Factual reference · Season 1, Episode 5
The Rain Has A Motive
Recorded from 12:00 30 August 2026 to 11:59 31 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.
2026-08-30 · 12:04:25-12:58:55 BST
European Robin; Great Tit; European Goldfinch; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Eastern Gray Squirrel; Common Magpie; Eurasian Jackdaw; Eurasian Blackbird; Goldcrest
Detections: 39; 2; 3; 7; 31; 1; 2; 2; 1 Confidence: 0.32-0.99
88 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-30 · 13:05:02-13:53:42 BST
Eurasian Blackbird; Eurasian Jackdaw; Goldcrest; Eurasian Nuthatch; European Goldfinch; Eastern Gray Squirrel; European Robin; Common Magpie
Detections: 1; 7; 3; 1; 3; 1; 35; 1 Confidence: 0.42-0.99
52 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-30 · 14:01:47-14:59:52 BST
Eurasian Wren; European Robin; Common Chiffchaff; Common Raven; European Goldfinch; Long-tailed Tit; Eurasian Treecreeper; Eurasian Jackdaw; Goldcrest; Common Magpie; Great Tit
Detections: 6; 64; 2; 4; 1; 2; 3; 9; 2; 1; 1 Confidence: 0.31-1.00
95 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-30 · 15:00:05-15:59:57 BST
Great Tit; European Robin; Eastern Gray Squirrel; Common Magpie; European Goldfinch; Eurasian Jackdaw
Detections: 1; 34; 52; 7; 4; 7 Confidence: 0.35-0.99
105 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-30 · 16:01:30-16:57:42 BST
Eurasian Jackdaw; Common Magpie; Yellow-legged Gull; European Robin; Eastern Gray Squirrel
Detections: 15; 5; 1; 3; 10 Confidence: 0.66-1.00
34 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-30 · 17:07:05-17:56:02 BST
Eurasian Nuthatch; Goldcrest; Eastern Gray Squirrel
Detections: 1; 2; 24 Confidence: 0.80-0.99
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.
2026-08-30 · 18:31:35-18:59:45 BST
Common Raven; Carrion Crow; Common Magpie; European Goldfinch
Detections: 1; 6; 2; 2 Confidence: 0.75-0.98
11 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-30 · 19:00:22-19:59:35 BST
European Goldfinch; Common Chiffchaff; Eurasian Blue Tit; Goldcrest; Eurasian Blackbird; Eurasian Blackcap; Great Tit; Long-tailed Tit; Eurasian Jackdaw; Eurasian Wren; Common Woodpigeon; Carrion Crow; Dunnock; European Robin; European Greenfinch
Detections: 2; 1; 1; 14; 25; 6; 14; 1; 5; 12; 2; 1; 2; 23; 1 Confidence: 0.39-1.00
110 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-30 · 20:00:50-20:51:22 BST
European Robin; Common Woodpigeon; Eurasian Blackbird; Eurasian Wren; Tawny Owl
Detections: 73; 1; 3; 2; 1 Confidence: 0.28-0.98
80 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-30 · 22:19:35-22:29:19 BST
Tawny Owl
Detections: 15 Confidence: 0.61-1.00
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.
2026-08-31 · 08:20:28-08:59:58 BST
Long-tailed Tit; European Goldfinch; Eurasian Jackdaw; European Robin; Common Magpie; Eurasian Blue Tit; Goldcrest; Eurasian Nuthatch; Great Tit; Eurasian Treecreeper; Eurasian Blackbird; Carrion Crow; Dunnock
Detections: 11; 5; 20; 52; 6; 8; 1; 1; 24; 1; 4; 1; 1 Confidence: 0.32-0.99
135 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-31 · 09:00:01-09:57:33 BST
European Robin; Great Tit; Eurasian Jackdaw; Common Magpie; Long-tailed Tit; Goldcrest; Eurasian Treecreeper; European Goldfinch; Common Chiffchaff; Eurasian Nuthatch; Eurasian Blackbird; Coal Tit; Eurasian Blue Tit; Dunnock; Eurasian Wren
Detections: 41; 16; 23; 4; 11; 35; 1; 3; 1; 11; 1; 5; 1; 1; 1 Confidence: 0.34-1.00
155 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.
2026-08-31 · 10:28:13-10:35:26 BST
Goldcrest; Long-tailed Tit; Great Tit; Eurasian Wren; European Robin
Detections: 1; 1; 1; 1; 6 Confidence: 0.52-0.98
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.
2026-08-31 · 11:19:28-11:59:58 BST
Common Magpie; Long-tailed Tit; European Robin; Dunnock; Common Raven
Detections: 1; 1; 1; 1; 1 Confidence: 0.58-0.96
5 valid BirdNET proposal(s) in this local hour. Repeated proposals do not establish individual counts; false-positive and explicitly non-diagnostic records are excluded.