Merlin Bird ID

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Bird song ID app

six birds in sixty seconds

garden paradise.

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by Scooj

I heard some sweet birdsong this morning while I was washing up, so I went into the garden with the app (Merlin Bird ID, which I cannot recommend highly enough) and within a minute I had recorded birdsong from six species:

Great tit, Wren, Wood-pigeon, Carrion crow, Blackcap and Magpie.

Magical.

Exploit the gap

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Yey, the sky is blue

so make hay while the sun shines

time in the garden

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by Scooj

Skimmia

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A midnight fragrance

when the nighttime air is still

and daytime nectar

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by Scooj

Reward

Eocene shark tooth fossil, Bracklesham Bay, March 2024
Eocene shark tooth fossil, Bracklesham Bay, March 2024

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Mindful wandering

eyes on the sand flats, reward

Eocene shark tooth

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by Scooj

Billy’s on the Beach

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Brunch with my mother

in Bracklesham Bay café

Billy’s on the Beach

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by Scooj

Arsenal v Porto

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Champion’s league clash

ends in penalty shootout

Arsenal victors

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by Scooj

Biomass

Bivalves at Sand Bay, Somerset, March 2024
Bivalves at Sand Bay, Somerset, Marc

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A billion billion

buried in our sandy shores

bivalve biomass

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by Scooj

Passing the time

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A chance encounter

with a fellow traveller

great conversation

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by Scooj

Things I hate

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One, Cross Country trains

two, repeat, Cross Country trains

three, Cross Country trains

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by Scooj