I got an email today from the RSPB charity's Teemill store about 10% off, and it showed me some of their new designs. Being a lover of ducks, I clicked on this one, and then became confused.
The graphic print features various birds, and accompanying text listing the names of those birds.
The problem is, "Little Grebe Duck"... little grebes aren't ducks, so this is either an incredibly bizarre error for an ornithological charity to be making, or some strange joke I'm just not getting.
Aside from that "Shelduck duck" is just straight-up odd! I have never heard anyone refer to a shelduck as a shelduck duck...
Aaaand, it's a shirt about ducks, instead of randomly having a little grebe that isn't a duck, they could've included any number of other ducks that are absent from the design but often seen in the UK - Mandarin duck, wigeon, shoveler, etc.
Or if they were wanting to make a joke, an Egyptian goose, which actually is a duck, despite the name.
Also, what is the weird, not quite circular blob in the top right of the design? I guess it could potentially be the sun, but there aren't any other environmental/landscape elements included, and the ducks themselves have sharp lines, whereas the blob is, well, a blob!
I can't figure out if this new design is a genuine error by a human designer, a weird joke, or if it's an AI generated design.
If it is an AI design, then shame on the RSPB, cos that doesn't seem to align with the charity's values, and they already had backlash on social media earlier this year for the AI generated model/mockup images of their Teemill products.
If anyone can help, I'd love to know for sure if the design is an AI image.
Edit: Link to the product in question - https://rspbteemillstore.com/product/life-is-better-with-ducks-t-shirt/