A system for categorizing the rarity and scarcity of Irish invertebrates Client: National Parks and Wildlife Service Exegesis developed a novel approach for consistently determining rarity statuses, distributions and mapping Irish invertebrates. ... read more September 2022. Categories: Biodiversity Data analysis Data processing Ecology GIS
Deer Vehicle Collisions in Scotland Analysis Client: NatureScot Exegesis analysed the distribution and scale of Deer Vehicle Collisions in Scotland, covering data from 2008 to 2021. ... read more July 2022. Categories: Biodiversity Data analysis Data processing Database Ecology GIS Statistical analysis
Review of occurrence and options for control of Common Cord-grass in Ireland Client: National Parks and Wildlife Service Exegesis undertook a review of common cord-grass in Ireland. This covered its impacts on ecosystems, distribution and extent, and a review of control techniques. ... read more December 2020. Categories: Conservation Management Planning Data analysis Ecology GIS Habitat map Invasive species Literature review Marine data
Wales bait digging survey Client: Natural Resources Wales Exegesis were contracted to establish whether aerial imagery from UAVs could be used to investigate the spatial and temporal extent of bait digging at selected sites in Wales. ... read more May 2020. Categories: 3D analysis Biodiversity Data analysis Ecology GIS Habitat map Habitat survey Marine data mini-plane Spatial data capture
Interactive web mappers for seabed habitats and marine protected areas Client: JNCC Exegesis developed a new mapping system to display marine spatial data, consisting of a web interface for configuring the mapper and a modern and feature-rich web application for displaying maps. ... read more May 2019. Categories: Ecology GIS Habitat map Marine data Web map
Morfa Friog Coastal Realignment Project saltmarsh vegetation monitoring Client: Natural Resources Wales Exegesis was contracted to establish vegetation monitoring at a saltmarsh coastal realignment site. This required the collection of high resolution aerial imagery, quadrat based vegetation survey, mapping in GIS and production of a detailed report. ... read more January 2019. Categories: 3D analysis Biodiversity Data analysis Ecology GIS Habitat map Habitat survey mini-plane Spatial data capture
Gower hedgerow mapping Client: City and County of Swansea Council We created a hedgerow map for the Gower based upon Ordnance Survey MasterMap and aerial photograph interpretation. The resulting dataset contained 22,370 features of which 17,013 were thought to be hedges. ... read more January 2017. Categories: Biodiversity Ecology GIS Habitat inventory Habitat map Spatial data capture
Wood-pasture and parkland data analysis Client: Natural England We demonstrated through spatial processing and statistical analysis that it may be possible to predict wood pasture and parkland quality. This project generated a model that could be used to target survey effort to those sites with the highest predicted quality. ... read more April 2016. Categories: Biodiversity Data analysis Data processing Desk research Ecology GIS Invertebrate survey Statistical analysis
Production of a provisional inventory of Open Mosaic Habitat on Previously Developed Land in England Client: Natural England Exegesis were contracted to create and refine a complete provisional inventory of Open Mosaic Habitat (OMH) in England. We used a combination of available data sources and aerial photograph interpretation to accurately map possible OMH, also capturing information on the confidence that OMH was present. ... read more December 2014. Categories: Biodiversity Brownfield Ecology GIS Habitat inventory Spatial data capture
Marine Data & GI Specialist Advice Framework Client: Natural England Exegesis quickly and efficiently standardised existing polygon data to MESH Translated Habitat DEF using a range of tools within ArcGIS, QGIS, GRASS and MapInfo. We also imported survey data into Marine Recorder following expert analysis of the data to determine biotopes. ... read more December 2014. Categories: Biodiversity Data processing Data translation Ecology GIS Marine data