Guides

• How to identify a garden bird

  A field method to name garden birds without trusting a single colour, including the usual mix-ups in European parks.

• Telling similar species apart

  Tits, pigeons and a few other catalogue pairs: the marks that stop you confirming the wrong card.

• Watching without disturbing

  Distance, nests, roads and zoos: simple rules for an AnimalDex photo that costs the animal nothing.

• Photographing an animal for AnimalDex

  Mobile advice: light, framing, a safety shot and confirming the species, with no special kit.

• Reading rarity and habitats

  What common, rare, epic and legendary mean, and what the catalogue habitats and continents are for.

• Twenty easy species near home

  A first list for Belgium and western Europe: town, garden, farm and waterside, with no expedition.

• Which animals to watch in autumn in Belgium and northern France

  Red deer rut, migrants, squirrels, seals, spiders: what to see in autumn in Belgium and northern France, where to look and how to go about it.

• Garden birds at the feeder in winter: how to recognise them and feed them well

  Tits, chaffinches, greenfinches, robins: recognising feeder birds in winter, what to give them, what to avoid, and keeping the station clean and safe.

• Reading animal tracks and signs in woodland and the countryside

  Footprints, droppings, gnawed nuts, pellets, turned earth: learning to read animal tracks and signs in woodland, the park and the countryside.

• Photographing animals at the zoo or wildlife park: glass, mesh and reflections

  Making a mesh fence disappear, avoiding reflections on glass, choosing the right moment: tips for photographing zoo animals with a phone.

• Watching animals with children: outing ideas and good habits

  Short outings, watching games, a role for every age, safety and respect for animals: how to introduce local wildlife to children and have fun.

• Nocturnal animals near home: who comes out at night and how to watch them

  Hedgehog, tawny owl, bats, beech marten, fox, toad: discovering the nocturnal animals of the garden and the neighbourhood, and watching them without disturbance.

• Toads, frogs and newts: watching amphibians in spring

  Toad migration, spawn, tadpoles and newts: how and where to watch amphibians in spring, how to recognise them and protect them without disturbance.

• Animals of the North Sea coast: beach, shore, sea walls and dunes

  Seals, gulls, cormorants, crabs, mussels and starfish: what to watch on the Belgian coast and the Opal Coast, at low tide and from the sea walls.

• Insects and small creatures of the garden: how to recognise and photograph them

  Ladybirds, butterflies, bumblebees, spiders, snails: recognising the small creatures of the garden, avoiding mix-ups and taking close-up photos.

• AnimalDex is not animaldex.app

  Two products, two addresses: this site is the animaldex.fr PWA, edited in Belgium.

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