Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Stanwell Moor ringing site

Sunday, 14 August 2011

Stanwell Moor ringing site - 9 August 2011

In a momnet5 of over keenness, Denise and I went to our Stanwell site in the evening after the am session at Wraysbury. It turned out quite worth while with a reasonable Hirundine catch for this site consisting f a single Sand Martin and over ten Swallows. The Starling roost was extremely unsettled having one or two visits from a Sparrowhawk, with birds flying in and out of the roost frequently but fortunately only a few were caught. Total for the night was 28.

Greenfinch - 3 female

Evening totals:

Sand Martin - 1

Swallow - 11

Reed Warbler - 8

Blackcap -2

Starling - 4

Greenfinch - 2

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.