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Birds of Northern Europe app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 1776 ratings )
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Developer: NatureGuides Ltd.
20.99 USD
Current version: 2.0.4, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 19 Jun 2010
App size: 724.8 Mb

A high-quality digital field guide, with bird names in 15 languages, covering 352 species of birds regularly seen in Northern Europe. This list covers all except rarer vagrants and includes every bird likely to be seen by the vast majority of birdwatchers in the region throughout the year. Countries covered include Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Holland (The Netherlands), Belgium, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Luxembourg and Northern France. Comprehensive information is provided including: multiple annotated illustrations by leading artists showing the full range of plumages including rarer races and variations, beautiful still photographs for many species; songs and calls, maps showing distribution in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East 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
• fully compatible with iPad using the full resolution of its larger screen
• species names translated into 13 languages plus International English and US English
• includes audio recordings of songs and calls
• annotated illustrations by top bird artists including Ian Lewington, Alan Harris, Mike Langman and DIM 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 for the whole Western Palearctic region
• 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

NAMES IN 15 LANGUAGES
Species and family names can be in any of the following languages, and changed at any time: Català, Dansk, Deutsch, English, English (International), English (US), Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Norsk, Português, Suomi, Svenska, русский язык (Russian). Note that the species text accounts, assets captions and illustration annotations are in English only.

Pros and cons of Birds of Northern Europe app for iPhone and iPad

Birds of Northern Europe app good for

Excellent, could do with 2 improvements: a more sophisticated search function to help with ID And more birds of SW Europe would be nice Pictures are very detailed WHEN WILL ITUNES ALLOW YOU TO USE THE APP STORE IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE?
My wife bought this - and after watching her use it on our recent trip, I just did the same. It is the only serious app. for the European birder - at least as good as iBird Pro is for North America. And when she couldnt figure out how to do something, and sent an email to the developers, she got a prompt and very helpful personal response. It has all the tools one needs - range maps, recorded calls, excellent descriptions, good illustrations (mixture of drawings and photos) - really makes bird identification a pleasure. Note that although the title implies a limitation to Northern Europe, we found it covered all of the birds we saw further south - of course this was not a systematic check. Cons - nothing worth mentioning. Recommended.
Excellent and complete guide for bird-watchers. I would give it 5 stars if more language options were included (e.g. Polish)
App is super,but contact with support - pure:( Is not possible to download newest version and after remove app is not possible to download app again.
Pros: Comprehensive. Each entry has many drawings, some photographs, a range map, and several sound recordings. Also shows nests, immatures, and fledglings in many cases. Navigation is easy. Only choice I found for iPad/iPod/iPhone. (Probably why the charge so much! The USA Audubon birds has twice the birds, better navigation, and costs half as much). Cons: Does not enable annotation or establishing your own list. Does not have a facility to show like species. Cost is about double what it should be.
Gorgeous illustrations, well-organized. I like how it lists all species in taxonomic order, by family. The other review says there arent descriptions and bird calls, but this is incorrect. The app does include bird calls and descriptions. Just scroll along thumbnails at bottom.

Some bad moments

+ Broad and excellent treatment of each species. + Good illustrations and photos + Mostly several good quality audio examples per species - Searches names only from the word beginning (in German): buch gives one result (Buchfink), but fink gives no result at all - Regrettably, the maps have very low resolutions (although it is obvious that they could show a lot more details). - Limited steering of the audio files, i.e. only start/stop; rewind or forward are not possible Conclusion: Excellent content, but luke-arm functionallity. At the moment over-prized, but can be improved by the next updates.
The app has gotten an updated that was long due. Many of the pictures and drawings are of better resolution now, but some (e.g. Gannet) are still horrible. Its still impossible to search for a family of birds in a different than English language, i.e. if you want to see all Warblers (German: Grasmücken), you cant type in "Grasmücke" to get them all. That needs to be fixed. Whats even more bothering me is the fact that parts of the descriptive texts have been erased in the new version. Information about social pattern and behavior, voice, breeding, movements... is only available for a few species, whereas the old version had that information for each species! Needs to be fixed even more! Until then, only two stars.
Lots of information but difficult to navigate. No easy way to switch between similar bird pictures or songs to compare. No way to annotate birds seen. Range maps and songs require too many clicks to find and are ignored when scrolling through pictures & BWP. Too expensive for such a clunky & primitive app.
Much of the text from earlier versions has been removed (eg Black Stork is missing all the following sections now: behavior, population, movements, voice and breeding; all species seem to at least bd missing population now!). Nature Guides should offer users to opt for a full refund instead. This is no longer what I purchased!

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