to help you fall asleep but how about counting the wild deer? the answer is a high tech drone camera. that s what they re using in ashdown forest, in east sussex where the deer population needs to be closely monitored to keep the roads safe. yvette austin went to find out more. surveying the ashdown forest from the air. this winter s cold, clear days perfect for spotting the wildlife that inhabit the ten square miles of woods and heathland. ecologists are here to build up a detailed picture of deer populations. so we re using this drone today. it s equipped with a thermal imaging sensor on the camera there. it has three cameras on the device. it s a wide angle, thermal imaging and a super zoom lens. the weather conditions today only allowed a short demonstration. but the deer nearby were easily seen nonetheless. so that s a group of primarily female deer. and the thermal signature, we can see there s 21 in this group.
rid of it. 2022 will be categorised as the warmest year on record for the uk, according to the met office. this summer saw temperatures reach 1t0 degrees celsius for the first time. the national trust, which manages vast areas of land in england, wales and northern ireland, says the prolonged droughts, and the repeated storms have affected many species. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. 2022 began as the year was to continue with extreme weather. storm malik in january. .. ..was followed in early february by storm eunice. a day of record breaking temperatures. - but extreme heat was the defining feature of the year, with record high temperatures recorded across the country. wildfires followed, devastating some habitats on national trust land in the southwest, including rare heathland in dorset. the fire left a large swathe
it has been a day of record breaking temperatures across the united kingdom, more than a0 degrees celsius for the first time. but it was the extreme heat that was the defining feature of the year, with record high temperatures recorded across the country. wildfires followed, devastating some areas on national trust land in the southwest, including rare heathland in dorset. the fire left a large swathe of it completely barren. this is the most biodiverse area of the entire uk, home to all six native reptile species. but there is some good news. the national trust has a well established fire management strategy here, and the fire service got in here early and limited the scale of the fire, stopping it spreading. and there s something else as well. and you can see that best from the air. the area of natural ecosystem
to talk on camera because they are fearful of the people who carried out this crime. ellie edwards because my family, at the centre of this investigation. ellie edwards s family. 2022 will be categorised as the warmest year on record for the uk, according to the met office. this summer saw temperatures reach a0 degrees celsius for the first time. the national trust, which manages vast areas of land in england, wales and northern ireland, says the prolonged droughts and the repeated storms have affected many species. our climate editor justin rowlatt explains. 2022 began as the year was to continue with extreme weather. storm malik in january. .. ..was followed in early february by storm eunice. a day of record breaking temperatures. - but extreme heat was the defining feature of the year, with record high temperatures recorded across the country. wildfires followed, devastating some habitats on national trust land in the southwest, including rare heathland in dorset.
..was followed in early february by storm eunice. a day of record breaking temperatures. - but extreme heat was the defining feature of the year, with record high temperatures recorded across the country. wildfires followed, devastating some habitats on national trust land in the southwest, including rare heathland in dorset. the fire left a large swathe of it completely barren. but there is some good news. the national trust has a well established fire management strategy here, and the fire service got in here early and limited the scale of the fire, stopping it spreading. and there s something else as well, and you can see that best from the air. the area of natural ecosystem in this part of south dorset has been expanding. we have a much larger reserve, which means we ve got better connectivity between those areas of land, and that means that wildlife can thrive.