BirdTrack

Tracking migration and bird distribution

BirdTrack is an exciting online bird recording portal, that looks at migration patterns and seasonal movements of birds throughout Britain and Ireland.

What’s involved?

BirdTrack provides online facilities for you to store and manage your personal records as well as using these to support species conservation at local, regional, national and international scales.

If you have been out birdwatching or simply watching the birds in your garden, records of the birds you have seen can be useful data. The scheme is year-round, and ongoing, and anyone with an interest in birds can contribute. Important results produced by BirdTrack include mapping migration (arrivals and departures) timings and monitoring scarce birds.

Enter your BirdTrack sightings

Record Breeding Evidence

Learn how to add additional information to your BirdTrack records

Data Requests

To request more detailed BirdTrack data please click here

BirdTrack & Migration News

BirdTrackCBSI-WeBSIrish Garden Bird SurveyNewsSurveysSurveys and MonitoringBirdWatch Ireland statement on auto-ID tools
September 5, 2025

BirdWatch Ireland statement on auto-ID tools

Auto-ID tools that use audio or image inputs to provide species identification are growing in popularity and accuracy. The Merlin Bird ID app is particularly popular for bird identification by…
AdvocacyImportant Bird and Biodiversity AreasNewsPolicy and AdvocacyHands Off Nature
February 23, 2026

Hands Off Nature

When I’m feeling low, tired or just fed up that advocacy for wild birds is a constant uphill struggle with few wins, I know that a walk in nature or…