Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Cote d'Azur birding (while attending buhurt tournament)

Wednesday, 4 March 2020

Cote d'Azur birding (while attending buhurt tournament) - 14-16 February 2020

We were in Monaco for a buhurt tournament that our son was fighting in. But, there were chances to see birds - using the one pair of binoculars that we'd taken between us.

Yellow-legged Gulls on the cliff face

Black Redstart in Princess Grace gardens

It's easy to get away from the roads and find birds

(although the species range is rather limited)

Blackbirds make good use of the parks and roof-top gardens.

Male Black Redstart on the beach

Chiffchaff were frequently heard

Peregrine pair on the cliff face

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.