Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Homefield Wood

Friday 22 July 2011

Homefield Wood - 22 July 2011

A visit in the hope of catching up with some White-letter Hairstreaks, which at this time of year often come down to nectar on the many flowers that are alongside the rides. Nine Silver-washed Fritillaries were seen, a Holly Blue, a couple of Brown Argus and two White-letter Hairstreaks.

Silver-washed Fritillary

Holly Blue

Brimstone

Peacock

Brown Argus

Red Admiral

White-letter Hairstreak

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.