Factual reference · Season 1, Episode 6

The Night Has Witnesses

Recorded from 12:00 31 August 2026 to 11:59 1 September 2026

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

2026-08-31 · 12:00:08-12:29:16 BST

Dunnock; Common Raven; European Robin; Eurasian Wren; Common Chiffchaff; European Goldfinch

Detections: 1; 2; 6; 2; 2; 3   Confidence: 0.37-0.98

16 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 · 13:24:18-13:58:18 BST

Common Buzzard; Eurasian Jackdaw; Goldcrest; Eurasian Blue Tit; Eurasian Wren

Detections: 7; 1; 1; 1; 1   Confidence: 0.77-0.99

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.

2026-08-31 · 14:06:06-14:54:46 BST

Common Buzzard; Eurasian Treecreeper; Carrion Crow

Detections: 1; 2; 1   Confidence: 0.53-0.99

4 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 · 15:16:56-15:34:48 BST

Common Raven; Eurasian Wren; Goldcrest

Detections: 1; 1; 2   Confidence: 0.70-0.98

4 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 · 16:28:21-16:28:56 BST

Goldcrest

Detections: 2   Confidence: 0.89-0.96

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.

2026-08-31 · 17:08:34-17:57:01 BST

Common Raven; Eurasian Jackdaw

Detections: 1; 3   Confidence: 0.64-0.99

4 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 · 18:10:21-18:56:46 BST

Eurasian Jackdaw; Common Raven; European Goldfinch; Carrion Crow

Detections: 11; 3; 1; 1   Confidence: 0.54-0.99

16 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 · 19:05:16-19:59:59 BST

Common Raven; Eurasian Jackdaw; Goldcrest; Common Magpie; Dunnock; European Robin

Detections: 1; 2; 4; 8; 1; 1   Confidence: 0.52-0.99

17 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 · 20:00:16-20:49:49 BST

European Robin; Canada Goose; Long-tailed Tit; Carrion Crow; Tawny Owl

Detections: 38; 2; 1; 2; 4   Confidence: 0.62-0.99

47 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 · 21:20:14-21:58:59 BST

Common Raven; Tawny Owl

Detections: 1; 8   Confidence: 0.76-1.00

9 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 · 23:04:10-23:59:42 BST

Tawny Owl

Detections: 17   Confidence: 0.29-0.99

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

2026-09-01 · 00:01:23-00:12:09 BST

Tawny Owl

Detections: 5   Confidence: 0.61-0.99

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.

2026-09-01 · 01:16:14-01:26:51 BST

Tawny Owl

Detections: 17   Confidence: 0.91-1.00

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

2026-09-01 · 02:49:59-02:59:32 BST

Tawny Owl

Detections: 16   Confidence: 0.51-1.00

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

2026-09-01 · 03:00:00-03:04:23 BST

Tawny Owl

Detections: 7   Confidence: 1.00-1.00

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

2026-09-01 · 05:19:49-05:52:35 BST

Tawny Owl; European Robin

Detections: 1; 8   Confidence: 0.57-0.95

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

2026-09-01 · 06:02:02-06:47:22 BST

European Robin; Eurasian Wren; Goldcrest; Common Magpie; Dunnock; Eurasian Jackdaw

Detections: 5; 20; 3; 3; 2; 1   Confidence: 0.54-0.98

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.

2026-09-01 · 07:05:20-07:52:35 BST

European Robin; Eurasian Nuthatch; Long-tailed Tit; Eurasian Treecreeper; Eurasian Jackdaw

Detections: 3; 5; 5; 1; 3   Confidence: 0.55-1.00

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

2026-09-01 · 08:01:34-08:48:17 BST

Eurasian Jackdaw; European Robin; Common Chiffchaff; Common Magpie; Dunnock; Coal Tit

Detections: 4; 2; 1; 1; 3; 1   Confidence: 0.66-0.99

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

2026-09-01 · 09:15:28-09:50:11 BST

European Robin; Great Tit; Eurasian Jackdaw; Common Chiffchaff; Common Magpie

Detections: 4; 1; 2; 4; 1   Confidence: 0.57-0.95

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

2026-09-01 · 10:18:23-10:31:02 BST

Eurasian Blackbird; Eurasian Jackdaw

Detections: 3; 3   Confidence: 0.35-0.84

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.

2026-09-01 · 11:41:14-11:44:44 BST

European Robin; European Goldfinch

Detections: 2; 1   Confidence: 0.40-0.92

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.

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