Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Stanwell Moor

Sunday 15 February 2015

Stanwell Moor - 14 February 2015

The weather looked promising with low wind speed and very little in the way of gusts and as it turned out there was virtually no wind at all until 10.15am. Perfect conditions for pipits at Stanwell.

The nets went up like a dream and all the audioboxes were working well too. There was just one snag and that was a distinct lack of Meadow Pipits. The birds are usually found on Staines Moor or at Stanwell. Somedays they commute between the two - but today there was a definitely preference for Staines. It can't be helped, some days just go that way. It's surprising that we managed the single bird that we caught.

Meadow Pipit aged 5

A small flock of Lapwing were on site as we arrived and a single Barnacle Goose flew over north.

Total: 1

Meadow Pipit - 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.