- 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
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
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
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.