Simon Mitchell
@perilsofbirding.bsky.social
Birder, Ecological surveyor, Bird tour leader, Academic Researcher and Conservationist
‘Ai generated content’ 🤡
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
‘Ai generated content’ 🤡
Absolutely stunning thing. Surely the most impressive new bird species since Scarlet-banded Barbet?
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Absolutely stunning thing. Surely the most impressive new bird species since Scarlet-banded Barbet?
Not sure the guy who snuggly ate Ortolan on camera and constantly uses his TV show to moan about badgers and neonicotinoid bans is the best person to be writing the article though…
November 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Not sure the guy who snuggly ate Ortolan on camera and constantly uses his TV show to moan about badgers and neonicotinoid bans is the best person to be writing the article though…
That’s totally fair enough, which is why I was initially asking it as a question before the other bloke chimed in.
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That’s totally fair enough, which is why I was initially asking it as a question before the other bloke chimed in.
You’re obsessed pal.
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You’re obsessed pal.
If they just pick them all, photograph them and leave them to rot, yes. Goodbye
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If they just pick them all, photograph them and leave them to rot, yes. Goodbye
Legal ≠ ethical. Have a nice day.
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Legal ≠ ethical. Have a nice day.
Makes me feel a bit daft for pretty much giving up on searching for the autumn a week. Kind of feel like it needs a colder snap to get things to move around a bit again though..
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Makes me feel a bit daft for pretty much giving up on searching for the autumn a week. Kind of feel like it needs a colder snap to get things to move around a bit again though..
Flowers also decay as soon as they reach peak bloom. It’s not ethical to kick over a dead tree just because it’s decaying. It’s complete disregard for anyone else’s enjoyment of nature to do this, in part because it’s also complete unnecessary to achieving the photos.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Flowers also decay as soon as they reach peak bloom. It’s not ethical to kick over a dead tree just because it’s decaying. It’s complete disregard for anyone else’s enjoyment of nature to do this, in part because it’s also complete unnecessary to achieving the photos.
Except that analogy is wholly flawed because he’s removed a fruiting body before it has wholly ripened. The comparison would be to pulling the most of the flowers off an apple tree before the fruit developed.
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Except that analogy is wholly flawed because he’s removed a fruiting body before it has wholly ripened. The comparison would be to pulling the most of the flowers off an apple tree before the fruit developed.
You pulled it up just to take photos of it?
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You pulled it up just to take photos of it?
Google release ‘nano banana’ a couple of days ago and for a lot of contexts it seems to require a very trained eye to recognise it…
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Google release ‘nano banana’ a couple of days ago and for a lot of contexts it seems to require a very trained eye to recognise it…
Looks like AI to be too. Even the position of the eye looks wrong
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Looks like AI to be too. Even the position of the eye looks wrong
Numbers on the coast were poor this autumn - just a two birds in late Sept Easterlies on Blakeney. I did see two still on breeding grounds in W Galway on 12th October so maybe some were late departing?
November 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Numbers on the coast were poor this autumn - just a two birds in late Sept Easterlies on Blakeney. I did see two still on breeding grounds in W Galway on 12th October so maybe some were late departing?
That supermarket trolley is crying out for a late autumn Waterthrush!
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
That supermarket trolley is crying out for a late autumn Waterthrush!
Oh yeah, those Leicester Duskys keep the dream alive for me when I’m back visiting the Doncaster area. Still never been one in the Doncaster District (or S.Yorks afaik). Do you think it was something special about the microclimate / habitat?
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Oh yeah, those Leicester Duskys keep the dream alive for me when I’m back visiting the Doncaster area. Still never been one in the Doncaster District (or S.Yorks afaik). Do you think it was something special about the microclimate / habitat?
Winter Golden Plover flocks too…
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Winter Golden Plover flocks too…
What software are you using for the count Alex?
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What software are you using for the count Alex?
The FIFA that can’t stop taking bribes from the gulf states is basically an openly corrupt cesspit of corporate grifters seeking only to enrich themselves at ever possible opportunity? That FIFA?!
October 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The FIFA that can’t stop taking bribes from the gulf states is basically an openly corrupt cesspit of corporate grifters seeking only to enrich themselves at ever possible opportunity? That FIFA?!
How far from Eastington gas terminal was this taken?
October 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
How far from Eastington gas terminal was this taken?