Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Broadwater

Sunday, 19 April 2015

Broadwater - 17 April 2015

Our first ringing session in the UK for quite a while and we had to plump for Broadwater as this site affords most protection from the wind. We knew there hadn't been too much going on there as MRB had run two sessions in our absence achieveing ony 10 captures in total, albeit that one was a Dutch ringed Chiffchaff.

We got an uninspiring 9 birds with the majority being Blackcap.

5M Blackcap

Totals: 8 (1)

Dunnock - 1 (1)

Blackcap - 6

Chiffchaff - 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.