2020-07-16-sm-agenda-item-1-attachment-5-final-noosa-plan-2020-part-8-10-schedules-appendix

  Survey Technique                        Methods                                           Minimum Duration
                                          In areas of dense vegetation, the vegetation
                                          between the camera and bait should be
                                          cleared by hand to increase the field of view
                                          and minimise the chance of wind­blown
                                          vegetation triggering the sensor.

                                          AE consideration ­ Wire used to tie chicken
                                          carcasses will be tied tightly and coiled at
                                          the ends to avoid eye injuries to
                                          approaching fauna.
   Automated Acoustic Recording            Automatic recording devices allow acoustic       Unspecified
                                          surveys for extended periods of time and
                                          are useful to detect specific acoustically
                                          conspicuous species, particularly in
                                          combination with species recognition
                                          algorithms and expert listeners. Any
                                          automatic recording design needs to be
                                          specifically adapted to optimise detection of
                                          the target species (or group) in its particular
                                          habitat.
  Thermal Infrared Imaging of Nocturnal   Thermal imaging provides an effective, non­ As required to achieve purpose of survey
  Fauna                                   invasive method for the survey of nocturnal
                                          fauna for which there is sufficient contrast in
                                          temperatures, such as bats and birds
                                          against a cooler night sky. Because of their
                                          high cost and the level of technical expertise
                                          required, thermal imaging cameras are
                                          best employed for surveys of targeted
                                          species or for specialised investigations
                                          (e.g. behaviour of nocturnal fauna around an
                                          impact).
   Aquatic Bait Trap/netting              Various methods of aquatic surveying         To be undertaken when water body is
                                          should be undertaken where there is a        present on site
                                          water body on the subject site.
                                          Fish /tadpole/aquatic invertebrate sampling
                                          with hand dip net should be carried out over
                                          30 minutes to 2 hours depending on size of
                                          waterbody. Involves sampling using 5­
                                          10mm dip net for fish/tadpoles or 0.5um net
                                          for invertebrates, and multiple sweeps
                                          across various micro­habitats (e.g.
                                          pool/riffle) present.

                                          AE consideration ­ All fauna should be
                                          released unharmed.
  Bird Surveys                            Six 5­10 minute area searches within 100 x        1hr/day and night
                                          100 metre survey site or a transect search
                                          where 100m transect is walked with 5­10
                                          minutes spent at each transect. Birds are
                                          recorded indicating method of identification
                                          (ie call or visual observation). Surveys are
                                          conducted for 1 hour from dawn to early
                                          morning, 1 hour at dusk to early evening
                                          and 1 hour during night for nocturnal
                                          species.
  Other contemporary sampling methods     e.g fauna detection dogs, drones                  To be determined in consultation with


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