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A Herdwatch alternative built around live tracking
Record-keeping apps like Herdwatch are great for your herd register and compliance. Flockarewe does that too — and adds the thing they don't: knowing where every animal actually is.
What Flockarewe adds
Live location on a map
See where every animal is right now from LoRa ear tags, GNSS and 4G GPS collars — not just a written herd register.
Geofencing & escape alerts
Draw a paddock or common boundary and get told the moment an animal leaves it.
Theft, stray & welfare alerts
After-hours movement, herd-scatter and a tag that has gone quiet all trigger alerts — with a live recovery link to share with police.
Works with no mobile signal
LoRa ear tags report to your own on-farm gateways, so tracking keeps working on fells and in valleys with no coverage — and no SIM per animal.
Commons & shared-grazing governance
Stint registers, breach detection, levies and per-commoner statements for graziers' associations — a category record-keeping apps don't cover.
Audit-ready evidence for DEFRA & NE
Grazing density, movements and condition compiled into evidence packs for agri-environment schemes.
You still get the records you'd expect
- ✓Full animal records — breed, sex, condition score, weights and daily liveweight gain
- ✓Treatments with meat & milk withdrawal tracking
- ✓Movements and CPH holding records
- ✓A mobile app for use out in the field
So moving to Flockarewe doesn't mean losing your paperwork — it means your records and your live map are finally in one place.
Herdwatch alternative — FAQs
Is Flockarewe a Herdwatch alternative?+
It can be, depending on what you need. Herdwatch and similar apps are strong farm record-keeping and compliance tools. Flockarewe is built around live location tracking — a live map, geofencing and theft/welfare alerts — with Herdwatch-grade animal records included. If you want to know where your animals are, not just keep a written register, Flockarewe covers both.
Does Flockarewe keep animal records like a herd app?+
Yes. Alongside tracking, Flockarewe records breed, sex, condition score, weights and daily liveweight gain, treatments with meat and milk withdrawal periods, breeding, and CPH movements — so your paperwork and your live map live in one place.
Can I actually track where my animals are?+
Yes — that's the core of Flockarewe. LoRa ear tags, GNSS collars and 4G GPS collars put every animal on a live map, with geofencing and alerts. Record-keeping apps focus on the herd register rather than real-time location, so this is the main thing Flockarewe adds.
Does it work where there's no mobile signal?+
Yes. LoRa ear tags talk to your own on-farm gateways rather than the mobile network, so tracking works in dead-zones on hills and in valleys. Only 4G GPS collars use the mobile network.
What about commons and shared grazing?+
Flockarewe has a dedicated commons module — livestock units, stint and rights registers, breach detection, levies and per-commoner statements — which general herd-management apps don't provide. It's designed for graziers' associations and agri-environment evidence.
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