Table 4.7
Migratory fauna species as listed by the EPBC Act predicted to occur within the study area
Scientific name
Common name
Conservation status NC Act EPBC Act
Source
Records (WO) with 5 km of the Project
Records (DETSI, 2025) with 5 km of the Project
Migratory marine and migratory marine birds Actitis hypoleucos SL
Common sandpiper
Mig
PMST
0
0
Fork-tailed swift SL
Mig Mig
PMST PMST
0 0
0 0
Apus pacificus
Salt-water crocodile, estuarine crocodile
V
Crocodylus porosus
Migratory terrestrial Cuculus optatus
Oriental cuckoo, Horsfield's cuckoo White-throated needletail Yellow wagtail
SL
Mig
PMST
0
0
V
V, Mig
PMST
0
0
Hirundapus caudacutus
SL
Mig
PMST
0
0
Motacilla flava
Migratory wetlands Calidris acuminata
Sharp-tailed sandpiper
V
V, Mig
PMST
0
0
Eastern curlew, far eastern curlew
CR
CE, Mig
PMST
0
0
Numenius madagascariensis
Osprey
SL SL
Mig Mig
PMST PMST
0 0
0 0
Pandion haliaetus Calidris melanotos
Pectoral sandpiper Curlew sandpiper
CR
Mig
PMST
0
0
Calidris ferruginea
Latham's snipe, Japanese snipe
V
V, Mig
PMST
0
0
Gallinago hardwickii
Common greenshank, greenshank
E
E, Mig
PMST
0
0
Tringa nebularia
Key: NL= not listed, SL = special least concern, V = vulnerable, NT = Near threatened, E= Endangered, CR or CE = Critically endangered, Mig = Migratory
4.4.3 Terrestrial fauna values The land within the project area has been subject to legacy gold mining activities including vegetation clearing, mining construction and gold mine processing and discharging of contaminated water into tailings dams that were not constructed in accordance with modern day engineering standards. The land within the project area occurs within a landscape of sheltered gorges in sedimentary rocks which support open forests and eucalypt woodlands, both occurring with open – sparse – moderate canopy cover with a generally sparse shrub layer and a ground layer with native grasses and frequent areas of leaf litter and rocky outcrops. Intermittent native grasses comprised the majority of the layer. The project area contains patches of woodland dominated by Eucalyptus decorticans, Lysicarpus angustifolius and Corymbia citriodora. An ephemeral waterbody occurs within Upper Mundic Gully, which has a 200 m + tunnel that was constructed during mining operations that connects Upper Mundic Gully to Dam 8. The tunnel is horse-shoe shaped with a flat bottom, approximately 2.8 m high x 2.1 m wide. Two Anabats have been deployed at the opening of this cave in
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