Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Gedser Fuglestation - 23 October 2015

Friday, 23 October 2015

Gedser Fuglestation - 23 October 2015 - Spurvehøgs and Tårnfalk

Still windy today but no chance of rain and plenty of sunshine. The improvement in the weather brought an influx of smaller predatory birds and these formed a fair proportion of our rather modest catch for the day.

Spurvehøg1k han - Sparrowhawk 1st year male

1k Tårnfalk - first year Kestrel

Spurvehøg1k han - Sparrowhawk 1st year male

Spurvehøg1k hun - Sparrowhawk 1st year female

Spurvehøg2k+ han - Sparrowhawk adult male

Totals: 17 (21)

Spurvehøg / Sparrowhawk - 4
Tårnfalk / Kestrel - 1
Gærdesmutte / Wren - 1 (1)
Rødhals / Robin - 0 (4)
Solsort / Blackbird - 0 (3)
Fuglekonge / Goldcrest - 5 (12)
Blåmejse / Blue Tit - 1
Musvit / Great Tit - 0 (1)
Skovspurv / Tree Sparrow - 1
Kværkerfinke / Brambling - 1
Grønsisken / Siskin -2
Lille Gråsisken / Lesser Redpoll - 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.