Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Black Park

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Black Park - 14 & 15 July 2013

Well, still no Purple Emperor, but daily sightings of White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillaries with 3 and 7 on each visit for White Admiral and 6 and 10 for the Fritillaries. A walk along a lane on the 15th in Iver failed to produce any White-letter Hairstreaks, but did produce one Purple Hairstreak.

Silver-washed Fritillary

White Admiral

Large Red Damselfly

Common Darter

Broad-bodied Chaser

Ringlets

Meadow Brown

Small Skipper

Gatekeeper

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.