Saturday, 31 August 2024

August

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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 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.

(c) John Hunt - Chiffchaff

(c) Colin Varndell - Green Woodpecker

(c) Jon Hawkins - Dock Bug

(c) Jon Hawkins - Fox Cub

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Ruddy Darter

Friday 2nd August

(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.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Friends of Normandy Wildlife

(c) Dina Burford - Common Lizard

(c) Dina Burford - Great Crested Grebe Family

(c) Colin Varndell - Nuthatch

(c) Colin Varndell - Great Spotted Woodpecker

Sunday 4th August

P Davies: Green Sandpiper.

(c) Wild Cam - Emperor

(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.

(c) Katie Wolfe - Rock Painting

(c) Katie Wolfe - Painted Rocks

(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.

(c) John Hunt - Black-tailed Godwits

(c) John Hunt - Hobby

(c) Colin Varndell - Kingfisher

Thursday 8th August

(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.

(c) Roger Dickey - Sedge Warbler

(c) Colin Varndell - Frog

(c) Colin Varndell - Reed Warbler

(c) Dina Burford - Wildflowers

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Small Red-eyed Damselfly

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darter

(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.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party

(c) Dina Burford - Black-tailed Godwit

Sunday 11th August

(c) Gillian Bamford - Comma

(c) Colin Varndell - Bullock

(c) Colin Varndell - Cetti's Warbler

(c) Melanie Nicholls - Willow Emerald Damselfly

(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.

(c) Jill Holliday - Common Darter

(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.

(c) Katie Wolfe - River Dippers

(c) Katie Wolfe - Bug Hotel Making

(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.

(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.

(c) John Hunt - Hobby chased by Common Tern

(c) Dina Burford - Greenshank

Friday 16th August

Leonard Winchcombe: Greenshank.

Thanks to Roger and his team for ringing at the feeding station this morning.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Ruddy Darter

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darter

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Willow Emerald

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Southern Hawker

(c) Roger Dickey - Juvenile Robin

(c) Dina Burford - Blue Tit

(c) Colin Varndell - Reed Warbler feeding Young

Saturday 17th August

Leonard Winchcombe: Greenshank.

Mark Elsoffer: 3 Hobby & Peregrine.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Ruddy Darter

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Willow Emerald

(c) Dina Burford - Greenshank

(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.

(c) Katie Wolfe - Newsround Filming

(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.

(c) Jess Gibbings - Clay Modelling

Wednesday 21st August

Colin Varndell: Muntjac.

(c) Colin Varndell - Colour-ringed Robin AB

(c) Colin Varndell - Brown Hawker

(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.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Yateley & District U3A

(c) Dina Burford - Greenshank

(c) Dina Burford - Ringed Plover

Friday 23rd August

Mark Elsoffer: 2 Greenshank, Swift & 2 Hobby.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Ruddy Darter

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darters

(c) Dina Burford - Greenshank

(c) Dina Burford - Grey Heron eating Marsh Frog

(c) Colin Varndell - Migrant Hawkers

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret

Saturday 24th August

Grim Styles: White Stork (over).

(c) Colin Varndell - House Martins

Sunday 25th August

Mark Elsoffer: Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank & 2 Hobby.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Southern Hawker

(c) Dina Burford - Greenshank

(c) Dina Burford - Hobby

Monday 26th August

Graham Clarke: 3 Greenshank & Hobby.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Common Darter

(c) Dina Burford - Greenshank

(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).

(c) John Hunt - Great White Egret

(c) Sara Badger - Greenshank

(c) Dina Burford - Green Sandpipers

(c) Colin Varndell - Common Darters

(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.

(c) Katie Wolfe - River Dippers

(c) John Hunt - Hobby

(c) John Hunt - Hobby

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Migrant Hawkers

(c) Jon Hawkins - Cormorants

(c) Jon Hawkins - Swift

(c) Dina Burford - Brown Hawker

(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).

(c) Gillian Bamford - Speckled Wood

(c) Gillian Bamford - Sharp-tailed Bee Species

(c) Colin Varndell - The Meadow


Saturday 31st August

Simon Stacey: 2 Greenshank, 2 Snipe, Hobby & Goshawk.

Anon: Arctic Tern (37th record for site).




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