Birds & wildlife, beautifully recorded

Remember everything

A smooth, intuitive way to record the birds and wildlife you see — rich, detailed entries with photos, maps and notes that sync across every device you use.

  • iPhone & iPad
  • Android
  • Windows
  • Mac
  • Web
Bird Journal observations map on a laptop
A Bird Journal entry on iPhone
A modern birding companion

The full Bird Journal experience, on every screen

The same powerful journal across mobile, desktop and web — responsive, touch‑friendly and beautiful wherever you record.

A detailed Bird Journal entry
Capture

A record of everything you see, hear and experience

Rich, detailed entries — counts, behaviour, weather, habitat, notes and photos — with customisable data entry that adapts to the way you record.

The Bird Journal photo gallery
Relive

Relive your best moments in the field

Every photo you’ve taken, gathered in one beautiful gallery and filtered by species, place or date in a tap.

Species count graphs
Observations map
Explore

Look back on every sighting

Explore your records with insightful graphs and beautiful maps — every observation pinned to exactly where you saw it.

Everything in one place

One journal for every sighting

From a quick sighting to a full day’s list — capture it your way, then explore it beautifully.

Record anything

Enter bird & wildlife observations, photos, habitat and more with customisable data entry.

A growing library holds hundreds of checklists and taxonomies, with over 100,000 species and subspecies worldwide.

Explore your records

Enjoy looking back through your data with beautiful reports, lists, graphs, maps & photos.

Search instantly by date, species, location & more.

Access anywhere

Record and review from every device you use, with apps for Mac, Windows, iOS, Android & the Web.

Your data lives on each device, so it’s always with you — in the field, on the move or abroad.

Share your records

Export or print records and species lists for use anywhere.

eBird and BirdTrack are fully supported, so you can do your bit for science and conservation.

Kept safe in the cloud

Never lose your data. Everything you add is safely and securely stored in Bird Journal’s cloud.

Lose a device? Simply sign back in to carry on exactly where you left off.

Bring your data

Get started quickly by importing existing records from any other system or application.

eBird, BirdTrack & Wildlife Recorder records can be imported directly.

Simple pricing

Start free. Go Premium when you’re ready.

Whatever you choose, your records always stay yours.

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Free
  • Record worldwide birds & wildlife
  • Sync across all your devices
  • Explore your records
  • Export & share
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$39.99/ year
  • Everything in Free
  • Advanced analysis
  • Insightful graphs & beautiful maps
  • Detailed, exportable reports
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Loved by birders

Trusted by thousands of birders around the world

“I’ve bought nearly all the bird programmes and yours is the only one I’ve felt comfortable with from day one…”
Martin Feaviour United States
“The syncing between PC and mobile versions is excellent; I’ve now got over 30 years of records on my phone!”
David Spencer United Kingdom
“Really good work — I am very happy to be able to use Bird Journal on the Mac, having moved over from PC a year ago.”
Mike Smith Portugal