Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Garden

Monday, 21 March 2011

Garden - 19 Mar 2011

Whilst I was away enjoying myself at Pitsea tip, Denise was taking a more pleasant and leisurely time in the garden catching Siskin with a much prized Norwegian control - a 6 male 7H55534 from Stavanger. He days total came to:

Siskin - 44, plus 2 re-traps and the Norwegian control
Lesser Redpoll - 2
Goldfinch - 1
Starling -1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Siskin - Norwegian control

(above and two below)

Redpoll - 5 male

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.