Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Home Cottage Farm

Sunday, 29 January 2012

Home Cottage Farm - 28 January 2012

We went in anticipation of overnight frost, but there was none, and the ground was nice and soft. Plenty of Fieldfares and Redwings, about 500+ at one stage in the horse paddocks, and they spent most of the day roaming around feeding on the ground in the various adjacent fields and orchards. We had about 150 on the ground in the orchard where we had set up, but unfortunately they were at the opposite end to where we had the nets up, and only managed one of each of the target species. A little frustrating seeing so many in the right orchard and when they flew off, to find so few in the nets!

Redwing - adult

Totals (5 new 3 re-traps) :

Green Woodpecker - 0 (2)
Blackbird - 1
Fieldfare - 1
Redwing - 1
Blue Tit - 0 (1)
Goldfinch - 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.