Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Bernwood Forest

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Bernwood Forest - 14 June 2011

A visit to look for Black Hairstreaks in the M40 compensation area was unsuccessful due to the fact I did not have clear enough directions to actually find the area, especially as the track off the main route is unclear, and spent over three hours trying to locate it, so covered a fair area of the forest. Saw a single White Admiral and a Marbled White. Also came across a couple of reeling Grasshopper Warblers and had a Siskin over. Saw quite a number of Fallow Deer, probably about twenty all told, and a single Roe Deer.

Roe Deer

Marbled White

Afterwards a visit to Piddington Wood produced a single Black Hairstreak feeding on bramble in a sunny corner and Rushbed Wood just a couple more Marbled Whites.

Black Hairstreak

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.