Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: North Norfolk

Sunday, 30 January 2011

North Norfolk - 30 Jan 2011

Today was the ringing bit - a visit to Hempton Marsh with Gary Elton. The aim was hopefully to get some Marsh/Willow Tit experience, apart from seeing two in the field none were caught.

The catch was:

Blue Tit (22), Great Tit (15), Long-tailed Tit (1), Dunnock (1), Siskin (1), Chaffinch (4), Bullfinch (2) and 23 re-traps.

Bullfinch - 5

Great Tit - 5

Muntjac - no idea, cleaning up under the feeders

PM we took a walk around the nearby Sculthorpe Moor Hawk & Owl Trust reserve, with a good healthy population of Marsh Tits. the reserve has a number of feeding stations and provided one with a Water Rail and a couple of Brambling.

Sculthorpe Moor

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.