Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Marazion Marsh

Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Marazion Marsh - 21 August 2013

Day three on the Aquatic Warbler project and we got to the site a little earlier as the wind was swinging around to something like the right direction. We had heard reports of increased numbers of birds in the region but there wasn't much evidence of that at Marazion. We managed a total similar to Monday and will have to carry our hopes of catching an Aquatic over to Thursday.

Adult Willow Warbler

Juvenile Sedge Warbler

Later in the morning, once it began to warm up, the butterflies and insects began to fly about and amongst the Common Blues, Small Coppers and Clouded Yellow was a Black-tailed Darter.

Black-tailed Darter

Total: 33 (5)

Dunnock 2

Blackbird 1(1)

Sedge Warbler 17 (1)

Reed Warbler 7 (2)

Whitethroat 1(1)

Willow Warbler 1

Long-tailed Tit 1

Blue Tit 2

Reed Bunting 1

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.