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Table 12.20 Summary of Level of Effects (and Significance)
Receptor
Sensitivity/
Importance
of Receptor
Effect
Development
Phase
Magnitude of
Change/Effect
Level of Effect
(and Significance)
Prior to Mitigation
Mitigation
Enhancement
Level of
Effect (and
Significance
) after
Mitigation
Nature of Effect
Goshawk
Regional
Habitat loss
(nesting)
Construction
Small (worst
case scenario)
Slight
(not significant)
Removal
(felling) of nest
site prior to
construction
and outside of
the breeding
season
N/A
Slight
(not
significant)
Assumes
theoretical loss of a
nest site in the
unlikely event that
one is established
within the
development
footprint
Habitat loss
(foraging)
Construction Negligible Negligible
(not significant)
None N/A Negligible
(not
significant)
None predicted
Disturbance/
Displacement
(nesting)
Construction
Small (worst
case scenario)
Slight
(not significant)
Pre- and midconstruction
surveys to
identify any
goshawk nests
and
establishment
of work
exclusion zones
where
necessary
N/A
Slight
(not
significant)
Assumes
theoretical
disturbance of a
nest site in the
unlikely event that
one is established
within the
development
footprint
Disturbance/
Displacement
(foraging)
Construction Negligible Negligible
(not significant)
None N/A Negligible
(not
significant)
Negligible
displacement to
alternative foraging
areas
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