Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Wraysbury GP

Friday, 10 July 2015

Wraysbury GP - 10 July 2015

We returned to Wraysbury with RMA and ESA to try out some nets in our newly recut rides. The weather wasn't ideal, virtually no cloud, growing increasingly warm and wind building up as the morning advanced. We started at 8am and continued to midday.

3J Garden Warbler Z072805

Recapture X271923 4F with BP4, first ringed 25/4/09 at
the adjacent CES site, but has not been re-trapped, since
first ringed, 6 years ago, so where has it been?

Totals: 28 (7)

Wren - 1
Dunnock - 2 (2)
Robin - 2
Blackbird - 3
Whitethroat - 5 (4)
Garden Warbler - 4 (1)
Blackcap -8
Chiff-chaff - 2
Blue Tit - 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.