Patch birding Swanscombe Marshes with the occasional day trip elsewhere
Greenhithe, South East
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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
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.
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
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
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
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 😂😂
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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Quick hour in Gillingham produced 5 Adders, 1 Grass Snake & 3 Slow Worm. Pick of the birds a tidy Greenshank and nice to hear the Chiffs again!
