Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Bedfont Lakes Country Park

Saturday 16 July 2016

Bedfont Lakes Country Park - 16 July 2016

Today we joined EP and LJB for a CES session at Bedfont. It was our first outing with new trainees WA and LON and the good weather conditions and steady supply of birds was just perfect for them to make some useful progess with extractions, handling and ringing.

The catch included Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat, species not regularly present in that area of the park, Sedge Warbler and Kingfisher.

Kingfisher aged 3

Totals: 26 (10)

Kingfisher - 1
Robin - 2 (1)
Wren - 3
Sedge Warbler - 1

Reed Warbler - 8 (8)
Lesser Whitethroat -1
Whitethroat - 2
Blackcap - 6
Chiffchaff - 1
Great Tit - 1
Long-tailed Tit - 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.