Technology for Modern Ecological Surveying

Field ecology and consultancy is an extremely rapidly growing area in Ireland; every year we cannot supply enough graduates to fill the demand from the sector.

The work has become increasingly technologically focused, particularly in the areas of remote sensing and passive surveying for birds and bats, which is heavily linked with the expansion of wind energy.

This project has allowed MTU to invest in such equipment for remote and passive monitoring and drone surveying would allow us to expand the scope of our teaching and research and allow us to better equip our graduates for the environment in which they will be working.