Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Wraysbury GP

Wednesday 14 August 2019

Wraysbury GP - 9th July 2019

A respectable 48 birds captured at this session although the wind was already starting to get up by 9:30am and the last of the six nets was down by 11:30am.

It is clear that the essential new rides around the site edge, created when the cutting and treating of vetch was ongoing, are no longer catching so well, as birds move freely across the entire site, now that the low to mid level cover has recovered.

A retrapped Blackbird, the first reappearance since it was ringed as a juvenile in 2015 was a very nice record, but there were no new retrapped Whitethroat for the RAS.

Totals: 44 (4)

Robin - 2
Dunnock - 1
Blackbird -2 (1)
Whitethroat - 7 (1)
Garden Warbler - 8 (1)
Blackcap - 15 (1)
Chiffchaff - 5
Great Tit - 1
Goldfinch - 2
Greenfinch - 1

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Common Blue Damsefly

Brown Argus

Gatekeeper

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.