Welcome to BirdTrack

The online bird recording scheme that increases the personal, local and national value of your sightings

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Species by Location
Download a list of species for any location in Britain and Ireland

BirdFacts
Find information about British & Irish bird species

Worldbirds

Other countries with online recording systems that welcome your records

BirdTrack Photos

See more BirdTrack on flickr Add your photos here

Desktop Wallpaper

Periodically we upload stunning photos for you to download to your desktop as wallpaper. The latest is a Snow Bunting.

Bird Atlas
2007-11

Records submitted to BirdTrack are an integral part of the Bird Atlas process; please ensure that you record breeding statuses wherever possible to make your data even more useful. Read about the new Atlas and how BirdTrack and Atlas work together.

BirdTrack Team

Meet the people behind BirdTrack at the BTO

Server Maintenance

Scheduled for 11 February 2010

Note: All BTO Online surveys and results will be unavailable from approx. 0300-1700 hrs Thursday 11th February 2010 for essential maintenance. If you have difficulties accessing, please try again later. This message will be removed when maintenance complete.

Signs of spring?

6 February 2010

Up and down the country (well, in Thetford and Stirling at least; I’ve been in both this week) the first indications of the breeding season are appearing. A wide range of passerines from Song Thrushes to Siskins have begun to sing in the wake of the severe weather, whilst Oystercatchers and Shelducks have begun returning to inland sites. Eager Nest Recorders will be starting to seek out nest-building Long-tailed Tits and other early nesting species over the next few weeks. Surveys like the Nest Records Scheme and BBS will be vital in allowing us to fully understanding the effects of this winter on resident bird populations so please get involved if you can.

The BirdTrack flickr pool is poised to pass a major milestone as there are now 99 contributors! Congratulations on all the fantastic images (another one is featured above) and please keep them coming.

Not so Grey Wagtails

29 January 2010

The Grey Wagtail reporting rate is slightly down on the previous two winters, a little unexpected given the numerous anecdotal reports we have received of this species over the last couple of weeks. Much more unexpected are a few Yellow Wagtail records that have come in recently. Whilst nothing is impossible it is extremely unlikely that this species, which winters in Africa, would have survived the recent severe weather, even if any had remained behind. If you'd like a free guide to wagtail ID, click here.

Collared Doves and Stock Doves have begun calling this week, presenting another potential pitfall as they can sometimes sound like a Cuckoo. A January Cuckoo would be incredible news so if you suspect you have heard one, try to record the sound.