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Identify a plant, bird or bug from a description

You saw something outdoors and want a likely name. Get best guesses and how to confirm.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help identify what I saw.

Description: [size, colour, where, behaviour]
Photo description if no upload: [details]
Location in UK roughly: [optional]
Season: [optional]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Top likely matches with why.
2. What would confirm or rule each out.
3. Look-alikes that fool people.
4. Reminder: don't touch if it could be harmful.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, steps or official URLs you're not sure of. UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. size, colour, where, behaviour: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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