Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: The Holies

Friday 13 May 2011

The Holies - 10 May 2011

Another butterfly visit, this time to the National Trust 'The Holies' site at Goring. Despite being slightly overcast, periods of bright sunshine brought the butterflies out and several Common Blue were on the wing, along with Brown Argus, Dingy Skipper and a few remaining Grizzled Skippers, but alas no Adonis Blue despite reports that they were on the wing a few days previously.

Common Blue

Grizzled and Dingy Skippers

A quick visit to Staines Reservoir on the way back only produced the still resident Great Northern Diver on what was otherwise a quiet reservoir migrant wise.

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.