Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026🚨I have a new paper out! doi.org/10.1002/rse2... How important is it to use top performing ML models when creating a classifier? We test this on two 📸 datasets from Kenya & Nepal and found that large, clean training sets are more important than ML architecture. Check it out! 132
Reposted by Dr Peggy BevanImperial Life Sciences @imperiallifesci.bsky.social · 20/10/2025🚁 New paper worked on by #OurImperial @sarabssethi.bsky.social shows that robotics-assisted acoustic surveys using UAVs can deliver reliable, landscape-level biodiversity insights! zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.comRobotics‐assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape‐level biodiversity insightsDeploying and maintaining sensors is often a major bottleneck in collecting rapid biodiversity data. We tested whether autonomous hopping drones equipped with acoustic recorders could collect reliabl.... 041
Reposted by Dr Peggy BevanSarab Sethi @sarabssethi.bsky.social · 20/10/2025What if sensor equipped drones could autonomously hop around landscapes to survey biodiversity? Would data be reliable? Could we adapt survey design in real-time? This and more in our latest @zslofficial.bsky.social RSEC publication led by @peggybevan.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/rse2...doi.orgRobotics‐assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape‐level biodiversity insightsDeploying and maintaining sensors is often a major bottleneck in collecting rapid biodiversity data. We tested whether autonomous hopping drones equipped with acoustic recorders could collect reliabl.... 092
Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · 19/08/2025#Ecologists look set to be the next scapegoat to cover the government's failings @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social say that bats and newts featured in only 3% of planning appeals last year 010
Reposted by Dr Peggy BevanDr Joanne Littlefair @jlittlefair.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Some fun from the summer: collecting #eDNA using drones above grasslands and woodlands. A super interdisciplinary project led by UCL MRes student Kat Cutler with supervision from @peggybevan.bsky.social vimeo.com/1100687066vimeo.comNB-1Music by Bensound.com/royalty-free-music License code: XJEROBGLZCEKUCO0 Artist: : Benjamin Tissot 041
Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025📢 I have a new pre-print out with @sarabssethi.bsky.social, where we show that robotic-assisted #acoustic monitoring can deliver automated #biodiversity surveys. 🐒🦜 Drone assisted #PAM works well for coarse patterns of biodiversity, but less well for species-specific details. doi.org/10.1101/2025...doi.orgRobotics-assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape-level biodiversity insightsTerrestrial remote sensing approaches, such as acoustic monitoring, deliver finely resolved and reliable biodiversity data. However, the scalability of surveys is often limited by the effort, time and... 074
Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Really enjoyed visiting Camden School for Girls sixth formers yesterday to talk about careers in #biology! It feels very promising to get so many great questions about biodiversity and conservation from the students 😊 010
Reposted by Dr Peggy BevanProf. Elizabeth Clare @profbatgirl.bsky.social · 02/06/2025And then we surveyed a country..... www.nature.com/articles/s41... #biodiversity #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY 🧪nature.comFirst national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA 1179
Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025#Glastonbury25 but less cool. spent last week in a very boggy farm near the famous festival site with @naturemetrics-edna.bsky.social, setting up sensors designed to collect airborne DNA! 🧬 By setting these up at known distances from a bat roost 🦇, we will reveal more on the #ecology of airborne DNA 260
Reposted by Dr Peggy BevanRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Honey wake up, your RSPB Wrapped just landed. 🐦 Which one sums up your 2024? 610322
Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024🌟new paper🌟 the first chapter of my thesis is out in #ecography ! We present #regionalbiomes as a novel spatial unit for global biodiversity monitoring frameworks 🌏 This unit could increase resolution on biodiversity trends 📈 whilst keeping data collection feasible 📋🏞 doi.org/10.1111/ecog...doi.orgRegional Biomes outperform broader spatial units in capturing biodiversity responses to land‐use changeBiogeographic context, such as biome type, has a critical influence on ecological resilience, as climatic and environmental conditions impact how communities respond to anthropogenic threats. For exa.... 0217
Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Hallo 👋 I'm Peggy, an #ecologist interested in #biodiversity monitoring. My research asks questions like What is biodiversity? How do we 'measure' it? When have we lost 'too much'? 🐯 To do this, I use sensors: #cameratraps📷, audio🔊or soon, eDNA 👀🧬 and AI analysis techniques! All things #naturetech 061
Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024SHOWING NOW AT UCL East: some brilliant compositions by BBC Young composer award winners, using nature sound clips from the Biome Health Project. Played on a very special Icosahedral (21 sides!) Speaker! Go check it out! 🎶🦜🦐🐘 @ucl-pnl.bsky.social 154
Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Made it over to bluesky 😃 Looking forward to having a newsfeed filled with SCIENCE 🤓👩🔬 230