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Surrey County Council are now running all volunteer work parties at Tice's Meadow - see below for details,
Saturday 1st March
Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Water Rail & Chiffchaff.
Colin Varndell: Redwing.
Thanks to the five volunteers who attended the council led work party today. Unfortunately, five is probably the lowest number of volunteers we have attracted to a work party on site. The council have decided to hold no more Saturday work parties until September, but we will be meeting every other Friday.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Redwing |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Goldcrest |
Sunday 2nd March
Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, Water Rail, 76 Shoveler & Chiffchaff.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Chiffchaff |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Meadow Pipit |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Grey Wagtail |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Lesser Celandine |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Spring Snowflake |
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| (c) Bill Russell - Bunter the Robin |
Monday 3rd March
No reports.
Tuesday 4th March
Colin Varndell: Black Redstart (7th record for site).
Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe & Chiffchaff.
Richard Horton: Coal Tit.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Black Redstart |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Black Redstart |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Starling |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Cormorant |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Great Crested Grebe |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Mallards |
Wednesday 5th March
Anon (Bird Guides): Black Redstart.
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Misty Great Crested Grebe |
Thursday 6th March
Jon Hawkins: Green Sandpiper.
Glenn Carmichael: 20 Wigeon.
Anon: Chiffchaff.
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Jon's Set-up |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Green Sandpiper |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Great Crested Grebes |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Great Crested Grebes |
Friday 7th March
Thanks to the 22 volunteers who attended today’s work party. We continued the dead hedge along the river, litter picked the river & re-fitted the Barn Owl box door by Ray’s Gap. A pleasure to be working alongside the Surrey Choices Growth Team.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Work Party |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Work Party |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Work Party |
We were delighted to receive a guided tour of Brickfields Nature Reserve today. We donated 15 nestboxes to Brickfields from our recent Buildathon, and gave them some advice on the best places to put them. We also discussed biodiversity recording, and potential future joint work parties.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Brickfields Visit |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Toad |
Saturday 8th March
Richard Horton: Dartford Warbler & Yellowhammer (34th record for site, first since 29/04/23).
Colin Varndell: Water Rail.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Shoveler |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Red Kite |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail |
Sunday 9th March
Peter Brown: 2 Chiffchaff.
Colin Varndell: 2 Water Rail.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Wood Anemone |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Egyptian Goose |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Canada Goose |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Black-headed Gull |
Monday 10th March
Peter Brown: Chiffchaff.
Tuesday 11th March
No reports.
Wednesday 12th March
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Tufted Duck |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Tufted Duck |
Thursday 13th March
Mark Elsoffer: Ring-necked Parakeet.
Colin Varndell: Water Rail, Treecreeper, Redwing & Yellow-legged Gull.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Redwing |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Yellow-legged Gull |
Friday 14th March
Mark Elsoffer: 2 Lapwing, 6 Redwing & Ring-necked Parakeet.
Colin Varndell: Water Rail.
Mark Elsoffer: Orange-tip.
Myung-hye Chun: A Slime Mould (Badhamia macrocarpa) & Oak Blackhead (Diatrypella quercina) - new species for site.
A huge thank you to the 21 volunteers, including the Surrey Choices Growth Team, who spent today litter picking the nature reserve, river & edges of the housing estate.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - A Truck Load of Rubbish |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Volunteers |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Grey Wagtail |
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| (c) Myung-hye Chun - Slow Worm |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Red Kite |
Saturday 15th March
Peter Brown: Snipe.
Sunday 16th March
No reports.
Monday 17th March
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| (c) Dina Burford - Coltsfoot |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Teal |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Robin |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret |
Tuesday 18th March
Jon Hawkins: Snipe.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Red Admiral |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Sparrowhawk |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Reedbeds |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Mute Swans |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Tufted Duck |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Black-headed Gull |
Wednesday 19th March
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Mute Swans |
Thursday 20th March
Mark Elsoffer: 6 Snipe, 3 Lapwing & 6 Chiffchaff.
Colin Varndell: Water Rail.
Mark Elsoffer: Brimstone, Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell.
Murray Nurse: Comma.
10 members of Hartley Wintney U3A enjoyed a walk around site today.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Reed Bunting |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Grey Wagtail |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - U3A Walk |
Friday 21st March
Noel Silver: 2 Spoonbill (8th record for site, first since 29/05/22).
D Hunter / C Jones: Green Sandpiper & 2 Sand Martin (first of the year).
Mark Elsoffer: 4 Snipe.
Stephen Casson: 4 Redwing.
A big thank you to the 8 volunteers who spent today litter picking the eastern end of the nature reserve today. Another truck load of rubbish removed, including old tree protectors, disintegrated reptile mats, a bar stool, and the lid off of the tea kit that got lost during the tornado!
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Another Truck Load of Rubbish |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Spoonbills |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Cowslips |
Saturday 22nd March
Richard Horton: Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 2 Snipe & Rook.
Peter Brown: 4 Lapwing.
Sunday 23rd March
Kit Britten: Snipe & Lapwing.
Monday 24th March
S Brownhill: Shelduck & 3 Sand Martin.
Peter Brown: Lapwing & 30 Wigeon.
Tuesday 25th March
No reports.
Wednesday 26th March
Colin Varndell: Water Rail.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Green Woodpecker |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Comma |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Small Tortoiseshell |
Thursday 27th March
No reports.
Friday 28th March
Mark Elsoffer: Great Black-backed Gull.
A massive thank you to the 22 volunteers who attended the work party today, including the wonderful Surrey Choices Growth Team. We cut back along the path on the island under the powerlines to improve access & try and create some glades for butterflies.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Oliver Hamblin - Peacock |
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| (c) Victor Sulakvelidze - Blue Tit |
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| (c) Victor Sulakvelidze - Red Kite |
Saturday 29th March
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Partial Solar Eclipse |
Sunday 30th March
Mark Elsoffer: 2 Lapwing, 6 Wigeon, 2 Common Gull, Wheatear (first of year), Stonechat & 8 Red Kite.
Anon: Snipe.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Wheatear |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Violets |
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| (c) Bill Russell - Robin "AB" |
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| (c) Melanie Nicholls - Comma |
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| (c) Melanie Nicholls - Oak Gall |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Sunrise |
Monday 31st March
Colin Varndell: Water Rail & Wheatear.
Richard Horton: 2 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Coal Tit & Swallow (first of year).
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Peacock |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Greylag Goose |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Water Rail |
