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01 January - 31 December, 2025

Birda Global Big Year 2025

Birda Global Big Year 2025
Log 100 species
01 Jan - 31 Dec, 2025
1456 participants
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🐦 Log 100 species

Participate in the Birda Global Big Year 2025, expand your birdwatching skills, and contribute to worldwide conservation research. This exciting challenge allows you to explore and document the diverse range of bird species found anywhere in the world. The goal is to identify and record 100 different bird species from any location across the globe by the end of the year!

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 Eastern Standard Time time zone (GMT-5). All individual species logged globally will count towards this challenge and will be included in any leaderboard placement. All sightings must be logged before midnight 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

83,441

Sightings

88,117h 56m

Time in nature

18,546

Days wild

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Leaderboard
# species
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Mathieu S
491
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Sarah B
398
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Chris D
364
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Ivan P
340
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Oli C
326
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Hugh B
315
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Neil S
297
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Nicola S
296
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Ashwell B
266
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Andrew A
266
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AK S
266
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Trevor K
264
Most Seen Species
# sightings
Common Ostrich
Emu
Great Tinamou
Elegant Crested Tinamou
Magpie Goose
White-faced Whistling Duck
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Fulvous Whistling Duck
Plumed Whistling Duck
Wandering Whistling Duck
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What Our Birders Say
Carl B
Helped me to identify more birds
Love this app and has helped me to identify more birds. The challenges and badges are great for keeping the motivation going to get out and keep birding.
SuperOliviaGirl
Really great app
It’s easy to use and it’s fun to log the birds you notice on a walk or just in your garden. There’s a option to record the birds you see in a session which is really nice. Good excuse to stop for a while and just watch birds. I am also enjoying the information part where you can find out fact about birds from all over the world.
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For a while I’ve been trying to find an app to easily record bird lists and day out and struggled to find one that I like. Birda is great for this, straightforward and a great community!
Leonie
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Excellent! We've been waiting for an app like this! Thank you! It would be nice if you could assign additional birds to sessions later!
SW H
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Birda is my go to app for keeping records of my bird sightings and sessions. It has fantastic information which is great at aiding identification. With all the updates that are coming in the new year, this app is something special.
Alice J
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I absolutely love the community aspect of this app. The app is so user friendly and has fun interactive challenges to get you out birding. I’ve tried others but since I’ve started using Birda I’ve not gone back!
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I love using the bird app, I have a pretty good knowledge of birds. But I do have some gaps in it, so it’s nice to have a safe space to check on a sighting to confirm the species. It’s really enjoyable and I love the badges you can collect. It’s like a real life Pokémon go.
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