Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Stanwell Moor GP

Wednesday 17 June 2020

Stanwell Moor GP - 14th June 2020

We tried for an early start, but lost a bit of time when an accident involving a police car happened right ahead of us. It was all on the dashcam and although a police car was on scene within minutes (obviously it's different turning up to find your colleagues injured rather than strangers), we took some details from other witnesses who had not been involved while we waited to hand over the evidence.

We went down to the reed-bed and got one net in there, with the others in the scrubby area, only open to us when the plant is closed. There was a pleasing number of Whitethroats, a couple of Whitethroats, a surprise in two Meadow Pipits and some Reed Warblers from the reed-bed.

Totals: 18 (3)

Meadow Pipit - 2

Blackbird - 3

Sedge Warbler - 1 (1)

Reed Warbler - 3 (1)

Whitethroat - 8 (1)

Great Tit - 1

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.