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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.
Monday 1st April
Mark Elsoffer: 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, Lapwing, Raven & 2 Goshawk.
Mark Elsoffer: Colour-ringed Black-headed Gull "29L9". Ringed as a nestling at Hosehill Lakes in Berkshire on 8th June 2014 - ten years old this year. Regularly seen at Tice's Meadow in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Blue Tit |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Fox |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Starling |
Tuesday 2nd April
No reports.
Wednesday 3rd April
Richard Horton: 2 Green Sandpiper.
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| (c) Tony Sadler - Buzzard |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Mute Swan |
Thursday 4th April
Dina Burford: Snipe.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Snipe |
Friday 5th April
Richard Horton: 4 Little Ringed Plover (briefly, first of the year).
Mark Elsoffer: 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 6+ Sand Martin & 12+ Swallow.
We had the pleasure of leading a guided walk this morning for 11 volunteers from Mane Chance Horse Sanctuary, Bourne Conservation Group, Toad Watch & Farnham Assist.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Pheasant |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Teal |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Guided Walk |
Saturday 6th April
G Rogers: Common Tern (first of the year).
Murray Nurse: House Martin (first of the year) & 2 Swallow.
A huge thank you to the 20 volunteers who attended our work party today. We litter picked the site - collecting 8 bags of rubbish. We also strung up the hops behind the shelter. And we removed all of the old fence panels and timber from Bells Piece. Great to see so many new faces, youngsters and the amazing Growth Team from Surrey Choices.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Blue Tit |
Sunday 7th April
Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper.
Anon: House Martin.
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| (c) Andy Glencross - Juvenile Toad |
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| (c) Andy Glencross - Slow Worm |
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| (c) Cole Webb - Slow Worm |
Monday 8th April
Anon: Willow Warbler (first of year).
John Hunt: 2 Green Sandpiper, Reed Warbler (first of year), 2 Cetti's Warbler, Common Tern & Swallow.
Craig Nobbs: Speckled Wood.
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| (c) John Hunt - Cetti's Warbler |
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| (c) John Hunt - Common Tern |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Little Grebe |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Starling |
Tuesday 9th April
Richard Horton: 2 Green Sandpiper.
Andy Trethewey: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2nd record for site).
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| (c) Tony Sadler - Canada Geese |
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| (c) Dave Binks - Goldfinch |
Wednesday 10th April
K Sutton: Green Sandpiper.
Colin Varndell: Nuthatch, Treecreeper & Cetti's Warbler.
Katie ran a free river dipping session for local families this afternoon.
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| (c) Rebecca Haskell - Stickleback |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - View from Horton's Mound |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Nuthatch |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Treecreeper |
Thursday 11th April
Mark Elsoffer: Common Tern & Reed Warbler.
Richard Horton: 2 Green Sandpiper & Sedge Warbler (first of year).
Mark Elsoffer: Large White (first of the year).
Thanks to Erica from Hive Helpers for helping us with our first Bumblebee Conservation Trust BeeWalk transect today. We recorded 42 bumblebees of 5 different species.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - BeeWalk |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Common Tern |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Stonechat |
Friday 12th April
Patrick Mooney: Common Tern.
Melanie Nicholls: 2 Large Red Damselfly - first odonata of the year.
Thanks to Roger and Anya for bird ringing in the scrub this morning.
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| (c) Patrick Mooney - Common Tern |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Dunnock |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Song Thrush |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Cetti's Warbler |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Nuthatch |
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| (c) Melanie Nicholls - Large Red Damselfly |
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| (c) Melanie Nicholls - Honey Bee |
Saturday 13th April
Josh Lynton-Jenkins: Green Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, Common Tern, Willow Warbler, 5 Sand Martin & Swallow.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Common Tern |
Sunday 14th April
Paul Bamford: Whitethroat (first of year).
Mark Elsoffer: Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, Reed Warbler, 6 House Martin, 12 Sand Martin & 12 Swallow.
Mark Elsoffer: Muntjac.
Thanks to the 4 volunteers who spent 3 hours at an impromptu work party at the Kiln. We emptied the trailer & sorted out the tools ready for Thursday. We also had a good tidy up around the container and sorted out a big pile of rubbish for removal.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Slow Worms |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Cetti's Warbler |
Monday 15th April
Graham Sharples: Common Tern, House Martin, Sand Martin & Swallow.
Tuesday 16th April
Colin Varndell: Whitethroat.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Cetti's Warbler |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Whitethroat |
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| (c) Dave Binks - Speckled Wood |
Wednesday 17th April
Richard Horton: Common Tern, Garden Warbler (first of year) & Lesser Whitethroat (first of year).
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| (c) Tony Sadler - Pheasant |
Thursday 18th April
Noel Silver: Arctic Tern (33rd record for site).
John Hunt: Green Sandpiper, Common Tern & Whitethroat.
Mark Elsoffer: Curlew (40th record for site).
Richard Horton: 3 Mediterranean Gull.
Murray Nurse: Cuckoo (first of year).
Today we had the pleasure of hosting, in partnership with the Surrey Hills Society, a corporate work party for staff from the Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Together with the wonderful Surrey Choices Growth Team and our own volunteers, we had 38 people working on site today!
We built two hibernacula (for hibernating reptiles) and two stumperies (for stag beetles), using logs we’d saved from coppicing the old hedgerow in Lisa’s Wood. We also made a great start to clearing the overflow ditch from the Bat Lake to the river Blackwater. We’ll continue this work in a couple of weeks and hopefully it will help the water levels go down a bit faster.
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| (c) Marianne Golding - Work Party |
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| (c) Marianne Golding - Work Party |
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| (c) Marianne Golding - Work Party |
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Work Party |
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| (c) John Hunt - Whitethroat |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Arctic Tern |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Whitethroat |
Friday 19th April
Richard Seargent: Wheatear & Whinchat (first of year, joint earliest record).
Saturday 20th April
Simon Stacey: Sedge Warbler & 4 Reed Warbler.
Richard Horton: Whimbrel (26th record for site).
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Brimstone |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Small Tortoiseshell |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Blackcap |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Whitethroat |
Sunday 21st April
Mark Elsoffer: Snipe, 2 Common Tern, 6 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat, 50+ Swift (first of year), 100+ Swallow, 24+ Sand Martin & 24+ House Martin.
Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & 2 Raven.
Oli: 2 Mediterranean Gull.
Simon Monk: Wheatear.
We had the pleasure of leading a guided walk for eight members of the Yateley Society this morning.
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| (c) Mark Elsoffer - Yateley Society Walk |
Monday 22nd April
Colin Varndell: Common Tern.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Chiffchaff |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Common Tern |
Tuesday 23rd April
Noel Silver: Slavonian Grebe (2nd record for site, last recorded 09/04/13) & 11 Arctic Tern (34th record for site, new site record count).
Kit Britten: 2 Common Tern, 30 Swallow, 60 Sand Martin, 5 House Martin & 30 Swift.
Anon: Green Sandpiper.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Slavonian Grebe |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Slavonian Grebe |
Wednesday 24th April
Kevin Duncan: 2 Black-necked Grebe (22nd record for site).
Richard Seargent: Arctic Tern (35th record for site) & Hobby (first of year).
Josephine Snell: 2 Common Tern & Little Grebe.
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Moorhen Chicks |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Fox |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Blue Tit |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Greenfinch |
Thursday 25th April
Dina Burford: Garganey (drake, 14th record for site, last recorded 18/09/22).
Roger Dickey (licensed bird ringer) checked all of our nest boxes today. Out of 37 boxes, 12 were occupied by Blue Tits and 13 by Great Tits.
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| (c) Dina Burford - Garganey |
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| (c) Dina Burford - Garganey |
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| (c) Roger Dickey - Tit Nest (taken under license) |
Friday 26th April
Anon: Little Gull (23rd record for site).
Susan Keirnan: Common Gull.
Saturday 27th April
Members of the Army Ornithological Society enjoyed a guided tour of site today.
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| (c) Denise Murray - Whitethroat |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Blackcap |
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| (c) Colin Varndell - Great Spotted Woodpecker |
Sunday 28th April
Ruth Weaver: Redstart (female, 13th record for site).
Matthew Bradbury: 3 Common Tern.
Members of Guildford RSPB Local Group enjoyed a guided tour of site today.
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| (c) Tony Sadler - Robin |
Monday 29th April
Peter Brown: Green Sandpiper & Whimbrel (27th record for site).
Richard Horton: Oystercatcher.
Tuesday 30th April
Gillian Bamford: Common Blue Damselfly - first of the year.
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Grey Heron |
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| (c) Jon Hawkins - Whitethroat |
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| (c) Gillian Bamford - Common Blue Damselfly |
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