And as a British speaker of English it amuses me that we say "fillit" steak when Americans (afaik) correctly say "fillay". There are others, but I guess there are more 'correct' British English pronunciations of words with origins like this than there are American English.
This is exactly the metaphor I use for this app! It's great.
I've used Merlin for years and it works great most of the time. Agree with others that it's a great example of something we should all have on the tiny computers in our pockets.
Until this thread I didn't realise it did photo ID! I took a photo of a black redstart last year and at the time was able to identify it via photos uploaded to social media. But I just tried the app and it got it straight away. It also added it as a new 'lifer' because I hadn't previously logged it via audio ID. Cool!
Yeah I own this watch and it is infuriatingly almost accurate for my location, but drifts over the course of the moon cycle. I now just use it as indicative but check other sources if I want the exact high and low tide times. It definitely helps solve the main thing I wanted it for though: glanceable sunrise/set, moon cycle and tide strength (as well as approximate highs and low tide).
The app is kind of clunky and I have had issues with the live GPS tracking of activities but as they're not the main reasons I got it, I don't mind too much.