iBird UK & Ireland

Universal iOS App for the iPhone and iPod Touch
List Price: £13.99
iBird UK & Ireland
  • Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • Last updated: December 2011
  • Version: 5.1
  • Species Count: 283
  • Database Size: 1010MB
iBird United Kingdom and Ireland … is designed to satisfy the demanding needs of advanced birders and professional naturalists. It offers comprehensive identification, behavior, habitat and ecology information, a plethora of search attributes, beautiful hand-drawn illustrations, professional photographs, range maps, and playable calls for 283 species in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Notable Features of all versions:

  • Location search has two attributes: Common for the most popular species in a state and Uncommon for rare and state listed birds.
  • Attributes are grouped into basic, head and flight related area.
  • 14 new search attributes including search by patterns, length, wingspan.
  • Updated state and province bird lists using official references.
  • Shake your device to automatically play a random bird song.
  • Taxonomic and Alphabetical family sort options on Browse screen.
  • ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!! ★★★★★ Easy to use; fantastic photos and sketches; in-depth ecology and a variety of sound clips for each bird. Thank you iBird UK team! -Dannysnuffles
  • Stunning ★★★★★ Wonderful bird app, need no other. -Davidyong
  • I Bird uk ★★★★★ Excellent app can’t fault it and we have updates to look forward to. -Ozzyblack56
  • Bird explorer ★★★★★ What a fantastic app. I was reluctant to spend £14.99 on an app so really glad when I found it on special for £6.99. Now I have tried it fully, I realise it was well priced originally. Portraits excellent as well as photos, but the search capabilities are excellent. Thanks for such a comprehensive reference book. -Mickmouse51
  • A first with a bird ID app…..★★★★★ Its dark we are out in the middle of the Norfolk countryside and with the help of this app we have just identified the call of two short eared owls. I’m impressed. -George Gilroy
  • My favourite birding app ★★★★★ I always seem to grab this app first when out watching and listening to birds, the illustrations are exceptional, and for most birds there are additional photos and a vast array of information, but the thing that really stands out with this app is the bird sounds and each bird has different sounds from calls and warnings, ok so the package is not quite perfect with a few americanisms but overall highly recommended, looking forward to updates in the future. -Captain Calamity Clam
  • Surprisely Good! ★★★★★ A lot of information for your money. Sets out to be a Field Guide on the iPhone/iPod Touch and succeeds pretty well. I particularly like the range of bird sounds which it holds. -John Fleet
  • I was sceptical of price but WOW!!! ★★★★★ This honestly is the best app I’ve ever used, no question. How much comprehensive and detailed info do you need?! Pics (lots of high standard), info, more than I ever knew of each bird, all birds you can name, map search, unbelievable search facility with every category variable you can imagine, just outstanding! I’ve never reviewed an app before but genuinely feel compelled to share and praise this one. -John Oakley
  • Bird Man ★★★★★ Have tried most of the leading Bird apps. This leaves them all behind. Well worth the cost, it is actually cheaper than all the competition. I was a bit reluctant at first because it didn’t seem to have a “birds sighted” facility. You can actually use the favourites section to fill all relevant details, eg Date, Time, Location, etc, together with notes. -Al the Rhinoman

As a standalone iPhone app, iBird does not require an Internet connection for access to the rich media information in its database. This does mean that the application is large, so please be patient when downloading from the iTunes app store.

You can also keep up to date with fellow iBird users by following @iBirdExplorer on Twitter and by joining the iBird fan page on Facebook.

If you use iBird in the field, please do so responsibly. We recommend the American Birding Association's Code of Ethics (http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html), particularly section 1(b), for guidance.