Sam Whittingham

Patch birding Swanscombe Marshes with the occasional day trip elsewhere

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@YankeeGunner I was just thinking about a technician playing deeper setting the tempo and pulling the strings, but an internal solution. Rice well documented as not the best in that role in a possession side. Essentially what we had Zubi down as before the form/fatigue issues

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@YankeeGunner thoughts on Odegaard at 6 in games we're expected to control possession? Can drop deep and tempo-set all he likes, Rice provides the muscle and support, and leaves room for a higher creative presence in the R8/10

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Please help to stop the next development shitstorm. Once again threatening Swanscombe Marshes and the boating club https://t.co/gHwqIepmRv

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@piersmorgan I've long wondered are you slow and thick or just say this kind of faux outrage for rage bait and clicks? We all know what's going on with incomings

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Oare today, 69 bird sp in 4 hours. GWE, Hobby, Usual Waders & Warblers, plenty of Marsh Frogs, Grass Snake + Barn Owls early doors. GSW nice surprise, Seals on Sheppey side, Terns on Swale. Wall Lizard down the road at Ospringe

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Also, why do all mats these days have moulded plugs. Trying to get a replacement but how am I supposed to fit a whole plug through a tiny escape-proof hole

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Word to the wise for any reptile keepers. Probe for mat stat had fallen out of the viv unnoticed, starts reading air temperature and not the heat mat, resulting in a lot of burnt bedding, a ruined viv, fucked mat and one very lucky snake to be totally unharmed.

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4 Adder this morning in Gillingham. Caught the melanistic in the same spot last year so assuming the same individual. Winter wildfowl and waders still hanging on + good assortment of commoner raptor species

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Misty and drizzly afternoon at Swanscombe, quiet as expected. Jack Snipe the highlight with Water Rail, Bearded Tits, a very brave Chiff, Sprawk and a big flock of Blackwits always nice to see. Fleeting Grey Wagtail also a nice bonus

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Yesterday at Swanscombe SSSI, good assortment of ducks and waders, always nice to see Lapwing on site and Green Sand a nice bonus. Snipe flock at least 40. Surprise Barn Owl and the world's worst record shot 😂 M Harrier, Peregrine, Bearded Tit, Chiff the best of the rest

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Nice couple of hours earlier at Swanscombe SSSI. 9 Snipe, 1 Jack, Raven, Bearded Tits, weirdly zero Raptors, lots Stonechat, poss Water Pipit but couldn't 100% it before lost the bugger, Seal on Thames and no photos worth posting 😂😂

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Nice morning in the Shellness area. Hen Harrier, Black Redstart, WF Geese, assortment of waders, wildfowl and raptors. Visibility scuppered any hope of a sea watch though and couldn't find a cheeky Snow Bunting

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@gibbard_crisis Little Egret. Nought special, did just find a Blackstart on the sea wall though!

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2nd bird I get the scope on, male Hen Harrier out of roost Swale NNR 🥳

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@gibbard_crisis Heard some Divers on the sea in the area might have to be there! Always a half decent chance of Hen Harrier too

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Child free morning Thursday means birding time! What's good in North Kent right now?

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@gibbard_crisis All my usual spots! Heard of anything especially good about at the moment? Was thinking chancing Oare or Shellness

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Presumably migrating Hobby over the house, garden tick gold!