Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: West London reservoirs

Wednesday 5 January 2011

West London reservoirs - 3 Jan 2011

I took a run around some of the West London reservoirs to get a few extra birds for the start of the year, with Wraysbury Res holding at least one Great Northern Diver and a female Red-breasted Merganser. A tour around the Wraysbury GP complex produced 12 Smew (2 drakes). Staines Res the Velvet Scoter, another female Smew and 9 still surviving Ruddy Ducks.

Denise had a brief session in the garden whilst I was out and had:

Blackbird x 1
Goldfinch x 5
Siskin x 1
Great Tit x 1
Blue Tit x 1
plus 1 re-trap

About us

Chris and Denise Lamsdell

We have both been birders for about 40 years based in South Bucks near the West London reservoir complexes.

Since September 2021 we have been based in North Norfolk. We have done our bit of twitching in the past, but with other priorities this has become a much reduced activity with a preference for seeing new birds where ever our travels take us.

We both have been ringing since 2005. Our local group was the Runnymede RG while based in Buckinghamshire. Since moving to Norfolk we have started a new group called The Iceni Bird Monitoring Group, aimed at increasing public engagement through colour ringing projects on Black-headed Gull, Turnstone and Lapwing. We ring at several sites including Sculthorpe Moor, Sandringham Estate, Deepdale Farm and also monitor bird populations for the Norfolk Rivers Trust. We do ringing at home and support with foreign projects when opportunities allow. Chris also has an interest in Butterflies and Dragonflies and contains his limited photographic skill to them.