This project looks at the effectiveness of bee hotels.
Research Project 1: Bee Hotels | How Effective Are They?
Posted in:
Conservation, Ecology, Invertebrates, Research, Urban Ecosystems
Date posted: 1 January 2023
SPONSORSIP OPPORTUNITY
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Barn Owl, Birds, Conservation, Protected Species, Research
Date posted: 23 November 2022
During the summer of 2023, Alar Ecology will be conducting a research project looking at the thermal properties of barn owl nest boxes. The main objective of this project will be to gather data that will inform nest box deployment in exposed positions subject to potential overheating.
Guest Blog by Katrina van Grouw | Fossil Birds @ Cambridge: please help fund my PhD
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Birds, Paleontology, Research, Science, Sponsorship
Date posted: 11 June 2021
Katrina van Grouw has been accepted at the University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences Department, to undertake a PhD in bird evolution. She is looking to self fund her research and needs you help!
Alar Ecology goes thermal!
Posted in:
Bats, Birds, Company News, Protected Species, Research, Survey Methods, Thermal Imaging
Date posted: 26 April 2021
Alar Ecology has invested in a state-of-the-art thermal imaging camera, the FLIR Scion OTM266. This will be used primarily for bat surveys but will have other uses too.
Acoustic monitoring of migrant birds in the Pyrenees
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Acoustic Monitoring, Birds, Migration, Research, Sponsorship
Date posted: 26 May 2020
This autumn (2020) a research project will be undertaken in the Eastern Pyrenees that aims to reveal nocturnal migrant bird diversity passing through the area.
Testing the new AudioMoth detector
Posted in:
Bats, Biodiversity, Birds, Migration, Research, Surveys and Assessment, Technology
Date posted: 7 July 2018
AudioMoth is a low-cost, full-spectrum acoustic logger. The firmware and software for the AudioMoth are open source (and programmable) and free to download. Over the coming weeks and months, Alar Ecology will be carrying out tests on the AudioMoth, to see how well it performs.