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Collins British Bird Guide Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About Collins British Bird Guide

Collins British Bird Guide takes 264 of the most commonly seen British & Irish bird species from the award-winning Collins Bird Guide and presents them in the same easy-to-use practical format. Search for a species by location, time of year or plumage traits; browse the stunning illustrations by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterström; read the authoritative text by Lars Svensson; check distribution against the up-to-date maps taken from Bird Atlas 2007–2011; or listen to any of the hundreds of sound recordings.

Praise for the Collins Bird Guide app:

‘It’s much more convenient than taking a big book with you...the Collins app is fantastic.’
– Chris Packham, Metro

‘The Collins Bird Guide app is destined to become a real triumph, the ultimate in field guide apps — and deservedly so.’
– BirdGuides

What's New in the Latest Version 2.1.3

Last updated on Jan 10, 2024

Old Versions

Added new calls, reinstated missing gender symbols from the annotations and fixed a problem when downloading the video packs.

Version History

2.1.3

Jan 10, 2024

Added new calls, reinstated missing gender symbols from the annotations and fixed a problem when downloading the video packs.

2.1.2

Dec 8, 2023

We've fixed various bugs, including blurry species maps and empty widgets on iOS 16.

2.1.1

Nov 26, 2023

We've fixed various issues with the species texts and illustrations, especially in German
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This major new update includes the recently published third edition of the Collins Bird Guide book. Existing users can buy the new content with a one-off purchase inside the app. Listing has been significantly improved and moved into its own free companion app which works seamlessly with the Collins Bird Guide. New options are available to change the font size, choose to stream or download videos, and show a different bird each day in the new home screen widget.

2.1.0

Nov 21, 2023

This major new update includes the recently published third edition of the Collins Bird Guide book. Existing users can buy the new content with a one-off purchase inside the app. Listing has been significantly improved and moved into its own free companion app which works seamlessly with the Collins Bird Guide. New options are available to change the font size, choose to stream or download videos, and show a different bird each day in the new home screen widget.

1.2.13

Mar 30, 2023

Fixed an issue where map filtering did not work.

1.2.12

Mar 10, 2023

Fixed an issue with species accounts and added Slovenian species names.

1.2.11

Feb 7, 2023

Fixed an issue that prevented species filtering from working and made minor content improvements.

1.2.10

Jan 12, 2023

Added the Great White Egret, and species names for Chinese, Croatian, Japanese, Serbian and Ukrainian. Fixed several issues with lists, videos and maps.

1.2.9

May 5, 2021

New songs and calls. Users experiencing problems with BWP links should also update to BWP 1.2.

1.2.8

Oct 2, 2020

Fixed issues with lists on iOS 14

1.2.7

Sep 24, 2020

Support for iOS 14

1.2.6

Aug 24, 2020

Fixed links to BWP.

1.2.5

Jul 15, 2020

Minor bug fixes and added Latvian species names.

1.2.4

Apr 18, 2020

Minor bug fixes and tweaks

1.2.3

Mar 28, 2020

- New shortcut to view more species languages (can be customised through the in-app settings)
- Added Greek species names
- Other language fixes, including to Catalan

1.2.2

Sep 23, 2019

Optimised for the latest iPads. Improvements to songs and calls.

1.2.1

Nov 9, 2018

Added support for the latest iPads

1.2

Aug 16, 2018

Fix for inability to filter by BTO maps. Improvements to songs and calls. General bug fixes and improvements.

1.1.3

Feb 21, 2018

Fixed bugs affecting rotating to landscape and filtering species by location.