• The new trough is turned on at Clontarf Hill.

A $35,000 watering tower described as the “Rolls Royce of the cocky trough” has been installed at Clontarf Hill in Beaconsfield to provide endangered black cockatoos with a safe and reliable source of water.

Federal Fremantle MP Josh Wilson said the tower was part of a seven-site Cockatoo Watering Flyway stretching from Banjup to Clontarf Hill, with the Commonwealth contributing $125,000 to the network.

“I can say that that this is definitely the Rolls Royce of the Cocky Trough,” Mr Wilson said.

“It’s super impressive, really well designed, and a small but significant improvement in the way that we look after cockatoos and red-tailed Baudin and Carnaby’s cockatoos, providing them with a safe and reliable, clean water source at a time when our environment is under pressure and our biodiversity is under pressure.”

The Clontarf Hill project, led by the Friends of Clontarf Hill, was funded through the Albanese government’s Local Environmental Projects Program.

The elevated watering point is intended to provide fresh water while reducing the risk of birds drinking from ground-level sources where they can be exposed to predators.

Friends of Clontarf Hill stalwart Christine Duckham recognised the continuing connection of Whadjuk Noongars to Clontarf Hill, which is a registered site.

“So we honour that continuing connection, and today we’re here to commission something that seems relatively small, but actually it represents something a lot bigger, and it’s the commitment to caring for Country.

“Conservation, and in particular our community conservation, is often about doing really small things,” she said.

“It’s little things: planting, weeding, watering, monitoring, and it all contributes to a healthier environment for the future, and it also is just a reminder that conservation doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be simple.”