Appendix 2: Wharekirauponga Survey Effort and Summary of Findings Boffa Miskell Ltd | Waihi North Project | Terrestrial Ecology Values and Effects of the WUG Summary by fauna group Bat surveys summary 2016-17: ABMs installed for a minimum of 13 nights at 6 sites – no bat activity 2017- 2018: bat survey effort: 2 weeks of ABM surveys in 2 sites. 0 detected. 2018- 2019: 6 ABMs set out from 14th February 2019 for 12 nights. 0 detected. 2020- 2021: Bats not surveyed in biodiversity surveys. 2021- 2022: 1 site (drill 8) had 3 ABMs in place for two weeks prior to felling. No bats recorded. Invertebrate survey summary 2016-17: no threatened / at risk invertebrates recorded at 12 sites. Paua slug observed at 1 site 2017- 2018: Manual searching for paua slug during Archey’s frog searches. 0 reported. 2018- 2019: Manual searching for paua slug during Archey’s frog searches. 0 reported. 2020- 2021: Manual searching for paua slug during Archey’s frog searches. 0 reported. 2021- 2022: Manual searching for paua slug during Archey’s frog searches. 0 reported. Lizard survey summary 2016-17: day and night surveys for lizards across 8 sites 2017-2018: Both day and night systematic searches. 5 survey hours, 0 lizards detected. 2018- 2019: see biodiversity report summary above. 0 detected 2020- 2021: No lizards recorded in proposed drill sites, biodiversity surveys – spotlighting over 3 nights. 1 forest gecko reported. Manual surveys carried out at 15 sites. 2021- 2022: No lizards recorded in proposed drill sites or vent sites. Frog survey summary: 2016-2017: 63 Archey’s frogs in 137.5 survey hours 2017-2018: 349 frogs in 173.25 survey hours 2018- 2019: 193 frogs found in 398.65 survey hours 2020- 2021: 29 frogs found in 154.14 survey hours 2021- 2022: 3 frogs found in 29.58 survey hours Bird survey summary 2017- 2018: Not surveyed 2018- 2019: 17 species recorded, 12 native species.
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