Supporting habitat monitoring

E-Surveyor is a free mobile app that helps farmers and landowners to assess the quality of habitats they manage. It can be used to undertake the assessment of agri-environment schemes.

With E-Surveyor, users can

  • Take advantage of AI to assist with identification of plant species
  • Learn which pollinators and other insects are associated with the plants in different habitats
  • Undertake structured surveys and compare observations with established checklists
  • Understand your successes and learn how you can improve

E-Surver app - supporting habitat monitoring

Dr. Tom August describes the E-Surveyor app, a free tool for farmers and land managers to assess the quality of wildlife habitat on their land.

Introduction to the E-Surveyor app

Dr. Tom August talks through an early beta version of the E-Surveyor app. This free app helps farmers and landowners to assess the quality of habitats they manage. E-Surveyor combines image recognition of plants and a rich dataset of seed mixes and plant attributes to provide reports on habitat quality.

Download E-Surveyor

When you download the app you will be asked to register. You will receive a verification email to confirm your registration but if this does not appear within a few minutes please check your spam folders.

Once you have collected data using the app you can use the  to explore and export your data.

Funding

This research was funded by the research programme NE/N018125/1 LTS-M ASSIST - Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems, funded by NERC and BBSRC, and by the Defra/JNCC Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment project.