Special X3 launch offer for Birdnet Customers

Changeover to RBA and get one of our new X3 pagers free, get up to £150 cashback, and get all the other benefits of an RBA subscriber as well.

This effectively means you get free birdnews for the next 9 months and after that, your ongoing cost will be almost identical to what you pay currently.

Our new X3 pager offers an unrivalled, flexible kind of birdnews service, where you can change the local news you receive using the pager’s menu. Our local news is more comprehensive than Birdnet’s, we transmit all the local news as soon as it breaks instead of waiting to fill up longer messages. So whether you are twitching something rare or just visiting another part of the country on holiday, you can always have the best service. The X3 is packed with loads of other great features like Keyword Alerts and Message Priority making it the best choice for all birders.

RBA pager subscribers get free access to all the birdnews online on our website along with a host of other useful online content.

EXTRA BONUS  If you have a friend who has a Birdnet pager and you both changeover at the same time we will give you both another £20 cashback..
 

 

Enter promotion code  BNX3  when ordering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why choose the X3 pager?

Our new X3 pager has been designed specially for RBA and puts you in complete control of the news you receive. It is the only birding pager which allows you to choose (and change) which areas you get news from, so whether you are spending a long weekend in Norfolk, a week in Scotland or a few weeks on Scilly you will have the birdnews that matters most to you, at the times when you want it.

Key features of the X3 pager:

 
  • Easily changeable birdnews
    Change your local areas whenever you want
  • X3 Mega Alert - controllable and instant
    Set any tone or priority level you want for your mega alert
  • Set different alerts and priority levels
    Each news folder can be customised individually, so you can change (or silence) each folder’s alert to whatever suits you.
  • Big memory
    The X3 stores 250 messages
  • Rugged and durable
    Designed for use in harsh operating environments, the X3 has splash and dustproof protection and a toughened front plate, making it perfect for birding.
  • Three sizes of text
    Use the X3 menu to make reading the news even easier. Choose from 3 fonts sizes, each in 'bold' or 'not bold'.

How does our X3 pager service work?

You choose a Subscription egg. Platinum, Gold, SilverPlus or Silver which determines what kind of and how many 'Birdnews Folders' you can subscribe to at a time.

Then, when you receive your pager, you select which birdnews folders you want, and you start receiving news immediately.

Whenever you want to change the birdnews folders on your pager, use the pager's menu to do so at any time, and as often as you like. You will be limited to the maximum number of folders that your subscription allows.

Birdnews folders

Birdnews folders are the pager’s mailboxes into which the news drops. There are three different categories, described below. Your RBA subscription level determines how many folders from each category you can access at any one time. 

You can easily select any of the folders in your category using the pager’s menu. So, if you go away for the weekend, simply switch one of your Local folders to any of the other 20 to suit the area that you are visiting.

2 National folders cover news for the whole of the UK and Ireland

  • National - for all first reports and all updates on all scarce, rare and mega birds
  • Earlybird - for very early morning updates on megas.
3 Rarity folders cover news for the whole of the UK and Ireland
  • Breaking Megas - for first reports of megas.
  • Breaking Rarities - for first reports of all rarities and megas.
  • Rarities - for first reports and all updates on rarities and megas.  
21 Local folders cover the news for a couple of counties each.
  • Switch easily between any of these local areas whenever you want
    See a map of the areas covered by each local folder HERE
Species covered by each folder
For a list of the all species covered by each birdnews folder see HERE

Subscriptions

We have a number of different pager subscriptions to choose from.

 
Pager Type: X3 Pager  
Birdnews included: 2 National folders, 3 Rarity folders, 4 Local folders
Also included:
Free Mega Alert text messages to your mobile
Subscription to our website - RBA Online
Subscription to FirstAlert - our SMS service - plus 35 free messages
 
 
Costs:

Initial start-up costs

Rent an X3 pager: £0.00
plus
RBA annual subscription £35.25
plus
First months birdnews £0.00

Ongoing birdnews fees

Birdnet customers pay this   instead of this
Monthly Quarterly Annually   Monthly Quarterly Annually
£18.99 £53.50 £209.00   £23.99 £68.50 £269.00  

Your ongoing fees are paid by standing order, this is emailed to you when you place your order, you will need to print this out and return it to us.

£150 CASHBACK when you subscribe
Full details here

Remember your promotion code BNX3

 
Pager Type: X3 Pager
Birdnews included: 1 Rarity folder, 4 Local folders
Also included:
Subscription to RBA Online
 
 
Costs:

Initial start-up costs

Rent an X3 pager: £0.00
plus
RBA annual subscription £35.25
plus
First months birdnews £0.00

Ongoing birdnews fees

Birdnet customers pay this   instead of this
Monthly Quarterly Annually   Monthly Quarterly Annually  
£16.99 £47.50 £180.00   £21.99 £62.50 £240.00  

Your ongoing fees are paid by standing order, this is emailed to you when you place your order, you will need to print this out and return it to us.

£120 CASHBACK when you subscribe
Full details here

Remember your promotion code BNX3

Pager Type: X3 Pager
Birdnews included: 3 Local folders
Also included:
Subscription to RBA Online
 
 
Costs:

Initial start-up costs

Rent an X3 pager: £0.00
plus
RBA annual subscription £35.25
plus
First months birdnews £0.00

Ongoing birdnews fees

Birdnet customers pay this   instead of this
Monthly Quarterly Annually   Monthly Quarterly Annually  
£12.99 £35.50 £135.00   £17.99 £50.50 £195.00  

Your ongoing fees are paid by standing order, this is emailed to you when you place your order, you will need to print this out and return it to us.

£35 CASHBACK when you subscribe
Full details here

Remember your promotion code BNX3

 
Pager Type: X3 Pager
Birdnews included: 2 Local folders
Also included:
Subscription to RBA Online
 
 
Costs:

Initial start-up costs

Rent an X3 pager: £0.00
plus
RBA annual subscription £35.25
plus
First months birdnews £0.00

Ongoing birdnews fees

Birdnet customers pay this   instead of this
Monthly Quarterly Annually   Monthly Quarterly Annually  
£11.99 £32.50 £120.00   £16.99 £47.50 £180.00  

Your ongoing fees are paid by standing order, this is emailed to you when you place your order, you will need to print this out and return it to us.

£25 CASHBACK when you subscribe
Full details here

Remember your promotion code BNX3

 
Pager Type: 21a Pager - free rental included with this subscription
Birdnews  included: 1 Local folder- which cannot be changed
Also included:
Subscription to RBA Online
 
 
Costs:

Initial start-up costs

Rent a 21a pager: £0.00
plus
RBA annual subscription £35.25
plus
First months birdnews £0.00

Ongoing birdnews fees

Birdnet customers pay this   instead of this
Monthly Quarterly Annually   Monthly Quarterly Annually  
n/a n/a n/a   £10.99 £29.99 £99.00  

Your ongoing fees are paid by standing order, this is emailed to you when you place your order, you will need to print this out and return it to us.

Remember your promotion code BNX3

 

Compare subscription costs

Set price: No matter how much news you receive, you always pay the same price.

Save money by paying quarterly, and save even more by paying annually 

  Ongoing information costs
  Birdnews folders   Birdnet customers pay this   instead of this
Service National Rarities Local   Monthly Quarterly Annually   Monthly Quarterly Annually  
Platinum 2 3 4   £18.99 £53.50 £209.00   £23.99 £68.50 £269.00  
Gold - 1 4   £16.99 £47.50 £180.00   £21.99 £62.50 £240.00  
Silver plus - - 3   £12.99 £35.50 £135.00   £17.99 £50.50 £195.00  
Silver - - 2   £11.99 £32.50 £120.00   £16.99 £47.50 £180.00  
Bronze - - 1   n/a n/a n/a   £10.99 £29.99 £99.00  

In addition to your above information costs there is an annual subscription of £35.25