Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Staines Res

Wednesday 21 March 2018

Staines Res - 16th March 2018

After Stanwell Moor I made a visit up to Staines Reservoir, which was fairly quite, but the American Horned Lark still present, plus two Black-necked Grebes, three Peregrines noisily chasing each other over the south basin briefly and a Little Ringed Plover was heard but not located as it flew by on the southern basin.

Wigeon

Black-necked Grebe

American Horned Lark

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.