November 2025

Tice's Meadow November 2025

Rushmoor Lottery

We have 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 in partnership with the TMBG - see below for details.

Tice’s Meadow November 2025 Overall Bird Count

The bird year list now stands at 128 species (excluding 2 escape species). It was 136 in 2024.

79 bird species were reported during November.

Thank you to everyone who reports their sightings.

For the most up to date information, click on the link below and Follow.

TMBG

A selection of sightings follows.

Saturday 1^st November

Dunlin, Nuthatch, 2 Peregrine, Water Rail

Sunday 2^nd November

Black Swan, Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret

Monday 3^rd November

25 Cormorant, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Little Egret, 24 Mute Swan

Tuesday 4^th November

13 Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Dunlin, 7 Meadow Pipit, 27 Moorhen, 16 Pochard, 27 Wigeon

Wednesday 5^th November

No reported sightings.

Thursday 6^th November

142 Black-headed Gull, Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chaffinch, 15 Cormorant, Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Grebe, 28 Mute Swan, 5 Stonechat

Friday 7^th November

Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 2 Dunlin, 10 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, 28 Mute Swan, 48 Pochard, 6 Snipe

A busy day cutting and burning intrusive willow in the main reed bed, with the redoubtable Surrey Choices, SCC Ranger and TMBG.

Saturday 8^th November

2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Little Grebe, 14 Siskin, 5 Stonechat

Sunday 9^th November

2 Egyptian Goose, Grey Heron, Little Egret

The Great White Egret is still present in the Workings, viewable from the hide.

Great White Egret and Little Egret © Jon Hawkins

Monday 10^th November

No reported sightings.

Tuesday 11^th November

Chiffchaff, 21 Cormorant, Dunlin, Goosander (23rd site record), Great White Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, Peregrine

Male Goosander in the Workings along with the Great White Egret and Dunlin.

Great White Egret © Malcolm Fincham

Dunlin leading a flock of Lapwing © Jon Hawkins

Wednesday 12^th November

Chiffchaff, Common Gull, Dunlin, Great White Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk

Great White Egret © Kevin Duncan

Thursday 13^th November

Black Swan, Dunlin, Goosander, Great White Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, 22 Linnet, 50+ Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Rook, Water Rail

Friday 14^th November

Dunlin, Great White Egret, Greylag Goose, Linnet, Mediterranean Gull

Saturday 15^th November

Black Swan, Chaffinch, Collared Dove, Dunnock

Sunday 16^th November

Chaffinch, Dunlin, 2 Egyptian Goose, Jay

Monday 17^th November

7 Chiffchaff, Dunlin, Great White Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper

Tuesday 18^th November

4 Blackbird, 2 Dunlin, Short-eared Owl (127th bird species for 2025 – 8th site record – last recorded on 02/04/2023), Water Rail

It was a great pleasure to receive a very generous donation of various bird seeds from PK's Pet Supplies. This will help to keep our Bird Feeding Station topped up over the winter months.

Wednesday 19^th November

No reported sightings.

Barn Owl on webcam

Thursday 20^th November

Dunlin, Great White Egret

Friday 21^st November

Dunlin, Great White Egret, Peregrine

Saturday 22^nd November

No reported sightings.

16 hardy souls braved the rain and gloomy skies to continue the reedbed management work in the meadow today. As always huge thanks to Surrey Choices for their sterling work.

Burning willow in the reedbed

That’s the Tice’s Meadow Bird Feeding Station store stocked up for the winter, thank you PK’s Pet Supplies for your kind donation.

Sunday 23^rd November

18 Blue Tit, 50+ Carrion Crow, Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher

Monday 24^th November

Dunlin, 2 Song Thrush

Tuesday 25^th November

5 Buzzard, Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4, Little Egret, Water Rail

What looks like a female Barn Owl viewable on one of the live feeds. 

All the links to the webcams can be found via the ‘Webcams’ tab at the top of this page.

Wednesday 26^th November

Cetti’s Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, 3 Stonechat

Great White Egret

Thursday 27^th November

Dunlin, 12 Egyptian Goose, Great White Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, 4 Little Egret, Little Grebe, 3 Snipe, Water Rail

Friday 28^th November

Common Gull, Dunlin, Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, Peregrine, 3 Stonechat, Water Rail

Every year the Tice's Meadow Bird Group produce a calendar to raise funds for the nature reserve (thank you Jort).

They have been selling well, if you are interested in buying a 2026 calendar for £8, please message us at ticesmeadow@hotmail.co.uk

A big thank you to the volunteers who spent the morning doing tasks for the nature reserve. Helped as ever by Surrey Choices.

Saturday 29^th November

Great White Egret, Kestrel, 2 Shelduck

We, the TMBG, are pleased to announce that we have launched a new Facebook group Friends of Tice’s Meadow to encourage and promote the use of Tice’s Meadow. The group is for the purpose of everyone, especially the local community, to post stories and photos from visits to our amazing Tice’s Meadow site. As friends of Tice’s Meadow, we work closely, and in partnership, with Surrey County Council’s Countryside Team.

Sunday 30^th November

19 Canada Goose, 39 Cormorant, 3 Crossbill (128th bird species for 2025 – 9th site record - last recorded on 15/05/2022), Dunlin, Great White Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, Peregrine