naturbeobachtung.at

The nature report app of the Naturschutzbund Österreich:

• Bumblebees, butterflies, dragonflies, birds, mammals, fungi, plants and much more wanted.
• Simple reporting: Take a photo - select the species - done!
• Experts help with identification and check your reports promptly.
• Community: view pictures in photo boards and comment on or like them
• An important contribution to biodiversity research in Austria!

With the naturbeobachtung.at app from the Naturschutzbund Österreich you can quickly and easily photograph animals and plants from anywhere and report your observations to us. This is not only fun - you also make an important contribution to biodiversity research in Austria. You can also view other people's reports and comment on or "like" them.

The app is an "extension" of the web version of the same name www.naturbeobachtung.at and can be used free of charge. Experts check the incoming reports promptly so that your data can be used for scientific purposes.

NEW: Species search competitions!

We regularly organise search competitions for specific animal or plant groups. During a campaign period, specially selected species are searched for. The winner is the person who can document as many of the prescribed species as possible or shares the most pictures. The low-threshold reporting possibility is also well suited for school lessons!

NEW: Insect quizzes!

As part of the "Insektenkenner" project, you can test your insect knowledge on selected insect groups. In increasing degrees of difficulty, you have to assign the correct species name to an insect photo shown. Beforehand, you can also simply test without scoring.

General functions of the naturbeobachtung.at app:

REPORT OBSERVATION

1. take photo(s) or select photo(s) from gallery
2. select animal species if known - otherwise others from the community determine your find
3. send and you are done!

Date of observation and coordinates will be determined automatically. However, we need to ask you to allow our app to do the following once:

1. take pictures and videos
2. access photos, media and files on your device
3. access the location of your device

VIEW OBSERVATIONS

• "My observations": Here you can see your own observations listed
• "My locations": Overview of its previous locations
• Photo board": Here you will find the observations of other notifiers. The photo board can be filtered as desired.

BECOME ACTIVE

• Comment on reports and give "Likes" in the picture gallery.

INFORM

• "Species list": Here you will find all species listed, which you can filter by species (groups). Touch on a certain species name leads to 1. species profile, 2. voucher photos and 3. distribution maps.
• "Interactions": All your interactive activities are listed here: Likes and comments you have received or made and whether your report has been reviewed by an expert.
• "Statistics": Here you can find, among other things, the most diligent reporters of the app and the most reported animal species.
• "Project information" provides information on us and our partners as well as on the current focus of animal monitoring.

SETTINGS Here you can change your password under "Profile" or configure the app in general (e.g. document location or switch on terrain mode), set the desired language settings, synchronise your data from the server, and much more.

WEB VERSION WWW.NATURBEOBACHTUNG.AT Many other services are available to you here, e.g.

• Edit or delete your own FINDINGS and FUND LOCATIONS
• Discuss in the FORUM and ask experts for identification help
• DETERMINE undetermined reports of other reporters
• View other STATISTICS, DISPERSAL MAPS, etc.
• Request HELP and technical support, etc.