Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Garden

Sunday 13 March 2011

Garden - 13 Mar 2011

Well today turned into a bit of a Siskin day before and after the heavy rain. Denise had a Redpoll tape going as well, which seemed to help bring them in, plus a few Redpolls, but we have noticed on rainy days birds come into the garden to fed more frequently. The catch for the day was:

Lesser Redpoll - 4
Siskin - 26
and a re-trap Robin

Strangely and thankfully not a single Tit!

Female (above) and male (below) Lesser Redpoll - both 5s

Siskin male - 5 male with abnormal black facial mask

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.