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Bird Identifying App
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I have today downloaded the app "Merlin". Although I have not fully used it yet, I have used it in my garden breaks to see what birds it identifies by their song. So far, I have been quite impressed. This is particularly so given it has been quite blustery today.
I do not think there is a cost (or at least I have not yet discovered one) and just thought others who might want to identify birds would find it useful.
I do not think there is a cost (or at least I have not yet discovered one) and just thought others who might want to identify birds would find it useful.
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If anyone wants alternatives though, see this list
https:/ /birda. org/bes t-birdw atching -apps-u k/
and/or here (for iOS)
https:/ /www.bi rdspot. co.uk/b ird-wat ching-i phone-a pps
or here (for Android)
https:/ /www.bi rdspot. co.uk/b ird-wat ching-a ndroid- apps
As an aside, if you're looking for a plant identification app (that works with wildflowers, garden flowers, trees and shrubs), I can personally recommend LeafSnap:
https:/ /leafsn ap.app/
If anyone wants alternatives though, see this list
https:/
and/or here (for iOS)
https:/
or here (for Android)
https:/
As an aside, if you're looking for a plant identification app (that works with wildflowers, garden flowers, trees and shrubs), I can personally recommend LeafSnap:
https:/
I use Merlin and am very pleased with it.
In response to the question about how we know it’s correct, I can say that experience tells me it’s pretty accurate.
For example, I use it in the garden and hear robins, goldfinches, chaffinches, blackbirds and so on. When I’m at down at the reed bed in the next village I hear warblers, black cap and an oystercatcher. In February we could hear pink footed geese and in June, Little Terns. All the time it’s identifying these birds in their correct environment I feel happy to rely on it to help me with a new birdsong or to tell one warbler from another!
In response to the question about how we know it’s correct, I can say that experience tells me it’s pretty accurate.
For example, I use it in the garden and hear robins, goldfinches, chaffinches, blackbirds and so on. When I’m at down at the reed bed in the next village I hear warblers, black cap and an oystercatcher. In February we could hear pink footed geese and in June, Little Terns. All the time it’s identifying these birds in their correct environment I feel happy to rely on it to help me with a new birdsong or to tell one warbler from another!
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