Light Bugs
- Overview
- Features
- Specifications
- Options
- Product Sheet
Geolocator for birds, with a radio beacon option to facilitate recovery.
- Bird geolocator designed primarily as a backpack mount.
- Optional programmable radio beacon to facilitate recovery.
- Includes temperature sensor for additional ecological insights.
Light Bug features include:
- Light stalk casing protects optical fibre from damage, with a cap to stop light escaping.
- Light stalk gathers light and directs to the light sensor, protected inside the tag.
- Light stalk is stream-lined and swept-back to minimise drag.
- Geolocation possible at low light levels.
- Gold connectors for the best communication with fast USB download.
- Omni-directional cone reduces light-gathering variability.
- Battery is at lowest point in tag to help keep centre of gravity low.
- Low-profile elongated shape to keep body of tag under feathers. Only the light stalk should protrude above the feathers.
| Specifications |
| 2.0 - 2.2g |
| 12 months battery life |
| NO ground-truthing required |
| Lighter models under development |
| Accuracy |
| Data suitable for Template Fit |
| Frequent sampling (from 1 s) |
| Temperature corrected |
| 224 light levels |
N.B. These specifications are preliminary, and subject to change.
 Nightjar wearing earlier version of Light Bug |
Light Bug options:
- Radio Beacon* - for better recovery
- Harness Tubes* - for easier attachment.
- Additional memory* - for behavioural analysis.
- LATViewer Studio Software - Template Fit analysis and more.
* These options are available to make the researcher's life easier, but please note that these options add variable weight and bulk, according to species.
Light Bugs product sheet (PDF). 
