Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Bedfont CP

Monday 7 July 2014

Bedfont CP - 2 July 2014

The second visit to Bedfont Lakes CP with Dave Harris and Eleanor Page to ring, hopefully the majority of the remained of Gulls and Terns was fairly successful with four Black-headed and twenty-two Common Terns ringed. It was slightly frustrating to see how many Black-headed Gulls had been missed on the last visit as there were a few unringed, mainly on the Island, but we were unable to ring most of the missed Black-headed Gull chicks as they took to the water and returned to the island once we had left, and another attempt to catch them was considered unviable as they were likely to repeat to taking to the water and it was decided they were best left.

Black-headed Gull

Common Tern

Totals: 26

Black-headed Gull - 4
Common Tern - 22

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.