11 October 2026
What autumn sounds like in the Lakes
Three bird monitors at the National Park’s offices followed swifts, house martins and swallows through summer, then heard the first geese arrive and the robins sing again.
Field Notes
Notes from our bioacoustic monitors, short-term surveys at UK nature sites. Essays, guides, and observations.
22 August 2026
You Can Now See Our Lake District Detections Live
The Lake District National Park Authority has published a page where anyone can explore the bird detections from the three acoustic monitors we installed.
12 June 2026
Urban vs Rural: How Bird Vocal Patterns Shift
Comparing identical species across urban and rural locations to see what the data reveals about how different species adapt or don't adapt to human influenced areas.
30 May 2026
Beakwatch: turn BirdNET-Go into a wall display
A free, open-source display for BirdNET-Go: full-screen slides of your bird detections - live sightings, photos, trends and rare visitors - on any spare screen.
7 March 2026
Should You Be Feeding Garden Birds?
Many of us assume the answer is a clear yes. But the science suggests it's more complicated.
16 February 2026
How to Install BirdNET-Go on a Raspberry Pi
A step-by-step guide to flashing Raspberry Pi OS and installing BirdNET-Go for real-time, self-hosted bird audio monitoring.
1 January 2026
Choosing the Right Hardware for a BirdNET Acoustic Monitor
Picking a Raspberry Pi, microSD card and microphone for a 24/7 acoustic bird monitor running BirdNET-Go.
1 December 2025
Four Free Apps to Help You Learn About and Protect Biodiversity
Learn how to identify different birds, plants and fungi.
15 October 2025
Lake District National Park: Acoustic Biodiversity Monitoring Case Study
How continuous acoustic monitoring at the Lake District National Park creates a baseline species record that would take dozens of manual surveys to replicate.
16 September 2025
Our Philosophy and Purpose
Why Beak Tech exists - using open-source acoustic technology and 25 years of engineering experience to serve nature recovery, not extract from it.