Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Wraysbury GP

Thursday 9 July 2020

Wraysbury GP - 7th July 2020

A window of opportunity as the wind reduced and we were off to work on the Whitethroat RAS area. The birds were late in getting started, all except an unexpected Barn Owl that was seen over the solar panels, but as the morning drew on numbers began to build, leaving us at 128 birds for the morning.

Leading species were Blackcap, 52 new and 3 retrapped, Whitethroat 22 new and 7 retrapped and Garden Warbler 16 new with 1 retrapped.

Female Green Woodpecker age 5, in primary moult.

Totals: 114 (14)

Wren - 1

Dunnock - 7 (3)

Robin - 3

Blackbird - 5

Song Thrush - 1

Whitethroat - 22 (6)

Garden Warbler - 16 (1)

Blackcap - 52 (3)

Chiffchaff - 2

Blue Tit - 2

Great Tit - 2

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.