Annual Report
The Tice's Meadow 2016 Annual Report can now be downloaded for free from this link:https://1drv.ms/b/s!AuC9nX__kWIggSW-F4MUtWcsifGH
If you would like to buy a glossy, full colour, A4 hardcopy of the report for £15, please email us: ticesmeadow@hotmail.co.uk
All funds raised from the sale of our annual report are channelled back into projects on the nature reserve.
Pin Badges
Tice's Meadow Bird Group pin badges are now available.25mm high quality, hard enamel pin badge with butterfly clutch fixing.
Strictly limited run of 100 badges.
£4 each. £5 including postage & packing.
Available in person from Mark Elsoffer or Richard Horton.
Or, email ticesmeadow@hotmail.co.uk if you'd like us to post one to you upon receipt of payment.
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All profits go towards the Tice's Meadow Bird Group's work at Tice's Meadow.
Sunday August 27th
John Hunt reported 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover (2 juv), 3 Lapwing, a Willow Warbler, a Kingfisher, 2 Yellow Wagtail and a Kestrel this morning. |
| (c) John Hunt - Lapwings |
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| (c) Kevin Duncan - Red Underwing |
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| (c) Tony George - Common Darter |
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| (c) Tony George - Cormorant |
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| (c) Tony George - Green Woodpecker |
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| (c) Tony George - Mute Swan |
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| (c) Tony George - Wasp Spider |
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| (c) Tony George - Bells Piece Wildflower Meadow |
Monday August 28th
No reports.Tuesday August 29th
A number of members of the Tice's Meadow Bird Group camped on site for 48 hours from today till Thursday morning.Licensed bird ringers from the Army Ornithological Society and the Royal Navy Birdwatching Society set up their nets in the woods and reed beds and ringed an excellent 168 birds (+ 8 local re-traps) over the 48 hours (even though large amounts of ringing time were lost due to the sweltering temperatures on the Tuesday and the rain on the Wednesday). This total included a remarkable 82 Chiffchaffs.
Other species ringed included Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Song Thrush, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler and Green Woodpecker.
Moth traps were run each night and the contents checked and recorded each morning.
The following birds were reported on site today: 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, 3 Teal, a Yellow Wagtail, 8 Swift, 6 House Martin, 14 Swallow, 2 Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk and 9 Buzzard.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Chiffchaff Being Ringed |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Reed Warbler Being Ringed |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Sedge Warbler Being Ringed |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - The Camp |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - The Ringers in Action |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - The Moth Trap |
Wednesday August 30th
The Tice's Meadow Bird Group held their AGM this evening, re-elected the Executive Officers and Committee Members, and agreed a number of important items of business.The following birds were reported on site today: 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover (1 juv), 3 Little Ringed Plover, a Lapwing, 4 Snipe, a Water Rail, 2 Teal, 3 Yellow Wagtail, a Wheatear, a Whinchat, a Coal Tit, 10 Swift, 24 Swallow, 70 House Martin, a Sand Martin, a Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, a Peregrine, a Tawny Owl and 2 Buzzard.
This is only the 11th reported sighting of Tawny Owl on site, but the 3rd this year.
Richard Seargent reported the following new species for Tice's Meadow today:
Old Lady (moth) (Mormo maura).
Orange Swift (moth) (Triodia sylvina).
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| (c) Richard Seargent - Orange Swift |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Great Tit Being Ringed |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - The AGM |
Thursday August 31st
The following birds were reported on site today: a Green Sandpiper, a Ringed Plover, a Tree Pipit, a Yellow Wagtail, a Whinchat, a Wheatear, a Goldcrest, a Nuthatch, 10 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 2 Swift, a Kestrel and a Buzzard.Tree Pipit is the 132nd species of bird recorded on site this year.
This is only the 8th reported sighting of Tree Pipit on site.
Richard Seargent reported the following new species for Tice's Meadow today:
Cypess Pug (moth) (Eupithecia phoeniceata).Flounced Rustic (moth) (Luperina testacea).
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| (c) Richard Seargent - Setaceous Hebrew Character |
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| (c) Richard Seargent - White Point |
Friday September 1st
Murray Nurse reported a "family party" of Garden Warbler this afternoon.Murray also reported the following butterflies: Clouded Yellow, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, 'Whites' and a Gatekeeper.
Murray also reported the following odonata: Southern Hawker, Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly.
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| (c) Tony George - Rosebay Willowherb |
Saturday September 2nd
Dave Baker reported 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover, a Greenshank, 2 Snipe, a Shoveler, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, a Nuthatch, a Coal Tit, a Goldcrest, a Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail and a Kingfisher this morning. |
| (c) Dave Baker - Kingfisher |
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| (c) Dave Baker - Kingfisher |
Sunday September 3rd
Richard Seargent reported a Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover (juvs), 3 Wheatear, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel and a Buzzard this morning.Monday September 4th
No reports.Tuesday September 5th
David Smith reported 4 Common Sandpiper and 2 Teal this morning.David is arguably the original Tice's Birder, having birded the site when it was a working quarry, but has since moved to Kent. David, a professional ecologist, was concerned that on a rare visit to his old patch he found that "pernicious weed and willow seems to be taking over".
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| (c) Dave Smith - The Meadow |
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| (c) Dave Smith - The Plant Yard |
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