Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Deepdale Farm

Tuesday, 6 June 2023

Deepdale Farm - 6th June 2023

A session to get the site ready for a ringing demonstration next weekend. The chief objective was just to shorten the grass in the rides and trim back brambles and trees as necessary. We also put up a double and single although a sea fret closed in just after 10:30 am forcing an early finish.

It was great to catch a few youngsters including a Blackcap that we returned to the tree it had leapt from, also six young Long-tailed Tits.

3JJ Blackcap

Age 5 Chiffchaff retrices

Total: 11 (2)

Wren - 0 (1)
Blackbird - 1
Whitethroat - 2
Blackcap - 1
Chiffchaff - 1
Goldcrest - 0 (1)
Long-tailed Tit - 6

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.