Tuesday 17 August 2021

Tuesday 20th April to Monday 31st May

Your Fund Surrey

We have registered with Surrey County Council's Your Fund Surrey scheme for a grant of between £250,000 and £1,000,000. If successful, we will use the funds to purchase Tice's Meadow Nature Reserve and place it in trust (or similar) for the benefit of the local community.

A detailed business case has to be submitted if we proceed to the next stage. In the meantime, we are asking all of our supporters to show their support by clicking the link below and "liking" our project:

https://yourfundsurreymap.commonplace.is/comments/5fb2e7df0f3933b6444863cb

 


Tuesday 20th April

Colin Varndell: 3 Wheatear.

Anon: 2 Mediterranean Gull.

(c) Colin Varndell - Grey Heron and Wheatear

(c) Dina Burford - Wheatear


Wednesday 21st April

Kevin Duncan: Common Sandpiper (first of year).

John Hunt: 3 Common Tern & 4 Whitethroat.

(c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe

(c) Dina Burford - Common Terns


Thursday 22nd April

Kevin Duncan: Oystercatcher (first of year) & Osprey (13th for site).

Peter Brown: Hobby (first of year).

Oli: White Stork (probable reintroduced bird).

Richard Horton: 2 Reed Warbler (first of year).

Mark Elsoffer: 6 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 6 Swallow, 12 Sand Martin & Peregrine.

12th Farnham Beavers enjoyed a guided tour of site this evening.

(c) Jill Lamb - White Stork

(c) Jon Hawkins - Common Tern

(c) Richard Bavin - Mallard Family


Friday 23rd April

Richard Seargent: Swift (first of year).

Kevin Duncan: Mandarin (drake, first of year, 7th for site).

Mark Elsoffer: 6 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, 3 Reed Warbler & Raven.

First Canada Geese eggs hatch.

(c) Jason Davies - Sand Martin

(c) Jon Hawkins - Buzzard

(c) Jon Hawkins - Coot

(c) Jon Hawkins - Fox Cub

(c) Jon Hawkins - Stonechat



Saturday 24th April

Mark Elsoffer: Common Sandpiper, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Wigeon, Mediterranean Gull, 4 Reed Warbler, 60+ Swift & 2 Raven.

Anon: Snipe, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Stonechat & Peregrine.

(c) Jon Hawkins - Fox

(c) Jon Hawkins - Whitethroat


Sunday 25th April

John Hunt: Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Snipe, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 8+ Swift, 20+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 10+ Sand Martin & Hobby.

Dina Burford: Yellow Wagtail.

Richard Seargent: Wigeon.

(c) Colin Varndell - Mallards

(c) Dina Burford - Green-veined White

(c) Wild Cam - The Moon Over Tice's


Monday 26th April

Dina Burford: Greenshank (first of year).

Colin Varndell: Hobby.

Dave Baker: 2 Common Sandpiper.

Richard Horton: Yellow Wagtail.

(c) Dina Burford - Greenshank

(c) Colin Varndell - Hobby

(c) Richard Bavin - Bat Cave




Tuesday 27th April

Dina Burford: Whimbrel (first of year, 16th for site).

Anon: Common Sandpiper & Hobby.

(c) Dina Burford - Whimbrel



Wednesday 28th April

Dave Baker: Garden Warbler (first of year) Hobby..

Kevin Duncan: Greenshank & Wood Sandpiper (first of year, 24th for site).

Anon: 2 Little Ringed Plover & 2 Mediterranean Gull.

(c) Dina Burford - Little Ringed Plover


Thursday 29th April

Kevin Duncan: Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper & Black-tailed Godwit (first of year).

Mark Elsoffer: 6 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Wigeon, Pochard, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 400+ Sand Martin, 500+ House Martin, 50 Swallow & 10 Swift.

Anon: 2 Garden Warbler.

(c) John Hunt - Fox Cubs

(c) David Carlsson - Wood Sandpiper



Friday 30th April

Peter Brown: Whinchat (first of year).

Mark Elsoffer: 5 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 6 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Wigeon, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow Wagtail, 300+ Sand Martin, 300+ House Martin, 70+ Swallow & 50+ Swift.

Dina Burford: 2 Stonechat.

Anon: Greenshank, Sedge Warbler & 2 more Yellow Wagtail.

(c) Jason Davies - Little Egret



Saturday 1st May

Gavin: 2 Lesser Whitethroat (first of year).

Kit Britten: Common SandpiperWood Sandpiper & 2 Little Ringed Plover.

Dave Baker: 2 Lapwing, 10 Little Grebe, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Garden Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 50+ Swift & Ring-necked Parakeet (15th for site).

Dina Burford: Stonechat.

(c) Dina Burford - Stonechat

(c) Gillian Bamford - Garden Warbler


Sunday 2nd May

John Hunt: Garden Warbler.

Mark Bravery: Little Ringed Plover & 30+ Swift.

Mark Elsoffer: 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egret, Stonechat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Hobby & Peregrine.

Anon: Lesser Whitethroat & Wheatear.

(c) Dina Burford - Great Tit Nesting in the Shelter

(c) Simon Monk - Mallard Family

(c) Wild Cam - Roe Deer


Monday 3rd May

Mark Elsoffer: 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Hobby & 100s of screaming Swifts.



Tuesday 4th May

Dina Burford: 2 Little Egret.

(c) Dina Burford - Flooded Hide



Wednesday 5th May

Kit Britten: Wood Sandpiper (25th for site).

(c) Colin Varndell - Roe Deer

(c) Colin Varndell - Swift



Thursday 6th May

Mark Elsoffer: 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plover & 100s of screaming Swifts.

Colin Varndell: Wheatear.

Anon: Yellow Wagtail & Hobby.

(c) Colin Varndell - Wheatear

(c) Dina Burford - Swift over the Tower



Friday 7th May

Kit Britten: Common Sandpiper & Whinchat.

Mark Elsoffer: 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Rook & 100s of Swifts.

First Little Grebes fledged on the Bat Lake, 2 newly fledged broods of Coot on the Workings, and 2 new broods of Canada Geese on the Bat Lake (3 broods so far). 


(c) Kit Britten - Whinchat

(c) Jill Lamb - Mating Great Crested Grebes

(c) Wild Cam - Fox

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Len Hard at Work



Saturday 8th May

Richard Seargent: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Garganey (drake, first of year, 9th for site), Pochard, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat & 2 Hobby.

(c) Dina Burford - Black-headed Gulls on Raft

(c) Graham Sharples - Garganey



Sunday 9th May

Mark Elsoffer: 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, 3 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Mandarin (drake, 8th for site), Treecreeper & Hobby.

(c) Colin Varndell - Mute Swan


Monday 10th May

John Hunt: Common Sandpiper, Dunlin & 2 Little Ringed Plover.

(c) Colin Varndell - Swift

(c) Dina Burford - Dunlin

(c) Jill Lamb - Roe Deer



Tuesday 11th May

Richard Horton: 4 Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin & Lesser Whitethroat.

Kevin Duncan: Black-headed Gull (EY8178, ringed as a nestling at Tice's Meadow on 28/05/15).

Dina Burford: Painted Lady (first of year).

(c) Dina Burford - Painted Lady



Wednesday 12th May

Dina Burford: 2 Common Sandpiper.

(c) Colin Varndell - Sparrowhawk

(c) Dina Burford - Common Sandpiper

(c) Simon Monk - Little Egret



Thursday 13th May

Kevin Duncan: Redshank (first of year), 2 Common Sandpiper & Oystercatcher.

Mark Elsoffer: 3 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Lesser Whitethroat & 400 Swift.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Ray's New Fence



Friday 14th May

Kit Britten: Common Sandpiper & Little Ringed Plover.

Mark Elsoffer: Little Egret, 250 Swift & Hobby.

(c) Colin Varndell - Fox Cubs

(c) Colin Varndell - Canada Geese Goslings

(c) Trever Saunders - Little Egret


Saturday 15th May

Richard Horton: Goshawk (outside recording area).

(c) Jill Lamb - Egyptian Geese


Sunday 16th May

John Hunt: Hobby.

Kit Britten: Common Sandpiper.

Members of the Surbiton District Bird Watching Society enjoyed a walk around site this morning.

(c) Jon Hawkins - Great Tit


Monday 17th May

Don Lemmon: Little Gull (first summer, first of year, 20th for site. Presumably same bird as at Fleet Pond from 24th April to 15th May).

Mark Elsoffer: 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover & 400 Swift.

12 members of Ashtead U3A Birdwatching enjoyed a walk around site this morning.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - U3A Visit


Tuesday 18th May

Mark Elsoffer: Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Little Gull & 250 Swift.

(c) Dina Burford - Little Gull

(c) Wild Cam - Roe Deer


Wednesday 19th May

Mark Elsoffer: Turnstone (first of year, 18th for site), 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Peking Duck, Little Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull (first of year), Wheatear, Ring-necked Parakeet (16th for site), 350 Swift, Peregrine & Hobby.

We were delighted to host 2 different walking groups from Farnborough U3A today. The 4th & 5th group to visit this week so far, with 3 more groups booked in for the coming week.

(c) Jon Hawkins - View from the Mound

(c) Trever Saunders - Blue Tit

(c) Trever Saunders - Grey Wagtail

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Little Gull

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Turnstone & Ringed Plover

(c) Mark Elsoffer - U3A Visits


Thursday 20th May

Mark Elsoffer: 3 Little Ringed Plover, Pochard, Little Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 750 Swift & Hobby.

Mark Cutts & Roger Dickey spent the morning ringing nestlings in our nest boxes.

We were delighted to host over 100 children today as part of  Outdoor Classroom Day. Pupils from 
Badshot Lea Infants School, home-educating & toddler groups enjoyed the wildlife in their community nature reserve. Great to have the next generation of conservationists with us today.

(c) Shaun Ferguson - Little Gull

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Home-educating Kids Visit

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Schoolchildren Watching Bird Ringing


Friday 21st May

Mark Elsoffer: Little Ringed Plover, Little Gull, c1000 House Martin & 500 Swift.


Saturday 22nd May

Mark Elsoffer: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Little Gull, c100 House Martin, Barn Owl & Hobby.

Dina Burford: Little Egret.

(c) Clare Dell - Fox

(c) Dina Burford - Hobby with Prey


Sunday 23rd May

John Hunt: Little Gull.

A great day at Farnham Sustainability Festival spreading the word about Tice’s Meadow Nature Reserve. Great to meet so many like-minded people & local groups doing important work in the local area.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Mayor & Mayoress of Farnham



Monday 24th May

Richard Horton: Little Gull.

A pair of Mute Swans on the Bat Lake hatch 4 cygnets, and the first Black-headed Gull chicks have hatched.

(c) Colin Varndell - Kestrel

(c) Dina Burford - Swifts


Tuesday 25th May

Richard Horton: Little Gull & Great Black-backed Gull.


Wednesday 26th May

Anon: Little Gull.

(c) Colin Varndell - Ray Hard at Work

(c) Dina Burford - Mute Swan & Cygnets


Thursday 27th May

Mark Elsoffer: Little Ringed Plover, Little Gull & Great Black-backed Gull.

Dina Burford: Little Egret & Kingfisher.

We were delighted to host a class from Barfield School this morning for a nature walk this morning.

Members of 4th Hale Brownies enjoyed a guided tour of site this evening.

(c) India's Mum - India Enjoying Some Bird Watching

(c) Dina Burford - Kingfisher

(c) Dina Burford - Barfield School Visit

(c) Trever Saunders - The Sun Breaks Through

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Barfield School Visit


Friday 28th May

Mark Elsoffer: 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret & Little Gull.

Dave Baker: Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) - new for site.


Saturday 29th May

Richard Horton: Little Gull.

(c) Colin Varndell - Mute Swan



Sunday 30th May


(c) Colin Varndell - House Sparrow

(c) Kelly Wright - Frog

(c) Simon Monk - Fox Cub

(c) Trever Saunders - Beautiful Demoiselle


Monday 31st May

Mark Elsoffer: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret & Little Gull.

Simon Monk: Ring-necked Parakeet (17th for site).

(c) Trever Saunders - Little Gull

(c) Andy Glencross - Common Lizard

(c) Dina Burford - Banded Demoiselle

(c) Dina Burford - Large Red Damselflies

(c) Simon Monk - Ring-necked Parakeet



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