Friday, 31 January 2025

January

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.

https://www.rushmoorlottery.co.uk/support/tices-meadow-bird-group


Volunteer Work Parties

Surrey County Council are now running all volunteer work parties at Tice's Meadow. The next one will be held on Saturday 1st February. When we have a programme of future dates we will publicise them here.

Meanwhile, Friday irregular work parties continue - contact us to be added to the WhatsApp group.


Wednesday 1st January

No reports.

Thursday 2nd January

Stephen Kirby: 4 Redshank, Snipe, 50 Lapwing, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Raven & 4 Great Black-backed Gull.

(c) Colin Varndell - Sunrise over the Silt Pond

Friday 3rd January

Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper & Red-breasted Goose (escape).

Colin Varndell: Dartford Warbler.

(c) Colin Varndell - Reed Bunting

(c) Colin Varndell - Stonechat

(c) Dina Burford - Red-breasted Goose

Saturday 4th January

Rich Ment: Water Rail, Chiffchaff & Treecreeper.

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & Dartford Warbler (?).

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret

(c) Colin Varndell - Dunnock

(c) Colin Varndell - Bullfinch

Sunday 5th January

(c) Cat Lawton - Flooded Track

Monday 6th January

(c) Colin Varndell - Flooded Hide

(c) Colin Varndell - Workings & Silt Pond Flood Path

Tuesday 7th January

(c) Colin Varndell - Long-tailed Tit

(c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch

(c) Colin Varndell - Bullfinch

Wednesday 8th January

(c) Colin Varndell - Robin

Thursday 9th January

Richard Horton: Green Sandpiper, Jack Snipe & Dartford Warbler.

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Grebe

(c) Colin Varndell - Mute Swan

(c) Colin Varndell - Long-tailed Tit

Friday 10th January

Mark Elsoffer: 2 Green Sandpiper & 10 Snipe.

A massive thank you to the 14 volunteers who attended the work party today, including the wonderful Surrey Choices Growth Team. We cut down a prodigious amount of willow, opening up a new area of reedbed. 

(c) Colin Varndell - Work Party

(c) Colin Varndell - Work Party

(c) Colin Varndell - Jay

(c) Dina Burford - Frosty Morning

(c) Dina Burford - Frosty Morning

Saturday 11th January

Wild Cam: Green Sandpiper.

(c) Wild Cam - Roe Deer

(c) Wild Cam - Fox

(c) WIld Cam - Green Sandpiper

Sunday 12th January

M Scott: Green Sandpiper.

Monday 13th January

Richard Horton: Green Sandpiper.

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret

(c) Colin Varndell - Meadow Pipit

(c) Colin Varndell - Fox

Tuesday 14th January

Harry Lewis: Green Sandpiper & Snipe.

(c) Colin Varndell - Sunrise

Wednesday 15th January

Anon: 150 Lapwing, 11 Snipe & 2 Chiffchaff.

Thursday 16th January

Leonard Winchcombe: Great White Egret.

Richard Horton: Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe & 30 Pochard.

Colin Varndell: Chiffchaff.

(c) Colin Varndell - Lapwing

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret

Friday 17th January

Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, Snipe & Great White Egret.

Colin Varndell: Black Swan (escape).

Myung-hye Chun: Asterisk Lichen (Arthonia radiata), Orange Bonnet (Mycena acicula), and Chestnut Worm (Lumbricus castaneus) - all new species for site.

A huge thank you to the 23 volunteers who attended the work party today, including the amazing Surrey Choices Growth Team. We cleared a large amount of willow from the developing reedbed to the east of Horton’s Mound, & brush-cut the path up the mound.

(c) Gillian Bamford - Work Party

(c) Colin Varndell - Work Party

(c) Dina Burford - Great White Egret

(c) Dina Burford - Black Swan

Saturday 18th January

Anon: 2 Snipe & Water Rail.

Colin Varndell: 2 Chiffchaff & 2 Siskin.

(c) Colin Varndell - Chiffchaff

(c) Colin Varndell - Tufted Ducks

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret

Sunday 19th January

Ruben Cowley: 2 Snipe.

Richard Horton: Goosander.

Louise Farrell: Coal Tit.

(c) Louise Farrell - Snipe

Monday 20th January

Colin Varndell: Little Egret & Chiffchaff.

(c) Cat Lawton - Roe Deer

(c) Colin Varndell - Bullfinch

(c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch

Tuesday 21st January

No reports.

Wednesday 22nd January

Colin Varndell: Snipe & Goldcrest.

(c) Colin Varndell - Black-headed Gull

(c) Colin Varndell - Tufted Duck

(c) Colin Varndell - Snipe

Thursday 23rd January

(c) Kelly Wright - Lapwing

(c) Kelly Wright - Teal

(c) Colin Varndell - Collared Dove

(c) Colin Varndell - Redwing

Friday 24th January

Today's work party was cancelled due to the severe weather forecast.

(c) Colin Varndell - Lapwing

(c) Colin Varndell - Teal

(c) Colin Varndell - Robin

Saturday 25th January

Richard Seargent: Great White Egret.

Patrick Mooney: Treecreeper.

Dina Burford: 2 Snipe.

Colin Varndell: Siskin.

(c) Patrick Mooney - Treecreeper

(c) Dina Burford - Great White Egret

(c) Colin Varndell - Nuthatch

(c) Colin Varndell - Siskin

(c) Colin Varndell - Long-tailed Tit

Sunday 26th January

No reports.

Monday 27th January

(c) Colin Varndell - Teal and Gadwall

(c) Colin Varndell - Lapwing

(c) Colin Varndell - Flooded Path

Tuesday 28th January

No reports.

Wednesday 29th January

Richard Horton: Great White Egret.

Dina Burford: 2+ Siskin.

Anon: Great Black-backed Gull.

(c) Colin Varndell - Sunrise

(c) Dina Burford - Muddy Path

Thursday 30th January

Colin Varndell: Yellow-legged Gull.

D Bent: Green Sandpiper & Goosander.

(c) Colin Varndell - Tufted Duck

(c) Colin Varndell - Yellow-legged Gull

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Grebe

Friday 31st January

Unfortunately there was no work party today, despite being confirmed with the ranger two weeks ago, as Surrey County Council were unable to provide the staff to run one.

(c) Colin Varndell - Kestrel

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