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Enhancing and Futureproofing BNG: Bioacoustics, Natural Capital, and Biodiversity Net Gain Plus

Bioacoustics is a biodiversity monitoring technology which is well suited to supporting Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) assessment for many reasons. As a result, many BNG organisations are performing bioacoustics surveys to enhance their BNG ambitions. Why have Nature Capital or BNG? The reason nature capital markets and biodiversity net gain exist at all is because […]

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Developing New Insights: BridgeAI, Hartpury, and New AIs

It is certainly a challenge developing and testing new ideas whilst keeping on top of the day job. Over the course of 2025 we were developing a new AI tool to distinguish between a bird’s different vocalisations, thereby enabling us to better understand the bird’s behaviour and how they are making use of the habitat. […]

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Get To Know Your Thrush Songs and Calls

There are six species of Thrush present in the UK over the course of the year: three resident species (Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, and Song Thrush), two wintering species (Redwing and Fieldfare) and one summer visitor (Ring Ouzel). They are all very similar in size and visual identification can be difficult for four of the species […]

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How to Calculate Bioacoustic Measurement Uncertainty

This blog forms part of a series on the topic of measurement uncertainty for biodiversity measurements, specifically focusing on bioacoustics. The first blog in the series can be found here. As mentioned in the previous blog, our society relies on a host of different measurements, many of which we do not question or even notice […]

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Introduction to Measurement Uncertainty, Biodiversity Measurements, and Trust

Measurements are an unseen yet important part of our daily lives. We frequently come into contact with them yet rarely question them. In a word we trust them. Everything from electricity meters to car speedometers, blood pressure monitors to weighing scales, rarely does a day go by without using a form of measurement. Trust in […]

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Get To Know Your Corvid Calls!

During winter, many songbirds live a quieter life. However, Corvids (crow family, Corvidae), can still be heard and are one of the most accessible birds to start learning bird calls, because: Corvids don’t make very pleasant sounds compared to many other birds and they all make quite harsh vocalisations. BUT this makes it easier to […]