Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Broadwater GP

Friday 7 October 2011

Broadwater GP - 5 October 2011

A run out in the morning with a relatively easy 7am start saw three of us at the site, with the two others coming from the Maple X side of our group. Nets were set in one or two different positions to previous visits and catching was relatively steady in most of them, with a majority of birds being Tits, with what seemed an unusually large number of the Blue Tits being 4s. A total of 93 birds were caufght, with the highlights being 14 Chaffinchs, a Kestrel and a single Jay. No Chiff-chaffs were caught and only a single Blackcap, indicating that the autumn summer migration is nearing an end, with only the winter migrants to come.

Chffinch - 4 male

kestrel - 3 male

Totals:

Kestrel - 1
Robin - 3 (1)
Dunnock - 4
Blackcap - 1
Goldcrest -2
Blue Tit - 36 (2)
Great Tit - 22 (1)
Long-tailed Tit - 5
Jay - 1
Chaffinch - 14

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.