Thursday 30 November 2023

Wednesday 1st November to Thursday 30th November

2024 Calendars

The Tice's Meadow Nature Reserve 2024 calendars are now on sale.

Featuring a wonderful selection of photos taken on site this year. 

£8 if collected from Richard Horton or £10 posted. Please email ticesmeadowshop@gmail.com if you'd like one posted.

All profits go towards our work at the 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.



Wednesday 1st November

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & Snipe.

(c) Dina Burford - Long-tailed Tits

Thursday 2nd November

(c) Colin Varndell - River in Flood

(c) Colin Varndell - Flooded Track

Friday 3rd November

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper, Snipe & Grey Wagtail.

(c) Colin Varndell - Black-headed Gull

(c) Colin Varndell - Red Kite

Saturday 4th November

No reports.

Sunday 5th November

Mark Elsoffer: 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret & Peregrine.

We had the pleasure of leading a walk for 8 members of the Surrey Bird Club this morning.

(c) Gail Huckle - Mute Swan

(c) Jon Hawkins - Great Crested Grebe

(c) Jon Hawkins - Grey Heron

Monday 6th November

Colin Varndell: 2 Green Sandpiper.

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret & Green Sandpipers

Tuesday 7th November

Richard Horton: Green Sandpiper.

(c) Colin Varndell - Cormorant

Wednesday 8th November

No reports.

Thursday 9th November


(c) Craig Nobbs - Woodland Sun

(c) Colin Varndell - Grey Heron & Little Egret

Friday 10th November

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & 2 Snipe.

Thanks to the 18 volunteers, including the Surrey Choices Growth Team, who spent today coppicing the old hedgerow in Lisa’s Wood. 

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Volunteers at Work

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Partially Coppiced Hedgerow

(c) Colin Varndell - Green Sandpiper

(c) Colin Varndell - Grey Wagtail

Saturday 11th November

Peter Brown: 4 Green Sandpiper & Snipe.

(c) Gillian Bamford - New Pond in Bike Field

(c) Gillian Bamford - Common Darters

(c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe

Sunday 12th November

No reports.

Monday 13th November

Peter Brown: 2 Green Sandpiper & Dartford Warbler.

(c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe

(c) Colin Varndell - Green Sandpiper & Moorhen

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Egrets

Tuesday 14th November

Colin Varndell: Peregrine.

(c) Colin Varndell - Peregrine


Wednesday 15th November

Peter Brown: 2 Green Sandpiper, Snipe & Peregrine.

(c) Colin Varndell - Green Sandpiper

(c) Colin Varndell - Robin

Thursday 16th November

Mal Grey: Kingfisher.

(c) Colin Varndell - Little Egret

(c) Mal Grey - Kingfisher

Friday 17th November

M Matthews: 2 Green Sandpiper.

Dina Burford: 2 Snipe & Peregrine.

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Grey Wagtail being Ringed

(c) Colin Varndell - Cetti's Warbler

(c) Colin Varndell - Fox and Roe Deer

(c) Colin Varndell - Green Sandpiper

Saturday 18th November

No reports.

Sunday 19th November

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & 4 Snipe.

Alan Bird: Jack Snipe.

(c) Colin Varndell - Pheasant

(c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe

(c) Colin Varndell - Green Sandpiper

Monday 20th November

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & 4 Snipe.

Colin Varndell: 10 Little Egret & Peregrine.

(c) Phil Fiddes - Fungi

(c) Phil Fiddes - Little Egret

(c) Phil Fiddes - Long-tailed Tit

Tuesday 21st November

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & 4 Snipe.

Colin Varndell: Peregrine.

(c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe

(c) Colin Varndell - Long-tailed Tit

Wednesday 22nd November

C Jenkins: Green Sandpiper.

(c) Colin Varndell - Sunrise

(c) Colin Varndell - Sunrise

Thursday 23rd November

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & Goosander (Redhead. 19th record for site).

Mark Elsoffer: 8 Snipe, 5 Little Egret, 5 Stonechat & Peregrine.

Colin Varndell: Treecreeper.

(c) Dina Burford - Goosander

(c) Colin Varndell - Treecreeper

(c) Colin Varndell - Treecreeper

Friday 24th November

Mark Elsoffer: Green SandpiperMarsh Harrier (16th record for site) & 2 Peregrine.

Dina Burford: 5 Snipe.

A big thank you to the 12 volunteers who turned out for our Friday Irregulars session today. Roger and Lord Len were first to start - they cleaned out, checked and repaired 40 nest boxes in the woods, and installed metal hole protectors on each one. The rest of the group cut willow from around a hibernacula in the reed beds. We were glad to be joined by Christa from Surrey Hills Society and Claire from Plant Passion who were both harvesting willow to create Christmas wreaths.

Afterwards we all got to watch Roger check the female Barn Owl roosting at the Kiln - she looked healthy and we were able to read her ring details.

(c) Gillian Bamford - Volunteers at Work

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Volunteers at Work

(c) Mark Elsoffer - Barn Owl Ringing

(c) Gillian Bamford - Barn Owl Ringing

(c) Colin Varndell - Great Crested Grebe

(c) Colin Varndell - Redwing

Saturday 25th November

Peter Brown: 2 Green Sandpiper.

Jon Hawkins: Snipe.

(c) Wild Cam - Roe Deer

(c) Wild Cam - Fox

(c) Jon Hawkins - Grey Heron

(c) Jon Hawkins - Snipe

(c) Helen Wood - Green Sandpiper

(c) Colin Varndell - Sparrowhawk

Sunday 26th November

Richard Horton: Green Sandpiper.

(c) Colin Varndell - Cormorant

(c) Colin Varndell - Pochard

(c) Colin Varndell - Ray hard at work

Monday 27th November

Colin Varndell: Peregrine.

(c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch

(c) Colin Varndell - Pochard

(c) Colin Varndell - Song Thrush

Tuesday 28th November

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & 11 Snipe.

Colin Varndell: Treecreeper.

(c) Dina Burford - Fungi

(c) Jon Hawkins - Mute Swan

Wednesday 29th November

Malcolm Fincham: Snipe.

(c) Colin Varndell - Ray still hard at work

Thursday 30th November

Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & 2 Snipe.

(c) Colin Varndell - Bullock

(c) Colin Varndell - Chaffinch

(c) Colin Varndell - Tufted Duck

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