Factual reference · Season 1, Episode 3

The Hedge Has Heard Things

Recorded from 12:00 28 August 2026 to 11:59 29 August 2026

The real wildlife-monitoring record behind this episode. BirdNET proposals and observations are presented with their original uncertainty notes; character assignments remain fictional.

2026-08-28 · 12:07:28-12:16:37 BST

Goldcrest; Common Buzzard; Eurasian Jackdaw

Detections: 1; 1; 1   Confidence: 0.81-1.00

3 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-28 · 13:56:26-13:56:26 BST

Eurasian Treecreeper

Detections: 1   Confidence: 0.93-0.93

1 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-28 · 14:47:02-14:54:35 BST

Common Chiffchaff; Eurasian Jackdaw

Detections: 1; 1   Confidence: 0.68-0.95

2 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-28 · 15:09:56-15:43:28 BST

European Robin; Common Chiffchaff; Eurasian Jackdaw; Long-tailed Tit; Eurasian Nuthatch; Coal Tit

Detections: 5; 1; 5; 6; 1; 2   Confidence: 0.51-1.00

20 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-28 · 17:26:10-17:34:41 BST

Eurasian Jackdaw

Detections: 6   Confidence: 0.92-1.00

6 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-28 · 18:02:13-18:57:35 BST

Eurasian Jackdaw; European Robin; Coal Tit; Long-tailed Tit

Detections: 15; 5; 2; 1   Confidence: 0.35-0.98

23 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-28 · 19:02:35-19:59:37 BST

Eurasian Jackdaw; Goldcrest; European Robin; Eurasian Wren

Detections: 1; 2; 9; 3   Confidence: 0.56-0.99

15 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-28 · 20:00:28-20:33:19 BST

European Robin

Detections: 35   Confidence: 0.51-1.00

35 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-28 · 21:08:37-21:41:34 BST

Tawny Owl

Detections: 20   Confidence: 0.90-1.00

20 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-28 · 22:41:16-22:41:16 BST

Tawny Owl

Detections: 1   Confidence: 0.92-0.92

1 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-29 · 02:32:06-02:32:06 BST

Tawny Owl

Detections: 1   Confidence: 0.95-0.95

1 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-29 · 05:30:28-05:59:55 BST

European Robin; Eurasian Wren

Detections: 25; 1   Confidence: 0.43-0.96

26 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-29 · 06:04:36-06:59:44 BST

European Robin; Eurasian Jackdaw; Goldcrest

Detections: 27; 16; 1   Confidence: 0.40-1.00

44 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-29 · 07:00:26-07:59:36 BST

Eurasian Jackdaw; European Robin; Long-tailed Tit; Goldcrest; Common Chiffchaff; Eurasian Blue Tit

Detections: 20; 18; 2; 19; 1; 2   Confidence: 0.41-1.00

62 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-29 · 08:00:48-08:53:51 BST

Eurasian Nuthatch; European Robin; Eurasian Blue Tit; Coal Tit; European Goldfinch; Goldcrest; Eurasian Treecreeper

Detections: 2; 13; 4; 1; 1; 2; 4   Confidence: 0.52-1.00

27 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-29 · 09:03:47-09:52:36 BST

Eurasian Nuthatch; Eurasian Blue Tit; European Robin

Detections: 6; 2; 13   Confidence: 0.59-0.99

21 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-29 · 10:07:17-10:57:54 BST

Long-tailed Tit; European Robin; Goldcrest

Detections: 1; 8; 1   Confidence: 0.40-0.97

10 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

2026-08-29 · 11:12:24-11:48:11 BST

Common Chiffchaff; European Robin; Eurasian Jackdaw

Detections: 12; 14; 2   Confidence: 0.37-0.99

28 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.

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