passive acoustic monitoring Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Optimizing BirdNET: lessons from a global initiative

By Cristian Pérez-Granados|2026-05-26T11:12:06+01:0025 May 2026|acoustic monitoring, IBIS, passive acoustic monitoring, vocalisations|

A collaborative worldwide initiative provides insights into how to better use BirdNET

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

The call of the Striped Cuckoo

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-27T13:57:52+01:002 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.

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

IBIS special issue

By Steve Dudley (he/him)|2020-10-06T15:11:44+01:0016 Mar 2020|IBIS, Migration, movement, movements, passerines, passive acoustic monitoring, passive monitoring, populations, raptors, Seabirds, special issue|

Avian Migration and Movement

Introducing Solo: an open-source audio recorder for bioacoustic research

By Robbie Whytock|2021-08-13T13:56:20+01:0010 Apr 2017|bioacoustics, open source, passive acoustic monitoring, technology, woodland birds|

Inexpensive tool could provide new insights into avian ecology