BirdTrack

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| caption = Main page, as seen on 25 April 2016

| url = {{URL|www.birdtrack.net}}

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| owner = BirdTrack Partners

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BirdTrack is an online citizen science website, operated by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) on behalf of a partnership of the BTO, the RSPB, BirdWatch Ireland, the Scottish Ornithologists' Club and the Welsh Ornithological Society ({{langx|cy|Cymdeithas Adaryddol Cymru}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/birdtrack/about/partners|title=BirdTrack partners |publisher=British Trust for Ornithology |access-date=25 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://nbn.org.uk/biological-recording-scheme/bird-track/|title=Bird Track|date=26 January 2016|publisher=National Biodiversity Network|access-date=25 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bubo.org/News/bubo-ebird-birdtrack-and-worldbirds.html|title=BUBO, eBird, BirdTrack and WorldBirds|publisher=WorldBirds|access-date=25 April 2016}} It is also available though mobile apps.{{cite web|url=http://bedsbirdclub.org.uk/records/using-the-birdtrack-app/|title=Using the BirdTrack app|publisher=Bedfordshire Bird Club|access-date=25 April 2016}}

BirdTrack allows birdwatchers to record the names and numbers of birds seen in a specified location anywhere in the world.{{cite web|url=http://bbfo.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/bardsey-gets-all-census-data-onto.html|title=Bardsey gets all census data into BirdTrack|date=5 December 2013|publisher=Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory|access-date=25 April 2016}} It acts as a log for those wishing to maintain lists of their own sightings, but also feeds data into various scientific surveys, is used for research and conservation purposes, and generates maps for public consumption. The maps are rendered using OpenStreetMap data.{{cite web|url=http://app.bto.org/birdtrack/main/data-home.jsp|title=BirdTrack data home|publisher=BirdTrack|access-date=25 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161216123914/http://app.bto.org/birdtrack/main/data-home.jsp|archive-date=16 December 2016}}

BirdTrack is part of WorldBirds, a global initiative to record bird sightings.

In October 2014, data from BirdTrack was used as evidence in the conviction of a gamekeeper for illegally killing ten Common Buzzards and a Eurasian Sparrowhawk.{{cite web|url=http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=4640|title=BTO: How BirdTrack and BTO survey data helped convict Allen Lambert|last=Moran|first=Nick|date=2 October 2014|publisher=BirdGuides|access-date=25 April 2016}}