Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Broadwater GP

Tuesday 28 July 2015

Broadwater GP - 28 July 2015

Yet another breezy day but thankfully not too breezy for Broadwater. On arrival at 6.20am there were lots of House Martins and Swifts overhead, but conditions were just too blustery to have tried for hirundines by the sailing club.

Once the nets were up, MRB, BC, CL & DKL began processing the first birds while Margaret scribed. It wasn't as busy as some of our recent sessions but a total of 49 by the close of nets was pretty good, nonetheless. We noticed that the number of Blackcap and Garden Warbler had dropped right down while Chiffchaffs had a lot of birds lingering on site with 9 of the 21 being retraps. Five Reed Warblers, an infrequent catch on site, appeared to indicate that these birds were on the move through the site.

Totals: 33 (16)

Dunnock - 2 (1)

Robin - 1 (3)

Blackbird - 1
Reed Warbler - 5

Garden Warbler -1
Blackcap - 2
Chiff-chaff - 12 (9)
Goldcrest -3
Blue Tit -3
Great Tit - 3
Long-tailed Tit - 0 (2)
Treecreeper - 0 (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.