The project is based on the use of information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the Internet of Things (loT) for the monitoring of threatened species. We have chosen as a model two species of Kestrels, the common kestrel and the lesser kestrel, with which we have been working for years in their ecology. On the one hand, we have developed prototypes of intelligent nest boxes, which are capable of collecting information about the individuals who breed in them. For example, identifying the individuals using RFID technology, weighing them and recording their behaviour on video, transmitting the information over the Internet. We are also using biologgers, small devices with sensors such as GPS and triaxial accelerometers that provide information about where the marked individual is, as well as what they are doing at the moment. We have a colony of red kestrels monitored with 26 intelligent boxes nested in the silo of La Palma del Condado (Huelva) horus.ebd.csic.es and we are developing new prototypes of boxes fed by solar energy and that transmit the information using the mobile telephone network. We have tested different models of biologgers from the companies TechnoSmart (Italy), PathTrack (United Kingdom) and University of Amsterdam (Netherlands).
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