We had a great time in London. It was lovely to see new and existing users of Bird Journal. 

Our next event is in August 2012 at the Rutland Birdfair, fingers crossed we’ll have good weather.  

Look forward to seeing you again soon!

Christine & Justin

The Bluebird team are excited to be attending the Birdfair at the London Wetland Centre on the 20-22 April 2012.

We’ll be happy to show you how Bird Journal can help keep a record of what you see.  Bird Journal mobile will also be available for you to try.  

Tickets for the bird fair are now on sale, if you are thinking of going why not book early, we have a promotion code that will save you £2 off the normal ticket price, just quote BB1.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Find us in Hall A - Stand 157. 

WWT London Wetland Centre
Queen Elizabeth's Walk
London SW13 9WT, United Kingdom
020 8409 4400
wwt.org.uk

We are pleased to announce the release of Bird Journal version 2.5!
 
The list of improvements and fixes are shown below:

• Fixed import crash when the format is not recognised.
• Fixed issue with custom property move up, move down.
• Fixed Bird Journal screens occasionally not opening.
• Fixed flickering when adding sightings.
• Fixed occasional crash when filtering by checklist.
• Added support for larger text sizes in Windows.

Bird Journal version 2 users are entitled to a free upgrade.  An upgrade email has been sent to v2 users.  If you have not received the upgrade email feel free to get in touch. 

We are pleased to announce the official update release of Bird Journal version 2.4.

The list of improvements and fixes are shown below:

• Improved: Import, auto resolve location names.
• Improved: Import, auto resolve custom property names.
• Improved: Species page - last & first sighting dates now filtered according to the page filters.

• Fixed Import of Bird Journal files, filling StartTime, EndTime, and Entry Notes etc down into subsequent entries.
• Fixed Import problems with newlines in the csv fields.
• Fixed Export where commas were being stripped from the notes.
• Fixed crash on adding an entry, when time separator is not a colon.
• Fixed crash restoring a backup when the ‘Restore File Location’ is empty.
• Fixed crash when no data was in the imported file.
• Fixed auto complete textbox crash, where ENTER key is pressed, and nothing was selected.
• Fixed digits being used for shortcuts, causing counts not to be able to be entered. Also improved method of ignoring ‘c’ shortcut, so it uses the next letter.
• Fixed bird’s database, having pigeons inside New Zealand Parrots family.

If you also use the Bird Journal mobile app then v2.4 offers a smoother experience when importing your records from the app into the desktop version.

Bird Journal version 2 users are entitled to a free upgrade.  An upgrade email has been sent to v2 users.  If you have not received the upgrade email feel free to get in touch.

Bird Journal makes the perfect gift for you or a birder friend.  It comes with a 60 day money back guarantee to ensure you’re completely satisfied with your purchase.

If you wish to buy Bird Journal as a gift we can license the product under his/her name, simply enter his/her name on the checkout page under the heading ‘Gift it’.

To order Bird Journal call 0845 094 6012 or order online from here: Bird Journal Editions

We hope you enjoy the days running up to Christmas! 

Last posting dates 2011

First Class
Tue 20th December - UK and the Channel Islands

International Airmail
Mon   5th December   - South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand
Fri     9th December   - Eastern Europe, USA and Canada
Mon 12th December   - Western Europe

Just to let you know that iOS 5 compatibility issue is now fixed.  The new update has been approved by Apple and can now be downloaded from the App Store.

Bird Journal mobile is experiencing compatibility issues with the new IOS5. If you have recently upgraded your iPhones IOS to 5 then you will experience issues with adding new entries.

Rest assure we are looking into this matter and will release a software update soon to correct the compatibility issues.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

We would like to say a special thank you for those who came to see us at the Birdfair.  We would also like to thank Tim Appleton, Emma Tate and all staff who hosted an excellent Birdfair event.  We were grateful to be invited to the Birdfair for the first time.  

The weekend was a great success and we especially enjoyed meeting existing and new users of Bird Journal.  We have taken away many suggestions for Bird Journal version 3, which we look forward to showing you next year.  

We really enjoyed the weekend and it was great to spread the word of Bird Journal desktop and the mobile recorder app.  The iPhone app was launched on Friday 19th Aug and it was warmly received.  If you have already brought the app feel free to email us any suggestions you may have.  We look forward to improving the app further in the coming months.

We hope to see you again next year!

Best wishes,

Christine & Justin

 

Birdfair stand is setup and ready for the weekend, and Bird Journal Mobile is live on the App Store! See you tomorrow!

We are very excited to be exhibiting at the British Birdfair in August 2011.  The event will take place at Egleton Nature Reserve, Rutland, Friday 19th until Sunday 21st August, opening times 9am-5:30pm daily.

There will be competitions and special treats at our stand so come find us in Marquee 6 stand 39; we are right next to the main catering marquee.

What’s new with Bluebird Technology? 

We are looking forward to launching our new Bird Journal mobile recorder app for the iPhone.  If you have an iPhone Bird Journal mobile is a great companion when recording sightings on the move.

Why is Bird Journal mobile better than paper? 

Bird Journal mobile is really quick to tick off sightings, plus each sighting recorded has a timestamp and geotag that is stored automatically.  Custom properties enable you to record any extra information you like.

Can sightings be synched to the desktop version?

Yes, your sightings can be exported from the iPhone and imported in to the Bird Journal desktop version; there is no need to manually input the sightings twice.

Is Bird Journal mobile the same as the desktop version?

The mobile recorder is designed specifically for recording when on the move while Bird Journal for the desktop lets you do so much more with your data.
 
When will the mobile version be compatible on the Android and Windows 7 devices?

After the release of our mobile recorder for the iPhone, we will then take a closer look at developing a similar app for the Android and Windows 7 users.

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As well as a new product launch at the Birdfair we will have 2 demo pods for the Bird Journal desktop version.  If you have any questions in regards to using Bird Journal feel free to come see us, we would be happy to offer advice. 

See you soon!