Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Garden 15

Saturday 18 June 2011

Garden 15 - 18 June 2011

The run of mainly 3J Blue and Great Tits continues, but on the 16th the first House Sparrow, a male, since 15 February 2007, was caught, this being only the second, since the first on 15 February 2007. They recently seem to be coming into the garden more frequently, the nearest colony being only 300 or so yards away, in the past they have not strayed far from their 'home' range. The same day also produced the first 3J Coal Tit caught in the garden, though Coal Tits are occasionally caught during the winter period. On the 18th also caught was one of the 3 Greater Spotted Woodpeckers that have been coming into the peanut feeder.

Coal Tit - 3J

House Sparrow - 4 male

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.