Functional prototype · Evidence confidence: High

Scots Watch

A Scottish bird and plant field journal with rarity tiers, facts, sighting check-offs and location guidance.

Field journalNature reference app
Open published URL Repository evidence
Project IDPG-008
Repositoryscots-feather-find
StageFunctional prototype
ConfidenceHigh
Also known as
Scots Bird WatchScots Feather Find

01 · Purpose

The problem

Wildlife enthusiasts need a compact way to discover, identify and record Scottish species.

02 · Experience

How it works

Users browse birds/plants by rarity and area, view species information, fetch supporting imagery and save spotted species locally.

Users
  • Birdwatchers
  • Families
  • Nature learners
Technology identified
  • React 19
  • TanStack Start
  • LocalStorage
  • Remote media fetch

03 · Functional evidence

What actually exists

Verified working / present5
  • Species datasets
  • Rarity model
  • Area filters
  • LocalStorage sighting persistence
  • Photo cache
Partially verified1
  • Remote image availability depends on third-party sources
Designed / planned1
  • Expanded catalogue
Unknown / requires verification1
  • Moderation/source governance for species media

04 · Development

What remains

Finish / verify
  • Remote image availability depends on third-party sources
Planned
  • Expanded catalogue
Resolve unknowns
  • Moderation/source governance for species media

05 · Commercial

Business model

No verified monetisation.

06 · Intellectual property

IP position

Curated app/data presentation; underlying species facts are non-proprietary.

This archive records what the available project evidence says. It does not infer legal registration, patent grant, trademark ownership or regulatory status where that has not been verified.

07 · Assessment

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Simple field utility
  • Offline-ish local persistence

Limitations / risks

  • Media/network dependency

08 · Evidence

What this record is grounded in

  • GitHub repository: simonmowatt1-sudo/scots-feather-find
  • Repository README / project brief where available
  • Implemented home route where available
  • Published Lovable URL recorded from repository metadata

A published URL means the project metadata records a deployment address. It is not represented as runtime-tested unless a separate verification pass confirms that deployment.

09 · Genealogy

Connections

thematic relative

Scotland Field Companion

Checklist/reference field journal alongside AI-assisted image identification.

NatureEducationScotland

Archive principle

Unknowns stay unknown until evidence changes them.
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