Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Black Park Country Park

Wednesday 15 February 2012

Black Park Country Park - 13 February 2012

We were on site at 7am and found that much of the snow from the previous weekend was still around. TA and GN had joined us and an area of leaf litter with lots of beechmast, and favoured by Chaffinches was targetted. The nets were soon up and we began to catch birds, but the vast majority were Tits. There were a few Coal Tits and a couple of Nuthatches but as the morning drew on the Blutis and Gretis kept coming but so did the dogs and their owners so we packed up at around 11am after doing over 70 birds.

Morning mist

Coal Tit - 4

Nuthatch - 4 male

Nuthatch - 4 with arrested moult

Totals (new - 72, re-trap - 1)

Dunnock - 1
Blackbird - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Blue Tit - 33 (1)
Great Tit - 29
Coal Tit - 4
Nuthatch - 2
Chaffinch - 1

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.