Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Wraysbury GP

Sunday 13 August 2017

Wraysbury GP - 13th August 2017

An exceptional session with twenty species today. The total, that just crept into three figures, included singles of Lesser Whitethroat, Kingfisher, Woodpigeon, Starling, Goldcrest, Sedge Warbler and Willow Warbler. Leading species was Blackcap 30 new, 20 retraps and a UK control, while numbers of Whitethroat and Garden Warbler were down in comparison to recent days.

Juvenile Lesser Whitethroat

Controlled 4M Blackcap S323303

Woodpigeon, aged 5

3M Kingfisher

Totals: 84 (18)

Woodpigeon - 1
Kingfisher - 1
Wren - 1

Dunnock - 2 (1)

Robin - 1 (2)

Blackbird - 1 (1)
Song Thrush - 2 (2)

Sedge Warbler - 1

Reed Warbler - 3

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 16 (7)

Garden Warbler - 8

Blackcap - 30 (3)

Chiffchaff - 8 (2)

Willow Warbler - 1
Goldcrest - 1

Blue Tit - 2

Great Tit - 1
Starling - 1

Linnet - 2

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.