Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Black and Langley Parks

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Black and Langley Parks - 6 May 2011

A visit around the park mid week is always pleasant, so leapt on the bike and had a ride around. We had tried mid winter to catch duck through bank side feeding without any luck of even getting them near the bank, today a mum and her child not only got them to the bank but had them on the path - plan hatched, a re-visit planned with net and rings! Eight male Mandarin seen and at Langley Park there was a pair of Egyptian Geese with 3 goslings.

Male Mandarin

Male Orange Tip

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.