Conduct a fauna survey

• Some animals are active during the day while others are active at night.
• The animal survey techniques chosen need to be suitable for finding the types of animals that could potentially occur at the site.

Surveying for animals during both the day and evening is likely to provide more accurate data about the animals present at the site.

Spotlight surveys are suitable for large animals such as bandicoots but not for small animals such as lizards. Pit traps are suitable for surveying lizards but not for bandicoots. Harp traps are needed to safely catch bats for identification, while mist nets or sightings via binoculars may be used for bird identification.