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
    Another year goes by. It seems just yesterday that I reviewed Bird Photographer of the Year, Collection 9. And now, if a little late following the first pa...
  • Axe Estuary Ringing Group
    On Tues 17th Feb, just Ian & myself had a session, setting 5 nets around the feeders & reeds near the Discovery Hut. It was very quiet, but we did catch 1...
  • Bardsey Wildlife
    It was a truly lovely day on the island today, with warm, sunny weather making it feel like spring has finally taken hold - however, it wont last!!. Th...
  • Bisham Barn Owl Group
    The BBOG report for 2025 is now available by clicking on this link: BBOG Report 2025
  • 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
    *March 16th.* A bright start to the day quickly clouding over with some light rain late afternoon and a strong westerly dropping as the day went on. Vi...
  • Grampian Ringing Group
    The redpoll is an attractive small finch which breeds in Scotland, northern England and Wales. It was formerly split into three different species (lesser, ...
  • Heysham Bird Observatory
    Opposite to yesterday, with it being dry in the morning, then rain for most of the afternoon. A SW wind. Pete did a seawatch, although there wasn't too muc...
  • Hilbre Bird Observatory
    Weather: SSE force 4, W 7/8 with rain by noon An early start to catch the early morning tide. A lovely morning began with winds in the south and ...
  • Landguard Bird Observatory Recent Sightings
    Hard work with few migrants included 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Siskin plus a Firecrest that has over wintered here. Southbound 17 Black-h...
  • Lower Derwent Valley NNR
    Recently, we were fortunate to have another large volunteer group present at our NNR Base at Bank Island, undertaking a wide range of tasks including the...
  • Nanjizal Ringing
    Overview This was the 30th year of ringing at Nanjizal, with the first ringing date of the year on 27th February and the final netting day on 22nd November...
  • NEWBURY RINGING GROUP
    *Location: *Greenham Common Feeder. *Session:* 15/03/2026 07:45 to 11:30hrs *Present: * JHW*,* IW, JL, CMD, IQ. *Weather*: sunny periods, breezy getting stro...
  • 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 highlight over the past week has been the returning Long-billed Dowitcher which has remained in situ on Ancum ever since its arrival at the beginning...
  • 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
    Over the last week, Madalina and I had been heading out on to the hills in Mid Wales to check if any Woodcock had made their way back some of our ringing...
  • South Notts Ringing Group
    This bird was ringed and colour-ringed at Attenborough NR on 23 April 2015. Within a couple of months it had moved to Norfolk where it appears to have re...
  • Teifi Ringing Group
    *Siskins* are moving, some populations moving on towards breeding grounds, other arriving. Female Siskin *Sand Martins* arrived on the 27th and seen dai...
  • The Hairy Birder
    In mid-February, I spent a cold early morning hour and a half at Rossall Point, with a brisk north-north-easterly wind. I should have known better than to ...
  • 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
    We do two ringing demonstrations each year for the Swindon Wildlife Group: one in late Winter / early Spring and one during the Autumn migration season. To...
  • Wildlife and wildplaces
    *Bird of the year - Tawny Frogmouth* The Tawny Frogmouth *Podargus strigoides* has today been voted as the bird of the year in an open poll ran by the Gu...
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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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