2019 Mt Owen Glendell Operations (MGO) Offsets Fauna Monitoring

2019 Mt Owen Glendell Operations (MGO) Offsets Fauna Monitoring

South-east Offset Dam, Mt Owen Glendell (November 2019) Pied Currawong, North West Offset, Mt Owen Glendell (October 2019) Ripe Rusty Fig Ficus rubiginosa, Mitchell Hills, November 2019 2019 ANNUAL REPORT MT OWEN GLENDELL (MG0) BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS FAUNA MONITORING Forest Fauna Surveys Pty Ltd MGO Biodiversity Offsets Fauna Monitoring 2019 2019 Annual Report Mt Owen Glendell (MGO) Biodiversity Offsets Fauna Monitoring Report prepared for MT. OWEN GLENDELL OPERATIONS This report prepared by Michael Murray [B.Sc.(Hons)] Forest Fauna Surveys Pty Ltd 51 Sheridan Avenue ADAMSTOWN HEIGHTS NSW 2289 (02) 4946 2977 [email protected] Acknowledgements. Mike Pereira (Mt Owen Glendell Operations) kindly provided information and assistance with a number of tasks throughout the year. Document History Document No. Prep. Date Version Checked by Date 00434.a 07.03.2020 Draft v.1 Mike Pereira 23.03.2020 00434.b 30.03.2020 Draft v.2 Mike Pereira 02.04.2020 00434.0 3.04.2020 FINAL __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 April 2020 Forest Fauna Surveys Pty Ltd 00434.0 Page i MGO Biodiversity Offsets Fauna Monitoring 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................................... i 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Background ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Prescriptions for Fauna Monitoring ................................................................................................................ 3 2.0 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Biodiversity Offset Descriptions ...................................................................................................................... 4 2.1.1 North West / North East Offsets ................................................................................................................ 4 2.1.2 Forest East / South-east / South-east Corridor Offsets ............................................................................. 5 2.1.3 Southern Remnant Offset .......................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.4 Bettys Creek Habitat Management Area Offset ........................................................................................ 7 2.1.5 Mitchell Hills Offset ................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.6 Stringybark Creek Offset ............................................................................................................................ 9 2.1.7 Cross Creek Offset ................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.8 Esparanga Offset ...................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Survey Methodology for Fauna Groups ........................................................................................................ 11 2.2.1 Birds ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.1.1 Opportunistic Sightings ...................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.1.2 Nocturnal Surveys .............................................................................................................................. 11 2.2.1.3 Diurnal Census .................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.2 Mammals ................................................................................................................................................. 14 2.2.2.1 Spotlight Searches .............................................................................................................................. 14 2.2.2.2 Microbats ........................................................................................................................................... 14 2.2.2.3 Remote Infra-red Cameras ................................................................................................................. 14 2.2.3 Reptiles and Frogs .................................................................................................................................... 15 2.2.4 Nestbox Inspections................................................................................................................................. 15 2.3 Research Licensing ........................................................................................................................................ 15 3.0 RESULTS ................................................................................................................................................................ 16 3.1 Birds .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 3.2 Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 3.3 Reptiles and Amphibians............................................................................................................................... 21 3.4 Threatened Fauna ......................................................................................................................................... 21 3.5 Nestboxes ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 4.0 DISCUSSION .......................................................................................................................................................... 36 5.0 REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 APPENDIX ONE – FAUNA LIST, 2019................................................................................................................................... 39 APPENDIX TWO – NEST BOXES, BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS, 2019 .......................................................................................... 52 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 April 2020 Forest Fauna Surveys Pty Ltd 00434.0 Page ii MGO Biodiversity Offsets Fauna Monitoring 2019 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Location of Biodiversity Offsets, Mt Owen Glendell Operations .................................................................... 3 Figure 2. North West Offset and North East Offset fauna monitoring sites .................................................................. 5 Figure 3. Forest East, South East and South-east Corridor Offset fauna monitoring sites ............................................. 6 Figure 4. Location of Southern Remnant Offset Fauna Site. .......................................................................................... 7 Figure 5. Location of Bettys Creek HMA and fauna monitoring sites ............................................................................ 8 Figure 6. Location of Mitchell Hills Offset Fauna Sites. .................................................................................................. 9 Figure 7. Location of Stringybark Creek Offset Fauna Site. ............................................................................................ 9 Figure 8. Location of Cross Creek Offset Fauna Site. ................................................................................................... 10 Figure 9. Location of Esparanga Offset Fauna Sites. .................................................................................................... 11 Figure 10. Comparison of Bird Species Diversity across offsets, 2019. .......................................................................... 17 Figure 11 Location of Threatened Fauna recorded, North West and North East Offsets 2019. ................................... 24 Figure 12 Location of Threatened Fauna, Bettys Creek HMA Offsets 2019. ................................................................. 24 Figure 13 Location of Threatened Fauna recorded, Forest East, South East and South-east Corridor Offsets 2019. ... 25 Figure 14 Location of Threatened Fauna, Southern Remnant Offset, 2019. ................................................................ 26 Figure 15 Location of Threatened Fauna, Mitchell Hills Offset, 2019. .......................................................................... 26 Figure 16 Location of Threatened Fauna, Stringybark Creek Offset, 2019. .................................................................. 27 Figure 17 Location of Threatened Fauna, Cross Creek Offset, 2019. ...........................................................................

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