Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Thursley and Thundry Meadows

Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Thursley and Thundry Meadows - 23rd July 2019

A long overdue visit to Thursley Common NNR and nearby Thundry Meadows......

Small Red Damselfly (above and below)

Emerald Damselfly

Keeled Skimmer

Four-spotted Chaser

Black-tailed Skimmer

Black Darter

Common Blue Damselfly

Common Darter

Blue-tailed Damseflly

Large Skipper

Brimstone

Thundry Meadows

Common Blue Damselfly

Black-tailed Skimmer

Beautiful Demoiselle

Banded Demoiselle

Peacock

Meadow Brown

Ringlet

Gatekeeper

Small Skipper

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.