Bioacoustics & Ecological Informatics

We currently are collecting data based on local observations but also developing technological solutions for ecosystem monitoring including bioacoustic monitoring and DIY nature cams based on open source systems.

The motivation for this work is threefold:

• to better understand our local situation
• to contribute as citizen scientists to a global conservation research project
• to inform the art/science/computing projects we develop in our field lab.

We are currently working on a bioacoustic environmental monitoring station based on the Cornell University's BirdNet https://birdnet.cornell.edu. Birdnet is an AI / Machine Learning project for bioacoustic monitoring and primarily bird identification though we are working on training the machine learning algorithm to include creatures we hear in the woods.

Some early outputs from the software looks like this: <fs x-small> Start (s),End (s),Scientific name,Common name,Confidence 15.0,18.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.3916 24.0,27.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.4638 27.0,30.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.2718 30.0,33.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.5427 33.0,36.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.3480 36.0,39.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.4312 39.0,42.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.5442 48.0,51.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.3489 54.0,57.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.6030 57.0,60.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.4175 57.0,60.0,Oriolus oriolus,Eurasian Golden Oriole,0.3474 60.0,63.0,Bubo bubo,Eurasian Eagle-Owl,0.3257 84.0,87.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.7239 102.0,105.0,Picus viridis,Eurasian Green Woodpecker,0.4023 102.0,105.0,Picus canus,Gray-headed Woodpecker,0.3601 102.0,105.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.2680 114.0,117.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.3151 117.0,120.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.3454 120.0,123.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.4209 120.0,123.0,Cyanistes caeruleus,Eurasian Blue Tit,0.2663 123.0,126.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.2702 129.0,132.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.7419 135.0,138.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.8457 138.0,141.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.9539 141.0,144.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.7130 144.0,147.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.7310 147.0,150.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.8515 150.0,153.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.4388 153.0,156.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.5787 156.0,159.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.6123 159.0,162.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.6121 168.0,171.0,Poecile palustris,Marsh Tit,0.4284 177.0,180.0,Phylloscopus bonelli,Western Bonelli's Warbler,0.3443</fs>

credit:

@article{kahl2021birdnet,

title={BirdNET: A deep learning solution for avian diversity monitoring},
author={Kahl, Stefan and Wood, Connor M and Eibl, Maximilian and Klinck, Holger},
journal={Ecological Informatics},
volume={61},
pages={101236},
year={2021},
publisher={Elsevier}

}

Our ebird profile can be found here:

https://ebird.org/profile/MzE3MDM5Ng/SI-191

Peregrine falcon - Falco peregrinus https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Falco_peregrinus

Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Buteo_buteo

Tawny owl - Strix aluco https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strix_aluco

Common raven - Corvus corax https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Corvus_corax

Hooded crow - Corvus cornix https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Corvus_cornix

Eurasian magpie - Pica pica https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pica_pica

Eurasian jay - Garrulus glandarius https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Garrulus_glandarius

Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coccothraustes_coccothraustes

Eurasian green woodpecker - Picus viridis https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Picus_viridis

Great spotted woodpecker - Dendrocopos major https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dendrocopos_major

Lesser spotted woodpecker - Dendrocopos minor https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dryobates_minor

Eurasian wryneck - Jynx torquilla (© Flickr) https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jynx_torquilla

Blue tit - Cyanistes caeruleus https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cyanistes_caeruleus

Long-tailed tit - Aegithalos caudatus https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aegithalos_caudatus

Eurasian nuthatch - Sitta europaea https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sitta_europaea

Common chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fringilla_coelebs

Cirl butting - Emberiza cirlus https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Emberiza_cirlus

European goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Carduelis_carduelis

Black cap - Sylvia atricapilla https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_atricapilla

Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oriolus_oriolus

Common wood pigeon - Columba palumbus https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Columba_palumbus

Common cuckoo - Cuculus canorus https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cuculus_canorus

Common chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Phylloscopus_collybita

Black redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Phoenicurus_ochruros

Song thrush - Turdus philomelos https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Turdus_philomelos

Common blackbird - Turdus merula https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Turdus_merula

Barn swallow - Hirundo rustica https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hirundo_rustica

Donacka Gora

Swift - Apus apus https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Apus_apus

Robin - Erithacus rubecula https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Erithacus_rubecula

Eurasian wren - Troglodytes troglodytes https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Troglodytes_troglodytes

Aesculapian snake - Zamenis longissimus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculapian_snake

Smooth snake - Coronella austriaca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_snake

European green lizard - Lacerta viridis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_green_lizard

Common wall lizard - Podarcis muralis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podarcis_muralis

Fire salamander - Salamandra salamandra (© Flickr) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_salamander

Yellow bellied toad - Bombina variegata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_toad

Common toad - Bufo bufo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufo_bufo

Small skiper - Thymelicus sylvestris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_skipper

Red admiral - Vanessa atalanta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_atalanta

Painted lady - Vanessa cardui https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_cardui

Small tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_tortoiseshell

Scarce swallowtail - Iphiclides podalirius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarce_swallowtail

Meadow brown - Maniola jurtina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_brown

Queen of Spain fratillary - Issoria lathonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Spain_fritillary

Map - Araschnia levana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_(butterfly)

Large white - Pieris brassicae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_brassicae

Wood white or Real’s wood white - Leptidea sp. [Leptidea sinapsis or Leptidea reali] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptidea_sinapis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptidea_reali

Marbled white - Melanargia galathea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanargia_galathea

Heath fritillary - Melitea atalia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_fritillary

Small heath - Coenonympha pamphilus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_heath_(butterfly)

Pearly heath - Coenonympha arcania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenonympha_arcania