Collins Bird Guide

- June 14, 2017

Everyone

Books & Reference

Offers in-app purchases

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Description

‘It’s much more convenient than taking a big book with you...the Collins app is fantastic.’
– Chris Packham, Metro

‘The Collins Bird Guide app is destined to become a real triumph, the ultimate in field guide apps — and deservedly so.’
– BirdGuides

The Collins Bird Guide App combines world-class illustrations and comprehensive information with intuitive design to create the ultimate field guide for passionate birders and casual birdwatchers alike. The app is based on the landmark book by Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterström, universally acknowledged as the standard European field guide.

The Collins Bird Guide App provides everything you need to identify a species quickly and learn about it thoroughly. Immerse yourself in the exceptional illustrations, maps, calls and concise text. Use the powerful search filter and curated confusion lists to focus in on a species. The Collins Bird Guide App is an essential companion always to hand on your device.

Features include:

• Over 700 European species covered
• 3500+ beautiful illustrations by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterström
• Detailed text covering habitat, range, identification and voice by Lars Svensson
• Record sightings, location and date with the listing tool
• Powerful search filter
• Intuitive design to quickly and easily swipe through species
• Curated lists of confusable species
• Over 750 carefully selected songs and calls – many by Lars Svensson
• Select species names from 18 languages
• Available in English, Swedish, Norwegian, French and German
• Weighs nothing!

The app incorporates British Trust for Ornithology/BirdWatch Ireland/Scottish Ornithologists' Club Bird Atlas 2007–11 mapping data as an in-app purchase, providing the most comprehensive location mapping of any bird guide app.

Find out more about the app and its creators: collinsbirdguideapp.com

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Reviews

4.6

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Michael Talbot

Nice app and great content . Ability to filter by country, habitat , bird colour etc. makes it much easier and more fun that using a traditional book. I am looking forward to more content being added like video . Only negative point on android is if I zoom into picture I can't then move that zoomed in image downwards to recentre , I guess that is a glitch that will get ironed out soon ! EDIT: just updated and I can now move around zoomed in images!

I have a Samsung Galaxy A5. The text around the pictures is very small and does not increase when the display is turned. The pinch zoom gesture does not seem to work either to increase the size of the text. have I missed a setting or is zooming not possible? The information contained though is very good.

Sachad Er

Great, at last ! Will give 5 stars when the ability to link a note to each species will be added. I still can add text for ID etc on the paper version and it's the last thing missing here!

Data is solid but the usual (in firld guide apps) browse alphabatic or by taxonomy is missing. The interface with a block taxonomy/species selection which doesn't show the full name is simply bizarre. Can't search by latin name

Ivan Macey

Is there any ability to pay in app for video as I think the apple version has? Otherwise excellent and really pleased to see this come to android.

Nick W

Already have the book and iOS version and waited a long time for the Android one to became available. Worth the wait!

User reviews

Michael Talbot June 17, 2017

August 3, 2017

Sachad Er June 18, 2017

Great, at last ! Will give 5 stars when the ability to link a note to each species will be added. I still can add text for ID etc on the paper version and it's the last thing missing here!

July 15, 2017

Ivan Macey June 16, 2017

Is there any ability to pay in app for video as I think the apple version has? Otherwise excellent and really pleased to see this come to android.

NatureGuides Ltd June 16, 2017

Hello Ivan. Video in-app purchases will be introduced into the Android app in the future.

Nick W July 11, 2017

Already have the book and iOS version and waited a long time for the Android one to became available. Worth the wait!

Frank Stretton June 15, 2017

I already own Collins Bird guide as a book and pda on my Laptop. This does not compare at all. The drawing are poor and no photos

NatureGuides Ltd June 16, 2017

Hello Frank. We're sorry to hear you're disappointed with the app and the extra features it offers over the book. All illustrations in the app are taken from the Collins Bird Guide print edition and are displayed at a high resolution, with the ability to zoom in to plates. There are no photographs in the Collins Bird Guide printed book.

August 7, 2017

Great app that I use in the hides. Helps me identify birds very quickly! Useful for a beginner like me, would be a great learning tool for many others too.

J. Nobel June 20, 2017

It's great. But where are the videos?

Ron Ruzal July 18, 2017

I have the books and this is just the same, only fits in your pocket.

Paul Wood August 4, 2017

User friendly and packed with info.

Neder Birds August 20, 2017

Still the very best!

Stuart Brown July 11, 2017

Brilliant.

Štěpán Tračík June 13, 2017

Nice app full of information. Simply "I love it" :-) To authors: Are you planning to add other translates for species names in the future? Czech nomenclature would be great ;-) Many thanks

NatureGuides Ltd June 13, 2017

Hello Štěpán. Thanks for your review. Yes, we plan to add Czech, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Icelandic species names in a future update.

Calvin Jones June 12, 2017

Finally available on Android... early days but seems worth the wait! Off on holiday to Italy mid week and will be leaving the trusty paper version at home :-)