Co-Op Local Community Fund
We are delighted to have been chosen to be part of the Co-op Local Community Fund. We're raising money to buy more tools and equipment for our volunteer work parties.
If you are a Co-Op member, please click the link below and choose us as your cause. 1% of everything you spend on selected Co-Op branded goods and services between today and 21st October 2023 will be donated to our cause:
https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/66193
Volunteer Work Parties
Our volunteer work party schedule for the next few months. Please do come and join us if you're free - a great way to spend a morning, helping nature, working with the local community, and having some fun at the same time.
Thursday 1st December
Colin Varndell: Great White Egret & Little Egret.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Bunter the Robin |
Friday 2nd December
Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper & Great White Egret.
Richard Horton: 88 Cormorant (new site record).
Dina Burford: Little Egret.
Thanks to the 11 volunteers who turned up for our Friday Irregulars work party this morning. We cleared the southern edge of the big silt pond of willow, and started cutting a new ringing ride to the east of Horton’s Mound. Great work everyone.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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(c) Malcolm Fincham - Great White Egret
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Shoveler |
Saturday 3rd December
Clare Dell: Lesser Redpoll.
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| (c) Clare Dell - Pied Wagtail |
Sunday 4th December
Richard Seargent: Green Sandpiper.
Alan Bird: Little Egret
Monday 5th December
Richard Horton: Avocet (6th record for site, last recorded 29/03/16).
Volunteers from Hart Wildlife Rescue release an Avocet in the Workings this morning. The bird had been found ten days ago in Aldershot town centre, having apparently been attacked by a Peregrine.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Avocet Release |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Avocet |
Tuesday 6th December
Malcolm Fincham: Green Sandpiper & Dartford Warbler.
Colin Varndell: Little Egret, Fieldfare & 5 Pheasant (1m & 4f).
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| (c) Malcolm Fincham - Dartford Warbler |
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| (c) Malcolm Fincham - Green Sandpiper |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Long-tailed Tit |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Pheasant |
Wednesday 7th December
Colin Varndell: Little Egret & Fieldfare.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Fieldfare |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Song Thrush |
Thursday 8th December
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Frosty Morning |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Grey Heron |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Robin |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Frosty Morning |
Friday 9th December
Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe & Little Egret.
Big thank you to the 27 volunteers who turned out for our work party today, including the Growth Team from Surrey Choices. We cut and burnt lots of willow from the reed beds.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
Saturday 10th December
Colin Varndell: 2 Snipe & Little Egret.
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Frosty Morning |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Grey Heron |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Moorhen |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Meadow Pipit |
Sunday 11th December
Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper.
Well done to Olivia and Emilie (who are doing their Duke of Edinburgh Award with us) for litter picking the nature reserve today!
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| (c) Sue Thomas - Litter Picking |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Robin |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Stonechat |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Frozen Workings |
Monday 12th December
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| (c) Conor Macleod - Goldfinch |
Tuesday 13th December
Colin Varndell: Pheasant.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Meadow Pipit |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Winter Sunrise |
Wednesday 14th December
Colin Varndell: 3 Stonechat.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Stonechat |
Thursday 15th December
Mark Elsoffer: Golden Plover, 2 Goosander (16th record for site, last recorded 03/04/21, 142nd species for 2022) & 21 Mute Swan.
Din Burford: 4 Green Sandpiper, Snipe & Little Egret.
Colin Varndell: Nuthatch.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Goosander |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Golden Plover |
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| (c) Paul Fitchett - Starling |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Fox on Ice |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Nuthatch |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Snipe |
Friday 16th December
Mark Elsoffer: Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 12 Snipe, Little Egret & Nuthatch.
A huge thank you to the 20 volunteers who turned out for our work party today - 10 from Surrey Choices and 10 from our Friday Irregulars. We cut and burnt willow from the river and reed beds.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Golden Plover |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
Saturday 17th December
Mark Elsoffer: 4+ Green Sandpiper, 2 Jack Snipe, 15 Snipe, Goosander, Nuthatch & Cetti's Warbler.
Karen Cobbett: 3 Coal Tit, 15 Wigeon & Little Grebe.
A huge festive thank you to the 32 volunteers who turned out for our work party today. We managed to cut and burn a huge amount of willow! Thanks to Lord Len for again running the logistics. And to Andy & Sharon for the lovely baked potatoes and home made mince pies.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Winter Sunrise |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Lord Len |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Mark |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Work Party |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Fox on Ice |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Fox on Ice |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Goosander |
Sunday 18th December
Colin Varndell: Grey Wagtail.
Noel: Brambling (20th record for site).
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Grey Wagtail |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Song Thrush |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Wigeon |
Monday 19th December
No reports.
Tuesday 20th December
Peter Brown: 2 Green Sandpiper.
Alan Bird: Coal Tit, 2 Siskin & Cetti's Warbler.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Green Sandpiper |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Mallards |
Wednesday 21st December
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Sunset over the Meadow |
Thursday 22nd December
John Hunt: Green Sandpiper & 360 Lapwing.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Little Grebes |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - The Workings |
Friday 23rd December
Mark Elsoffer: 3 Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 500+ Lapwing, c200 Teal, 6 Little Grebe & Cetti's Warbler.
Alan Bird: Grey Wagtail.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Rive in Flood |
Saturday 24th December
Colin Varndell: Oystercatcher (over).
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Gadwall |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe |
Sunday 25th December
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Buzzard |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Pied Wagtail |
Monday 26th December
Sara Badger: Green Sandpiper.
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| (c) Wild Cam - Roe Deer |
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| (c) Wild Cam - Reed Bunting |
Tuesday 27th December
Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, c300 Lapwing, 17 Pochard, 6 Little Grebe & Cetti's Warbler.
Colin Varndell: Snipe.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Kestrel |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Tufted Duck |
Wednesday 28th December
No reports.
Thursday 29th December
Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 104 Gadwall, 17 Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Pheasant, Cetti's Warbler, Coal Tit, Lesser Redpoll, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail & Peregrine.
Richard Horton: Raven.
Colin Varndell: 436 Lapwing.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Green Sandpiper |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Black-headed Gull |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Lapwing |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Little Grebes |
Friday 30th December
Mark Elsoffer: 2 Green Sandpiper, 400+ Lapwing, 6 Little Grebe, 113 Teal, 17 Pochard & 13 Wigeon.
Saturday 31st December
No reports.
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