(south Caira Nationally threatened channel) Australasian bittern and NSW-listed freckled Nimmie-Caira duck* and magpie goose What did refuge (north (Mid-Murrumbidgee) were Commonwealth Caira channel) recorded in wetlands that environmental water received Commonwealth contribute to Yes Yarradda environmental water. Two waterbird species of Lagoon wetlands that received conservation Commonwealth significance? Nap Nap - environmental water Waugorah supported small-scale breeding in JAMBA listed Eastern great egrets. Colonial waterbird breeding was recorded in five wetlands across the Murrumbidgee Selected Area which received Commonwealth environmental water in What did This included delivery of Commonwealth Commonwealth environmental water Yes environmental water to contribute to maintain stable water levels waterbird breeding*? in the Tarwillie (Redbank) and Telephone Swamps where small numbers (approx. 250 pairs in total) of JAMBA listed Eastern great egrets nested successfully. * Assessed through complementary NSW OEH waterbird diversity and colonial waterbird breeding monitoring (see Spencer et al. 2016a). Main findings from waterbird monitoring program Waterbird diversity and total waterbird abundance was greater in monitored wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental water in 2015-16 compared to sites that were dry, and sites that received water in 2014-15 only. Wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental supported species of conservation significance including the threatened Australian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) (EPBC Act endangered), freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa) and magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) (vulnerable NSW Threatened Species Conservation (TSC) Act 1995).
(south Caira channel) Nimmie-Caira refuge (north Caira channel) Yarradda Lagoon Nap Nap - Waugorah What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to waterbird species of conservation significance? Nationally threatened Australasian bittern and NSW-listed freckled duck* and magpie goose (Mid-Murrumbidgee) were recorded in wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental water. Two wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental water supported small-scale breeding in JAMBA listed Eastern great egrets. Yes What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to waterbird breeding*? Colonial waterbird breeding was recorded in five wetlands across the Murrumbidgee Selected Area which received Commonwealth environmental water in This included delivery of Commonwealth environmental water to maintain stable water levels in the Tarwillie (Redbank) and Telephone Swamps where small numbers (approx. 250 pairs in total) of JAMBA listed Eastern great egrets nested successfully. Yes * Assessed through complementary NSW OEH waterbird diversity and colonial waterbird breeding monitoring (see Spencer et al. 2016a). Main findings from waterbird monitoring program Waterbird diversity and total waterbird abundance was greater in monitored wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental water in 2015-16 compared to sites that were dry, and sites that received water in 2014-15 only. Wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental supported species of conservation significance including the threatened Australian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) (EPBC Act endangered), freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa) and magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) (vulnerable NSW Threatened Species Conservation (TSC) Act 1995).
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