Tap a name, tap a number, and the sighting is in the book with the place, the hour and the weather.
One letter with the link and nothing after it.
The birds you see most rise to the top of the list, so a wren is never more than a thumb away.
How the list learnsPond, lane or headland, with the hour and the weather. It works with no signal at all.
What it keeps, and whereFirst swallow, last fieldfare, and how this spring compares with the one before.
New in version 2.1Send the whole notebook to yourself as one plain file whenever you like.
Moving to a new phone1.99
Once. Every bird list and every update after it is included.
It does the quiet work of keeping things in order, and I stopped looking for a better way.Maya, 212 birds so far
Version 2.1 came out on 12 May. Updates are free for everyone who has the app.
12 May, 9 MB
Open the new Year page and the book has already done the sums.
Every sighting you have written down now feeds a list for the year: how many kinds, the first date and the last. Nothing needs setting up. The questions page says what is counted and what is left out.
The book you send yourself is one plain file named sightings.csv, a line to a bird, readable by any table program.
Newest first. A version marked Fault has a known problem that the next one mends.
| Version | Out on | What changed | State | Size, MB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | June | Sharing a walk with a friend | In review | 9.4 |
| 2.1 | 12 May | Year lists, wind in the weather line | Current | 9.0 |
| 2.0.2 | 21 April | Forty birds of the north coast | 8.7 | |
| 2.0.1 | 2 April | Counts above 99 were cut short | Fault | 8.1 |
| 2.0 | 18 March | The place and the weather fill themselves in | 8.1 |
Kind words, the press kit, and the things people ask before they buy.
A notebook that keeps up with a warbler. We have not opened the paper one since.
Harbour GazetteTwo taps, and the wren is in the book. Nothing on the phone is quicker.
Pocket Tools MonthlyIt worked on the headland with no signal and cold hands. That is the whole review.
The Field Desk| In the press kit | For | Size, MB |
|---|---|---|
| The app tile, large | Print and screen | 1.2 |
| Six pictures of the screen | Reviews | 3.8 |
| One page of facts | Editors in a hurry | 0.1 |
| Everything, in one folder | Everyone else | 5.1 |
Not here? Write to us and it soon will be.
Yes. The bird lists live on the phone, and the place is filled in when a signal comes back.
612 of them, across 31 countries. Each version adds a region; the north coast came in 2.0.2.
Whenever you like, as one plain file. The version notes describe it.
No. You pay 1.99 once.
Two people answer the post, usually within a working day.
Say which phone and which version, and what you saw last before it went wrong.
Version 2.0.1 cuts counts above 99 short. Version 2.1 mends it and puts the numbers back.
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Two people answer the post, usually within a working day.
Letters we have not answered yet.
Every letter you sent has an answer. A new one is read within a working day.
Write to usKept for a year, or until you erase them.