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Stuarts' Tracks & Scats SA Vs. Newman’s Birds of Africa

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The new Stuarts’ Tracks & Scats of Southern Africa mobile app is a handy tool for deciphering the tracks, trails, droppings, bird pellets and other signs left by more than 250 mammals, birds and reptiles passing through the African bush. Based on the latest edition of the highly successful book, Stuarts’ Field Guide to the Tracks & Signs of Southern, Central & East African Wildlife, it covers ten countries, from South Africa through to Zambia. The app includes highly accurate track and scat drawings, detailed species descriptions, multiple photographs and videos to give a comprehensive visual account of each animal’s tracks and signs. Additional smart search filters, including search-by-region functionality, and shortcut keys to tracks and scats allow for more accurate identification of spoor to family and species level. Easy to navigate and covering both commonly found and more retiring species, this app is sure to become the go-to field aid for students, scientists and all nature lovers. HOW WILL THIS APP HELP YOU? • Covers over 250 southern African mammal, bird and reptile species • Detailed descriptions, accurate track and scat drawings and measurements • Multiple photographs of species, their tracks, trails and dung help with identification • Video footage of species in the wild • Identify species by track length, track shape, scat shape, habitat and region • Keep track of your sightings with extended Life List features • Compare two species side by side • Search species by English, Afrikaans, German & scientific names KEY TOOL Navigate the app by a set of keys showing the shape and size of the tracks and scat. This allows users to navigate quickly to the animal or group of species responsible for the track or scat in question. UPDATE PLAN: We value your input. Email us at apps@penguinrandomhouse.co.za with any recommendations, improvements or features you’d like to see. THE AUTHORS Chris and Mathilde Stuart are the highly regarded authors of a range of books, field guides and mobile applications on African mammals, wildlife and conservation, as well as numerous scientific papers and popular articles. Much of their time is spent travelling the world, researching wild mammals and promoting their conservation. They can be found online at www.stuartonnature.com. ADDITIONAL NOTES * Uninstalling/reinstalling the app will result in the loss of your list. We recommend that you keep a backup from the application (My List > Export).

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Newman’s Birds of Africa

KEY FEATURES • Includes over 1000 high quality photographs. • Universal app, pay once and get app for both iPhone and iPad. • 975 bird species (i.e. ALL the species for the region). • Detailed descriptions (including species status), illustrations and distribution maps. • Accurate illustrations of each bird as it is seen in the field, with labels showing diagnostic features. • Over 800 bird calls with multiple call types (song, duet, alarm, mating). • Easy navigation using the unique Newman’s bird groups. • Browse alphabetically by family name. • Search by common, scientific and Afrikaans bird names. • Identify birds by region or your current GPS. • Filter your results by bird size and colour. • Easily compare birds using cross-references in species descriptions. • Keep track of bird sightings in your online life list, allowing you to store the date, location and comments for each sighting. • Your life list is automatically backed up online and will be shared across your other devices that have the app installed. • The full app is downloaded to your device, so internet connectivity is not required to use the app (aside from the initial logging in to the life list – see the Important Note below). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Over 1,000 high quality photos added, no additional payment required. -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Opening the Newman’s app was like meeting Ken again – elegant, simple and shining with his wonderful art. The groupings make perfect and immediate sense, the page layout is instantly assimilated in a glance – this app now sets the ornithological standard and deserves a full 5-star rating." – Dave Pepler, Presenter of Groen on DSTV --------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world characterised by speed and urgency, birding offers the antithesis – a chance to sit still, unwind and simply observe – whether in one’s own garden or in a remote area of the bush. This Newman’s Birds app is the perfect companion for all birders, from the beginner to the keenest twitcher. It is based on the 2010 commemorative edition of Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa, one of the most popular birding guides in the region since its initial publication in 1983. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE VERSION: Try before you buy – there is a free lite version with full app functionality, limited to 60 species, so that you can see how it works before purchasing this app. Search for Newman's Birds of Southern Africa LITE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING THE LIFE LIST: This app includes a cloud-based life list that stores your sightings online. You need to log in to the life list while you have internet connectivity, but once logged in, you can add sightings when you don’t have an internet connection. When you next connect to the internet, the life list will sync, and your new entries should be added to your list. The life list will sync to all your devices that have the app installed and where you are logged in with the same details.