Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Swinley Forest Brick pits and Englemere Pond

Wednesday 14 August 2019

Swinley Forest Brick pits and Englemere Pond - 25th July 2019

Denise had a day patient visit to Heatherwood Hospital so whilst waiting for the okay to take her home I had a runa roudn the nearby Swinley Forest brick pits....

Ruddy Darter (female)

Common Darter

Black Darter

Emerald Damselfly

Keeled Skimmer

Grayling

Large Skipper

Small Skipper

Gatekeeper

Englemere Pond

Emerald Damselfly

Keeled Skimmer

Small Red-eyed Damsefly

Ruddy Darter

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.