Operational monitoring that protects wildlife, operations and compliance

Specialised assessment of avian and bat collision risk, activity patterns, and habitat use, critical for wind farm developments and infrastructure where turbine strike or linear impacts are a concern. Early risk assessment identifies species of concern, evaluates collision risk factors, and helps improve turbine layout.  

Activity and distribution surveys that assess how birds and bats use your site seasonally and spatially. Mandatory for wind farms and renewable energy projects, and increasingly required for other infrastructure with potential avian/bat impacts.

Operational monitoring frameworks for wind farms that track bird and bat fatalities, establish trigger thresholds, and define adaptive management responses. Required under approval conditions for operational wind farms, BBAMPs specify monitoring protocols, trigger investigation procedures, and mitigation measures if impacts are higher than predicted. 

Acoustic monitoring that non-invasively identifies bat species and assesses activity levels, collision risk, and seasonal patterns. Essential for wind farm approvals, mandatory under EPBC Act for Commonwealth-listed bats, and critical for offshore wind assessment.

Ongoing monitoring programmes (e.g., BBAMP implementation, bird an bat utilisation studies, impact trigger investigations) and compliance reporting embedded into operational procedures to demonstrate environmental outcomes and manage adaptive mitigation measures. Required for operational wind farms under state and/or federal approval conditions.