Arboricultural Report from STP24-0253 Application for Operational Works Fire Trail - 80 Cooyar Street Noosa Heads · OPW24/0118

Fauna Management Plan v1                                                                NCES REF: J001259
Lot 9 on RP225312 – 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads



6    NEST BOX INSTALLATION

Condition 72 of the MCU requires:

Permanent artificial nesting boxes must be installed within the development site to provide
compensatory habitat for arboreal mammals and hollow dependent avian species. The works must
be undertaken in accordance with an Operational Works approval.

Liaison with Mr. William Lowe of Noosa Council on 31/01/2023 confirmed that a total of 6 nest boxes
are to be installed in the vegetated areas of the site. Given Glossy black cockatoos are known to
preference emergent eucalypts with large hollows at the crown of the tree, the site is not considered
suitable to receive GBC nest boxes. Nest boxes of mixed sizes targeted to support a variety local
bird and mammal (i.e. microbats) species are therefore to be installed.

Hollow Log Homes or a suitable reputable company are to be engaged to supply and install the nest
boxes and a Nest Box Location Plan is to be provided and retained for future Certification purposes.

Nest boxes are to comprise sturdy durable materials with a minimum 30 year anticipated lifespan




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and installed with the habisure or similar system so as to avoid injury to host trees (i.e. not
nailed/bolted into the tree).

Consideration is to be given to the direction and aspect of the nest boxes to avoid artificial night time
light cast onto boxes and they are to be set high enough to avoid predation by cats (i.e. min 3m
above ground level). It is anticipated 3 nest boxes can be installed in the north of the site about the
paperbark wetland and a further 3 boxes installed in the south of the site on the remaining eucalypts
which have been retained in the southern fire break.




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