Sound Identification of Terrestrial Mammals of Britain & Ireland

Name: Sound Identification of Terrestrial Mammals of Britain & Ireland
Author: https://www.simonandschuster.net/authors/Neil-Middleton/255803206
ISBN: 9781784273811

By Neil Middleton, Stuart Newson and Huma Pearce

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About The Book

This ground-breaking volume covers 42 species of terrestrial mammal – from the red deer to the pygmy shrew, from the pine marten to the hedgehog. The subject is introduced for the first time as a single overarching field of study, including guidance on survey methods, analysis of sound recordings and appropriate software. The book covers species in Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Containing over 300 figures in total, each species is considered in detail, with specific spectrogram examples. Furthermore, the book allows the reader access to a downloadable sound library containing more than 250 recordings.

The authors have extensive experience and expertise in bioacoustics, including in the sound identification of mammals. They are also heavily involved in creating tools that use machine-learning algorithms to recognise mammal species from their calls. A real ear-opener, this will be the essential handbook for many years to come, serving ecological consultants, academics, conservationists, hobbyists and serious mammal recorders alike.

About The Authors

Neil Middleton

Neil Middleton is a licensed bat worker and trainer, with 20 years experience, having carried out most of his bat related work within the UK and Europe (Ireland, Cyprus, France, Spain and Hungary). He is the managing director of Echoes Ecology Ltd (www.echoesecology.co.uk), an ecological consultancy he established in Scotland during 2006. Neil has been involved with many bat related projects to date, including the Bats & The Millennium Link (BaTML) project which he set up to study the use of canal corridors by bats in Scotland (www.batml.org.uk). Neil is an accomplished trainer across a wide range of bat related subjects, having developed and delivered well over a 100 events to date. Neil first came across his co-authors, Andrew and Keith, whilst they all attended a bat course in Somerset during 2004, an event that not only inspired all three of them, but also was the beginning of a long friendship as they explored many bat related subjects together, including the material for this book.

Stuart Newson

Huma Pearce

Product Details

Publisher: Pelagic (December 31, 2023)
Length: 392 pages
ISBN13: 9781784273811

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Raves and Reviews

This timely book is an excellent practical guide to the rapidly developing field of acoustic monitoring and how it can be used to study terrestrial mammals in the wild. The book is packed with useful information and real-world advice. The analyses of example recordings from each species and the accompanying sound reference library are invaluable to anyone embarking on a study of this kind.

– Dr Nigel Reeve, former Head of Ecology for The Royal Parks

Regardless of your level of expertise this book has something to offer, reminding us that sound, which plays such an important role in bird identification, is missing from the mammal toolbox, especially for the ultrasonic noises of the small mammals. Written in plain English so its meaning is clear, and with case studies for hard to record species like dormice, this book will open up vocalisation as a recording method to all mammologists.

– Derek Crawley, Vice Chair of the Mammal Society

An essential aid to identifying those mysterious sounds in the undergrowth. There are bird sound guides aplenty, but mammals have long been poorly represented. This excellent and detailed publication plugs that gap.

– Simon Elliott, Wildlife Sound Recording Society