Location:
Online Event - Zoom
Date: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Time: 10.00am - 1pm
Our Roots of Rockingham project team would like to invite you to learn how to identify British bat calls via an online Zoom event. Bookings are being organised via Eventbrite - please book your place here.
You will learn how to analyse data recorded on full spectrum bat detectors using call analysis software. The software provides images of the calls (sonograms), allowing you to look at the call shape and parameters of each bat pass in detail.
10.00 - Welcome and Introductions (cover aims of the BftB project and aims of the sound analysis workshop)
10.10 - Sound analysis – will cover, with a 10 mins break in the middle where appropriate:
- Sound analysis software
- Introduction to Kaleidoscope Pro viewer.
- How to analyse bat calls through a sonogram.
- How to measure call parameters
- Species identification – identify echolocation calls
12.20 – Practical and time to do some sound analysis on computers at home *
12.50 – Discussion and questions
13.00 - Finish
To participate you will need your own laptop installed either with Windows 7, 8.1, and 10. For macOS you will need version 10.8 or later.
Before you attend the session you will need to download a free copy of the Kaleidoscope Pro viewer directly from Wildlife Acoustics Participants will need to sign up and register on the site but you do not have to start a 14 day trial
The Zoom meeting invitation will be emailed a week before the event. Places are limited to ensure a high quality experience so please cancel your ticket order if unable to attend.
If you require any further information please email rootsofrockingham@butterfly-conservation.org
