Birdwatching & Wildlife Monitoring
Passive acoustic monitoring for birders, researchers, and citizen scientists
Turn any microphone into a bird monitoring station. H‑ear's ML classification identifies bird species from audio recordings, maps sightings to GPS coordinates, and builds temporal profiles showing dawn chorus patterns, seasonal migration, and species diversity. Like BirdNET — but with the full spatiotemporal annotation layer, maps, timelines.
Your Acoustic Bird Observatory
BirdNET recognises bird vocalisations across dozens of species categories. Combined with GPS and timestamps, every recording becomes a structured biodiversity observation.
Record or Deploy
Use your phone on a morning walk, leave a cheap recorder in the garden, or deploy a Raspberry Pi at a wetland site. Any audio source works — H‑ear handles the rest.
Species Classification
YAMNet identifies bird vocalisations alongside all other environmental sounds. Each detection includes species category, confidence score, timestamp, and duration.
Map & Timeline
Bird detections appear on your map and timeline. See which species are active at dawn vs dusk, which locations have the highest diversity, and how activity changes with seasons.
Report & Share
Generate species lists, activity timelines, and diversity indices. Export structured data for eBird, iNaturalist, or your own research database. Excel workbooks include every detection with full metadata.
Why H‑ear for Birding
Passive monitoring captures species you'd never see — owls, nocturnal migrants, shy species
GPS-tagged detections build a living bird atlas of your area
Dawn chorus analysis reveals species count and activity peaks
Seasonal comparisons show migration patterns and population changes
Structured exports feed directly into eBird and iNaturalist
Deploy a $50 monitoring station for months of continuous observation
Birding Scenarios
Garden Bird Census
Leave a recorder running in your garden for a week. H‑ear identifies every visiting species, counts daily detections, and shows activity peaks. Discover the wrens you never noticed and the owls calling at 3am.
Wetland Biodiversity Survey
Deploy sensors at multiple points around a wetland reserve. Map shows species distribution across the site. Timeline reveals dawn and dusk activity peaks. Generate reports for conservation management.
Migration Tracking
Record the same location across seasons. Compare spring and autumn species lists to track migration timing. Year-over-year data reveals population trends and arrival date shifts.
Citizen Science Contribution
Process your field recordings through H‑ear and export structured observation data. Upload species detections with GPS coordinates and timestamps directly to biodiversity platforms.