EuroBirdPortal – Live bird movements across Europe

(eurobirdportal.org)

57 points | by NKosmatos 2 hours ago

11 comments

  • 317070 9 minutes ago
    It's odd that you can see the borders between Belgium and France for various birds (like the swift and cuckoo), same for the border between Germany and Poland.

    I wonder why that is? There are no topological features defining these borders. Maybe the data is normalised in some way across countries?

    • Cthulhu_ 6 minutes ago
      If this is based on bird spotters, I'd say the national bird spotting organizations don't report or watch for the same birds.
  • sph 50 minutes ago
    Are these the flock cameras I keep reading about?
    • lukan 15 minutes ago
      Yes and people don't like them because some want to use them to stop migration.
    • plaguna 42 minutes ago
      [flagged]
  • darkwater 14 minutes ago
    Looks like birds really like Iberia to stay during cooler times, just like many UK, Deutsch and French citizens ;)
  • ionwake 12 minutes ago
    i find the "old selection" staying up so visible on the screen distracting but i do appreciate this website thanks
  • karol 53 minutes ago
    Anything can be represented by a dot on a screen, but not everything makes sense to be appreciated in this way.
  • jmelo11 15 minutes ago
    Why the number of birds decreases and then increases? Is it because migration or due to non-observable previous times?
  • HarroGoerndt 25 minutes ago
    Die Visualisierung auf dem Eurobirdportal ist wirklich toll gemacht. Es ist spannend zu sehen, wie Echtzeitdaten aggregiert werden, um die Migration über ganz Europa so detailliert nachzuvollziehen.
  • cromka 1 hour ago
    How do I switch to another bird? I've been on this site for a minute and can't figure it out
    • mrrudik 1 hour ago
      On desktop, I think you have to click on the tiny icon next to the currently visible bird's name ("select new dataset") and pick one from the list that appears on the left side of the screen.
      • mugul 1 hour ago
        And then you have to click "update visualisation" otherwise you're still seeing the data from the previous bird
      • genezeta 1 hour ago
        On desktop you can also click on the > icon on the top left part of the map.
  • Hamuko 1 hour ago
    Stretching the definition of "live".
    • embedding-shape 58 minutes ago
      "Real-time" been +seconds for decades at this point, pretty different from the "original" meaning, so "live" having the same treatment doesn't feel that out of place.
  • selfawareMammal 26 minutes ago
    Why do all public websites work like shit?
    • jmelo11 15 minutes ago
      It looks reasonable well.
  • tlinden68685 58 minutes ago
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