Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog

A round up of our bird ringing activities (all birds ringed under licence from the British Trust for Ornithology with schedule one authority where appropriate), birding trips and other wildlife sorties within the UK and whenever we get chance, elsewhere.


Friday, 31 January 2025

Life Cycle Winter 2024-25, with article about our Water Pipit project

https://www.bto.org/our-science/publications/lifecycle/lifecycle-issue-14-winter-2024-25 

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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.

Merlin Ringing Supplies

We are Merlin Mist Nets and have a range of 6m, 9m, 12m & 18m nets. We have nets in a range of mesh sizes and also stock a range of denier options. www.merlinringingsupplies.co.uk

Birding

  • Arabian Birds
  • Birdlife Cyprus
  • OSME
  • Surfbirds

Butterflies

  • Butterfly Conservation
  • Cyprus Butterflies
  • UK Butterflies
  • Upper Thames BC

Ringing Schemes

  • AFRING
  • BTO - UK ringing scheme

Bird Observatories

  • Bardsey Bird Observatory
  • Fair Isle Bird Observatory
  • Filey Bird Observatory
  • Heysham Bird Observatory
  • Hilbre Bird Observatory
  • Holme Bird Observatory
  • Landguard Bird Observatory
  • North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory
  • Portland Bird Observatory
  • Sandwich Bay Observatory
  • Spurn Bird Observatory

Ringing Group websites

  • Cotswold Park RG
  • Gower Ringing Group
  • International Wader SG
  • North Thames Gull RG
  • Rye Meads RG
  • Sorby Breck RG
  • Stanford RG
  • Swale Wader RG
  • Tay RG
  • Wash Wader RG

UK Ringing Blogs

  • Another Bird Blog
    Caitlyn emailed me from Princeton ‘I am delighted to let you know about this one-of-a-kind illustrated guide to clouds, cloud formations, and the artists w...
  • Axe Estuary Ringing Group
    The largest team we've had in ages assembled at the Discovery Hut at 0630 with the intention of ringing in the 'cropfield' at Colyford Common. We loaded ...
  • Bardsey Wildlife
    More of the same weather with the low cloud continuing and a very light north-easterlywind throughout the day, before clearing into a beautiful and sunny...
  • Bisham Barn Owl Group
    Following last year's record breaking high number of Barn Owl nests and chicks, 2025 has turned out to be one of the poorest nesting years we've seen, an...
  • Causeway Coast Ringing Group
    The 2019 Bann Estuary Bird and Ringing Report is now available to read. To check it out, follow the link below or click on the 2019 report link at the top ...
  • Gibraltar Point Bird Observatory
    *October 13th.* Misty start, then cloudy with occasional drizzle in a light north to north-east breeze. Early news concerned a big arrival of thrushes, m...
  • Grampian Ringing Group
    *Biometrics and movements of Redwings ringed in Grampian 1989 – 2024* *(Innes Sim)* Grampian Ringing Group ringed 701 Redwings between 1989 and 2024,...
  • Heysham Bird Observatory
    A 09:00 shower followed by light misty drizzle for an hour or so. Then dry but overcast. A very light variable breeze. Ringing report for yesterday Alan an...
  • Hilbre Bird Observatory
    Weather: NW force 3, W4 by noon A Raven was over middle early but no birds of prey were seen this morning. Eight Red-breasted Mergansers were by the...
  • Landguard Bird Observatory Recent Sightings
    First decent sign of the upcoming winter with more "*turdus*" around early on including 30 Blackbird, 28 Redwing, 20 Song Thrush & 4 Fieldfare. The sup...
  • Lower Derwent Valley NNR
    Well, June feels like an awful long time ago now, and how busy we have been reflects the absence of posts to this account, with normal service set to res...
  • Nanjizal Ringing
    Overview The nets were up on the 9th March. The year seemed to be a carbon copy of last year, with periods of poor weather hampering netting and the weathe...
  • NEWBURY RINGING GROUP
    *Location: *Thatcham Marsh LNR *Session:* 12/10/2025 07:30 to 11:30.hrs *Present: *JHW*,*IW,JL,RAD,AB,KMB,DL,NC. *Weather*: overcast, calm, cool. *Nets: *36+...
  • North Lancs Ringing Group
    Our colour ringed Nuthatch study is based in Jerry and Barbara's woodland edge garden in Silverdale North Lancashire and is in its fourth year. Our aim is...
  • North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory
    The past week has been largely bereft of any form of passerine migration with most days featuring 50mph westerlies, which put a stop to any significant a...
  • North Wilts Group - Wiltshire Ornithological Society
    *After a coupe of bonus non-CEs session where the catches had been very low, just over or just under 100 birds we were hoping that that the second half o...
  • pewit
  • Ruffled Feathers
    Many years ago in the late 1970s and early 1980s when I was a trainee bird ringer, I used to visit Wood Lane sand quarry to ring Sand Martins with my tra...
  • South Notts Ringing Group
    As at Holme Pierrepont, the extent of the scrub is also diminishing rapidly as the trees get bigger, which is affecting the site's productivity. In the p...
  • Teifi Ringing Group
    Warbler summary Site summary.. Ces....
  • The Hairy Birder
    *...Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun.* I don't know how many times I have started a blog at this time of year like this, but those words by John Keat...
  • Tring Ringing Group
    2019 Ringing Report Ringer: CK Species Ringed Re-trapped Total 2019 Total 2018 Blackbird 10 5 15 23 B...
  • West Cornwall Ringing Group
    After the highs of 2024, we were sadly hit by the lows of 2025 as far as Barn Owls go. Whilst the very wet spring of 2024 saw a flush of early grass grow...
  • West Wilts Ringing Group
    Things did not start well: we arrived on site by the Whitworth Building at Blakehill Farm to find two bulls in our usual field. Fortunately, the next field...
  • Wildlife and wildplaces
    *Pick of Iceland * Kirkjufell Fjaorargljufur Gullfoss Svartifoss Svartifoss Geyser Ice diamond Seal on ice Reynisfjara Beach, stacks Reynisfjara...
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Overseas Ringing blogs

  • Bird Banding in Bulgaria
  • ISring - the Isreal Ringing blog
  • Yoav Perlman's Birding Blog

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