Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: White Cross Green Wood

Tuesday, 14 August 2018

White Cross Green Wood - 7th August 2018

A brief trip to White Cross Green Wood in Oxon to look for Brown Hairstreak, which unfortunately only produced two, one of which was just photographable, but the site was fairly low in butterfly numbers, with all the rides mowed and very little flower plants to be found on the reserve.

Common Darter, female and male (below)

Brown Hairstreak, female

Common Blue, male & female (below)

We made a brief stop at Piddington Wood, again for Brown Hairstreak without any success.

Small Copper

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.