Broad oak common biodiversity day

Just finished counting up the species from the biodiversity day we recorded 202 species which is amazing in just 4 hours + moth trapping. Thank you so much to everyone involved we had a great day! Highlights included hobby, brown hawker, grayling, greater knapweed, common lizard and white legged damselfly :D

Puffin Island

Had a bus mans holiday this weekend and took a trip to Puffin Island to ring Cormorants, Shags, Razorbills, Guillemots, Puffins, Herring Gulls and Greater Black Backed Gulls. One of the cormorants ringed on Puffin Island as a chick turned up at Fleet Pond this winter with a beautiful green ring on. If you see a ringed bird and can either read it through binoculars or take a close up photo please report the information to www.ring.ac

The old Fleet Pond bank

The far bank at Fleet Pond between the pond and the main car park off cove road is the historical edge of the pond. Fleet pond was drained during the war to avoid being used as a landmark by German bombers, Virginia water was also drained. While the pond was drained the army used it as a training ground. The original pond levels were not regained so the ancient pond edge is now not used

Odiham Armed Forces Day

Senior Ranger Steve and Apprentice Ranger Will had a great time at the Odiham Armed Forces Day on Saturday. They took the Countryside Gazebo, owl pellets and virtual pond dipping game that was really popular with the kids

Fleet Carnival

Fleet Town Centre looks great with all of the bunting up for Fleet Carnival this weekend look out for us. Ill be driving the float for Hart Leisure Centre handing out beach balls, hats, water bottles and lots more! Hart Ranger Rachel will be joining the Fleet Pond Society on their float which is amazing (top secret) you'll have to come along and see the precession see you on Saturday! Ranger Lou

Clearing rubbish in front of the T Jetty

Today we were out with the Fleet Pond Anglers clearing rubbish from in front of the big T jetty at Fleet Pond. We cleared out lots of stuff that filled 2 trailers including a flood sign, crutch, 2 tins of spam, glasses, logs, concrete bollards, hubcaps, and traffic cones. The boys did a great job thanks for all your hard work now hopefully the anglers won't get their lines stuck on the rubbish :D

The chicks have hatched on Clearwater Island

We went out to the islands today and the Common Terns and Black Headed Gulls have hatched :D the tern chicks have a white front and the gulls are brown and spotty