SUPERSEDED Approved Document Fauna Management Plan v1 OPW25/0140

Fauna Management Plan
44 Hoy Road, Lake MacDonald


  Fauna           Management procedure                                     Responsibility     Timing
  management
  scenario
                    Wildlife Spotter Catcher and cleared of fauna
                    using a cherry picker;
                  • Segmental removal of the tree by a tree surgeon,
                    with hollow‐bearing limbs plugged and lowered
                    to the ground for inspection by the Wildlife
                    Spotter Catcher;
                  • Use of an excavator with vertical grab to lower
                    the main trunk (after removal of lateral limbs); or,
                  • A combination of the above methods.
                  • For smaller trees, or in circumstances where
                    access of a cherry picker is impossible, an
                    excavator with a vertical tree‐grab attachment
                    may be used to lower a tree to the ground for
                    inspection by the Wildlife Spotter Catcher.
                  • Advanced fledglings can be collected and
                    temporarily cared for by a wildlife carer for
                    subsequent release in accordance with
                    procedures for an animal is captured for
                    relocation.
 A bird nest is   • Where found prior to clearing works, inactive          Contractor,        During all
 observed in a      nests are removed during pre-clearance surveys         Wildlife Spotter   clearing
 tree but           to minimise the chance that a new nesting              Catcher
 unknown            attempt would occur before clearance.
 whether it is    • During clearing works, watch the nest for a
 used or not
                    period of time to see whether any birds fly to or
                    from the nest.
                  • Wildlife Spotter Catcher must not authorise the
                    felling of a tree known to contain, or likely to
                    contain nesting birds, including any inactive
                    nests, by any means or method that is likely to:
                  • Injure or kill any wild animal; or,
                  • Result in the unmanaged dispersal or escape of
                    birds.
                  • Notwithstanding above, any tree containing a
                    nest that may have previously contained wildlife,
                    may be felled by any method if:
                  • The Wildlife Spotter Catcher has determined
                    definitively that no birds are present in the tree
                    at the time of felling; or
                  • The Wildlife Spotter Catcher has removed all
                    birds from the tree immediately prior to felling.
                  • Methods which a Wildlife Spotter Catcher may
                    approve and use for the felling of a tree
                    containing, or likely to contain, an active nest are
                    limited to:
                  • Segmental removal of the tree by a tree surgeon,
                    with hollow‐bearing limbs being checked by the
                    Wildlife Spotter Catcher and cleared of fauna
                    using a cherry picker;




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