Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: AS42317 Melodious Warbler - News of one of our Gambian birds

Thursday 23 July 2020

AS42317 Melodious Warbler - News of one of our Gambian birds - 23rd July 2020

We have just received news from SAFRING that a bird ringed during the Gambian Ringing Scheme training initiative has been recovered in Europe. The Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta was ringed by Chris LAMSDELL on 13th January at Tanji (Reserve Ecolodge, Gambia (1322N1647W) and reported as found dead 167 days later, on 28th June 2020, at Les Grisardieres, Boissiere - Des, France (4631N0127W) by Monsieur Jean-Louis PASTEUR. This is a distance of 3954k from the place it was ringed in the Gambia. It was found dead having flown into a window and while it would have been a happier tale to hear that a ringer in France had encountered and released the bird, this report shows that reports are also received from members of the public.

A map showing the ringing and recovery locations can be found through the link below.

http://safring.birdmap.africa/ring_info.php?ring=AS42317

Melodious Warbler Le Petit Loc'h, Guidel, Brittany, France

photographer Frank Vassen

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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.