Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Broadwater GP

Tuesday 4 October 2011

Broadwater GP - 29 September 2011

A visit by three of us on what was anticipated to be a fairly quite day was meet with moderate success in that we caught 39 birds, including re-traps from our first session last week, but as expected very few migrants were present with only three Blackcaps and five Chiff-chaffs caught. Nothing else of interest came from the session, though we had a good run of Robins, with six new birds.

Totals:

Dunnock - 2
Robin - 6 (1)
Blackcap - 3
Chiff-chaff - 5
Goldcrest - 2(3)
Blue Tit - 4 (1)
Great Tit - 4 (1)
Long-tailed Tit - 5
Chaffinch - 2

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.