🐦 Birdwatching

Birdwatching Log App

Every sighting, on the map and in the list

A birding log is a list of species, a list of places and a set of dates, and they belong together. Log an outing with a round per species seen, drop the pin, attach the photo. The per-species breakdown becomes your list with counts and last-seen dates, and the map shows where the good mornings happen.

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One outing, many species: each a round, the spot pinned, the photo attached.

Also called a bird sighting log, birding journal or life list app.

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Sum Count · 5 entries

Yesterday

Dawn, Lobau

3 rounds · Kingfisher, Great egret, Blackcap

⏱ 2h 10m 📍 Lobau 📷 3 photos “Kingfisher on the usual branch. Cold, still.”

Wed 9 Sept

Lunch walk

2 rounds · Black redstart, Blackcap

⏱ 40 min 📍 Augarten

Sat 5 Sept

Neusiedl

4 rounds · Great egret, Bearded reedling, Marsh harrier, Spoonbill

⏱ 5h 0m 📍 Illmitz 📷 5 photos “First spoonbill. Wind from the south.”

Sat 29 Aug

Dawn, Lobau

2 rounds · Kingfisher, Grey heron

⏱ 1h 50m 📍 Lobau

What you’ll track

The Birdwatching log, out of the box

One entry can hold several rounds — each species with its own values — and the stats break them out separately.

Variable	Type	Stats shown
Species	Text · tracked individually	Own stats per value
Count	Number	Sum, Max
Timer	Built in	Total time, per entry duration
Location	Built in	Pin or place, shown on the log map
Notes, photos, sketches, voice memos	Built in	Attached to any entry

Sum Count

Max Count

How it works

From install to first entry in a minute

Pick “Birdwatching” during setup

The log is created with the variables above and a few example entries so you can see how it works. Clear them with one tap.

Log as you go

Tap plus, fill in what you have, save. Timer, location, notes and photos are there when you want them, hidden when you don’t.

Let the stats accumulate

Sum count sits on the log card, with the rest one tap away. Set a goal if you want a nudge.

Why this log

Built for the way you actually do it

A list that counts

Mark “Species” as tracked individually and every species shows total seen, sightings and last date. Your life list and your year list, from the same entries.

Spots that deliver

Every outing has a location. The map is the answer to where the kingfisher was in March.

Photos on the sighting

The record shot sits on the outing with the species and count. Sketches for the one you could not photograph.

Everything else in the app

Not just a form. A logbook that thinks with you.

The Birdwatching log is one log among many you can keep. Every one of them gets the same tools.

💡AI analysis

AI reads the pattern for you

Tap the bulb on Birdwatching and get a plain-language read of your trends, what changed recently, and a suggested next goal, built only from your own entries.

🎯Goals

Goals, streaks and reminders

Set a target like three times a week, watch the rolling progress bar, keep a streak, and get a reminder at the time you actually log. The app learns that time from you.

📅Calendar

A calendar heatmap per log

Every log has its own month view showing which days you logged. Gaps are obvious, consistency is visible, and one tap opens that day's entries.

🔁Rounds

Several speciess in one entry

One entry can hold a round per species, each with its own values, and the stats break them out separately.

📷Attachments

Photos, sketches, voice memos

Attach a photo, draw a quick sketch, or record a voice note on any entry. They stay with that entry and come back on every device you sign in on.

🗺️Map

Every entry on a map

Drop a pin or search for the place. Each log has a map view of everywhere you logged, and saved places open directly in Google Maps.

🔍Search

Search across everything

Find an entry by title, note or value across every log, filter by date or location, and jump straight to it.

🔒Privacy

Yours, offline first

Entries save on your phone first and sync when you sign in. No account needed to start, no feed, no one else sees your data.

Who keeps a birding log

Patch birders who walk the same reserve every week and want the seasonal pattern, beginners building a first list, and travellers who want sightings tied to places. Garden birders use it for the feeder, one round per species per morning.

It is a record, not a community; nothing is shared unless you choose to later.

What a year of outings shows

The per-species list with first and last dates is the arrival and departure calendar for your patch. Count maximums mark the big days. The map shows the two or three sites that produce most of the list.

Notes on weather and wind, read back a year later, tell you which mornings are worth the alarm.

Guides

Read before you start

6 min read

One log or many?

When to keep one log with a grouping variable, when to split into several, and how tags and rounds fit. Examples for workouts, books, plants and symptoms.

Questions