Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Black Park Country Park

Friday 3 November 2017

Black Park Country Park - 2nd November 2017

We were on site at 6:15am in a heavy mist and put the usual four nets up in a relatively confined area. We only caught 24 birds, but that wasn't too bad since the birds all but stopped moving through at around 9:30am. We caught a few Redwing, Lesser Redpoll and Goldcrest so there can be no complaints. Nets were down by 10:45am and we were off site by 11am.

Totals: 24

Wren - 1
Redwing - 8
Goldcrest - 8
Blue Tit - 1
Great Tit - 1
Lesser Redpoll - 5

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.