BTO surveyors and mammal monitoring

08 Aug 2018

The UK’s mammals present particular challenges for monitoring; they live in a wide variety of habitats, vary enormously in size and can be very difficult to see, but as the latest paper from BTO scientists shows, Britain’s army of volunteer bird surveyors could come to the rescue.

Bird tracking

Phil Atkinson explains the technology behind tracking.

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Raptor ID (2 sessions, Wednesdays 7pm)

The training will consist of two weekly online sessions of about 2 hours each, complemented by supported self-study exercises which will be provided after each session. The training will be run by BTO staff members Nick...

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BTO surveyors and mammal monitoring

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