Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Woodcock recovery from a bird ringed at a North Norfolk farm in January of last year

Thursday, 8 May 2025

Woodcock recovery from a bird ringed at a North Norfolk farm in January of last year

Dear Denise

Here are the details of a recovery of one of your birds.

Species:	Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)	Scheme:	GBT	Ring no:	EA88173

Ringing details

Age: 6 Sex: U Sex meth: U P.ringed: 0 P.alive: 0 Condition: N

Colour marks added: - Metal marks added: N Act1: U Act2: U

Ringing date: 13-Jan-2024 10:30:00

Reg code: - Place code: - Site name: Langham, Norfolk, UK

County code: GBNK Grid ref: TG0142 Accuracy - - Co-ords: 52deg 56min N 1deg 0min E Accuracy -

Hab1: E6 Hab2: E4

Biometrics: Wing: 207.0 mm. Weight: 325.6 g. Time: 10:30:00hrs

Remarks: -

Ringer: Iceni Bird Monitoring Group, 9253

Finding details

Ring verified Age: 0 Sex: U Sex meth: U

Colour marks added: - Metal marks added: - Act1: U Act2: U

Finding date: 25-Apr-2025 (0) time unknown

Reg code: - Place code: - Site name: Maksatinskiy distr., Ferezna, Tver' O., Russian Federation

County code: RU14 Grid ref: - Accuracy 0 - Co-ords: 57deg 42min N 35deg 45min E Accuracy 0

Hab1: -- Hab2: --

Biometrics: Wing: - mm. Weight: - g. Time: -hrs

Finding condition: 2:10 Movement: 9

Freshly dead - within about a Week Shot

Remarks: -

Duration: 468 days Distance: 2257 km Direction: 77deg (ENE)

Finder: Moscow, -11

Reference 07052025LB

BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU. Tel 01842 750050 e: recoveries@bto.org w: www.bto.org/ringing

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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.