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lamsdell bird ringing and wildlife blog 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 tuesday 14 april 2026 deepdale farm 14th april 2026 a windy return to deepdale after the whitethroats heard at morston yesterday promised the chance of more whitethroats at hilly piece unfortunately the site didn t deliver and there was only a single of that species captured we did rather better for blackcaps with several singing when we arrived but moving on before long the record sheet tells the tale with only 2 birds ringed after 9 20am female blackcap total 12 5 blackcap 8 blue tit 0 1 chiffchaff 1 2 dunnock 0 1 song thrush 1 whitethroat 1 wren 1 1 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 13 april 2026 morston 13th april 2026 we re trying to make the most of these mornings with decent weather so made a first trip out to morston this year we arrived to hear quite a lot of whitethroat song and managed to catch the first few for the year although the only bird caught after 08 30am was a wren from last year first whitethroat of the year total 12 1 blackbird 1 blackcap 1 blue tit 1 dunnock 2 sedge warbler 1 song thrush 1 whitethroat 4 wren 1 1 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 10 april 2026 sculthorpe moor 10th april 2026 we captured 18 birds at the moor today the session was particularly notable not for what we captured but rather for what we didn t despite singing blackcap and chiffchaff we didn t catch a single one this particularly contrasts with our last couple of days out with chiffchaffs captured but not one today we think this is down to no birds going through and all the birds we could hear having settled into their own territories we caught our first sedge warblers of the year and also a second willow warbler considering that we only caught two throughout the entirety of 2026 let s hope this heralds a better season for the willow warblers willow warbler sedge warbler this male blackbird was ringed as an adult in 2024 i didn t photograph it then so may not have had the flecking of white feathers at that time total 14 3 blackbird 1 1 blue tit 1 dunnock 1 great tit 3 1 long tailed tit 2 robin 1 sedge warbler 4 1 willow warbler 1 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 8 april 2026 deepdale farm 8th april 2026 on arrival there was quite a bit of birdsong from the copse and we were quite hopeful of a decent catch the nets were all up inside of an hour and we had caught 7 birds by the first round the most striking thing about the session was the number of female chiffchaffs captured we ve been hearing chiffs for a couple of weeks now but most caught have been males the females caught today were probably recently in due to number there are usually only three or four pairs breeding there in the summer and some were carrying fat there were blackcaps with fat too five of the six being male we ve noticed before that males usually arrive ahead of the females for some migrant species our best bird of the day was undoubtedly a willow warbler and we were pleased to get a jay and control chiffchaff and long tailed tit willow warbler controlled chiffchaff jay total 22 7 blackcap 6 chiffchaff 10 2 dunnock 0 2 goldcrest 1 1 great tit 1 jay 1 long tailed tit 0 2 robin 2 willow warbler 1 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 6 april 2026 norfolk rivers trust ingoldisthorpe 6th april 2026 it s been a few months since we visited this site and arrived to find that there had been work to cut the larger shrubs and small trees from the banks of the lagoons this resulted in a change to where we had planned to place some of the nets as some areas are now more open with nothing to obscure nets we limited ourselves to a double 18m and three singles but still managed a catch of 25 birds we will leave it a couple of months before trying there again as there was a lot of raptor activity at one point a pair of red kites a couple of buzzards and four marsh harriers interacting over the adjacent field and the harriers are quite likely to select somewhere within the lagoon complex as a nest site chiffchaff treecreeper total 20 5 blackcap 1 blue tit 0 3 cetti s warbler 2 1 chiffchaff 8 dunnock 0 1 goldcrest 3 long taileed tit 1 reed bunting 1 treecreeper 1 wren 3 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 1 april 2026 sculthorpe moor 1st april 2026 today was the first session of the year in the beaver enclosure and twenty birds were captured this included four birds from previous years and amongst the new birds our first blackcap of the year and a pair of cetti s warbler 5m blackcap cetti s warbler 6m goldfinch total 16 4 blackbird 0 1 blackcap 1 blue tit 2 cetti s warbler 2 chiffchaff 5 2 goldfinch 3 reed bunting 1 robin 2 wren 0 1 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 23 march 2026 deepdale farm 23rd march 2026 we worked hilly piece at the farm today managing to capture 17 birds from 5 nets not too bad a total considering all the summer migrants with the exception of chiffchaff have yet to arrive we were surprised by the way rides were so clear with new animal runs emerging from under low vegetation signs of digging and hair caught on bramble in several places it looks like there is an active badger sett quite close by this is quite likely to affect our breeding chiffchaff and willow warbler as both nest close to or on the ground and badgers are opportunistic predators that will take birds eggs and nestlings adult coal tit total 13 4 blackbird 1 blue tit 1 chiffchaff 4 1 coal tit 2 dunnock 1 1 goldcrest 1 long tailed tit 1 1 robin 1 wren 1 1 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom 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 news from behind the sand martin wall 29th april 2026 i had the pleasure of joining doug behind the sand martin wall for a full survey of the nesting hol bardsey wildlife an easterly wind at f4 persisted through the day the sea state was two visibility was good the temperature reached 18 c ezra found the first ordonat bisham barn owl group we ve received a report on 24th march from one of our camera boxes that a barn owl pair has laid their first egg this is a fairly typical date for 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 may 5th a cool cloudy morning with occasional sunny breaks later on in a moderate northerly wind visible migration was in evidence again swallows 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 a dry day with a light wind mainly from the ne seawatch report pete 1045 1245 black guillemot summer plumage bird flying in then landed floated out hilbre bird observatory weather nne force 4 drizzle a cloudy and wet start to the morning the only birds moving were swallows 32 counted with the resident birds noisil landguard bird observatory recent sightings spot the purple sandpiper calidris maritima very well camouflaged a sunny morning with slight wind from the ne produced a relatively quiet morn lower derwent valley nnr three years ago the friends of the lower derwent valley purchased an 11 acre arable field behind the hides at north duffield carrs now called new mead 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 thatcham marsh lnr ces visit 2026 01 session 02 05 2026 06 00 to 11 00hrs present jhw jl iw rad nc weather misty early bright 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 its been a week of sunnier and warmer weather and although that may not be perfect for grounding migrants a few have made landfall and the year list i 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 marks the start of the second full year monitoring birds at allestree park in derby after setting up the site with an improved area for netting we teifi ringing group april always a month of great expectations on the teifi marshes in our reedbed sites early april delivered with an early white wagtail ringed on the the hairy birder this is a first for me another blog post just a week after my last one i had better check that i am feeling okay when i was loading my kit into my car 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 every year since 2013 i have written a consolidated report to the various landowners primarily the wiltshire wildlife trust and forestry england to show 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 show 5 show all overseas ringing blogs bird banding in bulgaria isring the isreal ringing blog yoav perlman s birding blog followers blog archive 2026 13 april 6 deepdale farm 14th april 2026 morston 13th april 2026 sculthorpe moor 10th april 2026 deepdale farm 8th april 2026 norfolk rivers trust ingoldisthorpe 6th april 2026 sculthorpe moor 1st april 2026 march 6 february 1 2025 121 december 9 november 7 october 13 september 12 august 14 july 12 june 14 may 15 april 4 march 8 february 4 january 9 2024 97 december 6 november 12 october 11 september 4 august 10 july 12 june 11 may 7 april 3 march 3 february 9 january 9 2023 104 december 8 november 5 october 13 september 8 august 7 july 13 june 10 may 12 april 7 march 8 february 6 january 7 2022 94 december 8 november 5 october 6 september 8 august 9 july 10 june 7 may 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december 16 november 11 october 3 september 12 august 24 july 32 june 11 may 18 april 8 march 7 february 9 january 14 2012 109 december 8 november 5 october 5 september 14 august 9 july 6 june 12 may 9 april 3 march 7 february 18 january 13 2011 160 december 8 november 5 october 9 september 16 august 17 july 23 june 24 may 29 april 1 march 13 february 7 january 8 2010 37 december 7 november 9 october 6 september 10 august 5 chris denise lamsdell powered by blogger