Merlin Bird Call App

[Feugh]

I downloaded the Merlin bird call app this morning and tried it whilst on the dog walk. It works really well! Differentiated between all sorts of calls - whitethroat, blackcap, sedge warbler, etc.. If bird id interests you then this is a great help.

 

[deerstalker.308]

It’s a very useful app, as is inature for snapping plants/insects/whatever for a quick ID or at the very least narrowing down of the suspects

 

[deerstalker.308]

The only downside to merlin is how much storage it uses, very heavy in that regard

 

[jall55]

I downloaded the Merlin bird call app this morning and tried it whilst on the dog walk. It works really well! Differentiated between all sorts of calls - whitethroat, blackcap, sedge warbler, etc.. If bird id interests you then this is a great help.

Thanks for that - been looking for something like this - will give it a go

 

[.25-06]

Another to try is BirdNET.

 

[deerstalker.308]

Another to try is BirdNET.

Thought that was a dating app?

 

[BenBhoy]

I downloaded the Merlin bird call app this morning and tried it whilst on the dog walk. It works really well! Differentiated between all sorts of calls - whitethroat, blackcap, sedge warbler, etc.. If bird id interests you then this is a great help.

Just downloaded, cheers.

 

[VSS]

According to a recent article in Farmers' Guardian it can't differentiate between the call of a bittern and a cow wanting milking.
Apart from that, pretty good from what I've heard. My wife has it installed on her phone and is really enjoying using it.

 

[Mickeydredd]

Is there a free version?

 

[Feugh]

Is there a free version?

It is free

 

[Mickeydredd]

It is free

it asked me for a £40 payment....will have another look!

 

[Pelyma]

It’s a very useful app, as is inature for snapping plants/insects/whatever for a quick ID or at the very least narrowing down of the suspects

If you have an iphone then the phone does this anyway.

 

[BenBhoy]

34 seconds of my morning, great app thanks.

 

[beebuzz]

I had it for a while and it’s a great app. Free, accurate and you don’t have to fill your memory up with recordings. Seems capable of picking up birds even when there is background noise.

 

[jall55]

This app is awesome

I was in the pub last night and my mate had just downloaded it

Well i had recorded a few things that i was not sure of a couple of weeks ago to play to a twitcher friend who ID thems for me

My phone played the songs to the app and Wow - both corrrect

Teal and Garden Warbler !

 

[beebuzz]

Regarding plant ID the iPhone has a feature to ‘look up plant’. Swipe up on the photo and the ‘look up’ tab is below the photo. Another handy tool (along with the Merlin bird app) whilst out with the dog or stalking and not seeing any deer!!

 

[jall55]

Regarding plant ID the iPhone has a feature to ‘look up plant’. Swipe up on the photo and the ‘look up’ tab is below the photo. Another handy tool (along with the Merlin bird app) whilst out with the dog or stalking and not seeing any deer!!

It also does animals and insects too !
Great feature

 

[Tony Morgan]

Free, accurate and you don’t have to fill your memory up with recordings.

According to post #3 the Merlin app is heavy on storage. Do you not find this?

 

[BenBhoy]

According to post #3 the Merlin app is heavy on storage. Do you not find this?

34sec file took 5mb of storage. But once you've ID the bird, easy enough to delete sound file & free up space.

 

[beebuzz]

According to post #3 the Merlin app is heavy on storage. Do you not find this?

No. I start the ‘listening’ by pressing the microphone button The app flashes up the bird name when it hears and IDs the song, if you press the cross at the top right of the screen it doesn’t save anything. If you press the stop record button it does save it but you can easily delete it. I tend not to save anything unless it’s of real interest. Hope this helps