BirdDoc
Fang-Karte
T · 0043Kohlmeise
Parus major
- Flügel
- 76 mm
- Gewicht
- 18,4 g
- Fett
- 3
- Alter
- Vorjährig
- Geschlecht
- Männlich
- Datum
- 12.10.2025
Field journal · Bird ringing
Done with paper and Excel
BirdDoc is the field documentation for bird ringing — one clean record per captured and ringed bird, instead of loose notes and scattered spreadsheets. Beta
Please note: the BirdDoc app itself is currently available in German only. This page and the sign-up are in English; the product is not (yet).
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For ringers
You ring birds yourself and want to leave paper and Excel behind? BirdDoc turns your captures into one clean capture card.
For organisations & ringing centres
Deciding for a whole ringing landscape? A scheme-wide rollout — GDPR-compliant, hosted in Austria, with no lock-in.
For ringers
From the notepad to the capture card
Today you record every capture on paper and later transcribe it laboriously into Excel — error-prone, entered twice and hard to search.
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One clean capture card
Every field of a capture in one place — one record per bird, instead of loose notes.
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Smart ring numbering
The next ring number in the series is suggested automatically — no counting off, no typos.
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IWM export at the push of a button
The report to the ringing centre as a ready-made IWM export — no manual work.
BirdDoc is in closed beta and free during the beta. Join the waiting list — we'll get in touch as soon as an access code opens up.
For organisations & ringing centres
Roll out scheme-wide — every group stays on its own
BirdDoc can be rolled out across a whole ringing landscape — and every group keeps its own private workspace. There is no scheme-wide central authority that can see into every capture: organisations never see one another's data.
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Data sovereignty
All ringing data is held in Austria or the EU and processed in line with the GDPR. The organisation remains the controller (Verantwortliche) under the GDPR — BirdDoc is solely the processor (Auftragsverarbeiter).
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No lock-in
Every group owns its data and can export it at any time — as an IWM or EURING file. Adopting BirdDoc is therefore reversible at any time.
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Continuity — answered honestly
BirdDoc is run by a sole proprietorship (Einzelunternehmen) — a single person. Instead of hiding that risk, we answer it openly: because your data belongs to you and can be exported at any time, you stay independent of whoever runs BirdDoc.
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Proven in the field
BirdDoc already documents real ringing work — born as a master's thesis (Masterarbeit) and proven in daily field use.
For interested groups, a guided beta pilot is possible — with no fixed timeline.
Request a conversation Already have an access code? Found your organisation
Hosted in Austria. All ringing data stays in Austria or the EU — GDPR-compliant, with no third-party tracking.