An update to the popular Merlin Bird ID app will turn millions of birdwatchers like me into citizen scientists — doing your bit for bird conservation efforts just got easier
Merlin Bird ID is a go-to app for bird identification, with more than 40 million downloadsIt can identify over 2,000 species of birds by sound recognitionA future update will share sound recordings with eBird, a huge biodiversity database If you’re into birdwatching, you’ll need no introduction to the popular Merlin Bird ID app, by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. With over 40 million downloads worldwide, and over two million monthly users in the UK alone, Merlin is the go-to app for bird identification for many. I’m in my forties, and birding has become one of my recent new hobbies, after years of photographing birds while testing cameras and lenses. And while I’m learning, I simply can’t identify all the birds I see or hear, especially in my local nature reserve, which is a migration route for varied and sometimes rare birdlife throughout the year, and a popular birding spot. The app helps me to identify the birds I’m […]
