Development economist; part-time Exmoor sheep farmer; & founder of Seventythree Foundation - a non-profit collaborating with marginalized rural communities in SE Asia. https://seventythree.ghost.io/
![Prof Richard Gregory, of the RSPB, said: “It is super-positive that it is increasing in popularity and use, and especially to a new, wider and different group of people. Everywhere I go, I see people are using Merlin, connecting with nature and learning their birds, becoming more curious to know more. Fantastic – a revolution.”
Gregory warned, however, that the app still made mistakes in identification and had identified his dachshund as a mallard. “If you aren’t an expert, you wouldn’t necessarily know there was an error,” he said. “It is interesting to hear that Cornell is making changes which mean that recordings from Merlin will go to eBird more easily, so that’s great if the species recognition is correct [but] a problem for conservation when it is not.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zuy7fnb7vlc27oy27y3jzywm/bafkreiavhstqszvf2g2t62ac4ni2nnyslzww23w5v4rozh3wj5ynuneu44)
Development economist; part-time Exmoor sheep farmer; & founder of Seventythree Foundation - a non-profit collaborating with marginalized rural communities in SE Asia. https://seventythree.ghost.io/