# iBird UK Pro Guide to Birds > iBird Guide to Birds of the UK Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id424729739](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id424729739) ## Overview - **ID:** `id424729739` - **Platform:** Apple - **Type:** Apple app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Mitch Waite Group - **Category:** Reference - **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (26 ratings) - **Version:** 10.06 - **Last updated:** 2017-12-24 - **First published:** 2011-03-30 - **Size:** 1.00 GB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-18 - **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ibird-uk-pro-guide-to-birds/id424729739) - **Website:** [https://ibird.com](https://ibird.com/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://ibird.com/privacy-policy/](https://ibird.com/privacy-policy/) ## Description Birds Around Me (BAM), Percevia Smart Search and Time of Day now available as in app purchases. iBird United Kingdom and Ireland Pro, the world’s most popular identification app to birds of the UK, is now available as Version 10.06. iBird UK Pro now offers two powerful features: Birds Around Me (BAM) and Percevia™ smart search. Smart search lets you identify birds just like the experts while BAM only shows species that are found in your GPS area. We’ve also added our new Time of Day search feature which lets you filter birds by activity intervals during day or night (Cathemeral), dawn and dusk (Crepuscular), during the day (Diurnal) or during the night (Nocturnal). More Details of What’s New: bit.ly/ibird-whatsnew Whether you are an experienced birder or a beginner at birding, iBird UK Pro contains more birds than any UK app, including 343 common and rare species designated by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). With the iBird UK Pro’s avian matching system you can search for birds by color, location, shape, habitat or any one of our 38 identification field marks to find your bird. iBird's comprehensive species pages have 1,200 built-in bird songs, 1,500 professional high resolution bird photographs, 900 hand drawn composite illustrations and over 350 range maps. Version 10.06 of iBird UK Pro Guide to Birds now includes iCloud for backing up and sharing your own photos, notes and favorites among all your devices and a migration feature for moving from Dropbox to iCloud. ** NOTE If you would like to try out iBird with no financial investment, check the newly released iBird UK LITE Free Guide to Birds of North America. It has all the features of paid iBird UK Pro, but contains just 50 species. And it’s completely FREE. ** Whether you are an experienced birder or a beginner, iBird UK is the most authoritative guide to UK Birds you’ll need. Features iBird UK Pro Version 10.06 now contains these exciting features: ● iPhone X and retina-mode compatibility. ● Birds Around Me and Percevia smart search now available as in-app purchases. ● iBird now takes advantage of the high-resolution retina displays of the iPhone and iPad so the screen shows more information than ever. ● Contains the latest 2017 BTO checklist. ● View all birds by head which makes identification easier. ● Back up and sync favorites and notes with iCloud and share with all your devices and your friends. ● Fun new birder’s “stickers” to spruce up your text in Messages. Other Features iBird UK contains these time-tested features: ● The ‘Birds Around Me’ narrows the search list to just those birds centred on your GPS location, within a specified radius and a specific season. ● The patented Percevia™ intelligent search prevents you from making the wrong choice when searching for your bird. ● The only birding app that includes both Illustrations and Photos. ● Spectrographic audio display brings insight to the structure of bird songs by allowing you to view the sound's frequency components. ● Every species is shown perched and in flight and most show major seasonal, age and male/female variations. ● Identify 343 species of both native and rare birds. ● Save multiple personal species lists and your sightings in Notes which can be backed up and synced in iCloud. ● Hundreds of carefully selected and edited sound recordings from the Xeno-Canto Community of bird song recordists. ● Filter birds by countries, regions and coasts, so that you see only the species likely to occur in your location. ● iBird’s icon-driven visual search engine, with 35 attributes, enables you to identify birds using shape, colour, location, habitat, head pattern, flight pattern, bill shape, length and much more. ● Search by common name, Latin name and the BTO 5 band code. ● Comprehensive seasonal and migratory range maps include subspecies. We invite all users to share their comments and ideas on our forum at www.whatbird.com/forum/ ## Rankings - #226,149 — Overall ## Review summary Users praise iBird UK Pro for its offline access, rich media (photos, sounds, range, slideshows), and strong bird ID, especially when traveling in the UK/Ireland. They value the developer’s ongoing improvements and the familiar iBird experience. Common drawbacks involve data gaps and outdated maps, occasional image issues or limited illustrations, and navigation challenges when locating unfamiliar species. ### Pros - Offline, self-contained app suitable for field use. - Rich multimedia for each species (photos, multiple audio calls/songs, range maps, slideshows). - Strong bird ID support that users find helpful for identifying species. - Travel-friendly with UK/Ireland focus and region-restricted search, while maintaining a familiar iBird format. - Positive developer quality with ongoing improvements and appealing interface. ### Cons - Data coverage can be incomplete and some range maps are outdated or contain errors (e.g., missing common birds, outdated distributions). - Navigation and organization can be hard for finding unfamiliar birds (desire for taxonomic ordering and better discovery). - Images can be misleading at times and some species lack multiple illustrations/plumages. ## Similar extensions and apps - [iBird UK & Ireland Lite](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id441884227) — 1.00 / 5 - [All Birds UK - the Photo Guide](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id811376863) — 3.00 / 5 - [Birds of Britain Pro](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id360451309) — 4.50 / 5 - [iBird Pro Guide to Birds](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id308018823) — 4.30 / 5 - [BirdAlertPRO](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id473178168) - [Birds of Britain Pocket Guide](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id419358365) — 5.00 / 5 - [BirdGuides](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1218786227) - [UK Birds Sounds Pro](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1577239662) - [eGuide to British Birds](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id508710818) — 1.00 / 5 - [iBird Ultimate Guide to Birds](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id872771050) — 4.50 / 5 - [UK Birds Dictionary Pro](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id925528862) - [iBird Hawaii & Palau Guide](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id943689969) — 4.70 / 5 --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id424729739)