Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Lakenheath

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Lakenheath - 29 April 2011

A visit on a bright sunny, but slightly windy day. A Bittern was heard booming as at least three singing Cetti's Warblers. Four male and two female Marsh Harriers were seen along with 35+ Hobbies, with a pair of Garganey and a Grasshopper Warbler seen singing from a hawthorn bush. At least one male Golden Oriole was in but not showing readily, and it seemed to be the same with the Cranes, as we were not lucky enough to see either species.

Joist Fen viewpoint - lots of Hobbies but no Cranes to be seen!

Green-veined White

Small Tortoiseshell

Red Admiral

Orange Tip (female)

A quick drop in on the way to Ipswich at Weeting Heath for Stone Curlew rounded the day off.

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.