BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 1131          Total No. of Sites: 0
Survey/Project Name: Southern Yorke Peninsula Woodland Bird Monitoring Project
Abstract: This project aims to assess the response of woodland birds to revegetation, habitat restoration and pest species control activities, across south-western Yorke Peninsula, which is a refuge for many threatened fauna species. The Southern Yorke Peninsula (SYP) Conservation Action Planning (CAP) process has identified the need for revegetation and habitat restoration works to buffer high quality remnant vegetation, re-establish landscape linkages and improve landscape permeability, and increase the system's resilience to climatic changes. The Northern and Yorke NRM Board has received funding support to undertake habitat restoration works, between 2013 and 2017. METHODOLOGY: This woodland bird monitoring commenced in April 2014 with the establishment of 20 bird monitoring sites in remnant vegetation principally Melaleuca lanceolata (Dryland Tea-tree) and Allocasuarina verticillata (Drooping Sheoak) low woodlands on public and private land. These remnant woodlands encompassed a variety of vegetation-condition states resulting from the agricultural land-use history in the area. The woodland bird monitoring in 2016/17 financial year will repeat the woodland bird monitoring sites established and surveyed in April 2014, October/November 2014 and September to November 2015 within the northern-part of the SYP study area.
 
Start Date: 01/04/2014      End Date: 31/12/2020
Survey Type: Fauna only
   
Study Area Description: Bird monitoring sites are located on southern Yorke Peninsula on private properties and on DEWNR lands.
Objectives
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation survey objectives recorded
         Fauna: Refer to Abstract.
Methodology
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation methodology recorded
         Fauna: Methods involve undertaking bird survey in the field at 20 individual site locations (Figure 2) according to the woodland bird monitoring methodology. Sites were selected within the target vegetation communities of Melaleuca lanceolata (Dryland Tea-tree) and Allocasuarina verticillata (Drooping Sheoak) Woodlands and consisted of 7 sites located in good condition areas, 8 in fair condition areas and 5 in poor condition areas based on condition mapping by Greening Australia (Paul Koch) in 2013. The woodland bird monitoring method generally follows the Birdlife Australia Bird Atlas 2 hectare (ha) 20 minute method with the main difference being, that there are 6 consecutive (repeated) 20 minutes sessions undertaken at each site (i.e. 6 back to back 20 minutes sessions at each 2ha site). A total of twenty 2 ha bird sites are required to be sampled, with 1 site surveyed per day according to the start time requirements. The method involves surveying 20 existing sites with coordinates, provided both the following occurs: A. Commence each 2 ha site's first 20 minute session 1 hour after sunrise (based sunrise time as indicated on ABC Weather Forecast). Searching each 2 hectare area, within an 80m radius around the site location for 20 minutes then repeating this search for a total of six consecutive 20 minutes sessions, at the same location (2 hours in total). B. Record all birds species definitively-identified by sight or call within each 20 minute session. This includes introduced species and birds flying overhead. Species that are definitively-identified by call must be annotated with the suffix 'C', and where possible the number of individuals recorded. Opportunistic sightings can be recorded for fauna sightings where possible but not to the detriment of the priority woodland bird survey to meet the Biological Database of SA (BDBSA) minimum data requirements.

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Fauna : Monitoring - Fauna/Ecosystem (ie species records - usually re-visited for ongoing monitoring) NOTE:NON Std Svy methodology may have been used.
Information Authority: Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:Northern & Yorke) - Clare Office - Regional Ecologist
Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management (NRM) Region