swiss bird alert

Subscription

Cost / Duration

The membership fee for one year is CHF 30.-.

You can check your membership expiration date on www.swissbirdalert at Settings > Notification or in the app via About Subscription.

iPhone / Android

  1. Create an account on www.swissbirdalert.ch.
  2. Install the Swiss Bird Alert app for iPhone bzw. Android on your martphone.
  3. Start the app and log in with your Swiss Bird Alert account.
  4. If you don't have a subscription yet or only an expired one you will be asked to pay the subscription fee via App Store or Google Play Store respectively.
  5. After that you have access to the current sightings and can report sightings yourself.
Notes:
  • You can also pay the subscription fee later when you restart the app or by accessing About > Subscription.
  • If you do not have a credit card or do not want to use it you can buy prepaid cards for the App Store or Google Play Store.

E-Mail

If you do not own a Smartphone able to run the SBA App you can receive notifications via e-mail. Some e-mail programs can be configured to forward incoming SBA messages as text message to your mobile phone. Furthermore the access to up-to-date news on www.swissbirdalert.ch is granted and you have the possibility to report your own sightings on www.swissbirdalert.ch.

Notifications via e-mail are sent to you from alert@swissbirdalert.ch with the subject ALERT.

Important: Whether a forwarding as text message is possible or not depends on your e-mail programme as well as the provider. Further costs may arise from forwarding. Swiss Bird Alert cannot provide support for setting up such forwarding.

How to Subscribe for E-Mail Notifications

  1. Create an account on www.swissbirdalert.ch.
  2. Activate notification via e-mail at Settings > E-Mail
  3. Pay the annual membership fee (see cost).
  4. After payment has been received, Swiss Bird Alert will enable your account. You will be notified via e-mail.
Please note that it may take a few days until your account is enabled.

Account details

Please transfer the fee to the following account:

Beneficiary:
CH Club 300
3003 Bern
Bank: Schweizerische Post
Account number: 60-530998-3
IBAN: CH83 0900 0000 6053 0998 3
Payment note: SBA

Extend E-Mail Subscription

A month before your membership ends you will receive a reminder e-mail. By paying the subscription fee the subscription is extended by a year. To ensure an uninterrupted subscription your payment has to be transferred at least two weeks before the end date to the aforementioned account.

Change from E-Mail to a Smartphone Subscription

It is possible to switch to receiving the notifications on a smartphone at any time. Just install the app and login to the app with your user name and password. This will disable the e-mail notifications.