Supporting habitat monitoring

E-Surveyor is a free mobile app that helps farmers and landowners to assess the quality of habitats they manage. It can be used to undertake the assessment of agri-environment schemes.

With E-Surveyor, users can

  • Take advantage of AI to assist with identification of plant species
  • Learn which pollinators and other insects are associated with the plants in different habitats
  • Undertake structured surveys and compare observations with established checklists
  • Understand your successes and learn how you can improve

E-Surver app - supporting habitat monitoring

Dr. Tom August describes the E-Surveyor app, a free tool for farmers and land managers to assess the quality of wildlife habitat on their land.

Introduction to the E-Surveyor app

Dr. Tom August talks through an early beta version of the E-Surveyor app. This free app helps farmers and landowners to assess the quality of habitats they manage. E-Surveyor combines image recognition of plants and a rich dataset of seed mixes and plant attributes to provide reports on habitat quality.

Download E-Surveyor

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When you download the app you will be asked to register. You will receive a verification email to confirm your registration but if this does not appear within a few minutes please check your spam folders.

Once you have collected data using the app you can use the E-Surveyor website to explore and export your data.

Funding

This research was funded by the research programme NE/N018125/1 LTS-M ASSIST - Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems, funded by NERC and BBSRC, and by the Defra/JNCC Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment project.