Biodiversity of Gelliondale 

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"Gellions Run is one of the few localities where such a diversity of coastal vegetation communities occurs."
Ref #1 : Page 9 Land Conservation Council Melbourne Feb 1981 (ISBN 0724191615)


Gellions Run (Gelliondale, South Gippsland) covers approximately 3200ha of coastal plains west of Port Albert. 


Natural Features include sand dunes, sand sheets of Pleistocene age, recent shoreline sediments, diverse estuary habitat, Pleistocene inland flat terraces with intermittent depressions of recent swamp and marsh deposits. 

INQUIRY INTO THE VICTORIAN AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORT NO.202: MEETING OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT RAMSAR WETLANDS


We seek that the committee consider the Synergy Wind proposal to be a high priority threat to the ecological character of this site and request that this threat be part of a management plan for this area.
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​We note that the committee can investigate new issues and we ask that the issue of energy generation near Ramsar site be deemed a new issue.
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 ​Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park and the Orange-bellied Parrot
https://foster.vic.au/corner-inlet-nooramunga-marine-coastal-parks/


"In summer the ocean beaches and sand spits in Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Parks are also used as nesting sites by shore birds like the Pied oystercatcher, Crested Tern, Caspian Tern, Fairy Tern and the endangered Hooded Plover and Little Tern. Other notable bird species include the White-bellied Sea Eagle, the ​endangered Orange-bellied Parrot and the rare Ground Parrot, which lives in coastal heaths."
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One of only a few migratory parrot species in the world, the Orange-bellied Parrot is critically endangered. https://www.zoo.org.au/fighting-extinction/local-threatened-species/orange-bellied-parrot/​
Collaborating to protect coastal saltmarsh at Corner Inlet Report
​(Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability 2021)
" habitats within Corner Inlet and Nooramunga coastlines support a range of threatened species. These include the orange-bellied parrot, chestnut teal, pied oystercatcher, sooty oystercatcher, eastern curlew, red-necked stint, pacific gull and fairy tern."  https://www.ces.vic.gov.au/state-of-reports/state-marine-and-coastal-environment-2021-report/stories/collaborating-protect
Additional Reference https://www.ces.vic.gov.au/publications-library/state-marine-and-coastal-environment-2021-report

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