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Live data · Linear infrastructure
Nature along the route, measured live.
Verges, junction areas, embankments and compensation plantings along tens of kilometres. Sensors listen to birds all year, hour by hour, and satellite maps follow the corridor. Below is a real site with today's data: Svincolo Treviglio, on the A35 Brebemi motorway.
Data as of November 14, 2026 at 6:10 PMSvincolo Treviglioprovince of Bergamo · 7.1 hectares2 sensors in the field
Birds
since April 2026- speciesHow it is calculatedBird species with at least 20 detections, model confidence of 50% or more, geographically implausible species left out. Without the 20-detection threshold there would be 134, with many false positives.Source: Svincolo Treviglio, XNatura platform data as of November 14, 2026
- 20
- detections
- 13,184
Most heard
- Common nightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos8,366detections
- Common blackbirdTurdus merula1,212detections
- European robinErithacus rubecula836detections
- Eurasian blackcapSylvia atricapilla655detections
Data that serveEIAESRS E4TNFD
Maps
Where it happens.
Every reading comes from a precise point of the route, and what lies around it decides what the sensors hear. These are the maps an infrastructure operator needs.
BirdySite boundary
Natural, agricultural, artificial
How much nature lies around the route. It is the starting point of every ecological assessment: it tells whether verges and junction areas are isolated or connected to other green areas.
- In the surroundings
- 11.5 % natural
- Agricultural 70.1% · artificial 16.0%
- Inside the site
- 98.1 % natural
- Agricultural 0.1% · artificial 1.8%
Roads · 36 haArtificial · 400 haAgriculture · 1,752 haNatural · 283 haFresh water · 30 ha
XNatura land use classification, site and surroundings.
Land cover
The land use classes along the corridor, from arable land to built-up. The habitats the route crosses are described from here, and the points to monitor are chosen.
- Estimated trees on the site
- 306 per hectare
- In the surroundings: 56 per hectare
- Greenness (NDVI) of the site
- 0.58
- In the surroundings: 0.53
Non-irrigated arable land · 519 haZea mays · 515 haPastures · 262 haTriticum aestivum · 256 haIndustrial or commercial units · 136 haDiscontinuous urban fabric · 133 haFodder crops · 126 haArtificial surfaces · 126 ha
The eight largest classes in the surroundings of the site.
Land surface temperature, by day
Where the ground heats up most in summer. Asphalt and paved areas store heat: the map compares them with the green strips beside them.
- Mean on the site
- 42.6 °C
- Band C · medium
- Mean in the surroundings
- 40.7 °C
- Band C · medium
Image of June 30, 2025 · 32 dates available on the platform.
Land surface temperature, by night
The heat that remains after sunset around the carriageway and in the towns nearby.
- Mean on the site
- 13.7 °C
- Band A · very low
- Mean in the surroundings
- 13.6 °C
- Band A · very low
Image of September 28, 2026 · 50 dates available on the platform.
Heat island
How much warmer each point is than the average of the area (UTFVI index). Above zero the point is warmer than its surroundings.
- Mean on the site
- 0.16
- Band A · very low
- Mean in the surroundings
- 0.11
- Band A · very low
Image of September 28, 2026 · 50 dates available on the platform.
Greenness
The vigour of the vegetation (NDVI) over time: it shows how verges, tree belts and compensation plantings are growing.
- Mean on the site
- 0.70
- Band B · high
- Mean in the surroundings
- 0.54
- Band B · high
Image of September 30, 2026 · 13 dates available on the platform.
Light at night
Artificial light at night along the road and at the junctions disturbs bats, insects and migrating birds. The map shows where it is strongest.
- Mean on the site
- 10.43 nW/cm²/sr
- Band B · low
- Mean in the surroundings
- 12.80 nW/cm²/sr
- Band B · low
Image of January 31, 2026 · 33 dates available on the platform.
Nitrogen dioxide
An indicator of traffic and combustion along the corridor, seen from satellite.
- Mean on the site
- 151.6 µmol/m²
- Band E · very high
- Mean in the surroundings
- 152.6 µmol/m²
- Band E · very high
Image of February 28, 2026 · 2 dates available on the platform.
Satellite
The true-colour image of the site, seen from satellite.
Image of February 28, 2026 · 8 dates available on the platform.
Birdy · bioacoustics
Birds.
Birdy sensors listen to the site and recognise species by their song. Each detection is a five-second clip you can play again. Pick a species to hear it and to see at what time it sings.
- Luscinia megarhynchos8,366detections
- Turdus merula1,212detections
- Erithacus rubecula836detections
- Sylvia atricapilla655detections
- Aegithalos caudatus330detections
- Parus major221detections
The dawn chorusHow it is calculatedEach cell is an hour of the day in a month: the brighter, the more detections. Hours run around the dial (midnight at the top, the site's local time), months go from the centre to the rim. The two light lines are the real sunrise and sunset, day by day. The dashed cell is now. The count also depends on the hours the sensors listen.Source: Svincolo Treviglio, XNatura platform data as of November 14, 2026
Hours around · months from the centre (April) to the rim (November) · all species
fewer songsmore songs
In April, the richest month, half of the songs fall between 7:00 and 16:55.
In numbers
- effective speciesHow it is calculatedThe number of equally frequent species that would give the same diversity: the exponential of the Shannon index the platform computes on the detections.Source: Svincolo Treviglio, XNatura platform data as of November 14, 2026
- 5
- Shannon index
- 1.7
- detections per hour
- 1.7
Detections by month
Listen to the latest detectionsLive
The most recent clips arrive live from the site.
Species photos: iNaturalist (Creative Commons licences) and the 3Bee archive.
Technology
Our sensors.
Wireless and connected over 4G. They are mounted on a post or a tree and transmit on their own.
Inside the sensor
Wildy in 3D, from its design files
This model comes from the CAD files the sensor was engineered with. Turn it, get closer and open it to see where the microphone, the boards and the battery sit.
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Parts
From the design
- The model follows today's design: shapes and components may still change.
- The enclosure is made of two halves, front shell and back cover, with a gasket between them.
- Inside are the main board, the modem board with its antennas, the microSD card and the battery; on top, the solar panel on a ball joint.
Model: Wildy v0.17 (STEP)
Wildy, our new sensor: Birdy for birds, Kiro for bats, Spectrum for pollinators, in a single box. Its design is in development.
Picture these data along your infrastructure.
The problem
Whoever runs a road, a railway or a network has kilometres of verges, junction areas and compensation plantings to look after for years. An occasional survey cannot say how nature is doing along the route: what is needed are continuous measurements, section by section.
The solution
The sensors listen to birds all year, hour by hour. The satellite maps follow land cover, vegetation, temperature, night light and NO2 along the corridor. Our ecologists read the data and prepare the reports.
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A live page
The same page you are looking at, with your sections: to share with authorities, local communities and investors.
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Numbers that hold
Every figure has its clip, its map and its method. It can be heard again and checked again.
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Data for monitoring
The same measurements, repeated at the same points, are useful for post-construction environmental monitoring and for sustainability reporting.
Want to see it on your route?
Tell us which sections you want to follow: we prepare the maps of the corridor and tell you which sensors are needed and where. The offer comes from our team.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How up to date are the live data along the infrastructure?
The sensors transmit several times a day. The page reads the latest detections when you open it and shows how long ago the last reading arrived. Numbers and charts are recalculated every night.
Which sensors does a motorway or a railway need?
It depends on the route: we usually start from the points where nature matters most, such as junction areas, embankments and compensation plantings, with Birdy sensors for birds. We decide together after looking at the maps of the corridor.
Can the live sensor data be used for the environmental monitoring of an infrastructure?
They are continuous measurements, with date, time and position, and every detection can be heard again. They can support post-construction monitoring and sustainability reporting; what your case requires is set by the conditions of the project, and we look at it with our ecologists.
How do you read the rings of the year in the live data of the route?
The hours of the day run around the dial, with midnight at the top and noon at the bottom. Each ring is a month, from the centre to the rim. The brighter a cell, the more detections in that month at that hour. The two light lines are sunrise and sunset at the site.
Is the site shown live a real site?
Yes: it is Svincolo Treviglio, a junction area of the A35 Brebemi motorway monitored with Birdy sensors. The data on this page are its own; the same instruments can be installed along any linear infrastructure.