BirdHunt

Tool Description : Find tweets based on location, helping you uncover what people were saying in a specific place at a specific time.

BirdHunt

Quick Overview

URL

https://birdhunt.huntintel.io/

What it does

Finds tweets posted within a specific geographic area.

How to use it

Enter a location, set your search radius and timeframe, then hit search and explore tweets on the map.

Cost

Free (limited functionality). Paid tiers for advanced use.

Account required

No for basic use. Yes for full features.

Standard tracking and session cookies (Google analytics).

Ownership

Developed by HuntIntel and founded by Louis Tomos Evans, based in Cardiff, Wales.

Use in Reporting

Used to quickly find location-specific tweets that help verify events, identify eyewitnesses, and build timelines during investigations.

What does BirdHunt do?

BirdHunt is a go-to tool for location-based Twitter analysis. It cuts through the noise by letting you zoom in on tweets from a precise location and is especially powerful for fast-moving events where location matters more than hashtags. Instead of keyword guessing, you’re literally working from the ground up.

The lowdown: It’s built for investigators, journalists, and researchers who want to track down geolocated tweets quickly and visually. Think: protests, incidents, events, all mapped through Twitter/X activity.

How to Use:

1. Drop a pin, enter coordinates, or search a place to define your area.

2. Refine your search by adjusting the radius and time window to narrow results.

3. Twitter/X will then open a new tab with your results.

You can learn more in the OSINT Newsletter here.

Cost

Free
Partially Free
Paid

Free (limited functionality). Paid tiers available for advanced use.

Data Processing

Account Required:

No for basic use. Yes for full features.

Cookies:

Standard tracking and session cookies are used (Google analytics).

Use in Reporting

BirdHunt is useful to:

Verify user-generated content (UGC).
Locate first-hand accounts.
Support investigative storytelling.
Cross-reference with other OSINT tools.

Whilst not usually name-dropped in public reports, its core capability (geolocated tweet discovery) is used in investigations like protest and riot analysis, breaking news verification, timeline reconstruction, and finding eyewitnesses.

Capabilities

Limitations

Precise geo-based tweet discovery.

Relies on geotagged/location-inferred tweets (not all tweets qualify).

Time filtering for event reconstruction.

Dependent on Twitter/X data availability.

Visual map interface for easy navigation.

Advanced features are often paywalled.

Helps uncover hyper-local conversations.

May require manual verification of findings.

Summary

BirdHunt is best used in the collection and analysis stage of the OSINT workflow. If you need to know what people were saying at a specific place and time, it’s a fast, intuitive way to get there, but like all OSINT tools, it works best when paired with verification and other sources.