Features
Everything you record, kept together.
Feather Journal brings your bird sightings, photos, places, trips and memories together in one beautiful personal birding journal.
Bird identification
Photograph the bird and get likely species with alternatives and confidence. Confirm what you actually saw — or record it unidentified.
Learn more →Sightings
Date, time, place, count, habitat, behaviour, notes and photos, captured in a few taps and editable later.
Learn more →Life list
Built automatically from confirmed sightings, with lifers marked the moment you save them.
Learn more →Journal
Every sighting becomes part of a dated journal, with an optional writing assistant you always edit.
Learn more →Photos
A personal photo archive where every image stays attached to the sighting behind it.
Learn more →Places & map
Your own birding map: species counts, visit history and photos for every place you've birded.
Learn more →Trips
Group days out into a trip and keep the birds, places, photos and stories together.
Learn more →Want to see
A quiet wish list of birds you're still chasing, updated when one finally turns up.
Learn more →Public profile
Share your birding life at your own address, with full control over what stays private.
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Where it fits
Identification is a feature. Memory is the point.
Merlin can help you identify a bird. eBird can help you record observations for science. Feather Journal is where your personal birding life lives.