Annual Report
Our 2015 Annual Report is now back from the printers. Please see the attached for how you can order a full colour, glossy, A4 hardcopy.
Lost & Found
An Aukey lens case with lenses was found recently on site. If it's yours, please get in touch.Surrey Birders
The Surrey Birders website is now back online after a lengthy outage. We're very grateful of everyone who reports their sightings through this site as it allows us to produce the statistics for our annual report.Late News
Tuesday August 16th - Andy Little reported a Greenshank.Andy Duncan has sent us photos of the Silver-washed Fritillary (a rare butterfly for Tice's Meadow) that he found on July 29th.
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| (c) Andy Duncan - Silver-washed Fritillary |
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| (c) Andy Duncan - Silver-washed Fritillary |
Wednesday August 17th
No reports.Thursday August 18th
Mark Elsoffer spent the day on site and reported 6 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, a Ruff (juvenile), 2 Greenshank (juveniles), 2 Ringed Plover (juveniles), 22 Lapwing, a Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, a Kestrel and a Hobby.Ruff is the 138th species recorded on site this year. This is only the 9th recorded sighting of Ruff on site.
The following juvenile birds were recorded by Mark:
- 6 young Starlings in the Meadow.
- 10 young Jackdaws in the Meadow.
- 2 young Coot in the Workings.
- 1 young Moorhen in the Workings.
- A brood of 4 young Mallard in the Workings.
- At least 10 young Common Terns in the Workings.
- Numerous young Black-headed Gulls that were born on other sites.
The following butterflies were reported by Mark:
Small Skipper, Red Admiral, Brimstone & Common Blue.
Mark Elsoffer reported 2 new species for Tice's Meadow:
Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)
Suede Bolette (Xerocomus subtomentosus)
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| (c) Dave Carlsson - Greenshank |
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| (c) Dave Carlsson - Greenshank |
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| (c) Dave Carlsson - Greenshank |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Giant Puffball |
Friday August 19th
Andy Little reported 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, a Ruff and a Greenshank today.Saturday August 20th
Richard Seargent reported a Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, a Ringed Plover and 2 Little Grebe this morning.Richard also reported a juvenile Great-crested Grebe and a Tufted Duck with 2 young.
In addition, Mike Huddie reported a Greenshank this morning.
Sunday August 21st
Richard Seargent reported 4+ Common Sandpiper, 5+ Green Sandpiper, a Ruff (juvenile), a Redshank, 6 Ringed Plover, a Dunlin, 16 Lapwing and a Black-tailed Godwit this morning.In addition, Richard Horton reported 2 Greenshank, a Swift, a Kestrel, a Peregrine and a Red Kite this morning.
In addition, Andy Little reported a Little Ringed Plover, 30 Lapwing, 2 Gadwall and 3 Shoveler today.
Kevin Duncan reported 2 new species for Tice's Meadow:
Buff-tip Moth (Phalera bucephala)
Common Groundhopper (Tetrix undulata)
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| (c) Kevin Duncan - Buff-tip Moth Caterpillar |
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| (c) Kevin Duncan - Dark Bush-cricket |
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| (c) John Hunt - Common Sandpiper |
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| (c) Richard Seargent - Wasp Spider |
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| (c) Richard Seargent - Roesel's Bush-cricket |
Monday August 22nd
Carey Lodge reported 3 Green Sandpiper this morning.Carey also reported a Clouded Yellow butterfly.
Tuesday August 23rd
Richard Horton reported 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, a Ruff (juvenile), a Redshank, a Greenshank, 6 Ringed Plover, a Dunlin, a Black-tailed Godwit and 16 Lapwing today.Wednesday August 24th
John Hunt reported 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandiper, 4 Snipe, 17 Lapwing and a Wheatear this morning.In addition, Andy Little reported 2 Ringed Plover and a Little Grebe today.
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