Birds of Britain and Ireland (Pro Edition)
By BirdGuides Ltd.
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Description
A high-quality digital field guide covering 271 species of birds regularly seen in Britain and Ireland. This list covers all except the rarest vagrants and includes every bird likely to be seen by the vast majority of birdwatchers in the UK throughout the year. Comprehensive information is provided including: multiple annotated illustrations by leading artists showing the full range of plumages including rarer races and variations, beautiful photographs for many species; songs and calls, maps showing distribution in the UK and in Europe and the full detailed text accounts from the Concise edition of Birds of the Western Palearctic (THE standard reference work originally published by Oxford University Press). Perfect for more experienced birders who will appreciate the comprehensive and professional ornithological content in this App.
FEATURES
• includes audio recordings of both songs and calls (which can be played on iPhone and iPod touch built-in speakers)
• annotated illustrations by top bird artists including Ian Lewington, Alan Harris, Mike Langman and D I M Wallace
• superb portrait photographs for many species
• definitive text accounts from the Concise edition of Birds of the Western Palearctic
• information on typical behaviour, identification and plumage variations
• many images showing nests, eggs and flight shots
• detailed distribution maps both for the UK and Europe
• quick search by species name or part of name
• organise bird names alphabetically or by family, with collapsible headings
• intuitive navigation uses gestures and flip-to-horizontal mode
• pinch zooming for visual assets
Produced and published by BirdGuides Ltd, the UK's leading developer of natural history software. Please visit www.birdguides.com to see the wide range of birding services and products that we offer. BirdGuides has been established for more than 15 years and is run by people who are birders themselves. We publish reference guides for every level of birder, from beginners to professional ornithologists. The content and design of this app for British and Irish birds draws on this wealth of expertise.
NOTE:
• To hear the songs, calls and commentaries, make sure your iPhone isn't switched to silent, and that the volume is turned up sufficiently.
• Early model iPod touch will require earphones or speakers.
• You may experience problems installing in-app updates if your iPhone/iPod is not running iOS 4.x. An update will be released to fix this problem very soon.
What's New in Version 1.0.4
• Bug fixed when trying to install updates on iOS 3.1.x and earlier
• NOTE: If you have installed the Northern European in-app update then the extra Northern European species may appear to be missing after this app update. To fix this, please tap the 'Lists' tab at the bottom and select "Birds of Northern Europe".
Customer Reviews
Comprehensive Review
I accidentally downloaded Birds of Britain & Ireland (I meant to download Birds of Northern Europe), however this was quickly resolved with the new update which allows you to purchase the additional species at £2.39.
This is a great easy to use app, although a little expensive. I would highly recommend it as both a reference in the field and as a way of brushing up on things like bird calls. I have listed below the things I would like to see followed by the points I like and dislike:
• I would like to see the species list expanded to incorporate Southern Europe; this is a popular holiday destination for many UK birders
• A “close all” button for the family names view would be helpful, I tend to leave them open and end up scrolling down a huge list
• It would be good if this was in some way linked to Bird News Extra, or is this a separate app in the offing...?
• Very easy to use, the menus are simple to scroll through, making navigation to a particular species quick, just what is needed in the field
• The search icon is small and took some time for me to locate
• The Concise BWP comments are excellent and contain a considerable amount of information (although I would like to know how up to date this is?)
• The same applies to the included maps
• The pictures are adequate, however, I don’t think they would replace my Collins guide
• The photo quality varies considerably, whilst some photos are very good, others are mediocre.
• The recorded calls for most species is of high quality, however there do seem to be a few species were the recordings are inadequate
Well done Birdguides, I hope you take on board some of my suggestions and comments.
Too expensive for what it is
I purchased this app by accident (computer clicking issue). I thought might as well use it.
# there is no search facility
# looking for Sparrow I found it under "House Sparrow". Have to find finch yet. One would have expected a wider cross referenced library and hotlinks to families etc. I found non.
# there is a big overlap between this app and "North European birds" by the same vendor but it seems you have to pay double to have both. Greed won't get them anywhere!
Everything considered comparing this app to dictionaries or similar apps this App doesn't worth more than £5
.CK
This is very good, but you need to add little bittern, now nesting in Somerset alongside regular breeding bitterns which are not on map in somerset. Also seen glossy ibis in Somerset as a rarity.
- £12.99
- Category: Reference
- Updated: 29 January 2011
- Version: 1.0.4
- Size: 238 MB
- Language: English
- Developer: BirdGuides Ltd.
- © 2010 BirdGuides
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1 or later.
Top In App Purchases
- Northern European birds update£2.49
