Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Wraysbury GP

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Wraysbury GP - 23 April 2015

A visit by a small team with a 5.30 start and limited nets being set up until taken down at 10am. This resulted in 45 birds being processed, including a control Chiff-chaff ENL087, and a Whitethroat Y980289 first ringed at the site on 28/7/2012, plus three other birds first rung her in 2013, a Whitethroat, Garden Warbler and a Reed Bunting. Of the 26 new birds processed, 11 were Blackcaps, plus 2 re-traps.

Totals: 26 (19)

Kingfisher - 1
Green Woodpecker - 0 (1)
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 0 (1)
Blackbird - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Dunnock - 1 (2)
Sedge Warbler - 0 (1)
Reed Warbler - 1
Whitethroat - 2 (2)
Garden Warbler - 2 (2)
Blackcap - 11 (2)
Chiff-chaff -3 (3)
Willow Warbler - 1 (2)
Great Ti t - 2

Long-tailed Tit - 0 (2)
Reed Bunting - 0 (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.