Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Stanwell Moor ringing site

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Stanwell Moor ringing site - 19 July 2011

We did a quick visit on our own fairly late in the evening simply to see if anything roosted. The weather was rather overcast which we hoped might have caused some Hirundines to be low over the site - there were none. A few Sand Martins, about six came over and disappeared. The site was suffering from the effects of the heavy rain we had with the ride becoming muddy and many of the vegetation having become pushed down over the open ride area making some maintenance necessary for the next visit. We only caught seven birds but we were only on site for just over an hour and a half.

Robin -1
Whitethroat - 1
Garden Warbler - 1(1)
Starling - 2
Reed Bunting - (1)

juvenile Starling with adult body feathers moulting through

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.