BSPB present the SmartBirs and SmartBirds Pro mobile application to researchers, media and institutions

BSPB present the SmartBirs and SmartBirds Pro mobile application to researchers, media and institutions
SmartBirds is first in Bulgaria and one the few application for smartphones and other mobile devices in the world for defining the birds and it is suitable for specialists with enormous experience in defining the birds as well as for the beginners “bird watchers”. The platform combines guide for birds, electronic diary for observations and information for NATURA 2000 regions and represents all 269 birds nesting in Bulgaria.

The new professional version SmartBirdsPro could be used field biologists as well as by more advanced nature lovers. The platform is electronic field diary for fast and easy writings of the observations of species of birds, amphibians, reptile and mammals in Bulgaria. It is comfortable for usage for single observations as well as running a monitoring. The collected information could be shared easily with friends through e-mails or could be forwarded to the database of BSPB.

Both applications are free of charge and could be downloaded from Google Play.

Among the invited people are representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Water, from Execution Environment Agency, National Natural Scientific Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and ecosystems researches at BAS, Natural Park Vitosha, other NGOs and media.

The application SmartBirdsPro is created by the Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds (BSPB) in the frames of the project “Modern nature conservation: modern communications in support for the science of the citizens”, financed by the programme “M-tel-eco grant”. The main target of the project is elaboration of a model for modern nature conservation based on the citizen science using the means of modern communications, social net and technologies. The aim of the application is to facilitate people who professionally work with gathering biological information as well as for the nature lovers in their encounters with the wild nature.

Mtel eco grant is an annual donation programme which finances free, small, but valuable projects in the field of ecology. It is created for support of protection of the environment and conservation of the biodiversity in Bulgaria.