'Minimal Wildlife' - quiz




A Woodland Bird

Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
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When doing my blog post on camouflage I was messing about with a couple of moth designs in photoshop. I found that I could simplify the design a lot and it would still suggest the moth.

So I thought what's the minimum amount of information, that's needed to suggest a certain species? I've tried to use just geometric shapes. I've also tried to get as far away as possible from any kind of representation of the species and still have it be in some way recognisable.

I also quite like these as wildlife art - I'm going to hang them on my wall!

What do you think these are? They could be birds, mammals, insects, flowers or fungi



A common butterfly

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
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A tree climbing mammal

Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
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A common small bird

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
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A non-stinging insect

Hoverfly, 'The footballer' - Helophilus
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A farmland bird

Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
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A common butterfly

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
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A toadstool

Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
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A flower which imitates an insect

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)
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A common moth - B_ _ _ A _ _ _ _ _

Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)
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I was asked by a local RSPB group to do these additional images - as fun / educational resources for Children



A common garden bird

Great Tit (Parus major)



A common garden bird

Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)



Associated with Christmas

Robin (Erithacus rubecula)



A bird name after its colour

Blackbird (Turdus merula)



The largest flying bird

Mute swan (Cygnus olor)



A burrowing mammal

Badger (Meles meles)



A stinging insect

Bumblebee (Bombus)

Answers
Jay
Small Tortoiseshell
Red Squirrel
Goldfinch
Hoverfly - Helophilus pendulus
Barn Owl
Red Admiral
Fly Agaric
Bee Orchid
Buff Arches
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Great tit
Blue tit
Robin
Blackbird
Mute swan
Badger
Bumblebee

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Comments

  1. PeterG12 July 2016 at 03:11

    I tried something similar a while back but I am not a graphic artist and my rough attempts were pathetic compared to these!

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    1. Phil Barnett12 July 2016 at 03:52

      Thanks Peter, do you still have any of these It'd be nice to see them

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    2. Phil Barnett12 July 2016 at 03:56

      by the way - how many did you get?

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    3. PeterG12 July 2016 at 05:43

      Only got five!

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  2. yonderhillwildlife13 July 2016 at 01:29

    Brilliant. I got 7!!

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    1. Phil Barnett13 July 2016 at 02:28

      Great- without or without the clues?

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    2. yonderhillwildlife18 June 2017 at 14:01

      Without. Got 9 this time round .. forgot I had done it before haha

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  3. Annie13 July 2016 at 02:02

    I think these are brilliant images and a great idea.Rubbish at guessing names though.

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  4. Jan17 July 2016 at 13:48

    Haha brilliant! Nicely done - a great idea and good fun. I guessed 4 without clues, 4 more with clues (really should have known fly agaric without needing a clue, and I thought the red squirrel was going to be a stoat/weasel!). I'm afraid the penny didn't drop with the Barn Owl and I clearly don't know my Buff Arches as well as I should!!! :)

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    1. Phil Barnett17 July 2016 at 23:11

      Thanks! Yes the Barn Owl really is minimal, maybe too minimal. I'm guessing Jay, Goldfinch, Red Admiral, small Tortoiseshell are the ones you got first off.

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    2. Jan18 July 2016 at 03:55

      Yes you got it! I think with the Barn owl, maybe because I'm lucky to see them very closely I don't register them as a solid beigey colour. Perhaps if you'd said nocturnal farmland bird the old brain cell would have fired into life! :)

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    3. Phil Barnett18 July 2016 at 05:29

      may I should have said nocturnal farmland bird that ends in 'owl' and starts with 'Barn' :)

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    4. Jan18 July 2016 at 07:25

      Even better!

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  5. Unknown28 August 2016 at 08:23

    a technical point - when I hover over the clue and answer links, they pop up the right text, but if i click on them, I get a 404 error.

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  6. Unknown12 September 2016 at 23:52

    Got 6 without clues,,,haven't a clue why I didn't look at the clues. Must be clueless... ;-)

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    1. Phil Barnett13 September 2016 at 00:06

      You got 6 without clues?...you are Inspector Clouseau

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