Birdata vs Sand Life

Originally developed in 2005, the Birdata website provided an online platform for volunteers and researchers to enter bird survey data and gain feedback about their surveys. This major revamp of Birdata has allowed us to offer this critical conservation tool in the form of a handy, easy-to-use app. The Birdata mobile app is intended to facilitate simple data entry in the field on mobile devices and provides basic reporting statistics. Visit the Birdata web portal (http://birdata.birdlife.org.au) for extended reporting and data management functionality. Analysis of structured monitoring surveys in Birdata feeds directly into the State of Australia’s Birds report series. These reports are the go-to guide on the status of Australia’s bird populations, designed to inform decision making on land management, and direct conservation and policy that affects Australia’s birds and biodiversity. Can you use it for Birding lists? Yes. Birdata is primarily a tool for structured monitoring, however you can use Birdata to enter and store birding trip lists (e.g. bird lists which are collected over expanded areas without conforming to scientific standards). Please ensure that data such as this is coded as “Bird List” in the “Survey type” field on the details page.

Sand Life is a companion app for Bluetooth sand art devices. Connect your phone to a nearby device, choose a sand pattern, adjust playback, and tune LED lighting from one simple control app. With Sand Life, you can: - Discover and connect to nearby sand art devices - Browse built-in sand art patterns - Start, pause, resume, stop, and switch pattern playback - Adjust playback speed where supported by the device - Control LED power, color, brightness, and lighting effects - Manage saved devices and maintenance actions - Use the app locally without an account or cloud service Sand Life is designed for direct local device control. Bluetooth communication happens between your phone and the nearby device.