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Dr Peggy Bevan
@peggybevan.bsky.social
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PostDoctoral researcher at UCL East People and Nature Lab I enjoy anything that involves thinking about animals. Biodiversity monitoring, conservation tech, AI for Ecology 🐅
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Nov 25
Hallo 👋 I'm Peggy, an #ecologist interested in #biodiversity monitoring. My research asks questions like What is biodiversity? How do we 'measure' it? When have we lost 'too much'? 🐯

To do this, I use sensors: #cameratraps📷, audio🔊or soon, eDNA 👀🧬 and AI analysis techniques!
All things #naturetech
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Aug 19
#Ecologists look set to be the next scapegoat to cover the government's failings

@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social say that bats and newts featured in only 3% of planning appeals last year
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Aug 18
Let's say it again, "the economy" is entirely dependent on the environment.

No economy on a dead planet, no #PublicHealth on #biodiversity-depleted islands

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves to cut ‘bats and newts’ in boost to developers
Chancellor considers making it harder for concerns about nature to stand in the way of infrastructure projects, in an effort to boost the economy
www.thetimes.com
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Dr Joanne Littlefair @jlittlefair.bsky.social · Jul 24
Some fun from the summer: collecting #eDNA using drones above grasslands and woodlands. A super interdisciplinary project led by UCL MRes student Kat Cutler with supervision from @peggybevan.bsky.social vimeo.com/1100687066
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Music by Bensound.com/royalty-free-music License code: XJEROBGLZCEKUCO0 Artist: : Benjamin Tissot
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Jul 3
📢 I have a new pre-print out with @sarabssethi.bsky.social, where we show that robotic-assisted #acoustic monitoring can deliver automated #biodiversity surveys. 🐒🦜 Drone assisted #PAM works well for coarse patterns of biodiversity, but less well for species-specific details.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Robotics-assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape-level biodiversity insights
Terrestrial remote sensing approaches, such as acoustic monitoring, deliver finely resolved and reliable biodiversity data. However, the scalability of surveys is often limited by the effort, time and...
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Jul 3
Really enjoyed visiting Camden School for Girls sixth formers yesterday to talk about careers in #biology! It feels very promising to get so many great questions about biodiversity and conservation from the students 😊
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Prof. Elizabeth Clare @profbatgirl.bsky.social · Jun 2
And then we surveyed a country.....

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#biodiversity #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY 🧪
First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Jun 16
Obviously I meant MORE** cool
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Jun 16
Work funded by @innovateuk.bsky.social with @jlittlefair.bsky.social Lab at @ucl-pnl.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Jun 16
#Glastonbury25 but less cool. spent last week in a very boggy farm near the famous festival site with @naturemetrics-edna.bsky.social, setting up sensors designed to collect airborne DNA! 🧬 By setting these up at known distances from a bat roost 🦇, we will reveal more on the #ecology of airborne DNA
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Dec 5
Honey wake up, your RSPB Wrapped just landed. 🐦

Which one sums up your 2024?
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Dec 4
🌟new paper🌟 the first chapter of my thesis is out in #ecography ! We present #regionalbiomes as a novel spatial unit for global biodiversity monitoring frameworks 🌏 This unit could increase resolution on biodiversity trends 📈 whilst keeping data collection feasible 📋🏞 doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
Regional Biomes outperform broader spatial units in capturing biodiversity responses to land‐use change
Biogeographic context, such as biome type, has a critical influence on ecological resilience, as climatic and environmental conditions impact how communities respond to anthropogenic threats. For exa....
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Nov 25
Hallo 👋 I'm Peggy, an #ecologist interested in #biodiversity monitoring. My research asks questions like What is biodiversity? How do we 'measure' it? When have we lost 'too much'? 🐯

To do this, I use sensors: #cameratraps📷, audio🔊or soon, eDNA 👀🧬 and AI analysis techniques!
All things #naturetech
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Nov 25
More info on the Conposing for the climate exhibition here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/pub...
Composing for the Climate
BBC Young Composer and UCL presented a new audio-visual installation for 11-18 year olds focusing on science and creativity.
www.ucl.ac.uk
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Nov 25
SHOWING NOW AT UCL East: some brilliant compositions by BBC Young composer award winners, using nature sound clips from the Biome Health Project. Played on a very special Icosahedral (21 sides!) Speaker! Go check it out! 🎶🦜🦐🐘 @ucl-pnl.bsky.social
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Dr Peggy Bevan @peggybevan.bsky.social · Nov 24
Made it over to bluesky 😃 Looking forward to having a newsfeed filled with SCIENCE 🤓👩‍🔬
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