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Websites for keeping a record of sightings (1 Viewer)

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Hi all,

I was wondering which websites are used in different countries to document bird sightings.


World:
Belgium: waarnemingen.be

Denmark: http://dofbasen.dk/

Finland: http://tiira.fi/

France: ornithomedia.com

Germany: ornitho.de

The Netherlands: waarneming.nl

Norway: https://www.artsobservasjoner.no/

Sweden: https://www.artportalen.se/

The UK: BirdTrack (http://app.bto.org/birdtrack/main/data-home.jsp)




Any more to add to the list?
 
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Finland: http://tiira.fi/
Norway: https://www.artsobservasjoner.no/
Sweden: https://www.artportalen.se/ (weren't they the first?)
Denmark: http://dofbasen.dk/

The bird-only databases should think about getting the same functionality as the observation.org-related sites to enable adding anything and everything through the same system (and even better if national nature societies then use this as their reporting tool). It helps shift attention away from the usually well-reported birds.
E.g. ornitho.de is still missing this point, although some other "ornitho" sites have added other species groups.
 
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Xenospiza said:
E.g. ornitho.de is still missing this point, although some other "ornitho" sites have added other species groups.
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Specifically, the Swiss site also allows for other vertebrates, while the German one still doesn't. I hope they'll at least add mammals eventually, that'd be great.
 
In Serbia some use "naturalist" (not sure about actual spelling, NaturaList or something different) and some use the national base "BioRaS". I am not sure about percentage of users.
A small number uses eBird. I prefer eBird because you can enter a list of species in one go, instead of entering each species individually; others actually said they prefer going by individual species because they don't want to count everything in the first place.
Lists cannot be transferred among various databases, which is a problem.
 
iNaturalist is another global one, but also includes other subjects such as plants and mammals. Plenty of users who only submit birds, though. Most popular in the USA but used by members on all continents.
 
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World:
Belgium: waarnemingen.be

Denmark: http://dofbasen.dk/

Finland: http://tiira.fi/

France: ornithomedia.com

Germany: ornitho.de

The Netherlands: waarneming.nl

Norway: https://www.artsobservasjoner.no/

Serbia:
  • bioras.petnica.rs
  • 'NaturaList'(?)

Sweden: https://www.artportalen.se/

The UK: BirdTrack (http://app.bto.org/birdtrack/main/data-home.jsp)
 
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I'm just putting data in to my Scythebill programme, at the end is a tick box which if checked, will add all your sightings to ebird


Andy
 
I just check the INaturalist site and that is the site I thought was NaturaList. I recognized my friend's username assigned to pictures he took.
 
World:
Australia:bowerbird.org.au

Belgium: waarnemingen.be

Denmark: http://dofbasen.dk/

Finland: http://tiira.fi/

France: ornithomedia.com

Germany: ornitho.de

The Netherlands: waarneming.nl

Norway: https://www.artsobservasjoner.no/

Serbia:
  • bioras.petnica.rs
  • inaturalist.org

Sweden: https://www.artportalen.se/

The UK: BirdTrack (http://app.bto.org/birdtrack/main/data-home.jsp)
 
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