QField for Ecology and Biodiversity Monitoring

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What you can do

Record species, abundance, and habitats
Map plots and transects with accurate GNSS
Attach photos and notes for QA
Capture audio for acoustic species such as birds and amphibians
Revisit fixed monitoring points to track change over time

Explore ecology and biodiversity workflows

QField covers the full span of ecological fieldwork. Each area has its own focused workflow:

Wildlife tracking and habitat mapping , for observations, telemetry, and habitat surveys
Land restoration and conservation , for restoration planning, monitoring, and stewardship
Invasive species control , for detection, treatment, and eradication operations
Protected area management , for reserve patrols, assets, and condition monitoring

Consistent records from every surveyor

Ecological fieldwork rarely happens where the network is. Surveys run along transects in remote terrain, at fixed monitoring plots revisited season after season, and often by volunteers or seasonal staff who joined the project a week ago. Basemaps, layers, and forms are loaded onto the device before anyone leaves the office, so the whole survey runs offline and syncs once the team is back in range.

The harder problem is consistency. Value-relation widgets hold species lists and codes, numeric constraints keep abundance and measurement fields in range, and required-photo rules capture evidence at the moment of observation rather than hours later. Photos, audio, and GPS readings stay attached to the record they belong to. For sensitive species, the data never leaves your own QGIS project and QFieldCloud account, or a server you host yourself.

Integrated with QGIS and QFieldCloud

Share projects and manage permissions in QFieldCloud. Export to standard formats for analysis. Prepare forms and symbology in QGIS once, push them to every device through QFieldCloud , and run conflict-safe sync at the end of each day.

See QField in real ecology projects