
A drone hovering over a crop field carrying a thermal camera aimed at detecting lapwing nests on the ground.
PHOTO: ANDREA SANTANGELI, JOHN LOEHR
Every spring, a large number of ground-nests of farmland birds are accidentally destroyed by mechanical operations, such as ploughing and sowing. A new study from the University of Helsinki shows for the first time that such nests can be located using a drone in combination with artificial intelligence.
Farmland bird species are declining over most of Europe. Birds breeding on the ground are particularly vulnerable because they are exposed to mechanical operations, like ploughing and sowing, which take place in spring and often accidentally destroy nests.
Locating nests on the ground is challenging for the human eye, and highly time-consuming
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