BirdTrack

The BirdTrack app has been updated to enable you to search through your BirdTrack records. View species lists for the locations you've visited, maps of where you've been, compare your records to the previous year, and more. Now available from your app store

Summary of my 2025 birding year from @BirdTrack @Lincsbirding

Always good to get my @BirdTrack stats through for last year. No surprise with my most visited places - East Wretham Heath and Welney. Always room for improvement on my birding streak! Pleased to make my data available for research and conservation.

You can also report dead birds for possible testing for avian influenza: 📌In England, Wales & Scotland: gov.uk/guidance/repor… 📌In Northern Ireland: daera-ni.gov.uk/services/daera… 📌In Republic of Ireland: …heck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report

We are receiving increased reports of dead auks, including Puffins, particularly in North East Scotland. It's quick and easy to report any dead or sick birds you find through the 'Deceased bird' function on the home page of the BirdTrack app Photo: Puffin by Richard Selman / BTO

Our latest migration blog looks at the cold weather movements that have taken place since Christmas, including an influx of White-fronted and Tundra Bean Geese, and increased reports of Fieldfares. bto.org/our-work/news/… Photo: White-fronted Geese, by Tom Cadwallender / BTO

The International Swan Census takes place this weekend, 17-18 January. If you record any Bewick's or Whooper Swans in BirdTrack, we would greatly appreciate if you could add details on the number of adults and juvs, habitat and location pinpoint Whooper Swans by Sarah Kelman

2025 ended with the biggest influx of European White-fronted Goose and Tundra Bean Goose for many years. Latest BirdTrack data show a big and sudden spike in the reporting rate in the last week of the year!

With colder temperatures and easterly winds we are starting to see some arrivals of White-fronted Geese and Tundra Bean Geese, as well as the smart Smew. Numbers of Smew wintering in the UK fell by 84% between 1996/97 and 2022/23 Smew, by Graham Catley / BTO

@philespin Hi Phil, thanks for reporting this, we will get that fixed shortly.

@BirdTrack any reason why under the new update when you enter a mammal in a bird list it does not automatically go to the new entry you have to scroll down to it. Annoying when your hands are freezing!

The International Swan Census is nearly here! UK coverage looks strong, but key sites still need volunteers for 17–18 Jan 26. If you can help, please reach out to @WeBS_UK. Check map for vacant sites - lnkd.in/eWqWm7GW🦢Thanks to all who are taking part! Photo: Ben Andrew

The update also resolves a small number of other functionality issues, including fixing the sort order of lists viewed through the recent sightings map. We hope you like the improvements. Thank you for using BirdTrack and supporting our research.

It’s difficult to come up with a perfect formula for this - you might see some examples of species you think are common having a symbol suggesting they are infrequent - but the symbols are based on real data entered by BirdTrack users and naturally evolve as more data are entered

The new update to the BirdTrack app introduces several features aimed at helping us collect accurate bird data and alerting you to those slip of the finger data entry errors.

Our latest migration blog looks back at November, when notable arrivals included an influx of Pallid Swifts and good numbers of Dusky, Pallas's and Hume's Warblers bto.org/our-work/news/… Photo: Pallid Swift, by Philip Croft