Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Stanhoe Orchard

Thursday, 27 January 2022

Stanhoe Orchard - 25th January 2022

Another day with little wind so we returned to the orchard with ERB. We focused away from the area where we expected the tree pruning to be taking place and put up three triples and two doubles. There were many birds visiting again (but lots of good feeding areas too) and Fieldfare captures crept up into double figures, just.

Adult and juvenile plumage of Fieldfare compared.

One of the Blue Tits from the 23rd was recaptured showing that being caught had not deterred the bird from using the orchard.

First winter Green Woodpecker male

A Green Woodpecker made ERB a happy ringer as these birds do not occur at her usual site.

Total: 14 (1)

Green Woodpecker - 1

Fieldfare - 10

Blue Tit - 0 (1)
Brambling - 3

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.