Dr Peggy Bevan
@peggybevan.bsky.social
PostDoctoral researcher at UCL East People and Nature Lab
I enjoy anything that involves thinking about animals.
Biodiversity monitoring, conservation tech, AI for Ecology 🐅
I enjoy anything that involves thinking about animals.
Biodiversity monitoring, conservation tech, AI for Ecology 🐅
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Dr Peggy Bevan
@peggybevan.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Hallo 👋 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
To do this, I use sensors: #cameratraps📷, audio🔊or soon, eDNA 👀🧬 and AI analysis techniques!
All things #naturetech
Reposted by Dr Peggy Bevan
🚁 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.com/doi/10.1002/...
Robotics‐assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape‐level biodiversity insights
Deploying 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....
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🚁 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.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Dr Peggy Bevan
What 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...
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...
Robotics‐assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape‐level biodiversity insights
Deploying 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....
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
What 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...
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...
#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
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social say that bats and newts featured in only 3% of planning appeals last year
Let's say it again, "the economy" is entirely dependent on the environment.
No economy on a dead planet, no #PublicHealth on #biodiversity-depleted islands
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
No economy on a dead planet, no #PublicHealth on #biodiversity-depleted islands
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves to cut ‘bats and newts’ in boost to developers
Chancellor considers making it harder for concerns about nature to stand in the way of infrastructure projects, in an effort to boost the economy
www.thetimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
#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
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social say that bats and newts featured in only 3% of planning appeals last year
Reposted by Dr Peggy Bevan
Some 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/1100687066
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Music by Bensound.com/royalty-free-music License code: XJEROBGLZCEKUCO0 Artist: : Benjamin Tissot
vimeo.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Some 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/1100687066
📢 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.org/10.1101/2025...
Robotics-assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape-level biodiversity insights
Terrestrial 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...
doi.org
July 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
📢 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.org/10.1101/2025...
Really 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 😊
July 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Really 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 😊
Reposted by Dr Peggy Bevan
And then we surveyed a country.....
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#biodiversity #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#biodiversity #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY 🧪
First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
And then we surveyed a country.....
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#biodiversity #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#biodiversity #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY 🧪
#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
June 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#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
Reposted by Dr Peggy Bevan
Honey wake up, your RSPB Wrapped just landed. 🐦
Which one sums up your 2024?
Which one sums up your 2024?
December 5, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Honey wake up, your RSPB Wrapped just landed. 🐦
Which one sums up your 2024?
Which one sums up your 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...
Regional Biomes outperform broader spatial units in capturing biodiversity responses to land‐use change
Biogeographic 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....
doi.org
December 4, 2024 at 11:14 AM
🌟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...
Hallo 👋 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
To do this, I use sensors: #cameratraps📷, audio🔊or soon, eDNA 👀🧬 and AI analysis techniques!
All things #naturetech
November 25, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Hallo 👋 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
To do this, I use sensors: #cameratraps📷, audio🔊or soon, eDNA 👀🧬 and AI analysis techniques!
All things #naturetech
SHOWING 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
November 25, 2024 at 9:46 PM
SHOWING 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
Made it over to bluesky 😃 Looking forward to having a newsfeed filled with SCIENCE 🤓👩🔬
November 24, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Made it over to bluesky 😃 Looking forward to having a newsfeed filled with SCIENCE 🤓👩🔬