| Apps to help animals There are a number of ways you can help animals by using apps. An increasing number of animal charities are using them to make it easier for us all to make a difference. Here are some examples - this list will grow, so please come back and visit it :-) iRecord
The iRecord App means you can get involved with biological recording. Contribute your species sightings with GPS acquired coordinates, descriptions and other information. Sightings like this give scientists new biodiversity information and that helps nature conservation, planning, research and education. Find out more here.
Marine Conservation Society
The Good Fish Guide is the definitive guide to sustainable seafood and its aim is to help you make the right choice when buying fish, being in a supermarket or fishmongers. You can search for fish to avoid or the best fish to eat, and also all catch/farming mehtods, and wild-caught and farmed. Swim off to have a look here.
The MCS also mentions the Wilding App - it helpsl people connect with the nature around them, showcasing many, many palces to go, and things to do. Find out more here.
Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation has a an app, iRecord Butterflies. It's a free app and it will take you through the identification of any butterfly you see in the UK - you can add your sighting to millions of other records to help Butterfly Conservation with their work. It's free, and available for iOS and Android devices. Click here to download the app
Bumblebee Conservation App
The "What's that Bumblebee" app means you can bring a three-dimensional bumblebee to virtual life in your own garden or living room and study it in detail. You can identify which of the UK's most common species may be in your garden or local park. Buzz off here to find out more Froglife
Become a Dragon Finder! Help amphibians and reptiles in the UK by using this app to submit your sightings and find out more about indivdiual species. Hop off to find out more here.
The RSPB Swift Mapper
The RSPB has developed a Swift Mapper with partners Action for Swifts, Natural Apptitude, Swift Conservation and the Swifts Local Network. It's a web-based mapping system and mobile app. Record your sightings of nesting swifts, and you can help build a picture of where their nest sights need protecting - and where there's a need for new ones. Find out about it here.
Coreo House Martin Mapper
Back in 2024, House Martin Conservation UK and Ireland in association with Coreo are very proud to introduce 'House Martin Mapper'. It's a free citizen science tool to record house martin nest sites, nesting activity, and mud collection sites. Find out more here.
Bird Track
BirdTrack looks at migration, movements and distributions of birds throughout Britain and Ireland. Fly off to the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) here.
WWF
The WWF Together app brings you closer to 16 endangered species. It's available from an ipad or iphone. There are interactive experiences: you'll race a jaguar, try to outjump a snow leopard and explore 360 degree images of 10 species habitats! Download WWF Together.
Biological Records Centre The centre has collaborated with several recording schemes and mobile app developers to launch a range of smartphone apps providing identification resources. It aims to make it easy to submit wildlife records. Sightings go to iRecord, - recorders can see all their observations in one place. See the apps here.
World Resources Institute
There are a number of data applications on the WRI's website. They enable users to monitor forests with satellites and track the drivers of climate change. It helps understand indigenous communities land rights, too, and the products provide lots of open data. Data enables action. Find out more here.
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