BBC Radio 4_Inside Science 29Jun17 - bats

BBC Radio 4_Inside Science 29Jun17 - bats

Urban bats are getting smart - sensors newly installed at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford are using machine learning algorithms to recognise and record the different colonies that emerge after dark. One in five mammal species are bats, and they are often used as an indicator to measure the health of our environment. BBC Science reporter Helen Briggs talks to Prof Kate Jones and the team involved in creating and installing these hi-tech bat phones.

Kate Jones: Professor of Ecology & Biodiversity at University College London (UCL)

Dr Sarah Gallacher: Senior Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science at University College London (UCL) / Intel Labs Europe

Dr Gabriel J. Brostow: Computer Scientist at University College London (UCL)

Bats in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
http://www.batslondon.com/

What bats might we find in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park?
https://naturesmartcities.com/bats-in-the-qeop/

(the bat in the photo is a brown-long-eared-bat)