Birda

The Nearby Feed on Birda is designed to prioritise showing you bird sighting and session posts that occurred nearby to you

The Nearby Feed on Birda

How to set a goal on Birda

Birda has spent a lot of time refining the platform in such a way that it produces valuable, quality data for conservation researchers.

What is Birda doing to ensure it produces quality data for scientific research?

Birda is designed to support the logging of wild birds, so please avoid posting captive or domestic species on the platform.

Posting of captive and domestic birds on Birda

If you have finished a session and then discover that you forgot to add a sighting then fear not, Birda has a solution!

Adding sightings to a Birda session after you have finished the session

Birda does not currently support bird call/song identification. We are working on releasing this functionality in the near future 😀

Identifying Bird Songs and Calls Using AI

Birda automatically check for duplicates to make sure that the same sighting records are not duplicated when imports are uploaded to Birda

Will multiple imports from the same source cause duplicates on Birda

Sightings imported to Birda are not submitted to the GBIF. We assume that all imports have already been submitted via their source platform.

Are imports submitted to the GBIF?

Birda does not currently support AI-based bird identification from photos however we are working on developing this functionality.

Identifying Bird Species Photos Using AI

Everything you need to know about saving sessions as drafts so that you can come back to edit them and add photos before posting.

Draft sessions on Birda

How to find the 'Your Year on Birda' video

Your Year on Birda

If you are interested in exporting your sightings data from Birda, then you are in the right place!

Exporting from Birda

What are Days Wild on Birda?

How to increase your Time in Nature metric

What is Time in Nature on Birda?

Have you logged in to Birda and all your sightings and sessions are missing? Don't worry, all your sightings and sessions are safe!

Lost all your load sightings and sessions after logging into Birda

Step-by-step guide on how to add photos to your sightings via Birda's web app

How to add photos to your sightings & sessions via Birda's web app

Birda is designed to make importing your bird sightings as smooth as possible. However, there are a few reasons why your import may fail.

Why Your Birda Import May Fail

Step by step instructions on how to reset your password on Birda

Resetting your password on Birda

Just started birding? Seen a bird and not sure what it is? Why not ask the community for help? Follow these steps to ask for help.

How to submit species suggestions on Birda

Yes, Birda is sharing sightings data with reputable scientific and conservation organisations.

Does Birda share sightings data with conservation researchers?

We are in the process of building out our web app however it will lag behind our app features and functionality for the foreseeable future!

Why doesn't Birda have a website (web app) with the same functionality as its app?

If you are having an issue with your species list not loading, then please follow these steps to resolve the issue

Species list not loading

All you need to know about receiving species suggestions on Birda

Getting help identifying a bird on Birda

Learn how your bird sightings can benefit science and wildlife conservation and how to manage your GBIF sharing preferences on Birda.

Birda and the GBIF - How your sightings benefit science

A guide detailing the various ways to add bird photos to your session sightings

How to adding photos to session sightings

Step-by-step guide on how to edit a sighting or session on Birda

How to edit a Sighting or Session

Setting your birding goals is important because it helps you focus on what you want to achieve

Why is setting birding goals important?

Everything you need to know about earning the Badger badge on Birda

How to earn the Badger badge on Birda

If the location description in your profile does not look correct, you have two options to change it.