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Fauna Spotter Catchers in Melbourne, VIC.

Fauna Spotters field vehicle at a wind-farm site

Fauna Spotter Catchers and Koala Spotters support vegetation clearing around Melbourne, including the City of Melbourne area. Nearby settings include water infrastructure, urban growth areas, river corridors, wetlands and forest. Share your Melbourne site, dates and approval conditions so we can confirm scope and availability.

Services in Melbourne

Choose the support your job needs. Specialist surveys are arranged around the site, target species and dates.

Koala Spotters

Dedicated koala searches and monitoring for works in koala habitat.

Thermal drone surveys

Thermal imaging to help locate wildlife and guide follow-up checks.

By arrangement

Typical works around Melbourne

Greenvale Reservoir supplies drinking water to Melbourne’s growing western suburbs, and the Maribyrnong Valley Parklands follow the river. Nearby settings also include wetlands, urban growth areas and forest.

  • Reservoir infrastructure clearing
  • Urban growth area clearing
  • River corridor vegetation clearing
  • Wetland edge vegetation clearing

Wildlife and habitat around Melbourne

Habitats around Melbourne include wetlands, riverlands, grasslands, eucalypt forests and fern gullies. Parks in the wider region provide habitat for kangaroos, koalas, platypus, powerful owls, wallabies, wedge-tailed eagles, echidnas and wombats.

Clearing rules for Melbourne

17 of the planning schemes means a permit is generally needed to remove, destroy or lop native vegetation, including dead native vegetation, unless an exemption applies.

We check the approval conditions for your site before work starts and plan the spotter role around them.

Significant species: Melbourne.

Mapped potential, not confirmed sightings. Select a count to explore species names and profiles.

50 km around Melbourne. Library snapshot: 30 Oct 2026.

Total significant species: 178

Victoria conservation categories

  • Critically endangered: 26
  • Endangered: 44
  • Vulnerable: 50

National (EPBC) conservation categories

  • Critically endangered: 10
  • Endangered: 23
  • Vulnerable: 34
  • Migratory: 42
  • Colonial breeders: 48

Each species counts once in the total. Additional groups can overlap with one another and the conservation categories.

Mapped potential, not confirmed sightings. This is not a site survey or a complete wildlife inventory.

Species names and profiles
Area, sources and limitations

A 50 km circle centred on Melbourne, not a council boundary. It includes nearby areas and may extend across state boundaries or coastal waters.

Generated from Fauna Spotters significant-species screening library on 30 Oct 2026. Underlying source dates vary. Counts use mapped ranges and generalised distribution estimates, not a live ALA or WildNet records search. Marine-only profiles are excluded; coastal species may be included.

State and national conservation categories are shown separately. Priority and other conservation categories are not necessarily threatened listings. The total includes all significant fauna in the screening areas, including any adjacent jurisdictions. Listings may apply to only part of an area. Colonial breeding is an ecological grouping, not a threat status. Check individual profiles for listing details and source references.

Screening centres, using GeoNames (CC BY 4.0):

Working in Melbourne

Greater Melbourne motorway, rail and growth-corridor clearing.

Where’s your next job?

Enter your site, dates and crew needs for an itemised quote. We’ll confirm availability before booking.

  • Site address or nearest town
  • Start date and number of days
  • Crew and equipment needed

Permissions in Victoria

In Victoria the work is covered by a Wildlife Act education and management permit, issued by the Conservation Regulator under the Wildlife Act 1975 and obtained for each project. Our management plans and crew credentials are ready to go, and our applications are pre-filled, so we can lodge as soon as your project is confirmed for the fastest possible path to approval.

Any additional permissions and approval conditions are checked for the job.

Frequently asked questions

What habitat and fauna should we consider before clearing near Melbourne?

Around Melbourne, habitats include reservoir wetlands and vegetation, riverlands and grasslands beside the Maribyrnong River, and forest and fern gullies in nearby parks. Local park wildlife includes koalas, kangaroos and platypus; your site approvals set out what is required.

Do your Melbourne crews hold koala-handling qualifications?

Yes. We supply dedicated Koala Spotters for projects inside mapped VIC koala habitat, in line with state koala conservation requirements.

Can you start at short notice?

Send the site, dates, shifts and approval conditions. We will check crew availability and any permissions before confirming a start.

What permissions apply in Victoria?

In Victoria the work is covered by a Wildlife Act education and management permit, issued by the Conservation Regulator under the Wildlife Act 1975 and obtained for each project. Our management plans and crew credentials are ready to go, and our applications are pre-filled, so we can lodge as soon as your project is confirmed for the fastest possible path to approval. Moving threatened fauna more than 100 m from where it was caught needs a translocation proposal reviewed by the DEECA Translocation Evaluation Panel. A wildlife controller licence does not cover relocating non-dangerous wildlife.

Can you prepare a fauna management plan?

Yes. Share the clearing footprint, relevant approvals and any existing surveys. We will scope the plan and reporting requirements for your project.