1. About this website
Birds Are Shit / Fieldbird is a free UK bird identification and information website. We aim to minimise the personal information involved in operating it.
For privacy enquiries, contact admin@birdsareshit.com .
2. Information processed when you visit
Public visitors do not need to register, sign in or provide their names or email addresses to use the bird guide. We do not deliberately build visitor profiles or use Google Analytics.
Our hosting provider, 20i, automatically records technical access information. This may include IP addresses, dates and times, requested pages or files, browser information, referring pages and server response codes.
This information is used to operate, troubleshoot and protect the website.
3. Third-party services
Fieldbird uses the following services:
- 20i: Website hosting and server access logs.
- Google Firebase / Firestore: Bird records and associated website data.
- Wikimedia Commons: Bird photographs.
- Xeno-canto: Bird recordings.
- Google Fonts: Website typefaces.
- Font Awesome: Website icons.
- Google Search Console: Search-performance reports.
Loading resources from external providers may involve your browser communicating directly with their servers, which may receive technical information such as your IP address.
Google Search Console is not the same as installing Google Analytics tracking on visitors' browsers.
Administrator access uses Google sign-in. This is restricted to authorised website administration and is not required for public visitors.
4. Why information is processed
Technical information is processed to deliver the website, maintain security, investigate errors and provide bird information and media.
Where we determine the purposes of processing, we generally rely on our legitimate interests in operating and protecting this free website, subject to applicable data protection requirements.
If you contact us by email, the information you provide is used to respond to your enquiry.
5. Cookies and browser storage
Automated checks carried out in October 2026 did not detect cookies on the pages tested.
We do not intentionally use advertising or analytics cookies or browser storage to track public visitors.
Automated checks cannot guarantee that every third-party feature or browser interaction is free of cookies or similar storage.
If the website changes, we will review this policy and any applicable consent requirements.
6. Sharing and retention
We do not sell visitor information.
Technical information may be handled by the hosting and external service providers described above. Some providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.
Hosting access logs and security records are retained according to the applicable hosting arrangements. We do not use them to maintain visitor profiles.
Emails are retained only as long as reasonably necessary to handle the enquiry and any related obligations.
7. Your rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law may give you rights to access, correct or erase personal information, object to or restrict certain processing, and complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
For privacy requests, email admin@birdsareshit.com .
You can also visit ico.org.uk .
8. Updates
We may update this policy when the website or the services it uses change. The date at the top indicates the latest revision.