Areas

Areas

Areas are named birding locations such as reserves, parks, wetlands, and other sites of interest. Each area gives you a focused picture of what has been recorded there and how you compare to other local birders.

Where lists collect by time, areas collect by place — every sighting is sorted into an area automatically by where you logged it, which gives you location-based views like a Gauteng or KZN list.

Browsing areas

The Areas tab groups locations by how close you are. You're Currently In lists areas whose boundary you're inside right now, Nearby (within 20 km) covers anything within 20 km of your current position, and Others is the full list for planning ahead or exploring remotely. Search Results appear when you use the search field.

The Areas tab listing areas grouped by proximity, with rank and species count per area
Areas are grouped by how close you are — where you're standing now, what's nearby, then everything else.

Area detail

Tap any area to open its detail screen. From top to bottom, it brings together everything recorded there.

Stats
Total sightings, species, and birders recorded in the area.

Your Progress
How many of the area's species you have personally logged there.

Your Radar
Target species you have not yet recorded in this area.

Recent Highlights
Notable recent sightings from the community.

Area Specials
A curated set of species particularly associated with this location.

Species List
A complete list of species recorded in the area.

Habitat Heroes
Top contributors to the area (Legend, KOM, Best Day).

Leaderboards
Rankings of birders by species recorded.

An area detail screen with the stats, progress, radar and highlights sections numbered
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  1. 1Stats — total sightings, species and birders recorded in the area.
  2. 2Your Progress — how many of the area's species you've logged here.
  3. 3Your Radar — target species you haven't recorded in this area yet.
  4. 4Recent Highlights — notable recent sightings from the community.

Tapping Your Radar opens your full target list for the area — species recorded there that you haven't logged yet, each with a + to add.

The Your Targets list of species you haven't recorded yet, each with an add button
Your Radar opens your target species for the area — the birds still missing from your list there.

Habitat Heroes

Habitat Heroes spotlights the area's standout contributors: the Legend (most days out), the KOM (most species recorded), and the Best Day (biggest single-day species count).

The Habitat Heroes section showing Legend, KOM and Best Day, with leaderboard periods below
Habitat Heroes, with the period leaderboards (Today, This Week, and so on) listed below.

Leaderboards

Each area's leaderboard supports an All / Following filter, so you can see either the full ranking or just the birders you follow. Your own row is pinned to the bottom of the list so you can always see your position.

An area leaderboard with the All / Following filter highlighted at the top
The All / Following filter switches between the full ranking and just the birders you follow.

Requesting a new area

Don't see a reserve, park, or estate you bird regularly? Email support@bindo.app to request it. If you can provide a KML or KMZ boundary file for the location, it fast-tracks things — ask the team and they'll share a short guide on creating one.

Once an area is added, your existing sightings inside its boundary are pulled in automatically, past records included, and counted on its leaderboards.

Tools to create your own personal areas — for a garden or patch list — are on the way.

Offline

Area boundaries cached after your first visit remain available offline. Sighting totals, leaderboards, and Your Radar require a connection to refresh.