Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Stanwell Moor GP

Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Stanwell Moor GP - 31st July 2017

We made a short visit to Stanwell today. Nothing put up in the reed bed, just a couple of nets in the spoil heaps area to see whether much was moving through the site today. It was as we had expected with much less movement, perhaps due to the windy conditions, than on past dates. There was too much noise to get any interest from the few hirundines around and most captures were Whitethroats.

Juvenile Whitethroat

Totals: 14 (1)

Robin - 1
Whitethroat - 10
Garden Warbler - 2
Chiffchaff - 1
Great Tit - 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.