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We are the community led organisation that helps manage Tice's Meadow Nature Reserve in Badshot Lea.

08/11/2026

Friday volunteers and Surrey Choices had a busy day removing large willows and clearing the boundary fence to open up a view over the eastern silt pond. The work was just in time to welcome back many winter wildfowl back to site.

03/11/2026

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 & 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴! ☀️🪵

Our volunteers returned to the main reedbed last Friday for another round of willow removal and burning! As you can see, the weather was absolutely glorious—coats came off, and the tea and coffee were flowing. ☀️☕

Instead of burning everything, we put some of the willow aside to make wooden stakes. We then delivered them to Badshot Lea Infant School, where they'll be used to build a dead hedge for the children's upcoming outdoor classroom day! 🪵🏫

Thank you so much to everyone who came out and worked so hard. We couldn't do it without you! 🙌

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Working in the reedbed © TMBG

03/11/2026

Come and join in at one of our volunteer days. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Stay for as long as you want.

27/10/2026

Messing about in the river today, undertaking a riverfly survey as part of a Department of the Environment citizen science project to monitor the heath of our rivers. Seven key indicator species are looked for to determine the general condition of the water. Reasonable results today with plenty of freshwater shrimps and caddisfly larvae (survey target species) along with 15 various damselfly nymphs and two sticklebacks. Several locations are surveyed along the river Blackwater from Tice's meadow to Moorgreen lakes Finchampstead.

25/10/2026

The first named storm of the season did not deter our volunteers from their task of removing willow between the two silt ponds! For a couple of hours, the rain more or less held off, giving us a perfect window to cut and add the willow to an existing dead hedge. 🪵
A huge thank you goes out to the hardy souls who joined us—rewarded by a great sense of achievement! 🌧️🙌

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Volunteers at work © TMBG

17/10/2026

A lovely morning spent at 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗲'𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 for this Saturday's volunteer task! ☀️🌾

The skies were blue, the air was still, and the warm sun shone down. We ventured into one of the reedbeds—an area usually out of bounds to the public—to do some crucial willow clearance. 🌲✂️

If left alone, the reeds would be completely lost beneath a sea of willow. Tice's Meadow would lose an incredible habitat, resulting in a direct drop in local biodiversity. On days like this, it's a win-win all round!

A massive thank you to the 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, and all the 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 for coming out and doing their bit. 🤝💚

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Volunteers in the reedbed ©TMBG

09/10/2026

Continuing the willow clearance along the eastern shore of the silt pond. Six TMBG volunteer's and the Surrey CC ranger continued with the removal of large willow trees and the construction of a dead hedge using the cut timber. Still a fair bit to do, however, steady progress was made and hopefully we'll complete the task by the beginning of November.

02/10/2026

Five TMBG volunteers and the Surrey CC ranger spent a few hours starting to clear the large willows from the eastern shore of the Silt pond. With the new reed bed starting to obscure the view over the pond, we are opening up the eastern shore line to support better viewing and also increase air flow over the water and providing more light at the water edge. Many thanks to todays helpers and we will continue this work over the coming weeks. The cut willow will be used to build a dead hedge along the current fence line.

29/09/2026

Now three Pintail in the workings this evening.

28/09/2026

A Pintail was seen in the workings this evening. Apparently it has been present for three days at least. Last recorded on 2nd January 2026. Since 2012 up to four birds have been seen between September and April except in 2018.
Pintail are slightly bigger than a Mallard. The female is drab in colour but the drake is stunning in breeding plumage. They migrate south in winter from north-west Russia and Finland with many staying along the south coast of the UK.

Address

Tice's Meadow Nature Reserve
Aldershot
GU99LY

Website

http://www.ticesmeadow.org/

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