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01 January - 31 December, 2024

Australia Big Year 2024

Log 75 species

01 Jan - 31 Dec, 2024

71 participants

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About

🐦 Log 75 species

Join the Australia Big Year Challenge 2024! Enhance your birdwatching skills, and support citizen science by experiencing the breathtaking beauty of Australia's avian wonders. Australia's extraordinary variety of birds showcases its rich biodiversity and varied habitats. Set your goal to identify 75 bird species by the year's end!

Terms

This challenge is for anyone with a Birda account. This challenge is for tickable species only. You can read more about tickable species here.

This challenge starts and ends based on the Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). All individual species logged within Australia will count towards this challenge and will be included in any leaderboard placement. All sightings must be logged before midnight (AEST) on the day the challenge ends.

Be honest with yourself and other birders, but above all, respectful of them and any other outdoor users, everywhere – especially online. If you didn’t see it (or hear it), please don’t put it on Birda.

Challenge summary

3,992

Sightings

1,877h 5m

Time in nature

1,006

Days wild

Leaderboard

# species

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Sogg M

327

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Kylie J

289

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Dirty B

222

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Caitlin C

175

Nat S

165

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Kelly L

163

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Erin B

157

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Mike Y

151

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Pointless H

141

Beau M

128

Most Seen Species

# sightings

Australian Magpie

232

Rainbow Lorikeet

192

Silver Gull

171

Pacific Black Duck

158

Magpie-lark

155

Australian White Ibis

155

Welcome Swallow

154

Noisy Miner

152

Birda is a birdwatching app and community aimed at curious people who want to deepen their connection with nature.

Your birdwatching journey like never before

Connect with nature in minutes

Take a walk, look out of the window and log the birds that you see. Feel good about those little connections to nature.

Discover the joy of birding

Find new birding spots, see more birds, share and celebrate with a like-minded community of nature lovers.

Play your part in saving nature

Logging your birding sightings and sessions turns into positive action for our planet. Every sighting counts.

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What Our Birders Say

Nedz53

Really useful

Downloaded to give it a try, everything worked perfectly, recorded my first bird watching walk. Very impressed. Have already recommended to friends!

Erna M

I really like Birda

I really like Birda. I also use other birding apps and have Birda with E-bird going at the same time.

Dan R

Great app for bird fanatics

Great app for bird fanatics - very user friendly and a perfect place to share sightings.

Trevarthen1

Birda fan

I really enjoy using Birda, all sightings are recorded and photos can be added. There are monthly challenges which help to get you out to record your sightings. The Birda community are great and are happy to help with unidentified bird sightings. Suitable for all ages and experience!

Pdydhdrexgi

Fantastic App

This is a really lovely app, for everyone interested in birds - from newbies to old hands. There is a very friendly feel to the community and you will genuinely learn a lot as you record your sightings and photos. There are lots of badges and competitions to keep you engaged, and a host of really useful features.

Carrie

Makes you want to spot birds more

I think this app is fun. It makes you want to spot birds more so I guess in a way it encourages you to get out and about instead of sitting in front of the TV.

Amylia S

Best app for any birding person!

I love this app!! I am so addicted to it when I saw it had 3 star review I was so sad! The app is awesome!! The best app for any birding person! ❤️

Alex J

Friendly and helps to identify birds

Great birding app, good for logging your sightings, also has nice species guide. I'm enjoying the social aspect more than I expected, everyone seems friendly and helps to identify unknown birds. Good mix of newbies and experienced users.

Dunners12345

Great App

Great app to use for logging and communicating with others who are interested in birds

Nicole

Gets me outdoors more

I'm still loving this app. I use it most days & gets me outdoors more. Enjoying watching others progress and photo's, it's improved my wellbeing.... I love this app! I can keep a record of sightings and see what others have seen too.

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