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Collins bird guide app (1 Viewer)
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MoGo
Well-known member
I have both iPad and iPhone and yes it is easier to use on the iPad, but I will definitely be using the iPhone version in the field. Another useful feature is that you can create a new list, I am going to Alicante, Spain in October and have already created a list called "Spain Alicante Oct 2014", looking forward to using it.
lewis20126
Well-known member
I would have thought using the book might be quicker in such circumstances!
cheers, alan
kuzeycem
Medicinal Birding
Got it yesterday and I'm very happy with it, especially about the sound recording, enlarging plates and option to make a life list - although I still haven't figured out how the search engines work.
Subalpine Warbler complex is also split and all three species have new plates, not by Dan Zetterström. Chaffinch also has some new illustrations.
Subalpine Warbler complex is also split and all three species have new plates, not by Dan Zetterström. Chaffinch also has some new illustrations.
I fully expect to get it eventually, but there are just so many other (and mostly better) ways of making lists that include your life list. Some of the best are submitting trip lists to repositories such as ebird.org with automatic generation of life lists. http://www.birdseyebirding.com/ produces a phone app for accepting your list while in the field for upload to ebird.
Niels
Niels
Stonefaction
Dundee Birding....(target 150 in 2024).
Go to one of the individual species page, then move along to the second map icon from the left and select. Think that takes you to a link for a download. Similar effort takes you to the video downloads.
Ian Traynor
Member
Has anyone got the BirdGuides app as well as the Collins. If so, how do the two compare. I've been using the Birdguides one for ages, and I like it.. especially the updated version.
birdieboy123
All The Gear, No Idea
The Collins is far better imo, far more species and covers the whole of Europe, whereas the BirdGuides app only covers Northern Europe
Dave Hawkins
Dear diary, what a day it's been...
Disappointed
Disappointed on iPhone but I bet it's good on newer iPads.
iPhone...the plates are too small to be useful and the print so small it's virtually impossible to read even with reading specs.
You can enlarge the plate but only after tapping through several times and then pinch zooming.
It would be better if it worked with the phone held horizontally rather than vertically because the plate would then be wider and text bigger.
The comparison feature is all but useless on iPhone as in order to see the species side by side at a viewable size you have to pinch zoom again which gets rid of the comparison plate.
It won't work on iPad 1 either because Apple no longer updates the operating system.
Disappointed on iPhone but I bet it's good on newer iPads.
iPhone...the plates are too small to be useful and the print so small it's virtually impossible to read even with reading specs.
You can enlarge the plate but only after tapping through several times and then pinch zooming.
It would be better if it worked with the phone held horizontally rather than vertically because the plate would then be wider and text bigger.
The comparison feature is all but useless on iPhone as in order to see the species side by side at a viewable size you have to pinch zoom again which gets rid of the comparison plate.
It won't work on iPad 1 either because Apple no longer updates the operating system.
cheshirebirder
Well-known member
Dave, the plates can be viewed "horizontally" on my iPhone . Not sure why not on yours ?
Dave Hawkins
Dear diary, what a day it's been...
cheshirebirder
Well-known member
Mine is also a 4s ! You tap the plate you want until the title disappears and it will then be able to be viewed horizontally.
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John Fleet
Finally reached 300!
There's also a toggle annotations on/off feature on the plates - tap once and the annotations toggle.
On my iPhone 4s the rotate feature seems a bit flakey - and I still remain baffled by the search feature! if anyone can give a step by step description of how to find a target species by name using the search facility I'd be very grateful. I'm trying to study the Stilt Sandpiper which was so obliging at Cresswell and Druridge recently. I've stumble upon it once but can't work out a consistent way to find a species!
On my iPhone 4s the rotate feature seems a bit flakey - and I still remain baffled by the search feature! if anyone can give a step by step description of how to find a target species by name using the search facility I'd be very grateful. I'm trying to study the Stilt Sandpiper which was so obliging at Cresswell and Druridge recently. I've stumble upon it once but can't work out a consistent way to find a species!
