Flyway Birding
Live eBird birds near you
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Find nearby birds, notable sightings, active hotspots, and target species with live eBird data and your own on-device life-list context.
Flyway Birding helps you decide where to go, what to chase, and which birds matter most right now.
Built for active birders, Flyway combines live eBird sightings with your own birding history for a faster, more personal field companion. See birds reported near you, spot notable sightings, explore hotspots, track your target species, save favorite places and routes, and check current reports against the birds you still need.
With a My eBird CSV import, Flyway turns your own eBird history into on-device list context — so you can tell at a glance whether a bird is new for you, useful for a region, or worth changing plans for.
FREE — FLYWAY BIRDING
• Birds Near You with distance and recent-days filters
• Notable Sightings around you or across up to 3 saved regions
• Nearby hotspot maps, hotspot detail, and seasonality views
• Your Patch — track one favorite home birding spot
• Target Species lists with nearby matches (up to 15 targets)
• Saved bookmarks: up to 15 sightings, 10 hotspots, and 5 reusable routes
• Hotspot Checklists for offline reference (up to 3)
• Field checklist recording — voice entry, photos, a Live Activity, Big Day recap, and eBird CSV export
• Inline weather at hotspots and routes
• One free monthly preview of Migration Forecast and Target Probability Forecast
• Native iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch — with home-screen and Watch widgets
FLYWAY BIRDING PRO
Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription that unlocks planning, alerting, forecasting, offline, and cloud backup:
• Route Planner — multi-stop ordering and travel time
• Route Checklist — turn a planned route or bundled hotspot lists into a live tally
• Trip Mode — group checklists into multi-day trips with shared targets
• Background Bird Alerts — rare birds, targets, and life birds nearby
• Apple Watch notable alerts
• Life List import from My eBird CSV (and the on-device Life Lists view)
• Up to 5 Notable regions watched at once
• Saved eBird checklists for offline re-opening
• Offline Data — downloaded hotspots and species lists for off-grid use
• iCloud Sync — back up your lists and restore on any device
• Explorer — tap any point on the map to see its hotspots and recent species
• Migration Forecast — species about to arrive in your region
• Hotspot Heat Index — hotspots ranked vs. a typical visit there
• Target Probability Forecast — your targets ranked by how findable they are now
• Year-Pace Tracker — your year list against last year's pace, with Big Year milestones
• Tide Times — high/low tides at coastal hotspots
• Unlimited targets, saved sightings, saved hotspots, saved routes, patches, and hotspot checklists
If a Pro subscription ends, your existing data is kept — you simply cannot add new rows past your previous limit.
PRIVACY
Flyway has no accounts and no servers. Your eBird token stays in the iOS Keychain, and your imported life-list history stays on your device. No advertising, analytics, or tracking SDKs.
PRICING
• Flyway Birding Pro Monthly — $3.99 / month
• Flyway Birding Pro Annual — $29.99 / year, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers
Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings.
IMPORTANT
• No account and no sign-in. You can start birding immediately; entering your own free eBird API token (ebird.org/api/keygen) is optional and gives you your own request quota.
• Checklists are exported as an eBird Record-format CSV for you to import at eBird.org. eBird does not offer a public submission API.
• Location and notifications are optional and only used for features you enable.
• Flyway uses live eBird data from Cornell Lab of Ornithology and is not affiliated with eBird or Cornell Lab.
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New in this version:
• Nearby, Notables, and Hotspots now tell you when data could not be loaded, instead of showing an empty list as though nothing had been reported.
• The Hotspot Heat Index explains what it actually measures, and target forecasts no longer appear as a percentage.
• More accurate weather and location detail on the Today screen.
• The Apple Watch app now fetches eBird data on its own, with no iPhone nearby.
• Pro status reaches your widgets and Apple Watch as soon as it is confirmed.
• Faster sighting detail sheets, quicker taxonomy loading, and a smoother life list import.
• Life List file import now requires Pro, as the listing has always described. Browsing an imported list and ticking species by hand remain free.
The developer, MARTY RADD ICENOGGLE, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- MARTY RADD ICENOGGLE
- Size
- 55.5 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Nature Tools