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The online bird recording scheme that increases the personal, local and national value of your sightings

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Species by Location
Download a list of species for any location in Britain and Ireland

BirdFacts
Find information about British & Irish bird species

Worldbirds

Other countries with online recording systems that welcome your records

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Periodically we upload stunning photos for you to download to your desktop as wallpaper. The latest is a Mediterranean Gull.

Bird Atlas
2007-11

Records submitted to BirdTrack are an integral part of the Bird Atlas process; please ensure that you record breeding statuses wherever possible to make your data even more useful. Read about the new Atlas and how BirdTrack and Atlas work together.

BirdTrack Team

Meet the people behind BirdTrack at the BTO

Whimbrel

30 July 2010

Whimbrel has one of the most striking reporting rates* of any species in BirdTrack. Fewer than 1% of complete lists feature Whimbrel from November to March because only small numbers overwinter. A large spring passage, particularly in the west, sees the rate reach more than 7% before falling away again in June. The second peak is in late July / early August and the latest results show that 2010 is no exception with Whimbrel already featuring on more than 6% of complete lists.

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Crossbill

23 July 2010

Its a year since I started as BirdTrack Organiser and my first weekly update back in July 2009 described an influx of Crossbills; fitting then that this species should feature again a year on! There have been numerous reports of birds from a wide range of locations in the last fortnight, including a large movement along the North Norfolk coast last weekend and small groups over unlikely locations like the East Lincolnshire wolds. One bird even had the good grace to fly over my new house in Thetford, a very welcome 'garden tick'!