Hide & Seek: British Bird Log

Hide & Seek turns British birding into an adventure, and every bird you encounter becomes part of your journey. From the robins bouncing around your garden, to fulmars dancing on coastal winds, Hide & Seek helps you log and remember the encounters that matter.

Already logging your finds elsewhere? You can (very) easily import records exported from eBird, Birda and BirdTrack (and more) to add to your Journal via the import button in settings.

LOG YOUR DISCOVERIES
Whenever you see or hear a bird, record the number, date, time, habitat, location and any notes you want to keep.

BUILD YOUR EXPLORER’S JOURNAL
How many of Britain’s birds can you find? Log the birds you encounter in your journal and see them turn from silhouette into beautiful illustration. Watch your journal grow as you try to collect all the birds of Britain in your digital journal.

Repeat sightings matter too. Your encounter history keeps track of the moments behind each discovery, from everyday garden visitors to sightings you’ll always want to remember.

GO BIRDING
Heading out on a birding trip? Go Birding lets you quickly record your discoveries for the day, so you can focus on the birds around you rather than making notes. Mark birds as Seen or Heard, adjust counts and keep moving.

When the trip is over, Hide & Seek guides you through your birds one by one, turning the day’s discoveries into full Journal records without making you search for every species again.

Not finished? Find your Unlogged Trips and pick up where you left off.

REGULAR JOURNEYS
Save a favourite walk, commute or birding route, then return again and again. Compare your visits and discover how the birds you encounter change over time.

PHOTOGRAPHS & MEMORIES
Add photographs to your encounters and trips, then revisit them through your own pixel-art camera.

IDENTIFY THE MYSTERY BIRD
Know you saw something but not sure what it was?

Use the built-in Identifier to narrow down the possibilities using what you noticed: size, colours, habitat, behaviour and visible features. Hide & Seek gives you a shortlist to compare, but the final identification is still yours.

KEEP YOUR FAVOURITE ENCOUNTERS
Some encounters are worth holding onto. Every sighting you log gives you the choice to Keep or Release it.

Kept encounters, together with their notes and memories, live in Habitat Boxes representing the habitat in which you discovered them. Over time, watch your Wetlands box fill with waders and your Gardens & Parks box fill with songbirds.

Released birds remain safely in your records; they simply do not appear in your Habitat Boxes.

SEEDS, ACHIEVEMENTS & TWITCHING MODE
Earn SEEDS and achievements as you log more birds, and work towards discovering species from particular habitats and bird families.

Activate Big Month or Big Year in Twitching Mode, or look back at your Biggest Days.

Seek out the Bird of the Day for double SEEDS and an increased chance of finding a Wonder Bird.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN
Choose a companion bird, showcase achievements and Wonder Birds on your Birder ID, and choose from four themes: Natural, Dark, Girlies Who Bird and Wonder.

THE EXPLORER’S JOURNAL
V1 fully illustrates 100 characteristic British birds. Birds from future updates can still be logged, while their full entries wait to hatch when the updates arrive.

Future versions are already in development, bringing more illustrated birds and new features.

WONDER BIRDS
Each bird you see and log brings a small chance of uncovering a Wonder Bird: an exceptionally rare and remarkably spectacular form of that bird. Keep exploring, keep logging, and perhaps one day you’ll find one...

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account is required to use Hide & Seek. Your data is stored locally on your device, keeping you in control of your birding records.

SEE IT. HEAR IT. LOG IT.

HIDE & SEEK.