Tap a button. Hold up your phone. We name the bird. Free, browser-based, no app download, powered by Cornell University's BirdNET AI model.
đī¸ Try Bird Hear now Browse the BirdedexTap the green mic button and hold your phone toward the singing bird. We auto-stop after 10 seconds (or hit stop early).
Your clip is analysed by Cornell's open-source BirdNET model â the same engine used by ornithologists and conservation NGOs worldwide.
We show the most likely birds with confidence scores. One tap logs the bird to your life list and adds it to your Birdedex.
| Feature | Bird Hear | Other apps |
|---|---|---|
| Free forever | â | Often premium-only |
| No app download | â Browser only | App Store / Play Store |
| UK-focused species list | â Tuned to BOU list | Global, less precise locally |
| One-tap log to life list | â | Separate apps |
| Open-source AI (BirdNET) | â Cornell Lab | Closed models |
| No tracking, no data sold | â Audio deleted instantly | Varies |
Yes. Completely free. No sign-up needed for the sound-ID itself. Sign-up only unlocks saving sightings to your life list.
Cornell's BirdNET model achieves 70-85% top-3 accuracy on clear UK recordings. Accuracy drops in wind, traffic noise, or when multiple birds sing at once. The confidence score helps you judge reliability.
No â Bird Hear sends a short clip to our inference server for analysis. We never store the audio. An internet connection is required.
Over 600 species â the full BOU British List including breeders, winter visitors and regular vagrants. Rare one-off vagrants (1-2 records in UK history) may not be identified reliably.
No. Bird Hear works for anonymous visitors. An optional free account lets you save identifications to your life list and earn achievements.
Merlin is excellent â it pioneered consumer bird sound ID. Bird Hear is a browser-only alternative tuned for UK species with deeper integration into our Birdedex, sightings map and county leaderboards.
No download. No sign-up. Just point and listen.
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