Wycombe Wanderers 3 - 2 Derby County

comment by lastapostleofvidal (U1491)
posted 13 minutes ago
I parked a couple of miles away. Some of the houses I passed were like Scouse's description and others were a bit more salubrious. I couldn't believe how many red kites there were, even in the built-up areas. I don't know what they were looking for, maybe a mangey cat or two.

I thought we did miss Bird. They lumped it long so there was quite a bit of competing for the second ball, and that's not Hourihane's game. Another midfield body at the expense of one of the strikers might have given us more control and freed up JK to be more of a nuisance.
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You say you couldn't believe the number of kites then say perhaps it was the absence of bird, make your mind up.

As I mentioned previously, Wycombe scored at our place after they had a man sent off so they can't be that bad.
They did create the best chances yesterday which is worrying. Doesn't bode well for trips to Plymouth and Sheffield.

That's one hell of a gag, Spart. Did you ever do music hall back in the day? I can imagine you as a bit of a poor man's Arthur Askey.

Did rich men have an Arthur Askey?

I've never been to HW and from the above descriptions I must say I have no great desire to go.

When I lived over there Vidal the only red kites around were in mid-Wales. They had been notorious when common (middle ages I believe) as scavengers of the open sewers in places like London. If they are now frequent flyers to HW it speaks volumes for the place!

Open sewers, you say ?
That would certainly account for the large number of red kites around these days

You see red kites all over England now. When I first moved to Shropshire I would only see them when I went to the Welsh coast. Farmers would put down poisoned carcasses because they wrongly blamed red kites for the loss of lambs. They are beautiful birds.

Indeed, they usually eat carrion, but will and do predate on small birds and mammals. Part of their extraordinary expansion has been down to the ludicrous and unacceptable numbers of pheasant poults put down for shooting. They have also rather displaced the common Buzzard in many parts of the country. 🪶

I used to see buzzards everywhere so it is sad to learn of their apparent decline.

I'm sure I saw black kites, by the sea of all places, in Croatia.

When I was a kid I never saw buzzards. There are billions of them in Shropshire, way more prevalent than kites. I was lucky enough to see a hobby last year and occasionally I will see a peregrine falcon. We have plenty of sparrowhawks and kestrels.

I haven’t seen a Harrier fly up the Mersey since we sold them all to the US Navy.