BioBlitz
We're holding our annual BioBlitz (after a two year break due to the pandemic) on Saturday 2nd July.
Please do come along to this free, fun, family-friendly event.
Wednesday 1st June
Peter Brown: 2 Dunlin & Little Ringed Plover.
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Male Azure Damselfly |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Male Common Blue Damselfly |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Roe Deer with Fawn |
Thursday 2nd June
Mark Elsoffer: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret, 6 Lapwing, Kingfisher & Goshawk.
Mark Elsoffer: Large Skipper - first of the year.
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| (c) Ralph Clark - Common Tern |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Swift |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe |
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| (c) Alan David Taylor - Male Banded Demoiselle |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Male Common Blue Damselfly |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Roe Deer & Fawns |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Large Skipper |
Friday 3rd June
Mark Elsoffer: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Raven & Hobby.
Swifts were once again seen entering and leaving the side nest boxes on the Swift Tower this afternoon.
Mark Elsoffer: Common Darter - first of the year.
Melanie Nicholls: Spined Mason Bee (Osmia spinulosa) & Orange-belted Leafwalker (Xylota segnis) - new for site.
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| (c) Melanie Nicholls - Scorpion Fly |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Red-veined Darter |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Freshly Emerged Damselfly |
Saturday 4th June
Gordon Wyatt: Black-tailed Skimmer - first of the year.
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| (c) Gordon Wyatt - Immature Male Black-tailed Skimmer |
Sunday 5th June
Don Lemmon: Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing & Little Egret.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Banded Demoiselle |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Mallard Family |
Monday 6th June
Kevin Duncan: 3 Dunlin & 3 Ringed Plover.
Tuesday 7th June
John Hunt: Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Lapwing, Little Egret & 2 Cetti's Warbler.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Black-headed Gull Chicks |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Azure Damselfly |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Common Blue Damselfly |
Wednesday 8th June
Richard Horton: Redshank.
Paul Bamford: Meadow Brown - first of the year.
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| (c) Paul Bamford - Small Skipper |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Juvenile Robin |
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| (c) Paul Wilkinson - Pyramidal Orchid |
Thursday 9th June
Mark Elsoffer: Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 8 Lapwing, Little Egret, 2 Skylark (acting like they were near a nest), 6 Sand Martin & c30 Swift.
Sean Foote: Two-girdled Digger Wasp (Agrogorytes mystaceus), Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentotoma rufipes), Welsh Chafer (Hoplia philanthus) and Golden-tailed Leafwalker (Xylota sylvarum) - new species for site.
Swifts were seen leaving the Swift Tower this morning.
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| (c) John Hunt - House Sparrow |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Roe Deer with Fawn |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Male Azure Damselfly |
Friday 10th June
Mark Elsoffer: 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret, Mediterranean Gull & 30 Swift.
We had the pleasure of leading a walk for 30 members of 101st Church Crookham Beavers this evening. They completed a scavenger hunt, got to meet two PCSOs, saw some screaming swifts, and found a young Grass Snake.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Beaver Visit |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Song Thrush |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Mute Swan |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Painted Lady |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Female Emperor |
Saturday 11th June
Colin Varndell: Cetti's Warbler.
Five very healthy young Kestrels were checked and ringed at the Kiln this morning, supervised by a licensed bird ringer.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Kestrels Being Ringed |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Kestrels Being Ringed |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Cetti's Warbler |
Sunday 12th June
We had a great day at the Hampton Estate's Open Farm Sunday today, running a bird ringing demo, showing off last night's moths, and providing information about our nature reserve to around 2,000 members of the public.
Monday 13th June
Dina Burford: Little Ringed Plover.
Clare Dell: Downy Emerald - 2nd record for site, after two in June 2020.
Some wonderful footage of Swifts using our Swift Tower, shot by Josh Guyan this morning.
Tuesday 14th June
Dina Burford: Little Ringed Plover & Redshank.
Paul Bamford: Marbled White - first of the year.
Dina Burford: Lesser Emperor - first of the year.
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Pyramidal Orchid |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Azure Damselflies |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Lesser Emperor |
Wednesday 15th June
John Hunt: Green Sandpiper.
Dina Burford: Little Ringed Plover.
Dina Burford: Downy Emerald.
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| (c) Paul Bamford - Mother Shipton's Moth |
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| (c) Paul Bamford - Small Heath |
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| (c) Paul Mannering - Blackcap |
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| (c) Paul Habgood - Common Blue Damselflies |
Thursday 16th June
Mark Elsoffer: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Lapwing & 2 Cetti's Warbler.
Two young Swifts were seen looking out of a nest hole on the Swift Tower today.
We had the pleasure of showing 21 members of 12th Farnham Cubs around site this evening.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Cub Visit |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Male Black-tailed Skimmer |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Marsh Frog |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Female Emperor |
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| (c) David Gosnell - Painted Lady |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Bee Orchid |
Friday 17th June
Dina Burford: Marsh Bedstraw (Galium palustre) - new for site.
Mark Elsoffer: Downy Emerald & mating Lesser Emperors.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Banded Demoiselle |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Marbled White |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Grey Wagtail |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Female Emperor Ovipositing |
Saturday 18th June
Kevin Duncan: Redshank.
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Damselfly |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Mint Moth |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Toadlet |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Fox |
Sunday 19th June
Richard Seargent: Swan Goose (escape).
We were honoured to host the Army Ornithological Society as part of their AGM weekend this morning.
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| (c) John Hunt - Pyramidal Orchid |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - AOS Visit |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Comma |
Monday 20th June
John Hunt: Dunlin.
Dina Burford: Little Ringed Plover.
Kevin Duncan: Black Tern (1st summer, 13th record for site, last recorded 10/09/21).
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| (c) John Hunt - Marbled White |
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| (c) John Hunt - Reed Bunting |
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| (c) Kevin Duncan - Black Tern |
Tuesday 21st June
Dina Burford: Little Ringed Plover.
We were pleased to host 5th Farnborough (Cranes) Cubs on their annual visit to Tice's Meadow tonight.
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| (c) Richard Seargent - Cub Visit |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Common Tern |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Egyptian Goose vs Black-headed Gull |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Large Skipper |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Marbled White |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Painted Lady |
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| (c) Keith Leman - Emperor |
Wednesday 22nd June
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| (c) David Gosnell - Common Blue Damselflies |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Fox |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Tufted Duck |
Thursday 23rd June
Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, 9 Little Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 18 Swift & Barn Owl.
Mark Elsoffer: Willow Emerald - new for site. 27th species of odonata recorded on site.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Female Beautiful Demoiselle |
Friday 24th June
Mark Elsoffer: 6 Little Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwing, Little Egret, 50 Swift, 12 Swallow, 20 House Martin & Hobby.
Mark Elsoffer: Ringlet - first of the year.
The remaining two Kestrels fledged today.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Ringlet |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Male Common Blue Damselfly |
Saturday 25th June
Richard Seargent: 6 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret & 2 Cett's Warbler.
The first Common Tern eggs have hatched on the Sand Martin Bank roof.
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| (c) Jonathan Durham - Juvenile Kestrels |
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| (c) Andy Glencross - Blue-tailed Damselfly |
Sunday 26th June
Richard Seargent: 2 Little Ringed Plover & Little Egret.
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| (c) Gav Thane - Fox |
Monday 27th June
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| (c) Jonathan Durham - Juvenile Kestrels |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Fox |
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| (c) Gav Thane - Egyptian Goose |
Tuesday 28th June
Kevin Duncan: Redshank.
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Swift |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Swift |
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| (c) Jonathan Durham - Kestrel |
Wednesday 29th June
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Roe Deer with Fawns |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Roe Deer with Fawns |
Thursday 30th June
John Hunt: 6 Little Ringed Plover.
Jort McBrough: Peregrine.
Dina Burford: 2 Little Egret.
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| (c) John Hunt - Painted Lady |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Nesting Black-headed Gulls on a Tern Raft |
