Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Broadwater GP

Sunday 25 August 2019

Broadwater GP - 22nd August 2019

We joined up with MRB and Margaret for a morning ringing at Broadwater. There were a lot of warblers around and from the seven nets up we caught 100 new birds and 11 retraps. It was great to have a good range of species too.

Willow Warbler 3O

Totals: 100 (11)

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 0 (1)

Robin - 0 (2)

Dunnock - 2
Blackbird - 2
Reed Warbler - 3
Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 1

Blackcap - 35 (2)

Willow Warbler - 8

Chiffchaff - 24

Goldcrest - 1
Long-tailed Tit - 0 (2)
Blue Tit - 15 (1)
Great Tit - 8 (3)

Brown Hawker

Migrant Hawker

Common Darter

Ruddy Darter

Small Tortoiseshell

Small Copper

Painted Lady

Red Admiral

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.