RYDE FLORA and FAUNA STUDY 2007 - City of Ryde - NSW ...
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Biosphere Environmental Consultants Pty Ltd<br />
<strong>Ryde</strong> Flora <strong>and</strong> Fauna Survey <strong>2007</strong> 43<br />
Crustacea Isopoda Slaters Ground<br />
Molluscs Gastropoda Snails<br />
Ground<br />
Slugs<br />
Ground<br />
Annelida Oligochaeta<br />
Earthworms<br />
Ground<br />
Hirunidae<br />
Leeches<br />
Foliage<br />
5.2 Buffalo Creek Reserves<br />
Native terrestrial mammals were not commonly encountered in any <strong>of</strong> the reserves<br />
with usually only one or two species present in each reserve. The most common<br />
mammals detected were Brush-tailed Possums, Ring-tailed Possums <strong>and</strong> Grey-headed<br />
Flying Foxes. The ground fauna was dominated by exotic mammals, such as black<br />
rats, cats, dogs <strong>and</strong> foxes (Table 14).<br />
Table 14<br />
Mammal Fauna <strong>of</strong> Bushl<strong>and</strong> Reserves Along Buffalo Creek<br />
Species Common Reserves How Detected Comments<br />
Name Detected<br />
Brush-tail Possum Trichosurus Burrows, Barton, Spotlighting Relatively<br />
vulpecula Pidding<br />
Hair Tubes common<br />
Ring-tail Possum Pseudecheirus<br />
peregrinus<br />
Burrows Spotlighting Uncommon<br />
Black Rat* Rattus rattus Burrows, Barton, Spotlighting Very common<br />
Pidding, Minga Hair Tubes<br />
House Mouse* Mus musculus Burrows, Barton Hair Tubes Relatively<br />
common<br />
Dog* Canis lupus<br />
familiaris<br />
Burrows Spotlighting<br />
Cat* Felis catus Burrows Spotlighting Cats observed in<br />
reserves during<br />
both survey<br />
sessions<br />
Rabbit* Oryctolagus<br />
cuniculus<br />
Pidding Spotlighting, scats<br />
Grey-headed Pteropus Burrows, Barton, Spotlighting Regularly sighted<br />
Flying Fox poliocephalus Pidding<br />
flying overhead.<br />
* denotes exotic or feral species<br />
Birds:<br />
Forty five species <strong>of</strong> day birds <strong>and</strong> one species <strong>of</strong> night bird were found in the<br />
reserves along Buffalo Creek (Table 15). Many <strong>of</strong> the birds found were those<br />
commonly found in open woodl<strong>and</strong>; ground-nesting or ground-frequenting birds were<br />
conspicuously absent. It is assumed that their absence is due to the high number <strong>of</strong><br />
exotic predators in the park.<br />
The most conspicuous birds were the medium-sized birds, such as Magpies,<br />
Currawongs, Wattlebirds <strong>and</strong> Kookaburras. Smaller passerines were relatively scarce,<br />
probably due to the high number <strong>of</strong> predatory birds in the area <strong>and</strong> the relative lack <strong>of</strong><br />
cover for smaller birds.