Projects
We run public-facing and funded research projects that deploy Demeter recorders, build acoustic datasets, and engage communities with the wildlife around them.
Flagship project
English churchyards are among the most biodiverse habitats in the British landscape. Many contain ancient grassland, veteran trees, mature hedgerows, and centuries of low-intensity management that have been lost almost everywhere else.
The Wild Churchyard Project is a systematic acoustic monitoring programme using Demeter recorders to understand what bird and bat species use churchyards — and to help churches make better conservation management decisions.
In development
Projects we are developing for future deployment seasons. Contact us if you would like to be involved or host a recording site.
A multi-farm project to monitor bird and bat use of hedgerow networks across an agricultural landscape, building evidence for agri-environment scheme targeting and hedgerow management guidance.
Express interestComparing acoustic biodiversity in urban green spaces — parks, allotments, gardens, and urban churchyards — to understand how wildlife uses fragmented habitats in towns and cities.
Express interestCollaborate
We are interested in hearing from landowners, churches, conservation organisations, and research institutions who would like to run a monitoring project using Wild Systems Lab technology and methods.