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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.
Livestock records and live tracking in one place
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 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 full 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 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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