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Commercial survey work, method development and technical demonstrations, each labelled so it's clear what you're looking at. Client and site details are kept confidential.

Commercial survey work ·  Method development ·  Technical demonstrations

Completed commercial work

Commercial survey work

Surveys delivered for clients as professional commissions. Details are anonymised.

Thermal drone view of a house at night
Commercial survey

Thermal bat emergence and re-entry surveys

Aerial and ground-based thermal coverage for ecological consultancies on buildings where visibility from standard surveyor positions is limited, with reviewable recordings and ecological interpretation.

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A skylark at its nest in grassland, seen from the drone's zoom camera
Commercial survey

Thermal skylark nest detection surveys

Aerial Ecology has undertaken commercial skylark surveys using thermal drone technology and our two-stage approach, supporting consultants and land managers where ground-nesting birds require consideration.

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Previous methodology development and testing

Method development

How our methods were developed and tested before, and alongside, commercial use. This is development history, not formal scientific validation.

Method development

Skylark nest detection

The two-stage approach was developed through a series of field trials before it was used on commercial projects. The detailed detection technique and survey parameters are kept confidential.

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Research interest

Thermal workflows and computer vision

We're interested in applied research on thermal survey workflows and computer vision for detecting animals in thermal footage, and welcome research collaborations.

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Technical demonstrations

What the outputs look like

Test flights and example outputs that show the kind of data we produce. These are demonstrations, not reports from client projects.

Technical demonstration

Thermal test flight over a manor house

Aerial thermal viewpoints of roofs and elevations on a large, complex building.
Example output

Thermal flight track summary

Wildlife Imaging Systems summary image: coloured bat flight tracks around a church outline
Wildlife Imaging Systems (WIS) summary of bat flight tracks around a church.
Example output

Habitat suitability modelling

Map of modelled bat habitat suitability over hill-shaded terrain with rivers
GIS model of bat habitat suitability over terrain and river networks.
Example output

Orthomosaic imagery

Drone orthomosaic of a field with overgrown vegetation and surrounding farmland
High-resolution drone orthomosaic used to support field habitat mapping.
Technical demonstration

3D river corridor model

An interactive 3D reconstruction built from drone survey data, capturing habitat structure, terrain and landscape context.

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Tell us about your site

We'll suggest a survey approach and say clearly what thermal or aerial methods would add.

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