Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Wraysbury GP ringing session

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Wraysbury GP ringing session - 26 July 2011

An out of CES ringing session at Wraysbury specifically targeting migrants saw five of us turn up. Nets were set on the south side of the site around various known hot spots for feeding flocks concentrating on clumps of bramble. Three pairs of 60 ft and two single 40ft nets were set up which caught well giving us a fairly active morning with 200 birds caught.

Moulting adult Whitethroat

Species:

Great Woodpecker 1 (1)

Robin - 4 (1)

Dunnock - 4

Blackbird - 3

Song Thrush - 1

Reed Warbler - 1

Whitethroat -81 (7)

Garden Warbler - 27 (2)

Blackcap - 43 (3)

Chiff-chaff -15

Willow Warbler - 3

Blue Tit - 4 (1)

Great Tit - 2

Chaffinch - 1

Linnet - 5

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.