Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Local Birding

Saturday 27 April 2013

Local Birding - 24 April 2013

A run around a few local spots for the morning I managed to eek out another female Redstart at Wraysbury GP together with a solitary Wheatear, followed by two low Hobbies taking insects at Stanwell Moor and a Tree Pipit on Staines Moor giving brief snatches of sub-song. A visit to Staines Reservoir was uneventful and a check of the flooded flash at Eton Wick, equally so.

A few Peacocks were on the wing at Wraysbury together with a couple of Commas.

Peacock

Comma

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.