CROW — Bird Migration Radar Visualisation

Every year, billions of birds migrate across Europe — mostly at night, mostly invisible. Aeroecology, the study of life in the atmospheric boundary layer, has found an unlikely ally in weather radar: the same networks used to track rain and storms can detect mass bird movements with remarkable precision. The data exists. Making it meaningful to researchers and observers is a different challenge.

CROW is a visualisation tool that turns raw radar data into clear, interactive representations of bird migration in real time. I designed and built the frontend, bringing together Vue.js and D3.js to make complex movement data explorable and interpretable.

I originally developed CROW as an employee. I continue to maintain it independently, and expect to contribute further to it in the future.