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Species
Comes with a
complete and up-to-date World Species
database or optionally a
local database (Western Palearctic or North
American).
The World version contains distribution information
for all the countries of the World + states for large countries,
393 areas in total.
Other databases available include World Mammals,
European Butterflies, British Dragonflies, North American Butterflies,
North American Dragonflies and British Moths. |
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Sightings
Keeps
comprehensive
details about your sightings
including unlimited free text notes. Wildlife
Lister even has its own mini word processor to let
you format your notes.
Sightings can be entered either in trip form or
using the bulk sightings entry facility which allows rapid entry in
any sequence. |
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Locations
Keeps details
of all the geographic areas you have visited.
The database provided contains all the countries of the World plus
state names for larger countries. You may enter details of
States, Counties and Sites. Sub-sites can be defined if
required. |
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Observers
Keep details of the observers who provided the sightings data. |
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Lists
An unlimited
number of lists can be kept
automatically from the sightings you have
entered. Any type of lists can be produced;
country, state, county, site, faunal zone, ABA/AOU lists are all
possible.
Wildlife Recorder will automatically keep
life lists and if required detailed year lists.
Lists are automatically calculated from sightings
data. and contain information about the
species seen, first and last dates, early and late dates etc. |
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Queries
Flexible
Queries allow you can pull up a list of sightings for
a site, county, country or any of the data you
have entered, you can even search your free form
notes. The Query designer allows you to
design your own queries. |
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Comprehensive
Reporting
Wildlife Lister is provided with a
comprehensive set of reports to print checklists, trip reports, lists
etc. Reports can be output to the printer, as a web page (HTML),
an Adobe Acrobat document (PDF) or as a rich text file which can be
edited using a word processor. A Report Designer is included so
you can design your own reports. |
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Checklist
generator
Allows you to
produce your own checklists based the distribution areas
provided with Wildlife Lister.
Checklists can be can be output to the printer, as
a web page (HTML), an Adobe Acrobat document (PDF) or as a rich text
file which can be edited using a word processor. |
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Linking Images and
other Media
Allows
you to easily link digital photographs,
videos, sound clips and other media to species and your trips and
sightings. |
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Import
Sightings
and geographic information can be imported
from other systems.
Conversion packages available for Birder's Diary 2.5, AviSys and
BirdBase. Bird Recorder 32 data can also be transferred if
required. |
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Export
You can export you sightings data as a
comma separated file in various formats including a suitable
for for import into the eBird
system. |
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Handheld (PDA) integration
Full
integration with Pocket Bird Recorder allows you to
export
species and site lists to a PDA running Pocket PC2000, 2002, Windows Mobile
2003, Windows Mobile 5 or Windows Mobile 6.
On return from your trip the sites, trips and
sightings are seamlessly imported into your Recorder database. |
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Help and Tutorials
Complete
on-line help and tutorials. |
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Backup
Integral
backup and restore utility will compress and save
your data to ensure you never lose it due to PC
or other failures. |
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Distribution Mapping
Distribution mapping
of sightings can be performed using the built in distribution mapping
facility (professional version only) or by interfacing to the external DMAP program (not
provided).
Distribution
mapping facilities. |
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Google
Earth Your sightings can be plotted on Google
Earth; your Google Earth plots can be shared with other
people. |
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Internet
Research You can search various sites on the
Internet for information about species directly from the WR
species checklist. |
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Charting and
graphing facility (professional version
only). |