We describe a fully automated, PC based wildlife monitoring and survey system that is used for diverse species studies. The system uses a wide-area recorder that can record over areas of up to several square kilometres. The recorder can run, unattended for more than a month. The recordings can either be analysed in real time to produce a particular response (e.g. send an SMS if a rare parrot is detected), or can be analysed later on a PC. Any number of different species can be analysed simultaneously. In survey mode, calls can be counted and recognised with a summary of species and call frequency produced. The system has been successfully tested with the dawn chorus and against human surveys.