Thursday 1st August
Mark Elsoffer: Osprey (21st record for site. 127th bird species for year).
John Hunt: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 26 Lapwing & 6 Little Egret.
Jo & Colin Drummond: Curlew, 4 Pochard, Yellow-legged Gull & Treecreeper.
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| (c) John Hunt - Chiffchaff |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Green Woodpecker |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Dock Bug |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Fox Cub |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Ruddy Darter |
Friday 2nd August
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| (c) John Hunt - Common Tern |
Saturday 3rd August
We had the great pleasure of leading a guided walk for 9 members of Friends of Normandy Wildlife this morning.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Friends of Normandy Wildlife |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Common Lizard |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Great Crested Grebe Family |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Nuthatch |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Great Spotted Woodpecker |
Sunday 4th August
P Davies: Green Sandpiper.
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| (c) Wild Cam - Emperor |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Sparrowhawk |
Monday 5th August
No reports.
Tuesday 6th August
Richard Horton: 2 Common Sandpiper & 3 Green Sandpiper.
A number of families enjoyed a rock painting session this morning - part of our programme of free kids activities during the school holidays.
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| (c) Katie Wolfe - Rock Painting |
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| (c) Katie Wolfe - Painted Rocks |
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| (c) Andrew Platt - Red-tipped Clearwing |
Wednesday 7th August
John Hunt: Green Sandpiper, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Lapwing, 5 Little Egret & Hobby.
Colin Varndell: Kingfisher.
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| (c) John Hunt - Black-tailed Godwits |
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| (c) John Hunt - Hobby |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Kingfisher |
Thursday 8th August
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| (c) John Hunt - Wasp Spider |
Friday 9th August
Dina Burford: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper & Little Grebe.
Thanks to Roger and his team for ringing in the reedbeds this morning.
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| (c) Roger Dickey - Sedge Warbler |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Frog |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Reed Warbler |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Wildflowers |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Small Red-eyed Damselfly |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darter |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darter |
Saturday 10th August
Dina Burford: 3 Common Sandpiper & Black-tailed Godwit.
Thank you to the 20 volunteers who attended our work party today, including the wonderful Surrey Choices Growth Team and a team from Buxton Building Contractors. We litter picked, cut back along the paths, did some maintenance to the feeding station & shelter, and hid the kids painted pebbles. Great work everyone.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Black-tailed Godwit |
Sunday 11th August
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Comma |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Bullock |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Cetti's Warbler |
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| (c) Melanie Nicholls - Willow Emerald Damselfly |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darter |
Monday 12th August
John Hunt: 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank (128th bird species for year), Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Lapwing & 8 Little Egret.
Richard Horton: 3 Common Sandpiper.
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| (c) Jill Holliday - Common Darter |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Migrant Hawker |
Tuesday 13th August
Leonard Winchcombe: 5 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 4 Greenshank & 2 Snipe.
Richard Horton: 2 Common Sandpiper.
A number of families enjoyed river dipping this morning, and bug hotel making this afternoon - part of our programme of free kids activities.
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| (c) Katie Wolfe - River Dippers |
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| (c) Katie Wolfe - Bug Hotel Making |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Reed Warbler |
Wednesday 14th August
John Hunt: 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Lapwing, 7 Snipe & 9 Little Egret.
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| (c) John Hunt - Black-tailed Godwits |
Thursday 15th August
John Hunt: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 6 Little Egret & Hobby.
Mark Elsoffer: 2 Swift.
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| (c) John Hunt - Hobby chased by Common Tern |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Greenshank |
Friday 16th August
Leonard Winchcombe: Greenshank.
Thanks to Roger and his team for ringing at the feeding station this morning.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Ruddy Darter |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darter |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Willow Emerald |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Southern Hawker |
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| (c) Roger Dickey - Juvenile Robin |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Blue Tit |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Reed Warbler feeding Young |
Saturday 17th August
Leonard Winchcombe: Greenshank.
Mark Elsoffer: 3 Hobby & Peregrine.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Ruddy Darter |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Willow Emerald |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Greenshank |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Rabbit |
Sunday 18th August
Richard Horton: Greenshank.
Anon: Marsh Harrier (18th record for site).
Monday 19th August
A group of kids from our activities club visited Chobham Common today to meet the Surrey Wildlife Trust rangers and be filmed by BBC Newsround.
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| (c) Katie Wolfe - Newsround Filming |
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| (c) Katie Wolfe - Newsround Filming |
Tuesday 20th August
A number of families enjoyed our free kids activities today - clay modelling this morning and plant rubbing this afternoon.
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| (c) Jess Gibbings - Clay Modelling |
Wednesday 21st August
Colin Varndell: Muntjac.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Colour-ringed Robin AB |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Brown Hawker |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Muntjac |
Thursday 22nd August
Mark Elsoffer: Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2 Greenshank & 12+ Swift.
Richard Horton: Common Sandpiper.
We had the pleasure of leading a guided walk for 9 members of Yateley & District U3A Birding Group today.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Yateley & District U3A |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Greenshank |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Ringed Plover |
Friday 23rd August
Mark Elsoffer: 2 Greenshank, Swift & 2 Hobby.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Ruddy Darter |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darters |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Greenshank |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Grey Heron eating Marsh Frog |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Migrant Hawkers |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret |
Saturday 24th August
Grim Styles: White Stork (over).
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| (c) Colin Varndell - House Martins |
Sunday 25th August
Mark Elsoffer: Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank & 2 Hobby.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Southern Hawker |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Greenshank |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Hobby |
Monday 26th August
Graham Clarke: 3 Greenshank & Hobby.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darter |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Greenshank |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Swift |
Tuesday 27th August
Murray Nurse: 2 Greenshank, Raven, Swift & 2 Hobby.
Wednesday 28th August
John Hunt: 3 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 8 Snipe, Great White Egret (25th record for site, 129th bird species for year) & Garganey (15th record for site).
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| (c) John Hunt - Great White Egret |
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| (c) Sara Badger - Greenshank |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Green Sandpipers |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Common Darters |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Fox |
Thursday 29th August
John Hunt: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank & Garganey.
Dina Burford: 2 Ringed Plover.
Noel Silver: 2 Wigeon.
Mark Elsoffer: 3 Hobby.
Jon Hawkins: 2 Swift.
Our final kids activity of the summer holidays was a great success. The kids caught 74 fish, 30 water scorpions, 6 frogs, 2 great diving beetles & a newt. Well done Katie, Abbie & Jess for running the summer programme of free activities.
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| (c) Katie Wolfe - River Dippers |
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| (c) John Hunt - Hobby |
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| (c) John Hunt - Hobby |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Migrant Hawkers |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Cormorants |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Swift |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Brown Hawker |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Garganey |
Friday 30th August
Richard Horton: Green Sandpiper & Greenshank.
Myung-hye Chun: Brown Hairstreak (second found by Paul Bamford. Both egg laying).
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Speckled Wood |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Sharp-tailed Bee Species |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - The Meadow |
Saturday 31st August
Simon Stacey: 2 Greenshank, 2 Snipe, Hobby & Goshawk.
Anon: Arctic Tern (37th record for site).
