Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Chobham Common

Saturday 12 October 2019

Chobham Common - 5th October 2019

It's been a while since we worked on the common, now that we no longer have access during the breeding season, so this visit came having not seen the site for many months.

We got 5 nets up and played for Redwing, Redpoll, Meadow Pipit and Goldcrest. We had varying degrees of success, Meadow Pipit and Goldcrest both caught birds, Redwing attracted but failed to catch any birds, while there was no sign of any Redpolls being present at all.

The numbers got a considerable boost from the addition of a large tit flock.

Juvenile Meadow Pipit

Coal Tit

Totals: 63

Meadow Pipit - 14
Robin - 2
Chiffchaff - 1
Goldcrest - 11
Blue Tit - 16
GreatTit - 4
Coal Tit - 3
Long-tailed Tit - 12

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.