acoustic monitoring Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Heard and not seen

By Ashleigh Marshall|2025-03-20T16:57:40+00:006 Mar 2025|acoustic monitoring, autonomous recording units, ecological indicators, Florida, monitoring, nest monitoring, passive acoustic monitoring, passive monitoring, waders, wetlands|

Estimating wading bird nest counts using acoustic sampling

Birdsong and your wellbeing – what’s the deal?

By Natalia Zielonka|2024-10-20T07:17:10+00:007 Oct 2024|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, bird assemblages, bird song, bird-human interactions, early-career researcher|

Conserving bird populations can enhance natural soundscapes and our experience of nature

Birdsong on migration

By Yael Lehnardt|2024-06-25T10:14:22+00:0024 Jun 2024|acoustic monitoring, bird song, migration stopover|

Why are migratory birds attracted to birdsong at rest stops?

The call of the Striped Cuckoo

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-27T13:57:52+00:002 Nov 2023|acoustic monitoring, annual cycle, behaviour, breeding biology, Cuckoos, mate selection, passive acoustic monitoring, song, vocalisations|

This species uses two vocalisations for different purposes.

Do crossbill calls change over time?

By Ralph Martin|2023-08-07T17:41:54+00:0014 Aug 2023|acoustic monitoring, avian biology, behaviour, bioacoustics, communication, passerines, song|

Covering 58 years of crossbill recordings

Can you hear me?

By Lauren Chronister|2023-03-31T16:59:45+00:003 Apr 2023|acoustic monitoring, bird song, citizen science, communications, community ecology, competition, data repository, IBIS, open source, song, sound, vocalisations|

Birds use clever strategies to communicate in crowds

How to use BirdNET

By Cristian Pérez-Granados|2023-03-20T15:38:40+00:0027 Mar 2023|acoustic monitoring, bird song, citizen science, data repository, IBIS, open source, passive acoustic monitoring, song, sound, vocalisations|

Reviewing the applications, performance and opportunities of BirdNET for bird monitoring

The rise of passive acoustic monitoring

By Oliver Metcalf|2023-03-17T11:39:46+00:0020 Mar 2023|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, biodiversity, bird assemblages, diversity, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, habitat restoration, impact assessment, monitoring, passive acoustic monitoring, populations, recording, song, vocalisations|

Using passive acoustic monitoring for surveying birds in the UK

How do urban birds settle fights under noise?

By Çağla Önsal (she/her)|2022-10-08T14:43:57+00:0013 Oct 2022|acoustic monitoring, behaviour, bird song, communication, competition, Disturbance, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, experiment, fieldwork, garden birds, habitat, noise pollution, passerines, sensory ecology, song, sound|

Loud cities reshape communication and aggressive behaviour in European Robins

Singing Penguins

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-08-05T08:45:48+00:0011 Aug 2022|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, Breeding, communication, Disturbance, nest recording, passive monitoring, recording, territoriality|

Can we use penguin display songs for monitoring colonies?