Bat Detectives

There were 5117 bat calls made inwards my local commons end night. Actually at that topographic point were in all probability a lot more, merely 5117 of them were captured past times the bat sensors inwards the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park inwards East London.

The bulk of the bat calls detected were recorded past times Sensor 7. There are fifteen sensors inwards total, although Sensor fifteen as well as Sensor iv don't seem to endure working at the moment. Sensor i as well as Sensor iii produce seem to endure working merely didn't let out whatsoever bats end night. You tin sentiment the results from each sensor for yourself on the Bats Live interactive map.

Bars Live is a projection by Nature-Smart Cities. To monitor bat activeness inwards the commons Nature-Smart Cities has developed a smart bat monitor which plant similar a 'Shazam for Bats'. Each of these sensors captures the surrounding soundscape as well as detects bat calls inside the captured sounds.

The sensors are located inwards unlike habitats inside the commons (if you lot click on a sensor's map marking you lot tin acquire virtually the immediate surrounding habitat of that sensor). The bat sensors volition maintain to monitor bat activeness inwards the Olympic Park until the terminate of the year.