Birder’s Diary

The World’s Premier Listing Software
for Birders and Naturalists

THE CADILLAC OF ALL LISTING PROGRAMS.
With unmatched features, rock-solid reliability, and 30+ years as the #1 solution worldwide, Birder’s Diary delivers a feature-rich, ever-evolving product backed by best-in-class support.

Since 1995, Birder’s Diary has equipped birders and naturalists with cutting-edge tools to track their sightings effortlessly.

Welcome birders and nature enthusiasts! Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting, Birder’s Diary helps you log and organize your sightings with ease. Go beyond birds—record butterflies, dragonflies, plants, reptiles, mammals, and more. Enjoy seamless imports from spreadsheets, a robust desktop program, and a mobile app for in-field data recording.

Praised for its simplicity, innovation, and stellar support, Birder’s Diary stands out as the best birding software. Customers love its frequent updates, detailed tracking, and the ability to explore their data like never before.

Birding is rewarding, but tracking sightings doesn’t have to be tedious. Leave behind messy spreadsheets and scattered notes for a streamlined, enjoyable experience. With Birder’s Diary, you’ll spend less time organizing and more time birding.

You are 5 minutes away from running Birder’s Diary on your computer!

Free Download – Full 30-day Demo – No Commitments

Birder's Diary Desktop

The main window for Birder’s Diary displays all of your data at a glance.

  • Your latest outings
  • Your latest sightings
  • User-defined charts and graphs
  • Your latest photos
  • In the middle you have thermometer-style count bars for any location showing your current life count, lifers this year, ‘Big Year’ mark and total species for that location. 
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Mobile App

Your in-field birding assistant! A new and better experience.

  • VOICE RECOGNITION
  • Ability to load your own Checklists
  • Records Lat/Lng/Alt of each click
  • One-handed use
  • No typing required to record sightings
  • Record sightings for birds, butterflies, plants, mammals, etc.
  • Uploads quickly and easily into Birder’s Diary Desktop
  • Plus many, many other features that you’ve come to expect from Birder’s Diary
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Online Interactive Trip Reports

Produce Sightings/Trip reports to cover any group of sightings you desire. Share the URL on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc) or with your friends (via email, SMS, What’s App, etc.).

  • Interactive Google Map; each sighting pinpointed
  • Photo Gallery of all selected sightings’ photos
  • Sighting List showing the details you choose

No other site or product has all of this!

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Birder’s Diary News & Info 

Birder’s Diary v6.3 Released!

by | Aug 10, 2025

V6.3 of Birder’s Diary was released on August 10, 2025.  We have added over 94 enhancements, new features, performance improvements, and a few bug fixes to Birder’s Diary Desktop for your PC. We Thank You for your continued use and patronage of Birder’s Diary! You...

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Birder’s Diary V6.2 Released!

by | Jul 2, 2024

V6.2 of Birder's Diary was released on July 2, 2024.  We have added over 86 enhancements, new features, performance improvements and a few bug fixes to Birder's Diary Desktop for your PC. We Thank You for your continued use and patronage of Birder's Diary! You have...

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“My wife and I have birded together in 42 countries since the early 1960s and I could never have kept in touch with the current worldwide taxonomic onslaught without the help of Birders Diary! It does exactly the job that I need it to do!” 

Bill Jolly, Queensland, Australia

The Birder’s Diary web site states that: “You will receive prompt, professional and courteous support from Birder’s Diary staff!” YAWN.. I’ve heard that line before. BUT IT IS TRUE!!!!!! I was frankly surprised and delighted also with the way you solved my problems installing Version 3.7 on my computers this morning. You clearly understand and practice what professional “Customer Service” can be. Today you made a friend for “lifer”. Thanks much for the great service!! 

Ken – in St. Paul, MN, USA

“I love your mobile app I’ve used it in the field now a few times and it is great, I love the big fonts feature!. And the desktop app integrates seamlessly with eBird. Awesome tool! Kudos!” 

Kurt R., Arizona, USA

“This program is FANTASTIC!!!!! I’m really enjoying exploring it and following your videos!”

Patrick H., Missouri, USA

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Since 1995, Birder’s Diary has been providing the World’s Birding community with the latest technology, products and services, allowing birders and naturalists to maintain detailed records of their sightings.

You are 5 minutes away from running Birder’s Diary on your computer!

Free Download – Full 30-day Demo – No Commitments