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  1. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    It's the summer and things have started cooling down bird wise. The water levels have dropped considerably but this has been a bonus for breeding Common Tern with about 25 pairs now on site. Insects are now at the fore and it would be great to see reports of Dragonflies and Butterflies...
  2. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    A great weekend which culminated in a walk with Surrey Bird Club. Highlights included 3 Kingfishers together in the stream, a Green Sandpiper, 2 Water Rails, a couple of Little Egrets and best of all 2 seperate Woodcocks flushed at different stretches of the stream. The strean appears to be...
  3. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    A good day yesterday with a Dark-bellied Brent Goose seen flying out of the workings as I walked along the stream path. Minutes later we had 2 flocks of Golden Plover totaling 60 birds (22 and 48) both joining together and flying North. A small flock of Siskin/Lesser Redpoll was present and...
  4. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    A cracking 2 days with over 71 species seen by myself and Dave Baker over three visits. Highlights were a Yellowhammer over, a single Golden Plover in the workings, a male Peregrine on the islands and plenty of thrushes through the Bike field. A putative Water Pipit was seen but we were unable...
  5. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    18 or so Great-crested Newts found on site last Monday. This is great news and adds extra protection to the reserve. 4 Wheatear over the weekend but migration now appears to be tailing off.
  6. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    Good work Mark. It has been a cracking week.
  7. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    The juvenile Black Tern continues to commute between Tice's and Badshot Lea Fishing Ponds. This has been a good week with this species now in its 8th day. In the last week (most notably last Tuesday) we've had Honey Buzzard, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Ring Plover and Dunlin.
  8. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    Pied Flycatcher yesterday around the stumpery.
  9. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    Wheatear today (via John Hunt).
  10. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    The wader fest continued yesterday along with a rare visit by Dave Baker. A fly over Peregrine was also a highlight. Unable to confirm numbers of Green and Common Sandpipers as they were very flighty. 16 Lapwing 1 Ruff 4+ Common Sandpiper 5+ Green Sandpiper 1 Redshank (poss 2) 1 Greenshank 6...
  11. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    Turnstone reported yesterday by Carey Lodge. First of the year.
  12. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    At least 6 Green Sandpipers, 5 Common Sandpipers and 1 Dunlin yesterday in the workings. Lapwing numbers have increased and the first Teal have returned. Confirmed breeding of Tufted Duck with eight ducklings. A reports of a Wryneck on Saturday was probable eronous.
  13. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    A report of a Black Stork high over Tice's Meadow on 17 Jul at 1600hrs. This potential sighting follows the one seen along the A30 at nearby Yateley the day before. Shame the sighting wasn't confirmed.
  14. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    A cracking Bio-blitz at Tice's last weekend with a whopping 86 species seen in 48 hours. The final birds seen were 2 Hobbies and there was another movement of Yellow Wagtails through. Since then the site has had a female Whinchat and 2 Wood Sandpipers. Migration has clearly not finished. We...
  15. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    2 Whimbrel still today; also fly in Greenshank, Wheatear and Lesser Whitethroat.
  16. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    2 Whimbrel in front of the mound today (in between the Bike and Perv Pools).
  17. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    An outstanding weekend which included visits from the Surrey Bird Club and Guildford RSPB Members Group. Bird highlights included several Yellow Wagtails, Lesser Whitethroat, the first Swift of the Year, the return of the Nightingale and a Tice's Meadow second - Grasshopper Warbler which was...
  18. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer and Redstart in the last 2 days - female Black Redstart this morning. Tice's Meadow continues to deliver.
  19. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    Sandwich Tern, 6 Common Terns, Sedge Warbler and 2 x Dunlin yesterday.
  20. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    A great weekend. Migrant birds are now very much in evidence with hirundines over the workings, LRPs on the shingle and warblers in the scrub. The most recent addition is Whitethroat which was initially found by Rich H and refound by me in full song yesterday. The female Peregrine was seen on...
  21. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    2 redhead Goosander and a Jack Snipe yesterday. The former briefly. The local traveller has now made good all the damage to the fences and rremoved the horse - just in time as there will be a management meeting there this afternoon.
  22. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    Willow Warbler, Wheatear and LRP reported by Murrary Nurse today. The WW was up around Pea Bridge.
  23. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    Was the Goshawk in Tice's Airspace? We've had them before this year but not over the meadow. Is this another case of 'birding by association'?
  24. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    A 3 CY Caspian Gull was found by Dave Baker on Saturday, seen again by Graham King on Saturday, re-found by me on Sunday and again seen by John Hunt on Monday. This was an excellent find by Dave and a long overdue 'long' stayer - the previous ones only being seen once. Another red-letter day...
  25. RJSeargent

    Tice's Meadow and Tongham GP, Surrey

    A very credible 63 species on site over the weekend and migration hasn't started yet; bodes well for the BioBlitz. Chiffchaffs are singing, Sand Martins and Swallows are hawking over the workings and the local Goshawks and Ravens are now displaying. The Common and Green Sandpipers and Snipe...
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