Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Broadwater GP

Sunday 11 December 2016

Broadwater GP - 10th December 2016

We haven't ringed at at this site for a while and were joined by MRB, WA and Margaret. We had a couple of nets up before the Redwings left the roost although few birds were caught early on.

3M Coal Tit

3M Bullfinch

3M Blackcap

We captured plenty of tits, several being retraps with a fairly high proportion of adult Blue Tits particularly. There were also singles of Coal Tit, Bullfinch and Blackcap.

Totals: 24 (14)

Redwing - 7
Blackcap - 1
Chiffchaff - 2
Goldcrest - 1 (1)
Long-tailed Tit - 2 (2)
Blue Tit - 8 (3) Six of these birds being adults.
Coal Tit - 1
Great Tit - 1 (6)
Dunnock - 0 (2)
Bullfinch - 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.