diff --git a/birdnet.conf-defaults b/birdnet.conf-defaults
index 239d4d8..6eb87b6 100644
--- a/birdnet.conf-defaults
+++ b/birdnet.conf-defaults
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confid
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=0
 APPRISE_WEEKLY_REPORT=1
+APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY=0
+APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=0
 
 #----------------------  Flickr Images API Configuration -----------------------#
 ## If FLICKR_API_KEY is set, the web interface will try and display bird images 
diff --git a/scripts/config.php b/scripts/config.php
index d55c2d0..c581528 100644
--- a/scripts/config.php
+++ b/scripts/config.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if(isset($_GET["latitude"])){
   $apprise_input = $_GET['apprise_input'];
   $apprise_notification_title = $_GET['apprise_notification_title'];
   $apprise_notification_body = $_GET['apprise_notification_body'];
+  $minimum_time_limit = $_GET['minimum_time_limit'];
   $flickr_api_key = $_GET['flickr_api_key'];
   $flickr_filter_email = $_GET["flickr_filter_email"];
   $language = $_GET["language"];
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ if(isset($_GET["latitude"])){
   $contents = preg_replace("/FLICKR_API_KEY=.*/", "FLICKR_API_KEY=$flickr_api_key", $contents);
   $contents = preg_replace("/DATABASE_LANG=.*/", "DATABASE_LANG=$language", $contents);
   $contents = preg_replace("/FLICKR_FILTER_EMAIL=.*/", "FLICKR_FILTER_EMAIL=$flickr_filter_email", $contents);
+  $contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=.*/", "APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=$minimum_time_limit", $contents);
 
   $contents2 = file_get_contents("./scripts/thisrun.txt");
   $contents2 = preg_replace("/LATITUDE=.*/", "LATITUDE=$latitude", $contents2);
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ if(isset($_GET["latitude"])){
   $contents2 = preg_replace("/FLICKR_API_KEY=.*/", "FLICKR_API_KEY=$flickr_api_key", $contents2);
   $contents2 = preg_replace("/DATABASE_LANG=.*/", "DATABASE_LANG=$language", $contents2);
   $contents2 = preg_replace("/FLICKR_FILTER_EMAIL=.*/", "FLICKR_FILTER_EMAIL=$flickr_filter_email", $contents2);
+  $contents2 = preg_replace("/APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=.*/", "APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=$minimum_time_limit", $contents2);
 
 
   $fh = fopen("/etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf", "w");
@@ -353,7 +356,13 @@ https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks/{WebhookID}/{WebhookToken}
       <input type="checkbox" name="apprise_notify_each_detection" <?php if($config['APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION'] == 1 && filesize($home."/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt") != 0) { echo "checked"; };?> >
       <label for="apprise_weekly_report">Notify each new detection</label><br>
       <input type="checkbox" name="apprise_weekly_report" <?php if($config['APPRISE_WEEKLY_REPORT'] == 1 && filesize($home."/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt") != 0) { echo "checked"; };?> >
-      <label for="apprise_weekly_report">Send weekly report</label><br><br>
+      <label for="apprise_weekly_report">Send weekly report</label><br>
+
+      <hr>
+      <label for="quantity">Minimum time between notifications of the same species (sec):</label>
+      <input type="number" id="minimum_time_limit" name="minimum_time_limit" value="<?php echo $config['APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES'];?>" min="0"><br>
+
+      <br>
 
       <button type="button" class="testbtn" onclick="sendTestNotification(this)">Send Test Notification</button><br>
       <span id="testsuccessmsg"></span>
diff --git a/scripts/install_config.sh b/scripts/install_config.sh
index db980d7..a7f7991 100755
--- a/scripts/install_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_config.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confid
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=0
 APPRISE_WEEKLY_REPORT=1
+APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY=0
+APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=0
 
 #----------------------  Flickr Images API Configuration -----------------------#
 ## If FLICKR_API_KEY is set, the web interface will try and display bird images 
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index a2c8cea..c5e6ee8 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ fi
 if ! grep APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY=0 " >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
+if ! grep APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
+  sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=0 " >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+fi
 
 # If the config does not contain the DATABASE_LANG setting, we'll want to add it.
 # Defaults to not-selected, which config.php will know to render as a language option.
diff --git a/scripts/utils/notifications.py b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
index 8106140..1374964 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/notifications.py
+++ b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ import socket
 import sqlite3
 from datetime import datetime
 import requests
+import time as timeim
 
 userDir = os.path.expanduser('~')
 APPRISE_CONFIG = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt'
 DB_PATH = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db'
 
+flickr_images = {}
+species_last_notified = {}
+
 
 def notify(body, title, attached=""):
     apobj = apprise.Apprise()
@@ -37,6 +41,12 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
         body = settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY')
         sciName, comName = species.split("_")
 
+        APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES = settings_dict.get('APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES')
+        if APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES != "0":
+            if species_last_notified.get(comName) is not None:
+                if int(timeim.time()) - species_last_notified[comName] < int(APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES):
+                    return
+
         try:
             websiteurl = settings_dict.get('BIRDNETPI_URL')
             if len(websiteurl) == 0:
@@ -46,7 +56,6 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
 
         listenurl = websiteurl+"?filename="+path
         image_url = ""
-        flickr_images = {}
 
         if len(settings_dict.get('FLICKR_API_KEY')) > 0 and "$flickrimage" in body:
             if not comName in flickr_images:
@@ -93,6 +102,7 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
                 .replace("$flickrimage", image_url if "{" in body else "")\
                 .replace("$overlap", overlap)
             notify(notify_body, notify_title, image_url)
+            species_last_notified[comName] = int(timeim.time())
 
         APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_NEW_SPECIES_DAILY_COUNT_LIMIT = 1  # Notifies the first N per day.
         if settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY') == "1":
@@ -137,6 +147,7 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
                         .replace("$overlap", overlap)\
                         + " (first time today)"
                     notify(notify_body, notify_title, image_url)
+                    species_last_notified[comName] = int(timeim.time())
                 con.close()
             except sqlite3.Error as e:
                 print(e)
@@ -184,6 +195,7 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
                         .replace("$overlap", overlap)\
                         + " (only seen " + str(int(numberDetections)) + " times in last 7d)"
                     notify(notify_body, notify_title, image_url)
+                    species_last_notified[comName] = int(timeim.time())
                 con.close()
             except sqlite3.Error:
                 print("Database busy")