Calendars for Sale
Our 2025 calendars are now on sale. Featuring a selection of wonderful photos taken on site in 2024.
- £8 - collected from Richard Horton (by arrangement) or from work parties.
- £10 - delivered (by arrangement, local to Badshot Lea only).
- £12 - posted.
If you would like one delivered or posted, please email:
ticesmeadowshop@gmail.com
All proceeds go towards our work at Tice's Meadow Nature Reserve.
Rushmoor Community Lottery
We've launched our page on the Rushmoor Community Lottery. Tickets cost £1 per week - we will receive 50p per ticket (and other local good causes 10p). You could win up to £25,000! Scan the QR code below, or click this link to go to our page. Thank you for your support.
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.
Friday 1st November
Anon: Ring-necked Parakeet.
Myung-hye Chun: Pale Brittlestem - new species for site.
We had the great pleasure of hosting Councillor Mara Makunura, the Mayor of Rushmoor, at Tice’s Meadow Nature Reserve today.
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| (c) Mara Makunura - Mayor of Rushmoor & Mark |
We had the pleasure of hosting a group of 18 people from the Wokingham U3A Walks Into History Group this morning.
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| (c) Dina Burford - U3A Walk |
A big thank you to the 17 volunteers who spent today cutting and burning willow in the reedbeds, including the wonderful Surrey Choices Growth Team.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Volunteers & Growth Team |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Gadwall |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Robin |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Fox |
Saturday 2nd November
Oli: 47 Snipe.
Martin Pitt: Water Rail, 13 Pochard & 32 Rook.
Our Halloween Spooktacular was a great success today thanks to the hard work of Katie and her helpers. Wonderful to see so many local families and the Parkside kids enjoying a free event at their local nature reserve.
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| (c) Katie Wolfe - Halloween Spooktacular |
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| (c) Katie Wolfe - Halloween Spooktacular |
A huge thank you to the 24 volunteers who spent today cutting & burning willow in the reedbeds. As always, it was a delight to be working alongside a team from Surrey Choices, as well as local families, old faces, very old faces, & two new volunteers.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Work Party |
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| (c) Wild Cam - Misty Morning |
Sunday 3rd November
Colin Varndell: Little Egret.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Bullock |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Collared Dove |
Monday 4th November
Richard Horton: 3 Hawfinch (over, 4th record for site, 134th bird species for 2024).
Tuesday 5th November
Myung-hye Chun: Artist's Bracket, Bitter Oysterling, Wolf's Milk Slime Mould & Bog Beacon - new species for site.
Myung-hye Chun and Nicola from Bourne Conservation led an informal fungus foray this morning.
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Fungus Foragers |
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| (c) Myung-hye Chun - Blushing Bracket |
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| (c) Myung-hye Chun - Small Stagshorn |
Wednesday 6th November
Peter Brown: Pintail (male, 23rd record for site, 135th bird species for 2024).
Dina Burford: Snipe, Little Egret & 2 Pintail (pair) - 3 birds in total.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Tufted Ducks |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Grey Heron |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Pintail |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Snipe |
Thursday 7th November
Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Little Egret & Peregrine.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Lapwing |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Shoveler |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Green Woodpecker |
Friday 8th November
Mark Elsoffer: Little Egret.
A huge thank you to the 25 volunteers who spent this morning clearing willow from the reedbeds. A pleasure as always to be working alongside the amazing Surrey Choices Growth Team.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Cake for the Birthday Boy |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Richard Horton Surveys His Creation |
Saturday 9th November
No reports.
Sunday 10th November
No reports.
Monday 11th November
Colin Varndell: 2 Water Rail.
Dina Burford: Green Sandpiper & Peregrine.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Peregrine |
Tuesday 12th November
Colin Varndell: Little Egret & Grey Wagtail.
We were delighted to receive a Rushmoor Voluntary Services Recognition Award at the Rushmoor Voluntary Recognition Awards Ceremony on Tuesday. We are very grateful for all of the support and recognition our volunteers receive from Rushmoor Borough Council, Rushmoor Councillors, and other organisations in the borough.
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| (c) RVS - Clr Sophie Porter Receives our Award from the Mayor of Rushmoor |
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| (c) Ann Spencer - Autumn Leaves |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Grey Wagtail |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Fox |
Wednesday 13th November
Colin Varndell: Great White Egret (26th record for site).
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Great White Egret |
Thursday 14th November
Myung-hye Chun: Rough-stalked Feather-moss - new species for site.
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| (c) Myung-hye Chun - Sheathed Woodtuft |
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| (c) Myung-hye Chun - Fairy Inkcap |
Friday 15th November
A massive thank you to the 21 volunteers who spent today cutting willow in the reedbeds. As always, a pleasure to be working alongside the amazing Surrey Choices Growth Team.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Work Party |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Work Party |
Saturday 16th November
Richard Horton: 2 Green Sandpiper.
Colin Varndell: Zebra Finch (escape), Little Egret, Grey Wagtail & Chiffchaff.
Katie ran a session for the residents of Waverley Grange care home today, showing them how to make bird feeders, and hanging them in the garden.
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| (c) Waverley Grange - Bird Feeder Making |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Grey Wagtail |
Sunday 17th November
John Hunt: Green Sandpiper, Dartford Warbler, Stonechat & Peregrine.
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| (c) John Hunt - Dartford Warbler |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Peregrine |
Monday 18th November
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| (c) Dina Burford - Lapwing |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Song Thrush |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Red Kites |
Tuesday 19th November
No reports.
Wednesday 20th November
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Frosty Sunrise |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Greenfinch |
Thursday 21st November
Mark Elsoffer: Water Rail.
We had the pleasure of giving a guided tour to Councillor Sallie Barker, the Mayor of Guildford, and Councillor Matt Furniss today.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Black-headed Gull |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Little Grebe |
Friday 22nd November
Roger Dickey: Little Bunting (caught & ringed. 2nd record for site. 136th bird species for 2024).
Mark Elsoffer: 15 Snipe.
Myung-hye Chun: Capillary Thread-moss, Pink-fruited Thread-moss, Thickpoint Grimmia & Pointed Spear-moss - new species for site.
A huge thank you to the 19 volunteers who spent today cutting and burning willow in the reedbeds. A pleasure as always to be joined by the wonderful Surrey Choices Growth Team.
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(c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party
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| (c) Dina Burford - Little Bunting |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Little Bunting |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Song Thrush |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Blackbird |
Saturday 23rd November
No reports.
Sunday 24th November
Richard Seargent: 100 Teal, 53 Cormorant & Kingfisher.
Monday 25th November
Richard Horton: Great White Egret (27th record for site).
Myung-hye Chun: Conical Brittlestem - new species for site.
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| (c) Myung-hye Chun - Conical Brittlestem |
Tuesday 26th November
Peter Brown: 3 Green Sandpiper.
Colin Varndell: Kingfisher & Chiffchaff.
Colin Varndell: Red Admiral.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Chiffchaff |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Shoveler |
Wednesday 27th November
No reports.
Thursday 28th November
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Wren |
Friday 29th November
Dina Burford: Peregrine.
Drew Davison: 2 Goldcrest & Treecreeper.
Myung-hye Chun: Bark Bonnet, Goldleaf Shield, Orange Mosscap, Dwarf Bell & Megapolitan Feather-moss - new species for site.
A massive thank you to the 15 volunteers who attended our work party today. We cut and burnt a large amount of willow from the reedbeds. As always, a pleasure to be working alongside the Surrey Choices Growth Team.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Rutted Track |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Peregrine |
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| (c) Myung-hye Chun - Goldleaf Shield |
Saturday 30th November
Mark Elsoffer: Kingfisher & Chiffchaff.
Colin Varndell: Brimstone.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Roe Deer |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Reedbeds |
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