sou

ther

n Au

stra

lia,

arriv

ing

Sept

embe

r to

O

ctob

er,

depa

rting

Fe

brua

ry to

Mar

ch, s

ome

occa

sion

ally

pre

sent

Apr

il to

May

(Piz

zey

and

Doy

le

1988

). O

ccur

s in

ope

n co

untry

, chi

efly

at s

uita

ble

bree

ding

pla

ces

in a

reas

of

sand

y or

lo

amy

soil:

sa

nd-r

idge

s,

river

bank

s,

road

-cut

tings

, sa

nd-p

its,

occa

sion

ally

coa

stal

clif

fs (i

bid)

. N

est i

s a

cham

ber a

the

end

of a

bur

row

, up

to 1

.6 m

long

, tun

nelle

d in

flat

or s

lopi

ng g

roun

d, s

andy

bac

k or

cut

ting

(ibid

).

Unl

ikel

y

Neo

phem

a pu

lche

lla

Turq

uois

e P

arro

t V

-

Ste

ep r

ocky

rid

ges

and

gullie

s, r

ollin

g hi

lls,

valle

ys a

nd r

iver

fla

ts a

nd t

he

plai

ns o

f the

Gre

at D

ivid

ing

Ran

ge c

ompr

omis

e th

e to

pogr

aphy

inha

bite

d by

th

is s

peci

es (

Mar

chan

t &

Hig

gins

199

3).

Spe

nds

muc

h of

the

tim

e on

the

gr

ound

for

agin

g on

see

d an

d gr

asse

s (D

EC

C 2

007)

. It

is a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

coas

tal s

crub

land

, op

en fo

rest

and

tim

bere

d gr

assl

and,

esp

ecia

lly lo

w s

hrub

ec

oton

es b

etw

een

dry

hard

woo

d fo

rest

s an

d gr

assl

ands

with

hig

h pr

opor

tion

of n

ativ

e gr

asse

s an

d fo

rbs

(Env

ironm

ent A

ustra

lia 2

000)

.

Unl

ikel

y

Oxy

ura

aust

ralis

B

lue-

bille

d D

uck

V

- Th

e B

lue-

bille

d D

uck

pref

ers

deep

wat

er i

n la

rge

perm

anen

t w

etla

nds

and

swam

ps

with

de

nse

aqua

tic

vege

tatio

n (D

EC

C

2007

). Th

e sp

ecie

s is

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

Cu

rra

ns

Hil

l, F

lora

, fa

un

a a

nd

Rip

aria

n A

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me

nt

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com

plet

ely

aqua

tic, s

wim

min

g lo

w in

the

wat

er a

long

the

edge

of d

ense

cov

er

(DE

CC

200

7). I

t will

fly if

dis

turb

ed, b

ut p

refe

rs to

div

e if

appr

oach

ed (

DE

CC

20

07).

Blu

e-bi

lled

Duc

ks a

re p

artly

mig

rato

ry, w

ith s

hort-

dist

ance

mov

emen

ts

betw

een

bree

ding

sw

amps

and

ove

r -w

inte

ring

lake

s w

ith s

ome

long

-dis

tanc

e di

sper

sal t

o br

eed

durin

g sp

ring

and

early

sum

mer

(DE

CC

200

7). Y

oung

bird

s di

sper

se i

n Ap

ril-M

ay f

rom

the

ir br

eedi

ng s

wam

ps i

n in

land

NSW

to

non-

bree

ding

are

as o

n th

e M

urra

y R

iver

sys

tem

and

coa

stal

lake

s (D

EC

C 2

007)

.

Pet

roic

a bo

odan

g S

carle

t Rob

in

V

- Th

e S

carle

t R

obin

is f

ound

in s

outh

-eas

tern

and

sou

th-w

este

rn A

ustra

lia, a

s w

ell a

s on

Nor

folk

Isla

nd. I

n Au

stra

lia, i

t is

foun

d so

uth

of la

titud

e 25

°S, f

rom

so

uth-

east

ern

Que

ensl

and

alon

g th

e co

ast o

f New

Sou

th W

ales

(and

inla

nd to

w

este

rn s

lope

s of

Gre

at D

ivid

ing

Ran

ge)

to V

icto

ria a

nd T

asm

ania

, and

wes

t to

Eyr

e P

enin

sula

, S

outh

Aus

tralia

; it

is a

lso

foun

d in

sou

th-w

est

Wes

tern

A

ustra

lia. T

he S

carle

t Rob

in li

ves

in o

pen

fore

sts

and

woo

dlan

ds in

Aus

tralia

, w

hile

it p

refe

rs r

ainf

ores

t hab

itats

on

Nor

folk

Isla

nd. D

urin

g w

inte

r, it

will

vis

it m

ore

open

hab

itats

suc

h as

gra

ssla

nds

and

will

be

seen

in

farm

land

and

ur

ban

park

s an

d ga

rden

s at

this

tim

e (B

IB, 2

006)

.

Unl

ikel

y

Pet

roic

a ph

oeni

cea

Flam

e R

obin

V

-

Bre

eds

in u

plan

d ta

ll m

oist

euc

alyp

t fo

rest

s an

d w

oodl

ands

, of

ten

on r

idge

s an

d sl

opes

, of

ten

on r

idge

s an

d sl

opes

, in

NSW

. P

refe

rs c

lear

ings

or

area

s w

ith o

pen

unde

rsto

reys

, an

d gr

assy

gro

undl

ayer

for

bre

edin

g ha

bita

t. W

ill of

ten

occu

r in

rec

ently

bur

nt a

reas

. Shr

ub d

ensi

ty d

oes

not

appe

ar to

be

an

impo

rtant

hab

itat

fact

or.

Man

y bi

rds

mov

e to

the

inla

nd s

lope

s an

d pl

ains

in

win

ter,

or to

drie

r mor

e op

en h

abita

ts in

the

low

land

s.

Unl

ikel

y

Ros

tratu

la a

ustra

lis

(a.k

.a. R

. be

ngha

lens

is)

Pai

nted

Sni

pe

(Aus

tralia

n su

bspe

cies

)

E

V &

M

Pre

fers

frin

ges

of s

wam

ps, d

ams

and

near

by m

arsh

y ar

eas

whe

re th

ere

is a

co

ver

of g

rass

es,

lignu

m,

low

scr

ub o

r op

en t

imbe

r (D

EC

C 2

007)

. N

ests

on

the

grou

nd a

mon

gst

tall

vege

tatio

n, s

uch

as g

rass

es,

tuss

ocks

or

reed

s (ib

id.).

Bre

edin

g is

ofte

n in

resp

onse

to lo

cal c

ondi

tions

; gen

eral

ly o

ccur

s fro

m

Sep

tem

ber

to D

ecem

ber

(DE

CC

200

7).

Roo

sts

durin

g th

e da

y in

den

se

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

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rra

ns

Hil

l, F

lora

, fa

un

a a

nd

Rip

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n A

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CU

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vege

tatio

n (N

SW S

cien

tific

Com

mitt

ee 2

004)

. Fo

rage

s no

ctur

nally

on

mud

-fla

ts a

nd in

sha

llow

wat

er (

DE

CC

200

7). F

eeds

on

wor

ms,

mol

lusc

s, in

sect

s an

d so

me

plan

t -mat

ter (

ibid

.).

Stic

tone

tta n

aevo

sa

Frec

kled

Duc

k V

-

Ass

ocia

ted

with

a

varie

ty

of

plan

kton

-ric

h w

etla

nds,

su

ch

as

heav

ily

vege

tate

d, la

rge

open

lake

s an

d th

eir

shor

es,

cree

ks,

farm

dam

s, s

ewer

age

pond

s an

d flo

odw

ater

s (D

EC

C 2

007)

.

Unl

ikel

y

Nin

ox s

trenu

a

Pow

erfu

l Ow

l V

-

Pow

erfu

l Ow

ls a

re a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith a

wid

e ra

nge

of w

et a

nd d

ry fo

rest

type

s w

ith a

hig

h de

nsity

of p

rey,

suc

h as

arb

orea

l mam

mal

s, la

rge

bird

s an

d fly

ing

foxe

s (E

nviro

nmen

t Aus

tralia

200

0, D

ebus

& C

hafe

r 19

94).

Lar

ge tr

ees

with

ho

llow

s at

le

ast

0.5m

de

ep

are

requ

ired

for

shel

ter

and

bree

ding

(E

nviro

nmen

t Aus

tralia

200

0).

Unl

ikel

y

Das

yuru

s m

acul

atus

mac

ulat

us

Spo

tted-

taile

d Q

uoll

(SE

Mai

nlan

d P

opul

atio

n)

V

E

The

Spo

tted-

taile

d Q

uoll

inha

bits

a ra

nge

of fo

rest

com

mun

ities

incl

udin

g w

et

and

dry

scle

roph

yll

fore

sts,

coa

stal

hea

thla

nds

and

rain

fore

sts

(Man

serg

h 19

84;

DE

CC

200

7j),

mor

e fre

quen

tly r

ecor

ded

near

the

eco

tone

s of

clo

sed

and

open

fore

st. T

his

spec

ies

requ

ires

habi

tat f

eatu

res

such

as

mat

erna

l den

si

tes,

an

abun

danc

e of

foo

d (b

irds

and

smal

l mam

mal

s) a

nd la

rge

area

s of

re

lativ

ely

inta

ct v

eget

atio

n to

fora

ge in

(D

EC

C 2

007)

. Mat

erna

l den

site

s ar

e lo

gs w

ith c

rypt

ic e

ntra

nces

; ro

ck o

utcr

ops;

win

drow

s; b

urro

ws

(Env

ironm

ent

Aus

tralia

200

0).

Unl

ikel

y

Pet

roga

le p

enic

illat

a B

rush

-taile

d R

ock-

wal

laby

E

V

R

ocky

are

as in

a v

arie

ty o

f hab

itats

, typ

ical

ly n

orth

faci

ng s

ites

with

num

erou

s le

dges

, cav

es a

nd c

revi

ces

(St ra

han

1995

).

No

Pha

scol

arct

os c

iner

eus

K

oala

V

V

A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith b

oth

wet

and

dry

Euc

alyp

t for

est a

nd w

oodl

and

that

con

tain

s a

cano

py

cove

r of

ap

prox

imat

ely

10

to

70%

(R

eed

et

al.

1990

), w

ith

acce

ptab

le E

ucal

ypt

food

tre

es.

Som

e pr

efer

red

Euc

alyp

tus

spec

ies

are:

E

ucal

yptu

s te

retic

orni

s, E

. pun

ctat

a, E

. cyp

ello

carp

a, E

. vim

inal

is.

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

Cu

rra

ns

Hil

l, F

lora

, fa

un

a a

nd

Rip

aria

n A

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ess

me

nt

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US

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ITAT

LI

KE

LIH

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OF

OC

CU

RR

EN

CE

Pot

orou

s tri

dact

ylus

tri

dact

ylus

Lo

ng-n

osed

Pot

oroo

(S

E M

ainl

and

Pop

ulat

ion)

V

V

Ass

ocia

ted

with

dr

y co

asta

l he

ath

and

dry

and

wet

sc

lero

phyl

l fo

rest

s (S

traha

n 19

98) w

ith d

ense

cov

er fo

r she

lter a

nd a

djac

ent m

ore

open

are

as fo

r fo

ragi

ng (M

enkh

orst

& K

nigh

t 200

4).

No

Pse

udom

ys

nova

ehol

land

iae

New

Hol

land

Mou

se

- V

A

sm

all

burr

owin

g na

tive

rode

nt

with

a

fragm

ente

d di

strib

utio

n ac

ross

Ta

sman

ia,

Vic

toria

, N

ew

Sou

th

Wal

es

and

Que

ensl

and.

In

habi

ts

open

he

athl

ands

, op

en w

oodl

ands

with

a h

eath

land

und

erst

orey

and

veg

etat

ed

sand

dun

es.

A so

cial

ani

mal

, liv

ing

pred

omin

antly

in

burro

ws

shar

ed w

ith

othe

r in

divi

dual

s. T

he h

ome

rang

e of

the

New

Hol

land

Mou

se r

ange

s fro

m

0.44

ha

to 1

.4 h

a an

d th

e sp

ecie

s pe

aks

in a

bund

ance

dur

ing

early

to

mid

st

ages

of v

eget

atio

n su

cces

sion

typi

cally

indu

ced

by fi

re (D

SEW

PC

201

0)

No

Cha

linol

obus

dw

yeri

Larg

e-ea

red

Pie

d B

at

V

V

The

Larg

e-ea

red

Pied

Bat

has

bee

n re

cord

ed i

n a

varie

ty o

f ha

bita

ts,

incl

udin

g dr

y sc

lero

phyl

l fo

rest

s, w

oodl

and,

sub

-alp

ine

woo

dlan

d, e

dges

of

rain

fore

sts

and

wet

scl

erop

hyll

fore

sts

(Chu

rchi

ll 19

98;

DE

CC

200

7).

This

sp

ecie

s ro

osts

in c

aves

, roc

k ov

erha

ngs

and

disu

sed

min

e sh

afts

and

as

such

is

usu

ally

ass

ocia

ted

with

rock

out

crop

s an

d cl

iff fa

ces

(Chu

rchi

ll 19

98; D

EC

C

2007

).

Unl

ikel

y

Fals

istre

llus

tasm

anie

nsis

Eas

tern

Fal

se

Pip

istre

lle

V

- P

refe

rs m

oist

hab

itats

with

tree

s ta

ller t

han

20m

(DE

CC

200

7). R

oost

s in

tree

ho

llow

s bu

t ha

s al

so b

een

foun

d ro

ostin

g in

bui

ldin

gs o

r un

der

loos

e ba

rk

(DE

CC

200

7).

Pot

entia

l

Min

iopt

erus

sch

reib

ersi

i

ocea

nens

is

Eas

tern

Ben

t-win

g

Bat

V

- A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith a

rang

e of

hab

itats

suc

h as

rain

fore

st, w

et a

nd d

ry s

cler

ophy

ll fo

rest

, m

onso

on

fore

st,

open

w

oodl

and,

pa

perb

ark

fore

sts

and

open

gr

assl

and

(Chu

rchi

ll 19

98).

It fo

rage

s ab

ove

and

belo

w t

he t

ree

cano

py o

n sm

all i

nsec

ts (

AM

BS

199

5, D

wye

r 19

95, D

wye

r 19

81).

Will

utilis

e ca

ves,

old

m

ines

, and

sto

rmw

ater

cha

nnel

s, u

nder

brid

ges

and

occa

sion

ally

bui

ldin

gs fo

r sh

elte

r (E

nviro

nmen

t Aus

tralia

200

0, D

wye

r 199

5).

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

Cu

rra

ns

Hil

l, F

lora

, fa

un

a a

nd

Rip

aria

n A

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ess

me

nt

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US

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ST

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ITAT

LI

KE

LIH

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D

OF

OC

CU

RR

EN

CE

Mor

mop

teru

s

norfo

lken

sis

Eas

t Coa

st F

reet

ail

Bat

V

- M

ost r

ecor

ds o

f thi

s sp

ecie

s ar

e fro

m d

ry e

ucal

ypt f

ores

t and

woo

dlan

d ea

st

of t

he G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange

(C

hurc

hill

1998

). I

ndiv

idua

ls h

ave,

how

ever

, be

en r

ecor

ded

flyin

g lo

w o

ver

a ro

cky

river

in r

ainf

ores

t an

d w

et s

cler

ophy

ll fo

rest

and

fora

ging

in c

lear

ings

at f

ores

t edg

es (

Env

ironm

ent A

ustra

lia 2

000;

A

lliso

n &

Hoy

e 19

98).

Prim

arily

roo

sts

in h

ollo

ws

or b

ehin

d lo

ose

bark

in

mat

ure

euca

lypt

s, b

ut h

ave

been

obs

erve

d ro

ostin

g in

the

roo

f of

a h

ut

(Env

ironm

ent A

ustra

lia 2

000;

Alli

son

& H

oye

1998

).

Pot

entia

l

Myo

tis m

acro

pus

(form

erly

M. a

dver

sus)

S

outh

ern

Myo

tis,

Larg

e-fo

oted

Myo

tis

V

- Th

e La

rge-

foot

ed M

yotis

is fo

und

in th

e co

asta

l ban

d fro

m th

e no

rth-w

est o

f A

ustra

lia, a

cros

s th

e to

p-en

d an

d so

uth

to w

este

rn V

icto

ria. I

t is

rare

ly fo

und

mor

e th

an 1

00 k

m in

land

, exc

ept a

long

maj

or ri

vers

. Will

occu

py m

ost h

abita

t ty

pes

such

as

man

grov

es,

pape

rbar

k sw

amps

, riv

erin

e m

onso

on f

ores

t, ra

info

rest

, wet

and

dry

scl

erop

hyll

fore

st, o

pen

woo

dlan

d an

d R

iver

Red

Gum

w

oodl

and,

as

long

as

they

are

clo

se to

wat

er (

Chu

rchi

ll 19

98).

Whi

le r

oost

ing

(in g

roup

s of

10-

15)

is m

ost

com

mon

ly a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith c

aves

, th

is s

peci

es

has

been

obs

erve

d to

roo

st in

tree

hol

low

s, a

mon

gst v

eget

atio

n, in

clu

mps

of

Pan

danu

s, u

nder

brid

ges,

in m

ines

, tun

nels

and

sto

rmw

ater

dra

ins

(Chu

rchi

ll 19

98).

How

ever

the

spec

ies

appa

rent

ly h

as s

peci

fic r

oost

req

uire

men

ts, a

nd

only

a s

mal

l per

cent

age

of a

vaila

ble

cave

s, m

ines

, tu

nnel

s an

d cu

lver

ts a

re

used

(Ric

hard

s 19

98)..

For

ages

ove

r stre

ams

and

pool

s ca

tchi

ng in

sect

s an

d sm

all f

ish

by ra

king

thei

r fee

t acr

oss

the

wat

er s

urfa

ce. I

n N

SW fe

mal

es h

ave

one

youn

g ea

ch y

ear u

sual

ly in

Nov

embe

r or D

ecem

ber (

DEC

C 2

005)

Pot

entia

l

Pte

ropu

s po

lioce

phal

us

Gre

y-he

aded

Fly

ing-

Fox

V

V

Inha

bits

a w

ide

rang

e of

hab

itats

incl

udin

g ra

info

rest

, man

grov

es, p

aper

bark

fo

rest

s, w

et a

nd d

ry s

cler

ophy

ll fo

rest

s an

d cu

ltiva

ted

area

s (C

hurc

hill

1998

, E

by 1

998)

. C

amps

are

ofte

n lo

cate

d in

gul

lies,

typ

ical

ly c

lose

to

wat

er,

in

vege

tatio

n w

ith a

den

se c

anop

y (C

hurc

hill

1998

).

Pot

entia

l

Sco

tean

ax ru

eppe

llii

Gre

ater

Bro

ad-n

osed

V

-

Ass

ocia

ted

with

moi

st g

ullie

s in

mat

ure

coas

tal f

ores

t, or

rain

fore

st, e

ast o

f the

P

oten

tial

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

Cu

rra

ns

Hil

l, F

lora

, fa

un

a a

nd

Rip

aria

n A

ss

ess

me

nt

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US

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ITAT

LI

KE

LIH

OO

D

OF

OC

CU

RR

EN

CE

Bat

G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange

(Chu

rchi

ll, 1

998)

, ten

ding

to b

e m

ore

frequ

ently

loca

ted

in m

ore

prod

uctiv

e fo

rest

s (H

oye

& R

icha

rds

1998

). W

ithin

den

ser v

eget

atio

n ty

pes

use

is m

ade

of n

atur

al a

nd m

an m

ade

open

ings

suc

h as

roa

ds, c

reek

s an

d sm

all r

iver

s, w

here

it h

awks

bac

kwar

ds a

nd f

orw

ards

for

pre

y (H

oye

&

Ric

hard

s 19

98).

Flor

a

Cyn

anch

um e

lega

ns

Whi

te-fl

ower

ed W

ax

Pla

nt

E1

E

Cyn

anch

um e

lega

ns is

a c

limbe

r or

tw

iner

with

a v

aria

ble

form

, an

d flo

wer

s be

twee

n A

ugus

t and

May

, pea

king

in N

ovem

ber

(DE

C 2

005)

. It o

ccur

s in

dry

ra

info

rest

gul

lies,

scr

ub a

nd s

cree

slo

pes,

and

pre

fers

the

eco

tone

bet

wee

n dr

y su

btro

pica

l rai

nfor

est a

nd s

cler

ophy

ll w

oodl

and/

fore

st (

NPW

S 1

997)

. The

sp

ecie

s ha

s al

so b

een

foun

d in

litto

ral r

ainf

ores

t; Le

ptos

perm

um la

evig

atum

–

Ban

ksia

int

egrif

olia

sub

sp.

inte

grifo

lia c

oast

al s

crub

; Eu

caly

ptus

ter

etic

orni

s op

en

fore

st/

woo

dlan

d;

Cor

ymbi

a m

acul

ata

open

fo

rest

/woo

dlan

d;

and

Mel

aleu

ca a

rmilla

ris s

crub

to o

pen

scru

b (D

EC

200

5).

Unl

ikel

y

Euc

alyp

tus

bent

ham

ii C

amde

n W

hite

Gum

V

V

E

ucal

yptu

s be

ntha

mii

occu

rs in

wet

ope

n fo

rest

on

wel

l dra

ined

san

dy a

lluvi

al

soils

alo

ng s

tream

cha

nnel

s, s

mal

l ter

race

s an

d al

luvi

al fl

ats

on v

alle

y flo

ors

(DE

C 2

005)

.

Unl

ikel

y

Gre

ville

a pa

rvifl

ora

subs

p. p

arvi

flora

S

mal

l-flo

wer

Gre

ville

a V

V

G

revi

llea

parv

iflor

a su

bsp.

par

viflo

ra is

spo

radi

cally

dis

tribu

ted

thro

ugho

ut th

e S

ydne

y B

asin

mai

nly

arou

nd P

icto

n, A

ppin

and

Bar

go. S

epar

ate

popu

latio

ns

are

also

kno

wn

furth

er n

orth

fro

m P

utty

to

Wyo

ng a

nd L

ake

Mac

quar

ie a

nd

Ces

snoc

k an

d K

urri

Kur

ri. It

gro

ws

in s

andy

or l

ight

cla

y so

ils o

ver t

hin

shal

es,

ofte

n w

ith la

terit

ic ir

onst

one

grav

els.

It o

ften

occu

rs in

ope

n, s

light

ly d

istu

rbed

si

tes

such

as

track

s (D

EC

200

5).

Unl

ikel

y

Lepi

dium

hys

sopi

foliu

m

Aro

mat

ic

Pep

perc

ress

E

E

Le

pidi

um

hyss

opifo

lium

oc

curs

ne

ar

Bat

hurs

t, ne

ar

Bung

endo

re,

near

C

rook

wel

l an

d ne

ar A

rmid

ale,

occ

urrin

g in

a v

arie

ty o

f ha

bita

ts i

nclu

ding

Unl

ikel

y

Tu

rner

Ro

ad,

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rra

ns

Hil

l, F

lora

, fa

un

a a

nd

Rip

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n A

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nt

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ITAT

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LIH

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OC

CU

RR

EN

CE

woo

dlan

d w

ith a

gra

ssy

unde

rsto

rey

and

gras

slan

d (D

EC

200

5).

Per

soon

ia b

argo

ensi

s B

argo

Gee

bung

E

V

A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith w

oodl

and

to d

ry s

cler

ophy

ll fo

rest

, on

sand

ston

e an

d cl

ayey

la

terit

e on

hea

vier

, w

ell-d

rain

ed,

loam

y, g

rave

lly s

oils

of

the

Haw

kesb

ury

San

dsto

ne

and

Wia

nam

atta

S

hale

in

th

e ca

tchm

ents

of

th

e C

atar

act,

Cor

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Table 1: Field survey species list

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME NATIVE / EXOTIC

FLORA

Prickly-leaved Paper-bark Melaleuca styphelioides N

African Box Thorn Lycium ferocissium E – Class 4 Noxious Weed

Weeping grass Microlaena stipoides N

African Olive Olea europaea subsp africana L. E – Class 4 Noxious Weed

Couch grass Elymus repens E

Sticky heads Dallis grass Paspalum dilatatum E

Fleabane Conyza bonariensis E

Red Gum Eucalyptus tereticornis N

Rhodes grass Chloris gayana E

Kikuyu Pennisetum clandestinum E

Swamp oak Casuarina glauca N

Climbing saltbush Einardia nutans N

Paddy's Lucerne Sida rhombifolia E

Moth vine Araujia sericifera E

Fire weed Chamerion angustifolium E

Cotoneaster Pomaderris cotoneaster E

Kangaroo grass Themeda australis N

Greybox Eucalyptus molucanna N

Blackthorn Busaria spinosa N

Cyperus Cyperus sp. N

Cotton Bush Gomphocarpus fruticosus E

Kidney weed Dichondra repens N

Poison rock fern Cheilanthes sieberi N

Bullrush Typha orientalis N



Common rush Juncus usitatis N

Jointed Twig-rush Baumea articulata N

Marsh Club-rush Bolboschenus fluviatilis N

Wallaby Grass Austrodanthonia tenoir N

FAUNA

Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata N

Australian Raven Corvus coronoides N

Common Eastern Froglet Crinia Signifera N

White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae N

Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca N

Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen N

Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena N

Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala E

Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius N

Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys N

Ibis Threskiornis molucca N



Appendix C: Seven part tests (EP&A Act) Seven part tests are applied to species, populations and ecological communities listed on Schedules 1, 1A and 2 of the TSC Act and Schedules 4, 4A and 5 of the FM Act. The assessment sets out 7 factors, which when considered, allow proponents to undertake a qualitative analysis of the likely impacts of an action and to determine whether further assessment is required via a Species Impact Statement (SIS). All factors must be considered and an overall conclusion made based on all factors in combination. An SIS is required if, through application of the 7-part test, an action is considered likely to have a significant impact on a threatened species, population or ecological community.

The threatened species and communities that are the subject of 7-part tests for this report include:

Endangered Ecological Communities

Cumberland Plain Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (CPW) River-Flat Eucalypt Forest (RFEF) on Coastal Floodplains of the New South Wales North

Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions.

Fauna

Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Eastern False Pipistrelle) Mormopterus norfolkensis (East Coast Freetail Bat) Myotis macropus (Southern Myotis) Scoteanax rueppellii (Greater Broad-nosed Bat) Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-Fox).



Cumberland Plain Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion (CPW)

Cumberland Plain Woodland (CPW) is listed as a Critically Endangered Ecological Community under the TSC Act. In the NPWS vegetation mapping of the Cumberland Plain, two forms of Cumberland Plain Woodland have been identified: Shale Hills Woodland and Shale Plains Woodland. Shale Hills Woodland occurs mainly on the elevated and sloping southern half of the Cumberland Plain and is the most widely distributed form of CPW (NPWS 2004). The dominant canopy trees in CPW include Eucalyptus moluccana (Grey Box), E. tereticornis (Forest Red Gum) and E. crebra (Narrow-leaved Ironbark), although Corymbia maculata (Spotted Gum) and E. eugenioides (Thin-leaved Stringybark) may also occur. The community has a shrub layer dominated by Bursaria spinosa (Blackthorn), with other shrubs, such as Acacia implexa, Indigofera australis and Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata, also present. The diverse understorey layer is similar for both forms of Cumberland Plain Woodland. It is common to find grasses, such as Themeda australis (Kangaroo Grass), Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides (Weeping Meadow Grass) in the community, as well as herbs, such as Dichondra repens (Kidney Weed), Brunoniella australis (Blue Trumpet) and Desmodium varians (NPWS 2004).

Before European settlement, CPW was extensive across western Sydney, covering 125,000 ha. In 2002, there was only 9% of the original extent, with a further 14% remaining as scattered trees across the landscape (NPWS 2002). CPW is an important part of the western Sydney landscape and occurs on the well-structured clay soils, derived from Wianamatta shale (NPWS 2004). It is well adapted to drought and fire and the understorey plants often rely on underground tubers or profuse annual seed production to survive adverse conditions (DECC 2009).

Bushland remnants of CPW occur in an area bounded by Scheyville (north), Penrith (west), Parramatta (east) and Thirlmere (south). CPW also occurs in the Auburn, Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Holroyd, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith and Wollondilly Local Government Areas (LGAs).

CPW is habitat for many flora and fauna species. Some threatened species supported by CPW include: Pimelea spicata (Spiked Rice Flower) and Meridolum corneovirens (Cumberland Plain Land Snail). Tree hollows are commonly found in the old growth canopy species, and are of high conservation value.

Clearing for agriculture and urban development is the greatest threat to CPW. Given it exists now only in fragments, CPW is vulnerable to disturbances, such as weed invasion, increased soil nutrients, rubbish dumping and frequent fire. Weeds, such as Eragrostis curvula (African Lovegrass), Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (African Olive), Asparagus asparagoides (Bridal Veil Creeper) and Chloris gayana (Rhodes Grass), are major threats to the community (NPWS 2004).

CPW exists in the proposed developed footprint. The CPW that will be cleared is of very poor quality and comprises of scattered trees within an exotic pasture.

a) in the case of a threatened species, whether the action proposed is likely to have an adverse effect on the life cycle of the species such that a viable local population of the species is likely to be placed at risk of extinction.

Not applicable to endangered ecological communities.



b) in the case of an endangered population, whether the action proposed is likely to have an adverse effect on the life cycle of the species that constitutes the endangered population such that a viable local population of the species is likely to be placed at risk of extinction

Not applicable to endangered ecological communities.

c) in the case of an endangered ecological community or critically endangered ecological community, whether the action proposed: (i) is likely to have an adverse effect on the extent of the ecological community such that

its local occurrence is likely to be placed at risk of extinction, or

Approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of poor quality CPW will be removed as part of this proposal. The removal of a small area of poor quality vegetation is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the extent of the local occurrence of this ecological community.

(ii) is likely to substantially and adversely modify the composition of the ecological community such that its local occurrence is likely to be placed at risk of extinction.

The vegetation that is proposed to be removed has low native species and structural diversity. Within 5km of the proposed clearing exists 971.7 ha of CPW, thus the removal of a small area of poor quality vegetation is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the community. The proposal is unlikely to modify the composition of the ecological community such that its local occurrence will be placed at risk of extinction.

d) in relation to the habitat of a threatened species, population or ecological community: (i) the extent to which habitat is likely to be removed or modified as a result of the action

proposed, and

The proposal will remove approximately 25 scattered paddock trees belonging to the CPW community.

(ii) whether an area of habitat is likely to become fragmented or isolated from other areas of habitat as a result of the proposed action, and

The vegetation proposed to be removed is poorly connected with other vegetation in the area. It is isolated and surrounded by exotic pasture.

(iii) the importance of the habitat to be removed, modified, fragmented or isolated to the long term survival of the species, population or ecological community in the locality,

The scattered trees of the CPW community proposed to be removed are of low quality and are considered to be of negligible importance to the long term survival of this community in the locality.

e) whether the action proposed is likely to have an adverse effect on critical habitat (either directly or indirectly),



No critical habitat has been declared for CPW.

f) whether the action proposed is consistent with the objectives or actions of a recovery plan or threat abatement plan,

The Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan (DECCW 2011) has four main objectives that are addressed below:

1. Building a protected area focused on Priority Conservation Lands The vegetation proposed to be cleared is of low quality and is not included in the Priority Conservation Lands map

2. Best practice management focused on Priority Conservation Lands and Public Reserves No relevant to the subject site

3. Increase understanding and enhance community awareness Not relevant to the subject site

4. To increase knowledge of the threats to CPW and improve capacity to manage these in a strategic and effective manner Not relevant to the subject site

The proposal is considered to be consistent with the relevant objectives and actions of the recovery plan.

No relevant threat abatement plans have been prepared for CPW.

g) whether the action proposed constitutes or is part of a key threatening process or is likely to result in the operation of, or increase the impact of, a key threatening process.

Clearing of native vegetation is listed as a key threatening process. The area of CPW to be cleared (25 scattered paddock trees) is small, isolated and of low quality having low native diversity and cover. The loss of this low quality vegetation will not increase the impact of this key threatening process.

Conclusion

The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of poor quality CPW at the subject site. The proposed vegetation removal is unlikely to be considered significant for the following reasons:

the scattered trees of the CPW community are of low quality with low native species diversity and low native cover

the areas of CPW to be removed are isolated and do not play an important role in habitat connectivity in the locality

The area of CPW to be removed is small.



River-Flat Eucalypt Forest (RFEF) on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions

River-Flat Eucalypt-Forest (RFEF) on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions is an endangered ecological community listed under the TSC Act. This community is an open forest which occurs on silts, clay-loams and sandy loams, on alluvial flats, drainage lines and river terraces associated with coastal floodplains. RFEF occurs south from Port Stephens in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregion.

This community has suffered large amounts of clearing for grazing, market gardens and other cropping enterprises, with less than 30% of its total original extent estimated as remaining (NSW Scientific Committee 2004) and less than one-quarter of the original extent on the Cumberland Plain (Tozer 2003). Ongoing clearing and fragmentation is recognised as a threat to this community along with urban and industrial development, flood mitigation and drainage works, changes in water quality, weed invasion, and frequent burning which reduces the diversity of woody plant species.


RFEF is not a threatened species.


RFEF is not an endangered population.

c) in the case of an endangered ecological community or critically endangered ecological community, whether the action proposed:

i. is likely to have an adverse effect on the extent of the ecological community such that its local occurrence is likely to be placed at risk of extinction, or

A small area of poor quality RFEF will be removed as part of the development. The loss of this small area is unlikely to place the local occurrence at risk of extinction.

ii. is likely to substantially and adversely modify the composition of the ecological community such that its local occurrence is likely to be placed at risk of extinction.

The 0.2 ha of RFEF that is proposed to be removed has low native species and structural diversity. Within 5km of the proposed clearing exists 188.8 ha of RFEF, thus the removal of a small area of poor quality vegetation is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the community. The proposal is unlikely to modify the composition of the ecological community such that its local occurrence will be placed at risk of extinction.

d) in relation to the habitat of a threatened species, population or ecological community:

i. the extent to which habitat is likely to be removed or modified as a result of the action proposed, and



The proposal will remove approximately 0.2 ha of RFEF with low numbers of native species and structural diversity.

ii. whether an area of habitat is likely to become fragmented or isolated from other areas of habitat as a result of the proposed action, and

The 0.2 ha of RFEF is already fragmented from other patches of native vegetation, being surrounded by pasture and cleared lands. The riparian area around it has been subject to past disturbance and earthworks. The proposal would not result in further fragmentation or isolation from other areas of habitat.

iii. the importance of the habitat to be removed, modified, fragmented or isolated to the long term survival of the species, population or ecological community in the locality.

The 0.2 ha area of RFEF being removed is small in size, has low structural diversity and is isolated from other patches of native vegetation. Whilst the RFEF may provide a foraging resource for fauna (e.g. bats), its loss is unlikely to impact upon the long term survival of threatened species or populations. Also, within 5km of the proposed clearing exists 188.8 ha of RFEF, thus the removal of a small area of poor quality vegetation is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the long term survival of the RFEF community.

The RFEF to be removed is located within a riparian corridor that will require revegetation as part of a Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) under the WM Act. The establishment and maintenance of this riparian corridor with locally native species of the Cumberland Plain, along with improvements to water quality is likely to be beneficial to native flora and fauna in the area.

e) whether the action proposed is likely to have an adverse effect on critical habitat (either directly or indirectly),

No critical habitat has been declared for RFEF.

f) whether the action proposed is consistent with the objectives or actions of a recovery plan or threat abatement plan,

No recovery plan has been prepared for RFEF, however, DECCW has prepared a Draft Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan that covers a number of threatened species, populations and ecological communities that occur on the Cumberland plain, including RFEF. The plan identifies actions to be taken covering the following four areas: building a protected area network comprising of public and private lands; delivering best practice management to remnant bushland on the Cumberland Plain; raise community awareness and understanding; and increase knowledge of the threats to the survival of the threatened biodiversity of the Cumberland Plain to enable better management of threats. The proposal is not inconsistent with actions outlined in the draft plan.

No relevant threat abatement plan has been prepared for RFEF.

g) whether the action proposed constitutes or is part of a key threatening process or is likely to result in the operation of, or increase the impact of, a key threatening process.

A key threatening process is defined under the TSC Act as “a process that threatens, or may have the capability to threaten, the survival or evolutionary development of species, populations or ecological communities”. The action proposed constitutes one key threatening process listed under the TSC Act:



clearing of native vegetation. Whilst the proposal would increase the impact of these key threatening processes, the scale of the impact is not considered significant.

Conclusion

Given the 0.2 ha of RFEF to be cleared is small, isolated, has low structural diversity and has been subject to past disturbance the proposal is unlikely to have a significant impact on the RFEF community. Revegetation of the riparian corridor with locally native species will improve floristic diversity and habitat for fauna overtime. Consequently, a Species Impact Statement is not required for the proposed works with respect to this community.



Microchiropteran bats - tree hollows

Due to similar habitat requirements and associated impacts, a combined 7-Part Test has been undertaken for the following microchiropteran bats which dwell in tree-hollows:

Eastern False Pipistrelle (Falsistrellus tasmaniensis) Eastern Freetail Bat (Mormopterus norfolkensis) Greater Broad Nosed Bat (Scoteanax rueppellii) Southern Myotis (Myotis macropus).

Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Eastern False Pipistrelle)

The Eastern False Pipistrelle is listed as vulnerable under Schedule 2 of the TSC Act. The species is wide-ranging, occurring along the southeast coast of Australia with records from South East Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

The species occurs in sclerophyll forests from the Great Dividing Range to the coast, and generally prefers wet habitats where trees are more than 20 m high. Roosting occurs in hollow trunks of eucalypt trees, usually in single sex colonies, but the species has been recorded roosting in caves under loose bark and occasionally in old wooden buildings (Churchill 1998). Their flight pattern is high and fast and they forage within or just below the tree canopy. They feed on a variety of prey including moths, rove beetles, weevils, plant bugs, flies and ants.

This species is threatened by a number of processes including loss of trees for foraging and hollow-bearing trees for roosting, disturbance to winter roosting and breeding sites, and application of pesticides in or adjacent to foraging areas (DECC 2005).

Potential foraging and roosting habitat for the species occurs within the RFEF vegetation in the riparian corridor, scattered trees of the Cumberland Plain Woodland and hollow bearing tree on the subject site.

Mormopterus norfolkensis (East Coast Freetail Bat)

East Coast Freetail-bat is listed as a vulnerable species under the TSC Act. It is found along the east coast from south Queensland to southern NSW. The species occurs in dry sclerophyll forest and woodland east of the Great Dividing Range (OEH 2012).

The East Coast Freetail-bat roosts mainly in tree hollows but would also roost under bark or in man-made structures. The species is solitary and probably insectivorous (OEH 2012).

Threats to the species include the loss of hollow-bearing trees, loss of foraging habitat and the application of pesticides in or adjacent to foraging areas (OEH 2012).

East Coast Freetail-bat has not been previously recorded within the subject site, but there is potential for the species to use the subject site on occasion. Potential foraging and roosting habitat for the species occurs within the RFEF vegetation in the riparian corridor, scattered trees of the Cumberland Plain Woodland and hollow bearing tree on the subject site.



Myotis macropus (Southern Myotis)

The Southern Myotis is listed as vulnerable under the TSC Act and is encountered in various habitats, but always near open water. The species feeds on water insects and other small animals by ‘raking’ them from the water surface with its enlarged feet (Churchill 1998). Roost sites in the vicinity of waterways are preferred, and include caves, anthropogenic features (such as bridges), tree hollows and clumps of vegetation (Churchill 1998).

Potential foraging habitat for the Large-footed Myotis exists within farm dams on the subject site. Potential foraging and roosting habitat for the species occurs within the RFEF vegetation in the riparian corridor, scattered trees of the Cumberland Plain Woodland and hollow bearing tree on the subject site.

Scoteanax rueppellii (Greater Broad-nosed Bat)

The Greater Broad-nosed bat, is listed as vulnerable under the TSC Act and occurs along the east coast of Australia from southeast Queensland to southern NSW, mainly in dry eucalypt forest and woodland to the east of the Great Dividing Range (Allison and Hoye 1995).

The species feeds on flying insects over the tops of trees or along the edges of forests. They roost in hollows or under the loose bark of trees in open forests, and may roost together in small colonies.

The Greater Broad-nosed Bat has not been previously recorded within the subject site. Potential foraging and roosting habitat for the species occurs within the RFEF vegetation in the riparian corridor, scattered trees of the Cumberland Plain Woodland and hollow bearing tree on the subject site.

a) in the case of a threatened species, whether the action proposed is likely to have an adverse effect on the life cycle of the species such that a viable local population of the species is likely to be placed at risk of extinction

Factors likely to have an adverse effect on the life cycle of all of the above listed species would include impacts which resulted in the loss of significant areas of forest and woodland foraging habitat, the loss of hollow bearing trees, disturbance to roosts, and use of pesticides in or adjacent to foraging areas.

The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of the CPW community and approximately 0.2 ha of the RFEF community. The proposal would also remove one hollow bearing tree and dewater three existing dams.

The removal of scattered trees of the CPW and RFEF is unlikely to have a significant impact on the life cycle of these microbat species, such that a viable local population of these species would be places at risk of extinction. The amount of habitat to be removed is minimal and the scattered trees and small patch of RFEF do not provide connectivity to other vegetation, given past fragmentation of the landscape.

The hollow bearing tree on the subject site has the potential to provide roosting habitat for these species. However given its’ isolation, the use of the hollow for roosting for these species is unlikely to be important such that its’ removal would place these species at the risk of extinction.



Dams would be dewatered in accordance with a ‘Dam Dewatering Plan’ and the creek would be reconstructed and revegetated under the WM Act, in accordance with a VMP. These species could continue to use these areas to forage and shelter.

It is unlikely that the proposal would result in the use of pesticides that would impact on these species and their habitat and therefore the life cycle of these species.


Not Applicable

c) in the case of an endangered ecological community or critically endangered ecological community, whether the action proposed:


ii. is likely to substantially and adversely modify the composition of the ecological community such that its local occurrence is likely to be placed at risk of extinction.

Not Applicable

d) in relation to the habitat of a threatened species, population or ecological community:


The proposal will result in the removal of 0.2 ha of remnant RFEF vegetation and 25 scattered paddock trees providing potential foraging habitat for the species. The hollow bearing tree may be potential roosting habitat for these species. The vegetation proposed to be removed is poorly connected with other vegetation in the area. It is isolated and surrounded by exotic pasture. The proposed removal of potential foraging and roosting habitat is considered to be minimal, especially when considered in the context of areas of potential foraging and roosting habitat present on surrounding lands and accessible to these highly mobile species.

Dewatering the dams is not considered to significantly modify habitat for these species, as these highly mobile species will have access to other waterbodies in the locality, including the proposed reconstructed creek within the riparian corridor of the subject site.


The proposal would not isolate any currently connected areas of potential habitat, as the 0.2 ha of remnant RFEF vegetation and 25 scattered paddock trees are already fragmented by past vegetation clearing and use of the subject site for pasture. The species are highly mobile and it is not considered unlikely that the vegetation / habitat to be removed would isolate any currently interconnected areas of potential foraging habitat.

iii. the importance of the habitat to be removed, modified, fragmented or isolated to the long term survival of the species, population or ecological community in the locality,



The habitat that would be removed has been subject to past and ongoing disturbance. The potential foraging and roosting habitat within the subject site for these species is unlikely to be important to the species given the availability of potential foraging and roosting habitat available in the locality. The proposal to remove approximately 0.2 ha of remnant RFEF vegetation and 25 scattered paddock trees, that are already isolated is unlikely to impact upon the long term survival of these species.

e) Whether the action proposed is likely to have an adverse effect on critical habitat.

No critical habitat has been declared for Eastern False Pipistrelle, East Coast Free Tail Bats, Greater Broad Nosed Bats and Southern Myotis.

f) Whether the action proposed is consistent with the objectives or actions of a recovery plan or threat abatement plan.

No recovery plan or threat abatement plan of relevance to the microbats has been prepared.

g) The action proposed constitutes or is part of a key threatening process or is likely to result in the operation of, or increase the impact of, a key threatening process.

Two key threatening processes listed under the TSC Act have relevance with respect to these microbat species: clearing of native vegetation and removal of hollow-bearing trees. Whilst the proposal would increase the impact of this key threatening process, the scale of the impact is not considered significant.

Conclusions The proposal is unlikely to constitute a significant impact on these species, given that:

The proposal would disturb a small area of potential habitat within the subject site These species are highly mobile and forage widely The hollow bearing tree to be removed is unlikely to be important roosting habitat for the

species, given its isolation The poor quality of the vegetation proposed for removal does not support much structural

diversity and therefore is only marginal foraging habitat for these species The proposal would not fragment any current populations.

On the basis of the above considerations, it is unlikely that the proposal will result in a significant impact on these microbat bat species. Consequently, a SIS is not required for the proposal with respect to these species.



Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-Fox)

The Grey-headed Flying Fox (GHFF) is listed as vulnerable under Schedule 2 of the TSC Act. The species is endemic to the east coast of Australia with a distribution from Bundaberg in the north to Melbourne in the south, from the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range to the coast (Eby 2000).

GHFF are a highly mobile species whose migration patterns are determined by the availability of flowering food resources (Eby 1991). The species is a canopy-feeding frugivore, blossom-eater, and nectarivore, and occurs in rainforest, woodlands, paperbark swamps and Banksia woodlands (NSW Scientific Committee 2001). This species feeds in particular on the nectar and pollen of native trees, especially Eucalyptus spp., Melaleuca spp. and Banksias spp., and fruits of rainforest trees and vines. During times when native food resources are limited, GHFF forage on fruit crops and cultivated gardens. GHFF congregate in large colonies of up to 200,000 individuals in the summer season (Churchill 1998). Camp sites are generally located next to rivers or creeks, and occur in a range of vegetation communities including rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, Melaleuca woodland, Casuarina forest or mangroves (Eby 2000). These sites have a dense canopy, providing them with the moist, humid microclimate they require. Camp sites are critical for mating, birthing, rearing of young and as diurnal refuge from predators. Urban gardens, cultivated fruit crops and roadside verges may also provide temporary roosting habitat for this species.

This species is threatened by a number of processes including loss of foraging habitat, disturbance of roosting sites, unregulated shooting, and electrocution on powerlines (OEH 2012).

GHFF were not recorded within the subject site during the field surveys, but are known from previous records from within a 5 km radius of the study area. The nearest known GHFF camp sites are located approximately 6 km to the west in Campbelltown (off Blaxland Road) and a nationally important GHFF camp site located approximately 12 km to the west at Brownlow Hill in Camden. There is potential for the species to occur within the subject site due to the presence of suitable foraging habitat, although the subject site does not contain current or historic campsites.


Factors likely to have an adverse effect on the life cycle of Grey-headed Flying Fox would include a substantial loss and / or fragmentation of foraging habitat, increases in the mortality rate (e.g. via unregulated shooting or electrocution on power lines).

The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of the CPW community and approximately 0.2 ha of the RFEF community. The proposal would also remove one hollow bearing tree and dewater three existing dams. The vegetation represents potential foraging habitat for the GHFF.

The GHFF has a very large home range with the subject site likely to form only a portion of the foraging area for this species. Further, no camp sites are to be impacted. The proposal would result in an increase in human use of the subject site, but this would be unlikely to result in the increase in unregulated shooting. It is not known whether additional powerlines would be installed as a result of the proposed action, resulting in an increased risk of electrocution on powerlines, which could have an adverse effect on the life cycle of the species. However, the study area is already located in a built up area. If additional powerlines were installed, these would provide a minimal increase the number of powerlines already in the area.



As such, it is unlikely the proposed action will have an adverse effect on the life cycle of the GHFF such that a viable local population of the species is likely to be placed at risk of extinction.


Not Applicable

(c) in the case of an endangered ecological community or critically endangered ecological community, whether the action proposed:


ii. is likely to substantially and adversely modify the composition of the ecological community such that its local occurrence is likely to be placed at risk of extinction,

Not Applicable

(d) in relation to the habitat of a threatened species, population or ecological community:


The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of the CPW community and approximately 0.2 ha of the RFEF community. The proposal would also remove one hollow bearing tree and dewater three existing dams. The vegetation represents potential foraging habitat for the GHFF.

The proposed loss of potential foraging habitat is minimal when considered in the context of the species’ use of the subject site, which due to past fragmentation, is likely to be limited to occasional use of marginal foraging habitat. The species is unlikely to be dependent on foraging resources within the study area. The proposed loss of potential habitat is considered minimal due to the small amount of potential habitat to be removed and the areas of potential foraging habitat present in surrounding lands that are accessible to this highly mobile species. No camp sites would be impacted by the proposal. Therefore, the proposed loss of potential habitat is minimal and is not likely to represent a significant loss to the GHFF.


The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of the CPW community and approximately 0.2 ha of the RFEF community. The proposal would also remove one hollow bearing tree and dewater three existing dams. The vegetation represents potential foraging habitat for the GHFF. The removal of vegetation in the subject site would not exacerbate the fragmentation and isolation of other areas of habitat for GHFF. This species is a highly mobile species and it is not considered likely that the vegetation / habitat to be removed would isolate any currently interconnected areas of potential foraging habitat.

iii. the importance of the habitat to be removed, modified, fragmented or isolated to the long-term survival of the species, population or ecological community in the locality,



The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of the CPW community and approximately 0.2 ha of the RFEF community, which represents marginal foraging habitat for the species. The habitat that would be removed is not likely to be crucial habitat for the species and is small in scale: scattered trees and 0.2 ha of remnant vegetation. Further, extensive areas of potential habitat are present throughout the locality. No camp sites used for roosting will be impacted by the proposal.

(e) Whether the action proposed is likely to have an adverse effect on critical habitat.

No critical habitat has been declared by the Director-General of the OEH for GHFF.

(f) Whether the action proposed is consistent with the objectives or actions of a recovery plan or threat abatement plan.

A Draft National Recovery Plan for the GHFF was created in 2009 (DECCW 2009). These include:

Action 1: Identify and protect foraging habitat critical to the survival of Grey-headed Flying-foxes across their range

Action 2: Enhance winter and spring foraging habitat for Grey-headed Flying-foxes Action 3: Identify, protect and enhance roosting habitat critical to the survival of Grey-

headed Flying-foxes Action 4: Significantly reduce levels of deliberate Grey-headed Flying-fox destruction

associated with commercial horticulture Action 5: Provide information and advice to managers, community groups and members

of the public that are involved with controversial flying-fox camps Action 6: Produce and circulate educational resources to improve public attitudes toward

Grey-headed Flying-foxes, promote the recovery program to the wider community and encourage participation in recovery actions

Action 7: Monitor population trends for the Grey-headed Flying-fox Action 8: Assess the impacts on Grey-headed Flying-foxes of electrocution on powerlines

and entanglement in netting and barbed wire, and implement strategies to reduce these impacts

Action 9: Oversee a program of research to improve knowledge of the demographics and population structure of the Grey-headed Flying-fox

Action 10: Maintain a National Recovery Team to oversee the implementation of the Grey-headed Flying-fox National Recovery Plan

The proposal is consistent with the relevant objectives of the actions for GHFF.

(g) The action proposed constitutes or is part of a key threatening process or is likely to result in the operation of, or increase the impact of, a key threatening process.

The proposal constitutes the key threatening process of clearing of native vegetation under the TSC Act.

However, the scale of these impacts within the study area is not considered to be significant in relation to any local population of GHFF. This proposal is unlikely to adversely affect the long term survival of this species in the locality.

Conclusion



The proposed development is unlikely to impose a significant impact on GHFF given that the proposal:

Would only remove a very small area of potential foraging habitat Would not impact on any camps sites and hence the life cycle of the species Would not isolate an area of known habitat from currently interconnecting areas of potential

habitat for this species.

On the basis of the above considerations, it is unlikely that the proposal would result in a significant impact on the GHFF and a SIS is not required.



Appendix D: Significant impact criteria (EPBC Act) This section provides an assessment of the potential significance of impacts from the proposed activity on Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES). The EPBC Act Administrative Guidelines on Significance set out ‘Significant Impact Criteria’ that are to be used to assist in determining whether a proposed action is likely to have a significant impact on matters of national environmental significance.

MNES considered relevant to this assessment include:

Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-fox)

Grey-headed Flying-fox

a) lead to a long-term decrease in the size of an important population of a species

Two Grey-headed Flying-fox (GHFF) camp sites occur within approximately 12 km of the subject site. Seasonal fluctuations in the number of individuals in the camp are common. Individuals will move between camp sites in response to foraging resources. It is likely that colonies occur at single camps and that many colonies make up an important population of this species. Individuals are also likely to move between colonies.

The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of the CPW community and approximately 0.2 ha of the RFEF community. The proposal would also remove one hollow bearing tree and dewater three existing dams. The vegetation represents potential foraging habitat for the GHFF and the proposal will not impact on any part of a known camp.

The vegetation within the study area provides limited foraging habitat for this species, with a small amount of winter foraging habitat for this species present in the form of scatted Eucalyptus tereticornis trees. Given that this species is highly mobile and that foraging habitat exists in the surrounding landscape the proposal is unlikely to affect the GHFF such that it would lead to a long-term decrease in the size of an important population of this species.

b) reduce the area of occupancy of an important population;

GHFFs are considered to form a single large and broadly distributed population. The area of occupancy for this population is dynamic with individuals moving between camps across its range. Presently, its range includes most of the east / south-eastern sea-board from central Queensland to South Australia. Individuals of this population are highly mobile and are known to travel up to 50 – 150 km a night. Because of this the numbers present at individual camps may change during seasonal fluctuations.

The GHFF is known from 43 records from a 5 km radius around the subject site. Under the proposal the 0.2 ha of potential low quality foraging habitat and approximately 25 scattered trees will be removed. However, these impacts are unlikely to reduce the area of occupancy for this population



given the availability of foraging and roosting habitat present in adjacent areas and the highly mobile nature of this species.

c) fragment an existing important population into two or more populations;

Given that species is highly mobile and that the proposal will not occur within current or potential roosting habitat, the proposed actions are unlikely to fragment this population.

d) adversely affect habitat critical to the survival of a species;

Two types of habitat are critical to the survival of this species: critical foraging and roosting habitats. The subject site could represent low quality irregular productive foraging habitat. However, due to the mobility of this species and the extent of more optimal foraging across this species range, the removal of this habitat is unlikely to have a significant impact upon this species. No critical roost habitat occurs at or nearby to the subject site. Therefore, it is unlikely that habitat critical to the survival of this species would be adversely affected.

e) disrupt the breeding cycle of an important population;

The proposal will not affect any GHFF breeding habitat. The closest camp is located approximately 6 km west of the subject site in Campbelltown. Although the study area contains winter flowering species that could provide nutrients to lactating females, there are extensive resources located closer to the camp and throughout the wider locality. Therefore, it is unlikely that the proposal will impact upon the breeding cycle of this species.

f) modify, destroy, remove or isolate or decrease the availability or quality of habitat to the extent that the species is likely to decline;

As no critical roosting habitat would be removed or disturbed and extensive foraging habitat exists outside of the subject site, the proposal would be unlikely to modify, destroy, remove, isolate or decrease the availability or quality of habitat to the extent that the species is likely to decline.

g) result in invasive species that are harmful to a vulnerable species becoming established in the vulnerable species’ habitat;

Mitigation measures have been provided to ensure that the proposal will not result in an invasive species, such as weeds or a destructive pathogen known or considered harmful to GHFF becoming established. As part of the proposal, control of invasive species has been recommended.

h) introduce disease that may cause the species to decline; or

Mitigation measures have been provided to ensure that the proposal will not result in the introduction of disease that is considered harmful to GHFF.

i) interfere substantially with the recovery of the species

A Draft National Recovery Plan for the GHFF was developed in 2009. The proposed removal of this vegetation is unlikely to interfere with the recovery of the GHFF as the impacts to potential habitat are minor compared to available surrounding habitat.



Conclusion

The proposal would result in the removal of approximately 25 scattered paddock trees of the CPW community and approximately 0.2 ha of the RFEF community. The proposal would also remove one hollow bearing tree and dewater three existing dams. This habitat removal is unlikely to impact upon any habitat that is considered critical to the lifecycle of this species.

Based on the information provided above, the proposal is unlikely to result in a significant impact for the GHFF. Therefore, a referral to the Commonwealth regarding this species is not recommended.



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