Saturday, 30 November 2024

November

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.

(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.

(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. 

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Volunteers & Growth Team

(c) Colin Varndell - Gadwall

(c) Colin Varndell - Robin

(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.

(c) Katie Wolfe - Halloween Spooktacular

(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.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party

(c) Dina Burford - Work Party

(c) Wild Cam - Misty Morning

Sunday 3rd November

Colin Varndell: Little Egret.

(c) Colin Varndell - Bullock

(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.

(c) Gillian Bamford - Fungus Foragers

(c) Myung-hye Chun - Blushing Bracket

(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.

(c) Colin Varndell - Tufted Ducks

(c) Colin Varndell - Grey Heron

(c) Dina Burford - Pintail

(c) Dina Burford - Snipe

Thursday 7th November

Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Little Egret & Peregrine.

(c) Dina Burford - Lapwing

(c) Colin Varndell - Shoveler

(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. 

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party

(c) Dina Burford - Cake for the Birthday Boy

(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.

(c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail

(c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail

(c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail

(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.

(c) RVS - Clr Sophie Porter Receives our Award from the Mayor of Rushmoor

(c) Ann Spencer - Autumn Leaves

(c) Colin Varndell - Grey Wagtail

(c) Colin Varndell - Fox

Wednesday 13th November

Colin Varndell: Great White Egret (26th record for site).

(c) Colin Varndell - Great White Egret

Thursday 14th November

Myung-hye Chun: Rough-stalked Feather-moss - new species for site.

(c) Myung-hye Chun - Sheathed Woodtuft

(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. 

(c) Colin Varndell - Work Party

(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.

(c) Waverley Grange - Bird Feeder Making

(c) Colin Varndell - Great Spotted Woodpecker

(c) Colin Varndell - Grey Wagtail

Sunday 17th November

John Hunt: Green Sandpiper, Dartford Warbler, Stonechat & Peregrine.

(c) John Hunt - Dartford Warbler

(c) Dina Burford - Peregrine

Monday 18th November

(c) Dina Burford - Lapwing

(c) Colin Varndell - Song Thrush

(c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch

(c) Colin Varndell - Red Kites

Tuesday 19th November

No reports.

Wednesday 20th November

(c) Colin Varndell - Frosty Sunrise

(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.

(c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch

(c) Colin Varndell - Black-headed Gull

(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.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party

(c) Dina Burford - Little Bunting

(c) Dina Burford - Little Bunting

(c) Colin Varndell - Song Thrush

(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.

(c) Myung-hye Chun - Conical Brittlestem

Tuesday 26th November

Peter Brown: 3 Green Sandpiper.

Colin Varndell: Kingfisher & Chiffchaff.

Colin Varndell: Red Admiral.

(c) Colin Varndell - Chiffchaff

(c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch

(c) Colin Varndell - Shoveler

Wednesday 27th November

No reports.

Thursday 28th November

(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. 

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party

(c) Dina Burford - Rutted Track

(c) Dina Burford - Peregrine

(c) Myung-hye Chun - Goldleaf Shield

Saturday 30th November

Mark Elsoffer: Kingfisher & Chiffchaff.

Colin Varndell: Brimstone.

(c) Dina Burford - Roe Deer

(c) Dina Burford - Reedbeds


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