About BirdTrack

BirdTrack allows volunteers to store and manage their own personal bird records, and uses these to support species conservation at local, regional, national and international scales.

Created through a partnership between the BTO, the RSPB, BirdWatch Ireland, the Scottish Ornithologists' Club and the Welsh Ornithological Society, BirdTrack is an exciting project that looks at migration movements and distributions of birds throughout Britain and Ireland. 

The project is a free and convenient way of storing your bird records online, and lets you keep up to date with what others are seeing, view the latest trends, and contribute your data to BTO science.

Record on the go with BirdTrack Apps

Log your bird sightings anywhere in the world - Learn more about our mobile apps.

• 'Smart' species list for adding sightings, containing the birds most likely to be seen in that area.
• Sync all your existing BirdTrack places and upload everything into your BirdTrack account.

Go beyond just data entry and use the app to:

• View a map of recent sightings.
• View target species that you haven't seen this year / ever.
• View your year and life lists.

Delve into your records

Use the 'Explore my records' function in BirdTrack to view your data in a range of exciting ways.

• View your life and year lists at global, regional or local levels.
• View maps of all your birding locations.
• Extract the data as tables and graphs.

Important note about auto-ID tools

We recognise the growing popularity of auto-ID tools that use audio or image inputs to provide species identification, but we currently ask volunteers not to solely rely on these tools when submitting data to us.

• Please read our full statement on the use of auto-id tools for more detail and clarity.

Code of Conduct

Volunteers must follow BTO’s Code of Conduct. This code applies to our staff, our members, and volunteers, including surveyors and participants in the Ringing and Nest Record Schemes, (hereafter referred to collectively as ‘staff and supporters’). It applies to all BTO activities, whether online (including meetings and events, telephone, letter, and email) or offline (any face-to-face interaction). We've also written some guidance for volunteer fieldworkers, which will help beginners in particular.

Migration blog

Your BirdTrack data allows us to follow the arrival and departure of migrants through the seasons.

What's been seen this week? How will the weather affect migration next week? And which species will be arriving near you?

• Visit the blog >