Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Chilterns

Wednesday 3 July 2013

Chilterns - 2 July 2013

Another call to give a hand, and as Denise was at work, I got hold of EP to tag along. We meet Pete at 8.30 and headed off to try and finish off the remaining nests for this season. We had a mixed day, and out of the five checked, one had fledged, two contained as is the norm this year just one juvenile and the other two had failed. Anyways we finsihed the day with a happy EP, leaving Pete to finish off his last day checking tomorrow with MC.

Totals: 2

Red Kite - 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.