Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: River Lark, Jubilee field, Mildenhall

Thursday, 9 February 2023

River Lark, Jubilee field, Mildenhall - 9th February 2023

Today we took a run out to meet KCV to lend a hand catching and fitting darvic rings to Mute Swans.

The river bank was badly eroded and places for swans to come out on the bank quite limited. There were only 12 swans present so managing to catch up a third of them wasn't a bad result.

Large male Z58758 receives darvic 4FPX

We did try for Black-headed Gulls but it really wasn't cold enough to promote any real interest in being fed.

Full permissions obtained for this site and waterproof clothing used to permit use of S4 disinfectant spray in line with current best practice.

Total: 4

Mute Swan - 4

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.