Movetech takes next steps in tracking

16 Aug 2017

Greater Spotted Eagle. Photograph by Alexander Pekach (APB-Birdlife Belarus)

New technology continues to give us a better understanding of the movements and behaviours of a wide range of species, helping us inform science and conservation. BTO has now produced our own GPS tracking devices, which use the mobile phone network, as part of the Movetech Telemetry partnership. These are now available to the wider research community. Find out more about some of the exciting new stories we are discovering.

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