What makes Audio Field-guides different from CDs?

CDs of bird-song are excellent for playing at home or in your car to help you learn the calls of birds. However, they were not designed for use while birding in the field - unlike RememBird’s Audio Field-guides. These differ from CDs in several important respects:

Multiple Tracks per species

RememBird is not limited to 100 tracks as a CD is. This means we can have separate tracks for a bird’s song, call, alarm-call etc. On the British library, for example there are, on average, two named tracks per bird. Compare this with CDs which often have to have two or more species on a single track.

Indexes match the major field-guides

The tracks are indexed alphabetically, following the same naming conventions as the dominant field-guide in each region (e.g. Collins European Guide).

Auto Repeat

The audio tracks automatically repeat after a short delay. They won’t run on into the next track or require you to press pause at the end of the track.

Announcements are not part of the track

Having selected the track you want, it repeats without playing the announcement over again. If you are using an external speaker, the announcements are only played on the internal speaker (at whisper level).

No more fumbling with lists of tracks

You select the track you want by listening to spoken prompts and “clicking” the play button when you hear the option you want. You can do this without taking your eyes off the bird!

Play from RememBird or your PC/Mac

You can play tracks from the guides directly from RememBird or, while RememBird is connected to your PC/Mac, from the accompanying computer application.