Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Home Cottage Farm, Iver Heath

Sunday 18 December 2011

Home Cottage Farm, Iver Heath - 18 December 2011

As it was below freezing Friday/Saturday night and in the hope of a heavy frost again today we headed off to the orchard. This time we set more nets in the top orchard containing all the fallen apples. As we set up odd Redwings were flying over and about 20 odd Fieldfare we in the nearby hedgerow and a number dropped into the orchard. We had a steady, but quietish morning, but we did succeed in catching one target bird, with a 3F Fieldfare being caught. The last bird of the day turned out to be a 3M Pied Wagtail caught in a 40 foot net in a small copse. The day finished with 18 birds being processed.

Green Woodpecker - 3 female

Goldfinch - 3 male

Fieldfare 3 female

Pied Wagtail - 3 male

Totals:

Green Woodpecker - 0 (2)
Pied Wagtail - 1
Dunnock - 0 (1)
Robin - 1 (1)
Fieldfare - 1
Goldcrest - 1
Blue Tit - 2 (4)
Chaffinch - 1
Goldfinch - 3

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.