Turn any camera into a bird-watching journal.

Wingwatch watches your garden camera, names every visitor, and sends you a weekly story of who came to the feeder. No new hardware. Built in the UK, tuned for UK species.

Opening to a small group of gardens this year. One email when we're ready. No spam.

Part I · The tension

The existing options are good. Just not for you.

Most smart bird cameras sell you a £250 feeder-camera with a free-tier AI and monthly upgrades. They're decent products — if you want to start from scratch on their terms.

But if you already own a camera that could see your garden, you're stuck with three problems:

Hardware lock-in. Their AI only works with their camera.
US-trained models. Species lists that miss half of what visits a British garden.
Alert fatigue. Dozens of clips a day, often cut off mid-visit.

Wingwatch is the software-first bet: any RTSP camera, UK species, one weekly story instead.

Part II · The product

What you actually get.

UK-tuned species ID

Robin, Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit — not "maybe a bird." Trained on British gardens and the species you'll actually see in yours.

A weekly story, not a stream of pings

Every Monday, a short email: who visited this week, what was new, which species came back after a quiet spell. Built to be read, not swiped away.

A journal of your garden

Every visit archived and searchable by species. Star the good ones. Scroll back through a year of your feeder. Export everything, anytime.

Part III · The workflow

How it works.

Point a camera at your garden.

Any RTSP or ONVIF camera works — a £60 Reolink, your old GoPro, whatever already sees your feeder.

Wingwatch watches the stream.

Motion triggers a clip. AI tags the species. Nothing is sent if nothing visits — your garden stays quiet most days.

You read the journal every Monday.

A short email, a growing archive, and a place to star the best visits. Export to CSV or Darwin Core anytime you like.

Part IV · Fit

Who this is for.

Probably you, if…

You already own a camera pointed at a feeder, a bird bath, or a patch of garden.
You know a Robin from a Blackbird. Or you'd like to learn.
You'd rather own your setup than depend on someone else's service.
You care where your data lives.

Probably not, if…

You want plug-and-play — a feeder in a box, no setup, no fiddling with cameras.
You'd rather not configure streaming protocols or camera settings.
You're in North America. The species model isn't tuned for your garden — yet.
You expect a polished v1. This is early days, and it shows.

Opening to a small group of gardens in the UK this year.

Add your email and I'll let you know when there's space. No launch countdown. No marketing emails. Just one message, when it's ready.