Treetec preparing for wildlife nest box installation on private land.
Have you decided that you want to put up some homes for wildlife to come and live on your property? Did you wonder what type … Continue Reading ››
Did you know that Powerful Owls are named so because of their incredible size and strength. They can fly at up to 60 km/h and have been known to attack prey up to 3 times their own weight! This near threatened species typically nest in very large tree hollows and will … Continue Reading ››
Treetec arborist at Gresswell Forest NCR habitat enhancement Project. 50 Wildlife chainsaw hollows were carved into live trees for instant wildlife homes.
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Treetec artificial chainsaw hollow for wildlife - Whitehorse project. Occupied by Australia Owlet-nightjar. Internal cavity view by extension pole camera.
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Treetec developed wildlife log boxes for use in our projects. Created from waste logs and recycled back into wildlife habitat.
While Treetec has pioneered the … Continue Reading ››
Graph showing internal temperature of carved hollows compared to nest boxes and natural hollows (from Griffiths et al. 2019)
The Treetec team were involved in one … Continue Reading ››
Habitech nestbox installed to provide wildlife nesting habitat.
Treetec are proudly authorised installers of Habitech modular nest boxes.
These patented designed nest boxes are built to mimic the physical and thermal properties of natural hollows with … Continue Reading ››
Habitech modular nest box for wildlife. Installed by Treetec arborists.
Treetec are proudly authorised installers of Habitech modular nest boxes.
The modular design and customisable entry hole allows construction to diversely suit a … Continue Reading ››
Large cavity created in existing decay by re-shaping hollow and inserting faceplate. Immediately suitable wildlife nesting hollow.
Hollows can be accelerated or modified to make them more useful … Continue Reading ››
Treetec detection of endangered Greater Gliders. Remote wildlife cameras are placed very high in the canopy where this species favoured habitat is.
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Fire affected habitat in East Gippsland. Treetec to install wildlife hollows under government grant. (c) Tom Oldmeadow
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Introduced wildlife hollow using a faceplate on a dead tree with front facing entry hole. Chainsaw carved cavity by Treetec arborists.
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Treetec designed Tec-Door with Tec-Spout. Arborists use chainsaws to create a narrow introduced wildlife hollow with Tec-Door entry plate on rough … Continue Reading ››
Chainsaw hollows cut by Treetec Arborists feature on Gardening Australia. Cameras show a Ringtail Possum occupies the hollow.Chainsaw hollows uniquely designed and carved … Continue Reading ››
Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes). A common species regularly found in Elliot Traps in Victoria by Treetec Ecologists. ((c) E.Campbell).Elliott trapping is a scientific … Continue Reading ››
Orbost Secondary College VCAL students monitor artificial nesting hollows. Nesting hollow cam view down!
Parks Victoria manage Cabbage Tree Creek Conservation Reserve in East Gippsland. This area was affected during the summer bushfires in 2019/20 and much … Continue Reading ››
Leadbeater's Possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) being identified from wildlife cameras in Victoria's forests. Sorting images for scientific data using Digikam (source: Forest Survey Protection Program).Tagging camera trap photos is an important first step in analysing and understanding the biodiversity in a … Continue Reading ››
Treetec arborist safely in canopy and using Hollowhog tool to modify a dead branch to become an introduced wildlife hollow.
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A critically endangered Leadbeater's Possum detected on Thermal Imaging ((C) DELWP used with permission)Thermal imaging (TI) is another effective tool for wildlife surveys and is used by the … Continue Reading ››
Boobook Owl (Ninox boobook) under spotlight during nocturnal survey. (source: Forest Protection Survey Program).Spotlighting is a widely used method to survey a range of nocturnal mammals, birds, reptiles … Continue Reading ››
Mounting or installing wildlife nesting habitat Canopy access nest box installation. Climber is secured to the tree with rope and harness allowing him to work … Continue Reading ››
About Treetec
Treetec is an arboricultural and ecological company with specialist skills in canopy-based research, ecological survey and assessments as well as ecological restoration and habitat creation.
As such, our team includes specialists in both the arboriculture and ecology fields. We undertake ecological restoration and habitat creation, nest box installation & monitoring, camera trap … Continue Reading ››