2019 Annual Report
Pin Badges
Our new pin badges are now available to buy.
Four new designs: Bullfinch, Common Tern, Green Sandpiper & Reed Bunting.
£5 each (+ £1 p&p per 4 badges).
Limited to 100 per design. All details below.
Please email ticesmeadowshop@gmail.com to place an order.
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Saturday 8th August
Dave Baker: Crossbill (over) and Tree Pipit (over).
Richard Seargent: Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 20+ Lapwing, Kingfisher & Peregrine.
Crossbill is the 129th bird species recorded in 2020. 4th site record, last recorded 26/11/15.
Tree Pipit is the 130th bird species recorded in 2020. 14th site record, last recorded 22/09/18.
Richard Seargent: Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) - new for site. At least 2 pairs seen ovispositing in front of the hide. 26th odonata species recorded on site, and the 3rd new odonata species recorded this year. First recorded in the UK in 1996.
Kevin Martin: Golden-ringed Dragonfly.
Thanks to the volunteers who cleaned out the hide this morning. It's now open to the public after 6 months underwater.
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| (c) Anthony George - Lesser Emperor |
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| (c) Kevin Martin - Golden-ringed Dragonfly |
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| (c) Anthony George - Green-veined White |
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| (c) Anthony George - Lime Hawk-moth Caterpillar |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Newt |
Sunday 9th August
John Hunt: 2 Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin & Wheatear.
Mark Elsoffer: 5 Green Sandpiper, 6+ Crossbill & Kingfisher.
6th site record of Crossbill, 2nd in the past 2 days, and new record count.
Mark Elsoffer: 6+ Lesser Emperors mating & ovipositing in front of the hide.
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| (c) Paul Bamford - Black-tailed Skimmer |
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| (c) Paul Bamford - Common Darters |
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| (c) Paul Bamford - Lesser Emperors |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Terrapin (subsequently removed from site) |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Kingfisher |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Juvenile Great Crested Grebe |
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| (c) Richard Seargent - Great Crested Grebe with Lunch |
Monday 10th August
Kevin Duncan: 5 Black-tailed Godwit.
Richard Seargent: 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Redstart, Garden Warbler, Yellow Wagtail & 11 Swift.
Redstart is the 131st bird species recorded in 2020. 9th site record, last recorded 18/09/19.
Lesser Emperors still showing well in front of the hide.
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| (c) Richard Seargent - Great Crested Grebe with Breakfast |
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| (c) Mike Young - Common Darters |
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| (c) Mike Young - Great Crested Grebes |
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| (c) Mike Young- Large Red Eyed Damselfly |
Tuesday 11th August
John Hunt: 2 Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Little Egret & 17 Teal.
Steve Chastell: 3 Common Sandpiper.
Alan Brown: Furrow Orb-weaver (Larinioides cornutus) - new species for site.
2+ Lesser Emperors in front of the hide.
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| (c) John Hunt - Black-tailed Godwit |
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| (c) John Hunt - Migrant Hawker |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Lesser Emperors |
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| (c) Richard Bavin - Silt Pond |
Wednesday 12th August
Richard Horton: 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank & Whinchat.
Leonard Winchcombe: 3 Greenshank.
Whinchat is the 132nd bird species recorded in 2020.
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(c) Dina Burford - Hampshire Police Patrolling the Reserve |
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| (c) Melanie Nicholls - Common Blue Damselflies |
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| (c) Melanie Nicholls - Ruddy Darter |
Thursday 13th August
Jort Brough: 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 4 Snpe, 2 Linnet, Crossbill (over) & Hobby.
Dina Burford: Little Egret & Kingfisher.
7th site record of Crossbill, 3rd in the past 6 days.
Lesser Emperors still present in front of hide.
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| (c) Kyle Russell - View from Horton's Mound |
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| (c) David Glew - Lesser Emperor |
Friday 14th August
Richard Seargent: Wood Sandpiper, 8 Black-tailed Godwit (5 over), Dunlin, Redshank & Yellow-legged Gull.
Jort Brough: Common Gull.
Mark Elsoffer: 19 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 5 Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Greenshank, 8 Snipe, 34 Lapwing, Little Egret, Great White Egret, 2 Common Tern, 14 Swift & Hobby.
Yellow-legged Gull is the 133rd bird species recorded in 2020.
23rd site record of Wood Sandpiper, the 2nd in the past month.
16th site record of Turnstone, the 2nd in the past month
Lesser Emperors still present in front of hide.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe |
Saturday 15th August
Jort Brough: 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, Turnstone (over), Snipe, Great White Egret, Common Gull & Kingfisher.
Richard Horton: Dartford Warbler.
Richard Seargent: 3 Common Sandpiper, 5+ Green Sandpiper, 30+ Lapwing, 3 Snipe, Common Tern, 5 Willow Warbler & Swift.
Dartford Warbler is the 134th bird species recorded in 2020. 11th site record, last recorded 17/09/19.
17th site record of Turnstone, the 3rd in the past month
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| (c) Dina Burford - Great White Egret |
Sunday 16th August
John Hunt: 4 Little Ringed Plover (juvs).
Richard Seargent: 4 Ringed Plover, Redshank & 2+ Crossbill.
Mark Elsoffer: 15+ Common Sandpiper (new site record count), 7+ Green Sandpiper & 6 Snipe.
Stivi Musievski: Common Gull & Yellow-legged Gull.
Abi Jacobs, Sean Foote, Leonard Winchcombe, Mark Elsoffer & Peter Brown: Marsh Harrier (juv).
Visitor: Greenshank.
8th site record of Crossbill, 4th in the past 9 days.
4th site record of Marsh Harrier, 3rd (all different birds) in the past 16 days.
2 male Lesser Emperors in front of hide.
Sean Foote & Abi Jacobs found the following new species for site today:
- A Spotty-eyed Hoverfly (Eristalinus sepulchralis)
- Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)
- Dark Fleabane Neb (Apodia bifractella)
- Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra)
- Willow Red Gall Sawfly (Pontania proxima)
- A Bug-parasitising fly (Phasia obesa)
- Pale-streak Grass-veneer (Agriphila selasella)
- Ram's-horn Gall (Andricus aries)
- Dark-winged Blood Bee (Sphecodes gibbus)
- Hawk's-beard Mining Bee (Andrena fulvago)
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| (c) Abi Jacobs - Marsh Harrier |
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| (c) Abi Jacobs - Migrant Hawker |
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| (c) Simon Monk - Southern Hawker (Female) |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Red Kite |
Monday 17th August
Murray Nurse: 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Greenshank, 4 Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull & 2 Peregrine.
Dina Burford: Little Egret.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Snipe |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Buzzard |
Tuesday 18th August
Kevin Duncan: Ringed Plover.
Mike Young: Kingfisher.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Migrant Hawker |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Stone Loach |
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| (c) Mike Young - Wasp Spider |
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| (c) Mike Young - Common Blue Damselfly |
Wednesday 19th August
Richard Seargent: 3+ Common Sandpiper, 7+ Green Sandpiper, 10+ Ringed Plover, 5+ Little Ringed Plover, 30+ Lapwing, 3 Snipe & 5 Yellow Wagtail.
Thursday 20th August
Leonard Winchcombe: 2 Wheatear.
Mark Elsoffer: 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Barnacle Goose, Bar-headed Goose & 4+ Crossbill.
Visitor: Nightingale.
Dina Burford: Kingfisher.
Nightingale is the 135th bird species recorded in 2020. Last recorded 17/07/17.
9th site record of Crossbill, 5th in the past 13 days.
1 male Lesser Emperor in front of the hide.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Wheatear |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darter |
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| (c) Richard Bavin - Reed Bed |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Grass Snake |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Kingfisher |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Greenfinch |
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| (c) ColinVarndell - Common Darters |
Friday 21st August
No reports.
Saturday 22nd August
Richard Seargent: 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover & Kingfisher.
Kit Britten: 2 Little Ringed Plover.
Dina Burford: Barnacle Goose.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Barnacle Goose |
Sunday 23rd August
John Hunt: 3 Snipe & 3 Yellow Wagtail.
Richard Seargent: Great White Egret.
Mark Elsoffer: 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Tern, Barnacle Goose & 2 Hobby.
Peter Brown: Black Tern (juvenile - seen on neighbouring Badshot Lea Ponds, before briefly visiting site).
Kit Britten: Wheatear.
Black Tern is the 136th bird species recorded in 2020. 11th site record, last recorded 08/05/19.
Dina Burford: Red goosefoot (Oxybasis rubra) - new species for site.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Great White Egret |
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