Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Wraysbury GP

Wednesday 14 August 2019

Wraysbury GP - 21st July 2019

A 5'o'clock start with 10 nets up gave us 163 birds by the end of the morning. Leading species was Blackcap and Garden Warbler.

Adult Sedge Warbler

Total: 136 (27)

Blackbird - 1
Song Thrush - 5
Dunnock - 2 (2)
Wren - 1

Robin - 6 (2)

Reed Warbler - 1

Sedge Warbler - 1

Whitethroat - 15 (8)

Blackcap - 67 (6)

Garden Warbler - 23 (2)

Chiffchaff - 5 (1)

Long-tailed Tit - 1

Blue Tit - 3 (3)

Great Tit - 3 (1)

Treecreeper - 2

Goldfinch - 0 (1)

Bullfinch - 0 (1)

Brown Hawker

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.