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🥰A brand new level is live in my birdsong game! bird-times.lovable.app/ely "If you were born today you'd think this was normal: a flat, dry landscape with a few birds shouting over the tractors. It isn't normal. It's a drained swamp." #IndieDev #Birdsong #GameDev

Screenshot of a 'Chapter Complete' card for Ely, a new level in birdsong guessing game Dawn Chorus Quest. The screenshot shows a medal surrounded by images of the birds the player guessed, and greyed out images of the birds no longer there. Pip, a long tailed tit who is your guide to the game says "if you were born today you'd think this was normal"

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🤩Making a new front page for my birdsong guessing game #IndieDev #Testing #Birdsong #WebGame bird-times.lovable.app

Updated homescreen for 'Dawn Chorus Quest' a birdsong guessing game, with five locations to play including Bath, Aberdeen, Frome, Cardiff and Ely. The screen shows an image of each location, with some info about how the area changes over time and links to play each level.

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The next level in my birdsong guessing game Dawn Chorus Quest is set in Ely. It's about draining the fens and inviting the birds back with reedling, bittern, yellowhammer and skylark songs to share and enjoy. Coming soon to bird-times.lovable.app Testing... #IndieDev #GameDev #Birds #Bioacoustic

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Pip-long-tail @p-1-p.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Corvids 🐦‍⬛The fine young crow that joined us at the Rising Sun pub in Lynmouth, Devon - peering at us very suspiciously. And a link to the crow collector card in my #indieDev #birdsong guessing game, one of 82 to collect bird-times.lovable.app/birds/corvus...

A crow on a stone wall, against a backdrop of greenery and a wooded hillside. The crow seems to peering at us suspiciously as we enjoyed our beers at the pub by the seaside in Devon.

A collector card for the Carrion Crow from my birdsong guessing game, including a portrait of the bird, its common name and latin name, a description: A supple, all black survivor - at home on landfill, in parks and on windswept Somerset Hills - with a button to play the bird song. and links to share the card or read more on wikipedia.

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In the game Dawn Chorus Quest, the cuckoo is the first bird we hear. It's the bassline of the chorus. We start with three birds players might already know - cuckoo, pigeon, nightingale. ID all three to win your first collectors badge. bird-times.lovable.app/birds/cuculu... #Birds #IndieDev

Dawn Chorus Quest collector card for the Common Cuckoo. The card features a portrait of the bird, it's common name and latin name, a description of it's song and note about how it's numbers have fallen by 65% since the 1980s.

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Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🤔Ever wondered what the dawn chorus might have sounded like a couple thousand years ago? Listen here: bird-times.lovable.app/share/aberde... Dawn Chorus Quest is a free web game to share and enjoy birdsong. #IndieDev #GameDev #BirdSong #ShareAndEnjoy

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A 5-voice chorus — Pictish Shore — Dawn Chorus Quest

Press play: 5 birds singing together. Pictish Shore, Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🥰"It really is a delight" @levparikian.bsky.social 🦉Players of 'Dawn Chorus Quest' win medals as they guess which bird is singing. 🏅Collecting all the birds in each chapter unlocks a special page where players can share the chorus. bird-times.lovable.app/share/cardif... #Birdsong #IndieGame

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Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #CaptionThatBird, how about a duckling declaration. "And I long to go out in the world beyond!" This tiny duckling has a surprising grasp of 19th century nonsense poetry by Edward Lear. 🦆🦘 Check the Alt for more. 🦉😸 #birds #ducks #nonsense #poem

A duck sits on the grass by a moat at Nunny caste in Somerset UK. Under her wing are several extremely cute ducklings (barely seen). One duckling is coming out from under the wing, with its beak wide open and a cheeky glint in its eye.

The Duck and the Kangaroo

By Edward Lear
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Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
‘Good gracious! how you hop!
Over the fields and the water too,
As if you never would stop!
My life is a bore in this nasty pond,
And I long to go out in the world beyond!
I wish I could hop like you!’
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.

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‘Please give me a ride on your back!’
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
‘I would sit quite still, and say nothing but “Quack,”
The whole of the long day through!
And we’d go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,
Over the land, and over the sea;—
Please take me a ride! O do!’
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.

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Said the Kangaroo to the Duck,
‘This requires some little reflection;
Perhaps on the whole it might bring me luck,
And there seems but one objection,
Which is, if you’ll let me speak so bold,
Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold,
And would probably give me the roo-
Matiz!’ said the Kangaroo.

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Said the Duck, ‘As I sate on the rocks,
I have thought over that completely,
And I bought four pairs of worsted socks
Which fit my web-feet neatly.
And to keep out the cold I’ve bought a cloak,
And every day a cigar I’ll smoke,
All to follow my own dear true
Love of a Kangaroo!’

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Said the Kangaroo, ‘I’m ready!
All in the moonlight pale;
But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady!
And quite at the end of my tail!’
So away they went with a hop and a bound,
And they hopped the whole world three times round;
And who so happy,—O who,
As the Duck and the Kangaroo?
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54363/the-duck-and-the-kangaroo

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Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm well chuffed that over 1200 players tried my birdsong guessing game and it's been recommended by two amazing authors - that's you @louiestowell.bsky.social and @levparikian.bsky.social 🤩THANK YOU! 🦉Birdsong guessing game 🏅Collecting the dawn chorus 😊To share and enjoy bird-times.lovable.app

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Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

😍Over 1200 players tried my free web game about birdsong, time travel, and biodiversity. bird-times.lovable.app "Each round is set in a time and place, inviting you to imagine what the soundscape might have been." Lev Parikian 🐦‍⬛Collect the chorus! #Birdsong #BritishBirds #IndieGame #Accessible

Stats from 'Dawn Chorus Quest' showing 1221 players, 16 shares, and 29 chapters completed. https://bird-times.lovable.app/stats

Collectors badge earned - 3 of 7 birds found in the solar future. In a screenshot from birdsong guessing game Dawn Chorus Quest your guide Pip says 'Three of the future chorus. You heard the wildwood, you heard the silence, now you're hearing what comes back. https://bird-times.lovable.app/

Stats from lovable showing 1300 players since the game Dawn Chorus Quest launched in July. https://bird-times.lovable.app/

Screenshot from Dawn Chorus Quest, playing the Frome Wildwood era. A storybook style image of a river meandering though a woodland. In the centre of the screen a big green button 'tap play to hear the first bird' and surrounding that are portraits of birds - pigeon, nightingale, wagtail, woodpecker and more. Players guess which bird is singing and collect and share the chorus. https://bird-times.lovable.app/saxonvale

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Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ODG, any Owl, Duck or Goose. #birds #photography Behold, the wonderful white crested duck at Heligan poultry orchard in Cornwall, enjoying some apples.

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Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Beautifully put together and fun. It's a birdsong recognition game, but the clever bit is the historical element: each round is set in a time and place, and invites you to imagine what the soundscape might have been" @levparikian.bsky.social bird-times.lovable.app #Birdsong #IndieDev #GameDev

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Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Todays #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsWithBerries and I don't have anything that fits the bill. I do have this splendid white crested duck at @heligangardens.bsky.social enjoying some apples #birds #gardens #ducks

A white duck with a very fluffy head, enjoying some apples in the poultry orchard at Heligan gardens in Cornwall, UK.

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Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🦜How to make a bird song guessing game more accessible? 👀Visualisations and audio descriptions of birdsong ✅ Larger text option 🌻'Calm mode' without shakes or sparkles #IfItsNotAccessibleItsNotAcceptable #Accessibility #IndieDev #GameDev #Birdsong #WebGame bird-times.lovable.app

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Making a raised wildlife pond - Doing The Plan

This weeks #gardenshour theme is ponds. One of the best things we did in the garden was put in a pond. I blogged on how "we" did it, and why it's worth doing: Making a raised wildlife pond - Doing The Plan doingtheplan.com/2023/07/30/m... @gardenshour.bsky.social #wildlife #garden

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We made a raised pond, and it's one of the best ways to bring life to the garden. Here's how we did it.

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🤩 Lev Parikian - the amazing author, musician and guardian country diarist - likes Dawn Chorus Quest, my bird song guessing game🦉 🥰It features in his 'Six Things' blog this week! levparikian.substack.com/p/six-things... 😅I can't believe I missed his post (but I was beside the seaside) 😎

Screenshot from the 'Six Things' blog vol 165 https://levparikian.substack.com/p/six-things-volume-165

Ah this is so great. On one level it’s a birdsong recognition quiz/game/learning tool, but the clever bit, in my view, is the historical element – each round is set in a time and place, and invites you to imagine what the soundscape might have been. You can use it as a way of learning some basic British birdsongs, or you can delve deeper and find out more about them. Beautifully put together and fun, it’s the work of Jenny Macdonald, and you can read more about it and its inspiration here.

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For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Robins may I present this songstrel with a beady side eye and some peculiar distortion from the camera phone. This friendly fella was captured on camera near the River Frome a few years back #birds #photography

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🤩 Wowsers! I'm thoroughly thrilled that over 1000 players have tried Dawn Chorus Quest, my birdsong guessing game. It's a free web game, made with love and open source data. Play at bird-times.lovable.app The aim is to collect and share the sounds of the dawn chorus. #ShareAndEnjoy #IndieDev

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🐦 Good morning BlueSky 🥰

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Well done to Matthew, 29 is a decent scorecard!

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Well look at that, Pip's popped up on Bluesky to say hi. #IndieDev #Guide #Birdsong #IndieGame

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🦉Do you know #birds? Do you know about avian biodiversity in the UK? 🐜And are you the sort of person who likes spotting bugs? If so... check out my #workinprogress #wip #birdsong #game to bug hunt and nit pick. bird-times.lovable.app #IndieDev #GameDev #Bugs #AskForTrouble Feedback form 🔗👇

Promo image for Dawn Chorus Quest showing a long tailed tit sitting on a colourful soundwave, over an image of a rewilded city that chose to welcome the birds back. https://bird-times.lovable.app/

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Players of birdsong guessing game Dawn Chorus Quest can play and share a chorus of the birdsong they collect as they travel through time. #ShareAndEnjoy The game is inspired by #DouglasAdams Last Chance to See. #IndieDev #GameDev #Birdsong bird-times.lovable.app/share/saxonv...

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🐦 In the birdsong game Dawn Chorus Quest we time travel to the solar punk era, when we've rewilded parts of our cities to welcome back the birds. "Not magic. Just gardening, at city scale, by people who care enough to try" says Pip bird-times.lovable.app #IndieDev #Gamedev #Rewilding #Birdsong

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