Hertfordshire Website Sightings Archive 2004

31ST DEC: CHESHUNT PARK: Waxwing flew N over Bencroft Wood (R Facer)....WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Smew (M Wallen)....HERTINGFORDBURY: 3 Little Egrets on island, also 3 Buzzard (D Wheatcroft)....HERTFORD: Brambling and 3 Siskin in a garden (A Reynolds)....TYTTENHANGER: Woodcock, 3 Green Sand, Greenshank, Wigeon, 3 Teal, 5 bullfinch, Buzzard (sev obs)....BENINGTON: 12 Hawfinch by church early afternoon at least (BN)....COOPERS GREEN GP: 7 Teal, Buzzard, Green sand, 250 Lapwing (sev obs)....BEECH FARM: Short-eared Owl at aerodrome at 1630, also Green Sand, 2 Stonechat, 55 Fieldfare, 5 Teal, 40 Golden Plvoer over, 1700 Jackdaw flying to roost, 4 Grey Partridge (sev obs)....THORLEY FLOOD POUND: f Stonechat (C Dee)....ASTONBURY: 7 Grey Partridge (A Ford)....POTTERS CROUCH: 3 brambling, Lsr redpoll by Hollybush pub (J Thompson)....

30TH DEC: TYTTENHANGER: Marsh Tit, 5 Coot, 10 SIskin (W Lewis)....BENINGTON: 3 Hawfinch nr church. View from N side of churchyard where birds spend most time in tall Yew along top of Lordship garden moat (R Webb)....COLNEY HEATH: c40 Redwing/Fieldfare (S Evans)....

29TH DEC: N MET PIT: Bittern, 5 Goosander, Smew (M Oakland)....WILSTONE RSVR: 7 Bewick's Swan, 6 Goldeneye, m Goosander, Water Pipit, 2 Smew, Pintail (sev obs)....BENINGTON: 4 Hawfinch in trees on N side of church (R Webb)....BROOKMANS PARK: 2 Siskin, L Owl, 5 Bullfinch, Snipe, 135 Wdpgn, 4 Mdw Ppt

28TH DEC: CASSIOBURY PARK: Little Egret on causeway of southernmost pool of park 50yds from canal bridge and lane to WH Golf Club (G Folkerd)....THERFIELD: f HEN HARRIER along Icknield Way btw Royston/Therfield, also 5 Brambling nr Park Farm along Icknield Way (P Dunn)....STANSTEAD ABBOTTS GP: Black-necked Grebe, 2+ Goldeneye (D Wheatcroft)....FROGMORE GP, PARK STREET: 2 Short-eared Owls at 1515, 2 Siskin, m Bullfinch (A Gardiner)....AMWELL: 2 Bitterns seen from public hide coming in to roost (J Hopkins)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Wigeon, Greenshank, Green Sand, 200+ BH Gull, c30 C Gull, 2 H Gull, Kingfisher, 3 Bullfinch (G Knight)....WELWYN: Little Egret flew W over A1(M) (P Rhodes)....LEASEY BRIDGE: 20+ Siskin (C Smout)

27TH DEC: STOCKERS LAKE: 2 Smew, 9 Goosander (J Thompson)....AMWELL: 4 Smew (2m), 14 Goldeneye, 150+ Lapwing, 6 GBB Gull, Reed Bunt (sev obs)....KINGS MEAD: 41 Lapwing, 14 Teal, 5 LBB Gull (P Lawrence)....COOPERS GREEN GP: 8 Teal, 5 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, nrby at Sutton Farm GP: 10 Tufted, 17 Mallard, L Grebe (S Pearce)....KNEBWORTH: 2 Marsh Tits at Newton Wood, also 20 Skylark at Burleigh Farm (A Ford)....HERTFORD: 2 Bramblings with 70 Chaffinch in a garden (A Reynolds)....STANSTEAD ABBOTTS GP: Black-necked Grebe still present (BN)....TYTTENHANGER: Coot, Snipe, Greenshank, 4 Green Sand, 5 Bullfinch, 8 TEal, 13 Gadwall, Kingfisher, Cormorant (sev obs)....BEDMOND: 2 Little Egrets flying twds Shenley at 1500 (B Cripps)....HITCHIN: m Blackcap (M Gadd)....ROYSTON: Buzzard, 20+ Golden Plover (P Lawrence)....BALDOCK: 15 Grey Partridge, 6 RL Partridge (P Lawrence)

26TH DEC: TURNFORD BROOK GP: 2m Smew, 11 Goosander (9m), nrby 3 Smew, f Goosander, 4 Goldeneye on N Met Pit (R Facer)....AMWELL: 8 Smew, ad Yellow-legged Gull, Little Egret, Bittern, 2 Shelduck (sev obs)....HERTFORD: 3 Brambling & 2 Siskin in a garden (A Reynolds)....COLNEY HEATH: c100 Siskin in riverside alders (S Evans/A Lee)

25TH DEC: TYTTENHANGER: Greenshank, 2 Green sand, 2 Wigeon (S Pearce)....AMWELL: 2 Little Egret, 2 Smew, Shelduck (T Austin)....BARNET: Chiffchaff singing on Hadley Common (P Carruthers)....OXHEY WOODS: 5 Jay, 2m Bullfinch (J Thompson)....BROXBOURNE WOODS: 25+ Goldcrest, c45 Redwing, 4 Treecreeper, Marsh Tit....OAKMERE PARK, POTTERS BAR: 3 Mandarin, 50+ Starling, 2 Siskin

24TH DEC: KIMPTON MILL: 2 Little Egrets on watercress beds (C Brackenbury)....AMWELL: 18 Goldeneye, 1st-w Med Gull, 14 Little Egret, Bittern, 2 Shelduck (T Austin)....DIGSWELL MEADOW: Little Egret at edge of Mimram nr A1000/B1000 jctn (G Foster)....CHESHUNT GP: 2 Smew on N Met Pit, f Smew on Friday Lake, f Goosander on N Met Pit (R Facer)....STOCKERS LAKE: 4 Smew, 6 Goosanmder, 2nd-w Little Gull, m RC Pochard , Water Rail, 17+ Ruddy Dk, 1000 Golden Plover over (A Moon)....TYTTENHANGER: Teal, Water Rail, Coot, Greenshank, 3 Green Sand, 4 Snipe, 379 Lapwing, c100 Siskin, Buzzard, 38 Linnet, 2 Sparrowhawk, 8 Gadwall, 20 M Swan, c250 BH Gull, 72 C Gull, Lsr Redpoll, Tree Sparrow, 4 Bullfinch, 4+ Reed Bunt, 8 Yellowhammer, 2 Goldcrest, 45 Fieldfare, Grey Wag, Kingfisher (sev obs)....FROGMORE GP, PARK STREET: 1+ Short-eared Owl over rough ground to W of GPs TL146030 (R Pearson)....HERTFORD: 2 Brambling & Siskin in a garden (A Reynolds)....SANDRIDGE: c200 Golden Plover (D Edwards)

23RD DEC: TYTTENHANGER: Greenshank, 3 Green Sand, 2 Kingfisher (S Pearce)....FROGMORE GP, PARK STREET: 2 Short-eared Owls, Grn Wdpkr, 140 Golden Plover (over), 30 Fieldfare (J Thompson)....AMWELL: 4 Little Egrets, 2 Med Gulls, 1+ Smew, 2 Shelduck (T Austin)....STANSTEAD ABBOTTS GP: BN GRebe (J Hawkins)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: 2 LS Wdpkr N of Spellbrook Locks on E side of R Stort navigation, Water Rail, Nuthatch (J Forgham)....LILLEY: Barn Owl nr Kings Walden (J Trew)....S HATFIELD: m Blackcap (S Pearce)

22ND DEC: BEECH FARM: 2 Stonechats (E Leahy)....TYTTENHANGER: 5 Bullfinch, Lsr Redpoll, 30 Golden Plover, 3 Tree Sparrow, 2 Green Sand (E LEahy)....POTTERS CROUCH: c5 Brambling with Chaffinch flock nr East Farm, also Lsr Redpoll (A Gardiner)....WILSTONE RSVR: Water Pipit in Cemetery Corner (BN)

21ST DEC: R LEE AT WARE: f LS Wdpkr in tops of riverside trees (I Edwards)....HERTFORD: 2 Bramblings in a garden (A Reynolds)

20TH DEC: CODICOTE BOTTOM: 5 Little Egrets in trees and bushes along Mimram btw Bottom and pumping station (S Pearce)....CHORLEYWOOD: 3 Little Egrets in Frogmore MEadow on R CHess, also 3 Blackcaps (C Fennell/S Thompson)....KIMPTON MILL: 2 Egyptian Geese in arable field on other side of Kimpton Rd to mill, also 3 Water Rails around stream nr mill (S Pearce)....EAST HYDE: Barn Owl flew into Beds nr sewage farm (J CHapman)....AMWELL: 2 Med Gulls (ad + 1w), 10 Little Egrets, 6 Smew (4m), 25 Goldeneye (3m), 3 Lsr Redpoll, 2 Reed Bunt, Siskin, Shelduck (sev obs)....ST ALBANS: c200 Pied Wags roosting in tree outside Marks & Spencers (G KNight)....HERTFORD: 2 Little Egrets at The Goldings, also 58 Wigeon, Grey Wag (P Lawrence)....KINGS MEAD: 59 Teal, 19 Wigeon, 7 Lapwing, 5 SHoveler (pools frozen) (P Lawrence)....WATERFORD HEATH: 10 Redwing, 2 Jay, Grn Wdpkr, GS Wdpkr (P Lawrence)....ASHWELL: Ring-necked Parakeet on Back Street at 1315 (BN)....FROGMORE GP, PARK STREET: Short-eared Owl over rough grass W of pits 1500-1520 (I Williams)

19TH DEC: BROCKET PARK: 3+ Crossbills in larches btw footpath leading downhill from The Wagoners and Lemsford village (A Lewis)....FROGMORE GP, PARK STREET: 2 Short-eared Owls on rough grassland nr How Wood rlwy stn (J Thompson)....HAZEL GROVE: Hawfinch in a garden nr school briefly (BN)....BEECH FARM: Short-eared Owl at 1600, Woodcock, 180+ Golden Plover, Teal, 4 Snipe, 3 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunt, 750 corvids going to roost, 2 Goldcrest....AMWELL: Bittern, 19 Goldeneye (A Reynolds)....STARTOPS END RSVR: 2 Smew (M wallen)....HERTFORD: 2 Brambling in a garden (A Reynolds)....HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: 300+ Wdpgn on stubble, c1500 Lapwing roosting on bean field (J Moss)

18TH DEC: CHESHUNT GP: Hawfinch in car park, Cheshunt side on way to Met Pit (J Palmer)....TYTTENHANGER: prob Peregrine seen briefly and distantly, Water Rail on R Colne by old footbridge, Greenshank, 2 Green Sand (D Booth)....BEECH FARM: Barn Owl, Stonechat, 10 Lapwing, 2 Reed Bunt & 1000+ Jackdaws (sev obs)....MARSWORTH RSVR: Barn Owl flew across road at 2130 (I Burrus)....N MYMMS PARK: 2 Buzzard, LS Wdpkr with tit flock, c25 LT Tit, 20 Tree Sparrow, 60 Chaffinch, 8 SIskin, 30+ Yellowhammer, 4 Reed Bunt....STOCKERS LAKE: 3 Smew, 8 Goosander, 14 Goldeneye, 7 RC Pochard (6m), 100+ Siskin (sev obs)....AMWELL: Adult & 1st-w MEd Gulls, ad Yellow-legged Gull, Bittern, 6 Smew, 5 Little Egrets, Shelduck, 3 Buzzard (sev obs)....HERTFORD: Brambling in a garden (A Reynolds)....WELWYN GDN CITY: f Blackcap in a garden (T Hill)....REDBOURNBURY: Snipe, 2 Buzzard, 46 Fieldfare (A Jeffery)....WATFORD: Barn Owl over A41 nr Westlea Ave at 0300 (M Frosdick)

17TH DEC: AMWELL: 7 Little Egret, 3 Smew, 2 1st-w Med Gulls, Peregrine, 4 Buzzard, Shelduck (T Austin)....HUNSDON: imm Peregrine over wood SW of village (R Watkins)....STANSTEAD ABBOTTS GP: Black-necked Grebe still (C Dee)....BEECH FARM: Short-eared Owl 1500-1645 in field at back of Notcutts Garden Centre, also 2 Stonechat (D Wheatcroft)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Whooper Swan (unknown origin), 6 Teal, m Goldeneye, 3 Buzzard, Greenshank, 4 Green Sand, 278 Lapwing, 2 Reed Bunt (sev obs)....BROOKMANS PARK: m Blackcap in a garden....STARTOPS END RSVR: 2 Smew (M Wallen)....ESSENDON: Little Egret on R Lea, 5 Teal, 2 Buzzard, Woodcock, Snipe, Grey Wag, 2 Siskin, 26 Moorhen....LETCHWORTH: 2 Chiffchaffs (1 ringed) at Sewage Works (G Dagnall)....MAPLE CROSS: 1200 Golden Plover (J Edwards)....EAST HYDE: 2 Green sands (R Payne)....KINGS LANGLEY: 4 Bullfinch, 3 Siskin, Lsr Redpoll, Chiffchaff, 3 L Grebe, 42 C Gull (I Bennell)....SANDRIDGE: 500+ Golden Plover N of Sandridge (S Pearce)

16TH DEC: STARTOPS RSVR: m Smew, f Goldeneye (I Williams)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Green sand, Greenshank (S Pearce)....FROGMORE GP, RADLETT: Short-eared Owl at 1530 hunting over rough grass W of pits, also 2m Bullfinch, 30+ Siskin (A Gardiner)....HERTFORD: Little Egret on R Beane, Goldings (A Reynolds)

15TH DEC: BEECH FARM: Stonechat, Green Sand (farm pond) (S Pearce)....COOPERS GRN GP: 3 Teal, 7 Gadwall, c200 Lapwing/Golden Plover (S Pearce)....WILSTONE: 3 Smew (1m), Pintail, 52 Golden Plover over (I williams)....AMWELL: 3m Smew, 16 Goldneye, 3 Little Egret (A Reynolds)....HERTFORD: Brambling in a garden (A Reynolds)....KINGS MEAD: 8 SNipe, 200 Lapwing (A Reynolds)

14TH DEC: WILSTONE: Water Pipit, 2f Goldneye, Buzzard, 3 Water Rail (I Williams)....N MET PIT, CHESHUNT: 2 Bitterns: 1 N of causeway, another from LVRPA Pochard Viewpoint (T Hill)....GOBIONS WOOD: 60+ Siskin, 19 Fieldfare, Marsh Tit....LONDON COLNEY: 5 Grey Partridge, 48 Golden Plover (P Christian)

13TH DEC: WILSTONE: 2f Smew, Water Pipit (I Williams)....TYTTENHANGER: Egyptian Goose with Canadas, Greenshank, 4 Green Sand, 20 Goldfinch, Grey Wag, 60+ Skylark (S Pearce)....STOCKERS LAKE: 5 Smew, 4 Goldneye (1m), 4 Goosander (2m), also BN GRebe still just inside Middx on Inns Lake (S Thompson)....STANSTEAD ABBOTTS GP: Black-necked Grebe (A Reynolds)....AMWELL: 9 Goldeneye, 5 Little Egret, also m Smew (by Hardmead Lock) (A Reynolds)....COOPERS GREEN LANE: Barn Owl over road (T Hill)

12TH DEC: WILSTONE: 5 Barnacles flew in from Bucks at 1350, also 2f Goldeneye (I Williams)....R LEE AT WARE: 2 Little Egrets, 2 Kingfisher (I Edwards)....GOBIONS WOOD: 5+ Siskin, 5 Bullfinch, Marsh Tit, 5 GS Wdpkr....ST IPPOLLITTS: 10 Siskin in a garden (M Hooper)

11TH DEC: WHITWELL: Peregrine on roadside tree btw Whitwell & Offley....BROOKMANS PARK: 50+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, m Blackcap, Marsh Tit, 6 Siskin, Lsr Redpoll, 92 STarling, 4 Bullfinch....REDBOURN: 3 Bullfinch, 2 Buzzard, 72 Chaffinch, Kingfisher, Grey Wag (A JEffery)....ST ALBANS: 60+ Pied Wags roosting in town centre opp M&S (A Jeffery)....ASTON, STEVENAGE: 7 Grey Partridge nr Astonbury (A Ford)....POTTERS CROUCH: Red Kite over (C Hocking)....HERTFORD: Brambling in a garden (A Reynolds)

10TH DEC: AMWELL: Little Egret, Bittern from hide, Water Rail, 6 Reed Bunt, 2 Goldeneye (C Hughes)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: m Blackcap in a garden (M Dee)....BEECH FARM: Short-eared Owl nr conveyor belt at 1615 flew twds aerodrome, 5 Stonechat, 6 Teal, 14 M Swan, Grey Partridge, 20 Golden plover over, 175 C Gull, c300 BH Gull, 35 Fieldfare, 500 Rook to roost, 900 Jackdaw to roost, Siskin, 35+ Blue Tit....TYTTENHANGER: Water Rail on R Colne by old footbridge, 280 Lapwing, Greenshank, Kingfisher, c30 Skylark, 6 Tree Sparrow, f Brambling, Lsr Redpoll (G Knight)....POTTERS CROUCH: Red Kite over with something trailing from its leg, also 2+ Brambling in sunflower field by East Farm (C Smout)

8TH DEC: WELWYN GDN CITY: 110 roosting Pied Wags in city centre (R Pearson)....REBOURNBURY: 2 Kingfisher, 30 Teal, 2 Grn Wdpkr, 5 Buzzard (E Leahy)....HERTFORD: Brambling in a garden (A Reynolds)....BOVINGDON AIRFIELD: c450 Golden Plover & c200 Lapwing (R Egan)

7TH DEC: AMWELL: Buzzard, Water Rail (N Agar)....BROXBOURNE WOODS: Ringtail HEN HARRIER (prob ad fem) flew along wooded valley nr Monks Green bridleway, mobbed by corvids. Flew west and lost to view. Also 3 Hawfinches flew into roost at 1510. Settled in bare Plane trees for sev mins before flying into dense pines to roost (L Evans)....HERTFORD: Little Egret at The Golding, River Beane nr A119 on N side of town (P Lawrence)....HARPENDEN: m Blackcap in a garden (R Cave)....KINGS MEAD: 71 Teal, 32 Shoveler, 96 lapwing, 8 SNipe, 4 Stonechat (A Reynolds)....COOPERS GREEN LANE: 100 Golden Plover in fields with Lapwing nr Hatfield business park (R Hooper)....HOLWELL: Kingfisher (H Massie)

6TH DEC: OYLERS FARM, CHESHUNT: 300 Golden Plover, 21 RL Partridge (P Roper)....AMWELL: ad Med Gull in roost, 6 Little Egrets, 1m 22f Goldeneye, 30 Siskin (sev obs)....POPLARS GREEN, TEWIN: Little Egret on Mimram nr stone bridge at 0930 (L Borg)....TEA GREEN: 8 Grey Partridge in field at TL135225 (D Anderson)....STOCKERS LAKE: 2 Ring-necked Parakeets over (P Lewis/S Carter)....BEECH FARM: 13 Golden Plover, Grn Wdpkr (J Thompson)....WATFORD: 110 Feral Pigeon (J Thompson)

5TH DEC: TYTTENHANGER: 4 Green Sands, 2 Tree Sparrow, Lssr Redpoll, Tufted (only duck apart from 52 Mallard!), 213 Lapwing, 400+ Wdpgn, Kingfisher, c30 Linnet, 11 Yellowhammer....TRING: Brambling in a garden, also Buzzard over A41 (I Burrus)....BEDMOND: 50 Fieldfare at Corner Farm, also Red Kite over Pimlico (D Edwards)....HERTFORD: Little Egret R Beane Goldings (A Reynolds)

4TH DEC: CHESHUNT: 50 Hs Sparrow in a roost (P ROper)....AMWELL: 9 Little Egrets roosted, ad Little Gull 7 ad Mediterranean Gull roosted, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 17 Goldeneye, 2 Ruddy Dk, 10+ Siskin, Water Rail (sev obs)....BEECH FARM: Short-eared Owl showed well, 2 Stonechat, Snipe (J Middleton) also 22 Teal on pond, 55 Golden Plover over, Grey Wag, c10 Mdw Ppt, 14 Fieldfare (W Hatton)....WILSTONE RSVR: Water Pipit, m Goosander, 2 Water Rail (J Thompson)....STOCKERS LAKE: 4m RC Pochard from causeway with Pochard (P Lewis)....LYNSTERS LAKE: m RC Pochard (P Lewis)....BURY LAKE: 3 RC Pochard (P Lewis)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Water Rail (1 by Scrape, 1 on Colne nr old bridge), 3 Shoveler, 15 Cormorant, 15 Lsr Redpoll btw fishing lakes, 1000+ Golden Plover (over during morning), Greenshank, 4 Green Sand, Grey Wag, 23 C Gull (P Christian/R Flesher)....WEST HYDE: f Stonechat 100yds past Oaks Pub adj to allotments (P Lewis)....POTTERS CROUCH: 2 Lsr Redpoll, m Brambling with c40 Chaffinch, Goldcrest, East Farm area, Little Owl on wires in Hollybush car park, also 2 Grey Partridge (A Gardiner)....N MYMMS PARK: 200 Golden PLover (over), 2 L Owl, 6 Lsr Redpoll, 13 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunt, 65 FIeldfare, 100+ Feral Pigeon, 5 Bullfinch, 5 Goldcrest, 7 Jay....OXHEY: 2 Blackcaps in a garden (G Young)....STEVENAGE: 5 Cormorants over SHephall (C Brackenbury)....ALDENHAM RSVR: 6 Mandarin (5m), 5 Ruddy Dk, 43 Shoveler, 25 GC Grebe, 25 Siskin, Lsr Redpoll over, 8 Goldcrest (C Everett)....OTTERSPOOL: 20 Siskin in alders by R Colne (C Everett)....HILFIELD RSVR: 13 Bullfinches on N Bank in 2 flocks (J Fearnside)....MAPLE CROSS: c500 Golden Plover and c150 Lapwing at Woodoaks Farm (R Pearson)....HERTFORD: 2 Little Egrets over Castle Hall to roost (A Reynolds)....ALLENS GREEN: Barn Owl on posts by road by old aerodrome (J Forgham)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: Buzzard over (J Forgham)

3RD DEC: PETERS GREEN: Jackdaw showing characteristics of eastern race (clear white lower neck markings) in a garden, not seen since (N Bristow)....HERTFORD: Little Egret R Beane Goldings (A Reynolds)....AMWELL: 4 roosting Little Egrets, ad Med Gull (roost), 2+ Cetti's Warblers heard, 6 Goldeneye, 15 Siskin, 4 Lsr Redpoll, Green Sand, 2 Ruddy Dk (sev obs)....TYTTENHANGER: m Goldeneye, Woodcock, 2 Buzzard, 2000 Golden Plover (over), 554 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 5 Green Sand, 21 C Gull, 13 Yellowhammer (G Knight)....DIGSWELL: Little Egret on Mimram by A1000 (D Booth)....POTTERS CROUCH: 7 Brambling in sunflower field by East Farm (R Pearson)....KINGS LANGLEY LAKE: 3 Siskin, Lsr Redpoll, 19 Fieldfare, Kingfisher, 46 C Gull (I Bennell)....BROOKMANS PARK: 110+ Fieldfare, c35 Redwing, 50+ Starling, 47 CHaffinch, 3 Marsh Tit....HATFIELD: Buzzard over town centre (J Moss)....CODICOTE BOTTOM: 6 Little Egrets (R Smith)....STOCKERS LAKE: 5 Little Egret over lake at dusk twds Broadwater GP (P Lewis/S Carter)

2ND DEC: TYTTENHANGER: Greenshank, 6 Green Sand, Grey Wag, Snipe, 26 M Swan (S Pearce)....FRIDAY LAKE: f Smew at N end (R Facer)....BARKWAY: Long-eared Owl from wood on Stud Farm at 1735 (M East)....KINGS MEAD: 3 Stonechat, 170 Lapwing, 15 Siskin (A Reynolds)....GOBIONS WOOD: 13 Siskin, 100+ BH Gull, 30+ C Gull, 20+ Fieldfare, 15 Stock Dv....BOWYERS GP: 2 Ruddy Dk, 150+ Wigeon (R Facer)

1ST DEC: BUSHEY: m Blackcap in a garden, and seen since then too (P Briggs)....HARE STREET: Barn Owl (M East)....TYTTENHANGER: 4 Green Sand, Tree Sparrow, 10 Yellowhammer, c 50 Skylark (A Gardiner)....STEVENAGE: 20 Lapwing, 250 Golden Plover opp crematorium at Bragbury End (R Hooper)

30TH NOV: BARLEY: Barn Owl (M East)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: 3 Little Egrets over (D Sampson)....CODICOTE BOTTOM: Little Egret roosting in a tree mid-am, also Water Rail showing well at nrby Kimpton cress beds (M Russell)....AMWELL: f Goldeneye, 2 Water Rail, 200 Lapwing, Kingfisher....RYE MEADS: 2 Stonechat, c25 Goldfinch, 2 Grey Wag....BARKWAY: Barn Owl (T AUstin)....WELWYN GDN CITY: 35+ Pied Wags roosting in tree outside Putterills Estate Agent (nxt to John Lewis) (J Moss)....HERTFORD: Brambling in a garden (A Reynolds)

29TH NOV: ICKLEFORD COMMON: Little Egret (R Webb)....CASSIOBURY PARK: Little Egret on cress beds btw canal & fishing lake, also 6 Wigeon there and 2 Grey Wags (C Funnell/S Thompson) also 2 calling Water Rails, 6 Siskin, 15 Goldfinch (J Thompson)....BROOKMANS PARK: m Blackcap in a garden....HERTFORD: Little Egret at R Beane Goldings (A Reynolds)....WATTON-AT-STONE: Buzzard (A Reynolds)

28TH NOV: POPLARS GREEN, TEWIN: Little Egret, Kingfisher, GS Wdpkr, Grey Wag (S Chilton)....HERTFORD: Little Egret at R Beane Goldings (A Reynolds)....REDBOURNBURY: Peregrine flew into flock of feral pigeon then flew twds Redbourn (I Williams)....BEECH FARM: Barn Owl, 2 Stonechat, 30 Fieldfare, 10 redwing, 3 Mdw Ppt, 2 LBB Gull (A Gardiner)....LONDON COLNEY: 306 Golden Plover, 136 Lapwing, 4 Grey Partridge, Lsr Redpoll (P Christian)....CASSIOBURY PARK: Little Egret, 5 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing (C Fennell/S Thompson)....HERTFORD: Water Rail in a garden (!) (A Reynolds)....BROAD COLNEY: 15 Siskin, Kingfisher (P Christian)....COLNEY HEATH: 50+ Siskin along Colne (P Christian)....TYTTENHANGER FARM: 4 Tree Sparrow, 15 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunt, 150 Jackdaw (P Christian)....BOWMANSGREEN FARM: 80 Skylark, 20 Chaffinch, 100 FIeldfare, 40 Redwing, 15 M Thrush (P Christian)....TYTTENHANGER GP: Greenshank, 4 Green Sand, Marsh Tit (Coppice Wood), 3 Wigeon, 20 Tufted, Pochard (P Christian)....VERULAMIUM PARK: 12 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 GS Wdpkr (E Leahy)....HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: 400+ Golden Plover, c150 Lapwing (J Moss)....OXHEY PARK: 24 Moorhen, 50 Crow (J Thompson)

27TH NOV: NORTH MET PIT, CHESHUNT: m Goldeneye, 50 Siskin, Water Rail, Treecreeper (M Shepherd)....TYTTENHANGER: Jack Snipe, m Goldeneye, 2 H Gull, 27 Tufted, Snipe, 4 Green Sand, 2 Bullfinch, no sign of Greenshank (sev obs) nrby at Tyttenhanger Farm: Brambling, 8 Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow (P Christian)....GOBIONS WOOD: 2 Hawfinch perched in tree for 2 mins before flying north at 1345, not relocated, also c25 Fieldfare, c20 Redwing, 12+ Siskin, 60+ Stock Dv, 4 GS Wdpkr....AMWELL: 2 Little Egrets, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls (T Austin) 5+ LSr Redpoll with 15+ Siskin (A Lewis)....HERTINGFORDBURY: 10 Siskin, 10 Goldfinch (S Poynter)....CHESHUNT: m Blackcap in Withern Park (P Roper)....STOCKERS LAKE: m Goosander, m RC Pochard, f Smew, 60+ Siskin inc few Redpoll (R Pearson)....MAPLE CROSS: 150+ Golden Plover nr M25 feeder road (R Pearson)....FROGMORE GP, RADLETT: Grey Wag, Chiffchaff (A Gardiner)....POTTERS BAR: 4 Siskin, c10 Redwing, 96 BH Gull, 16 Moorhen, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch....KINGS LANGLEY LAKE: 10 L Grebe, 2 COrmorant, m Wigeon, Kingfisher, 33 C Gull, f Ruddy Dk, 4 Yellowhammer, 12 Gadwall, 17 Fieldfare, 3 M Thrush, 2 Shoveler, 4 LBB Gull (I Bennell)....STEVENAGE: 300 Starlings in pre roost flight over Westgate shopping centre (D Booth)....WELWYN: f Blackcap in a garden (M Bridges)

26TH NOV: BEECH FARM: Buzzard, Snipe, m Stonechat, 20+ Mdw Ppt, Jay (A Dorman)....STOCKERS LAKE: 3 Goldeneye; on Inns Lake Goosander, Black-necked Grebe (C Fennell/S Thompson)....BROXBOURNE WOODS: 2 Hawfinch at Pembridge car park 1500 heading into woods (J Forgham)....GT GADDESDEN: Peregrine S of Leighton Buzzard Rd at TL003145 flew along road chasing Rook & Lapwing flock (M Parr)....TYTTENHANGER: Greenshank, 5 Green Sand, 100+ Skylark at S end of pits, Snipe, 27 Tufted (sev obs)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: No sign of Grey-cheeked Thrush so far (BN)....WILSTONE RSVR: Water Pipit (BN)....ESSENDON: 8 Teal, 2 Marsh Tit, 19 Fieldfare, 6 H Gull over, 37 Blackbird....ASTON, STEVENAGE: 5 Bullfinch (A Ford)....BOWMANSGREEN FARM: Lsr Redpoll, 50 Fieldfare, 30 M Thrush, 2 Reed Bunt, 58 Skylark, 156 Feral Pigeon, 35 Stock Dv (P Christian)....BARKWAY: Barn Owl at 2345....AMWELL: 4 Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler heard (T Austin)

25ND NOV: NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present, also 5+ Marsh Tit, 3+ Nuthatch, 3 GS Wdpkr (C Beach)....STOCKERS LAKE: f Smew (J Mitchell)....TYTTENHANGER: 26 M Swan, 3 Teal, 36 Tufted, 223 Lapwing, Greensahank, 4 Green Sand, 5 C Gull, LBB Gull, Water Rail, Snipe, 25 LT Tit, 175 Jackdaw, 120 Crow, 25 Rook, Tree Sparrow, 3 Reed Bunt & mink (sev obs)....BLACKBRIDGE LANDFILL: Woodcock (D Stanley)....AMWELL: 3 Goldeneye, 4 Ruddy Dk, 8 Siskin (A Reynolds)....WATFORD: BRambling, Skylark, 3 Fieldfare over Riverside Park (I Bennell)....KINGS LANGLEY: Chiffchaff at Trout Lake (C Everett)....SYMONDSHYDE GT WOOD: c80 Golden Plover, c40 Lapwing (T Bristow)

24TH NOV: EAST HYDE: Green Sand (M Russell)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present (BN)

23RD NOV: AMWELL: 9 Goldeneye, 3 Lsr Redpoll (A Reynolds)....CASSIOBURY PARK: 3 Grey Wags, Tawny Owl (I Bennell)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present (BN)....N MYMMS PARK: Marsh Tit in hedgerow nr A1, also Buzzard (M Wurr)

22ND NOV: NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present in the usual place (BN)....SCOTSBRIDGE MILL: 2 Little Egrets flew from Chess Valley - 1 went S, 1 went SW (S Younger)....INNS LAKE (in Middx): Black-necked Grebe (S Younger)....TYTTENHANGER: Green Sand, Snipe, Tree Sparrow, 3 Yellowhammer, 2 Sparrowhawk (A Gardiner)....WATERFORD: Little Egret on Goldings Estate (J Hawkins)....WATTON AT STONE: 100 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing (J Hawkins)....WARE: Marsh Tit in a garden (L Goodyear)....BENGEO: 2 Goldcrests by school (J Hawkins)....KGV PLAYING FIELDS: 54 Fieldfare over, also 150+ Starling (I Bennell)

21ST NOV: CLOTHALL VILLAGE: female Hawfinch, viewed from private land but would be visible from main village road, associating loosely with finches, feedling low in a hedgerow but also in treetops on mast. Seen for just a few minutes and believed to be passing through. Also Woodcock and 2 Tawny Owls (R Nason/P Harris)....CODICOTE BOTTOM: 4 Little Egrets in tree next to mill (R Smith)....RICKMANSWORTH: Little Egret flew over Moneyhill twds Stockers Lake at 1430 (S Younger)....AMWELL: 2 Little Egrets, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Water Rail, 3 Goldeneye, 14 GC Grebe, 9+ L Grebe, 5 Siskin, Lsr Redpoll, Kingfisher....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Green Sands, 2 Tree Sparrow, Lsr Redpoll, 28 M Swan, 3 Teal, 5 Pochard, 13 Tufted, 116 Lapwing, 150+ Fieldfare, 19 LT Tit, 4 Reed Bunt, 50+ Stock Dv....FLAMSTEAD: 17 Golden PLover at Flamsteadbury Farm (E Leahy)

20TH NOV: BROOKMANS PARK: Waxwing in a garden....HERTFORD: Brambling with 40 Chaffinch in a garden (A Reynolds)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present (C Smout)....TYTTENHANGER: 25 M Swan, 6 Teal, Buzzard, 176 Lapwing, 9 Pochard, Green Sand, 50+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, 2 Tree Sparrow, Brambling, 8 Lsr Redpoll (R Flesher) Stonechat (D Booth)....AMWELL: 3 Goldeneye, Bittern from public hide at 1310 (A Reynolds)....KINGS MEAD: 58 Teal, 4 Snipe, 8 Stonechats (highest count since systematic recording began in Apr 2002) (A Reynolds)....BROXBOURNE WOODS: Woodcock flushed from edge of Cowheath Wood nr stream, also 10 Siskin, Marsh Tit (M Shepherd)....BEECH FARM: 2 Shoveler, 50 Golden Plover, SNipe, Green Sand, 4 H Gull, c20 Mdw Ppt, 4 Stonechat, 36 Fieldfare, 2 Reed Bunt

19TH NOV: FAIRLANDS LAKE: 3 M Swan (C Hughes)....BEECH FARM: 4 Stonechat, Snipe, 20 Fieldfare, 350 Wdpgn (J Thompson)....INNS LAKE: Black-necked Grebe but elusive, also m Goldeneye on Stockers Lake (R Pearson)....TYTTENHANGER: 3 Goosander (2m), Buzzard, 3 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, f Stonechat, 100+ Fieldfare, 4 Lsr Redpoll, 12 Yellowhammer (G Knight)....COLNEY HEATH: 5+ Siskin on common (S Evans/A Lee)....WELHAM GREEN: c8 Fieldfare, c12 Redwing....ASTON END: 60 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, Marsh Tit, 6 Yellowhammer (P Bishopp)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present (P Lawrence/C Smout) also Buzzard over (S Pearce)....WATFORD LINK ROAD: Chiffchaff, 3 Water Rails calling, 10 Reed Bunts roosted (C Everett)....STANBOROUGH LAKES: 7 GC GRebe, 2 Heron, 3 COrmorant, Tufted Dk (C Brackenbury)

18TH NOV: CHESHUNT: 80 Lapwing, 5 Fieldfare, 11 RL Partridge all at Oylers Farm (P Roper)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present (A Gardiner)....TYTTENHNAGER: 15+ Yellowhammer, 3 Green Sand, Water Rail, 2 Stonechat, 3 Tree Sparrow (sev obs)....KINGS MEAD: 75 Wigeon, Water Rail, 10 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat (A Reynolds)....AMWELL: 5 Goldeneye, 2 Dunlin, 5 Siskin, Snipe (A Reynolds)....BUSHEY: Red Kite over twds N Watford (G Young)....N MYMMS PARK: 80 Lapwing, 50 Fieldfare, 2 Marsh Tit, 7 Tree Sparrow, 7 Siskin, Lsr Redpoll, 2 Mdw Ppt, 7 Yellowhammer....STOCKERS LAKE: Black-necked Grebe on Inns Lake (just outside Herts), also 400 Golden Plover at Woodoaks Farm (C Carpenter)

17TH NOV: BEECH FARM: 4 Stonechat, c60 Fieldfare, nrby 33 Common Gull at Coopers Green (G Knight)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present (R Hooper)

16TH NOV: NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present all day, also 2 Marsh Tits, 10 Siskin in car park (G Watkins/R Pearson)....CASSIOBURY PARK: 26 Fieldfare over (I Bennell)....N MYMMS PARK: 2 Buzzards, f Bullfinch, Treecreeper, 10+ Skylark (M Wurr)....RIDGE: 2 Buzzards nrby (M Wurr)

15TH NOV: NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present 1020 at least. From car park take yellow trail E for c300 yards down steps and cross bridge to view 2nd track on left cTL287043 (BN)

14TH NOV: MAPLE CROSS: Brent Goose in winter cro field E of M25 spur road (A Moon)....TYTTENHANGER: Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, Green sand, 2 Tree Sparrow, 3 Lsr Redpoll (G Knight)....HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: c1500 Golden Plover, c200 Lapwing (G Knight)....COOPERS GREEN GP: 10 Wigeon, 11 Gadwall (G Knight)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH still present 1145 at least. From car park take yellow trail E for c300 yards down steps and cross bridge to view 2nd track on left cTL287043 (BN)....SITE WITHHELD: No sign of Dartford Warbler but Waxwing (G Knight)....CASSIOBURY PARK: Little Egret in river in wooded area (C Fennell)....KGV PLAYING FIELDS, Watford: 2 Fieldfare over (I Bennell)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: LS Wdpkr in trees nr Twyford Locks, Pig Lane, also 4 Snipe in Thorley Wash (J Forgham)

13TH NOV: PETERS GREEN: Brambling in a garden with finch flock (N Bristow)....MAPLE CROSS: Brent Goose in field nr Woodoaks Farm on E side of M25 spur road till 1430 at least, mobbed twice by female Peregrine which flew off E (A Moon)....AMWELL: ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Little Egrets, Cetti's Warbler called sev times at dusk (T Austin)....BROXBOURNE WOODS: prob Peregrine high over, also c25 Siskin, Lsr Redpoll, Tawny Owl, 2 Treecreeper....TYTTENHANGER: 4 Green Sand, Snipe, 2 Buzzard, 27 M Swan (G Knight)....WILSTONE RSVR: juv Red-necked Grebe & Chiffchaff, 2 Kingfisher, feral barnacle Gs and Whooper swan, m Blackcap (sev obs)....REDBOURN: 22 Grey Partridge, Teal (A Jeffery)....ST IPPOLLITTS: 3 Buzzards (C Brackenbury)....HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: 750+ Golden Plover, 250+ Lapwing (J Moss)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH 2 miles N of Potters Bar and 1 mile N of Northaw. From Great Wood car park, take yellow trail E for sev hundred yards down steps and cross bridge to view track on left c150yds further on cTL287.043 - till 3pm at least but often elusive (BN) ....COWHEATH WOOD: 2 Crossbills, 3 Siskin, c30 Coal Tits (D Booth)....HERTFORD: ad Yellow-legged Gull by Sele roundabout on B1000 but flew off (D Booth)....COOPERS GREEN GP: 12 Gadwall, 8 Teal (S Pearce)

12TH NOV: AMWELL: ad Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Bearded Tits from viewpoint but elusive, also 2 Lsr Redpoll (T Austin)....WILSTONE RSVR: Red-necked Grebe, Garganey, Water Pipit, 1+ Water Rail but no sign of Bittern (R Hargreaves)....CASSIOBURY PARK: Firecrest calling and showing by two bridges just south of ex-HMWT reserve, consorting with tit/crest flock, also Woodcock & Siskin (G White)....KINGS MEAD: 81 Teal, 67 Wigeon, 200 Lapwing, 20 Gadwall, Water Rail, 2 Stonechat (A Reynolds)....ARCHERS GREEN: 2 Little Egrets perched in trees along R Mimram opp Warrengate Farm (D Wheatcroft)....TYTTENHANGER: 26 M Swan, Wigeon, Snipe, 5 Green Sand, c40 Skylark, 6 Tree Sparrow, 6 Yellowhammer, 5 Bullfinch, Stonechat (sev obs)....WATEREND S of Welham Green: Kingfisher, 175 Chaffinch, 30 Linnet, Siskin....BROOKMANS PARK: Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, Marsh Tit, 34 Pied Wag, Lsr Redpoll, 36 Stock Dv, 8 Meadow Ppt, 2 Bullfnch....MAPLE CROSS: 850 Golden Plover Woodoaks Farm, no sign Blk Redstart (J Edwards)....KINGS LANGLEY LAKE: 4 Ruddy Dk (C Everett)....KINGS LANGLEY: 30 Yellowhammers in two flocks at separate sites (C Everett)

11TH NOV: FIR AND POND WOODS: Marsh Tit, 12 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch, 30 Rook over....KGV Playing Fields Watford: f Bullfinch, 2 Sparrowhawk, 57 Redwing (I Bennell)

10TH NOV: ESSENDON: 2 Lsr Redpoll over (J Thompson)....SITE WITHHELD: DARTFORD WARBLER heard only at a private site. Observer is prepared to share location information with known people. Details on the Herts Birding Yahoo forum (J Thompson)....AMWELL: 4 Little Egrets (T Austin)....BROOKMANS PARK: 35+ Fieldfare over....OYLERS FARM, CHESHUNT: 80 Golden Plover, 11 RL Partridge (P Roper)....STEVENAGE: 8 Grey Partridge on road in housing estate (C Brackenbury)

9TH NOV: WESTON: Buzzard, Fieldfare (R Broadie)....SITE WITHHELD: DARTFORD WARBLER seen at a private site in Herts but very elusive....STOCKERS LAKE: Little Gull (P Young)....WILSTONE RSVR: Red-necked Grebe still (BN)....KINGS MEAD: 2 Brambling & Water Rail (A Reynolds)

8TH NOV: CASSIOBURY PARK: Little Egret on dead tree overhanging canal by lock (C Fennell)....TYTTENHANGER: 5 Green Sands, 8 Tree Sparrow, 3 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 14 GC Grebe, 17 M Swan, 28 Tufted, 20+ Stock Dv, 2 Kingfisher, 18+ LT Tit, Grey Wag, 2 Bullfinch, Lsr Redpoll (sev obs)....WILSTONE RSVR: Red-necked Grebe, Pintail (BN)

Late news from 1ST NOV: STOCKERS LAKE: juv Purple Heron from Kingfisher Hide. Description received by post.

7TH NOV: ASHRIDGE FOREST: Red Kite over (D Otter)....WILSTONE RSVR: Red-necked Grebe, Water Pipit, 2 Snipe, Grey Wag, c20 Ruddy Dk (sev obs)....HAMPER MILL, WATFORD: 6 Bullfinch, 20 Redwing (J Thompson)....TEWIN FISH FARM: 2 Little Egrets (R Smith)....HITCHIN: 340 Feral Pigeons in Hitchin town centre (D Booth)

6TH NOV: AMWELL: Brambling with Chaffinch flock (T Brownsell)....TEWIN FISH FARM: 3 Little Egrets in field opp Warrengate Farm (T Brownsell)....EAST HYDE: Water Rail in ditch to S of river but some way from the viewpoint on road (C Smout)....AMWELL: ad Yellow-legged Gull in roost (T Austin)....TYTTENHANGER: Jack Snipe, 7 Heron, 2 Green Sands, Reed Bunt, 3 Teal (S Pearce)....WILSTONE RSVR: juv RN Grebe, Water Pipit, Garganey, 4 Snipe (I Williams)

5TH NOV: WILSTONE RSVR: juv Red-necked Grebe, Bittern, Water Pipit (by jetty), juv Goldeneye, 3 Lsr Redpoll (I Williams)....TYTTENHANGER: juv Ring-necked Parakeet perched by mound, also H Martin, 3 Green Sands, 20+ M Swan, Kingfisher. Notebook lost today - if found, please email website. (S Pearce) 2 Goldeneye (1m), ad Yellow-legged Gull (briefly), H Martin though S, c3000 Wdpgn over, 197 Feral Pigeon, 14 Fieldfare, 7 Tree Sparrow, 2 Brambling at Willows Farm end in cut maize field (G Knight)....BROOKMANS PARK: Brambling with Chaffinch flock, also Lsr Redpoll, 5 Fieldfare, c15 Linnet....BEECH FARM: Little Owl, 5 Stonechat, 5 Bullfinch (J Thompson)....MAPLE CROSS: c300+ Golden Plover at Woodoaks Farm (S Pash)....KINGS MEAD: 39 Wigeon, 77 Teal, 19 Snipe, 2 Lsr Redpoll, 7 Stonechats (A Reynolds)

4TH NOV: BEECH FARM: f Ring Ouzel, 5 Stonechat, 3 Kestrel, Grey Wag (D Wheatcroft)....WILSTONE RSVR: Bittern, f Goldeneye, f Scaup (P Young) Garganey, Water Pipit, Pintail (R Hargreaves)....N MYMMS PARK: 3 Buzzard, c20 Stock Dv, 4 Fieldfare, c35 Redwing, 14+ Tree Sparrow, 65+ Chaffinch, Brambling (with Chaffinches), 5 Lsr Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 5 Bullfinch

3RD NOV: HILFIELD RSVR: ad M White-headed Duck - access to Herts & Middx Wildlife Trust member key holders only (key available from Grebe House, St Albans) but res is viewable from M1 footbridge (BN)....CROXLEY GREEN: Brambling in a garden

2ND NOV: WILSTONE RSVR: Bittern (from hide), ad Red-necked Grebe, Garganey, Water Pipit, Pintail, 2 Water Rail, 4 Snipe (sev obs)....BEEcH FARM: f Ring Ouzel at 1330 (D STanley)....PETERS GREEN: Barn Owl at Chiltern Green (N Bristow)....WILSTONE RSVR: Bittern seen to go to roost at 1645 in reedbed to right of hide, also Golden Plover (T Hill)

1ST NOV: WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Red-necked Grebes still (ad+juv), also 2 Snipe (J Thompson)....BROOKMANS PARK: 8 Mdw Ppt, 88 Jackdaw, 9 Yellowhammer, Marsh Tit, 23 Pied Wag, 17 Stock Dv....BEECH FARM: 2 Ring Ouzels in hedge at N of airfield (D Booth)

31ST OCT: BEECH FARM: 3 Ring Ouzels, 200 Golden Plover over (J Thompson)....TEMPLE END: Brambling, 2 Lsr Redpoll (J Crystal)....WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Red-necked Grebe, Water Pipit, 4+ Pintail, Dunlin (R Hargreaves)....GOBIONS WOOD: Kingfisher, 32 Redwing, 2 Marsh Tit, 4 Bullfinch, Siskin....ST ALBANS: 3+ Brambling in a garden (G Knight)

30TH OCT: TEMPLE END: Wheatear (since 23rd Oct), 4 Tree Sparrow (J Crystal)....AMWELL GP: 5 Little Egret, 3 ad Yellow-legged Gull, Buzzard (T Austin)....SOPWELL MILL, ST ALBANS: 2 Redwing, Sparrowhawk, 2 GS Wdpkr, 3 Blackcaps (C Bowden)....TYTTENHANGER: Peregrine flew thru at 1035 (S Pearce) 7 Teal, Snipe, Wigeon, 45 Tufted, 150 Golden Plover, 10 Common Gull, 2 Green Sands, Fieldfare, 5 H Gull, 2 Grey Wag, 20 Goldfinch, also 3 Yellowhammer & 6 Tree Sparrow by Tyttenhanger farm, nrby 10 Siskin at Colney Heath (P Christian/G Knight)....RYE MEADS: 2 Stonechat, 2+ Kingfisher, 100+ Teal, f Goldeneye, 2 Green Sands (inc colour ringed: white on left, dark blue/black over light blue on right), 12+ L Grebe, 6 Common Gull (I Bennell)....AMWELL: 27 LBB Gull, 5 H Gull, Snipe, Brambling over, 7 Redwing, Kingfisher, 26 Cormorant (inc 1 that was colour ringed at Rutland), Green sand, 3 Redwing (I Bennell)....BEECH FARM: 2 Ring Ouzel, 3 Stonechat, 3 Buzzard, 150 Lapwing, Snipe, Bullfinch, Reed Bunt, 20+ Redwing, c10 FIeldfare....BROOKMANS PARK: Lsr Redpoll....STARTOPS END RSVR: 71 Shoveler (M Wallen)....REDBOURN: 2 Buzzard, 9 Grey Partridge, 3 GS Wdpkr, Brambling (A Jeffery)

29TH OCT: TEMPLE END: 2 Tree Sparrow (J Crystal)....AMWELL GP: 3 roosting Little Egrets, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls (T Austin)....HERTINGFORDBURY: 2 Little Egrets, 50 Coot (S Poynter)....BOWYERS GP: f Smew at N end of pit (M Oakland)....TYTTENHANGER: 5 Green Sand, LS Wdpkr, Redshank, 109 Golden Plover over, 50 Tufted, Kingfisher, 150 BH Gull, 109 Lapwing, 16 Common Gull, GBB Gull, 4 Teal, Fieldfare, Redwing (sev obs)....BEECH FARM: m Ring Ouzel (J Thompson), 2 Buzzard, Snipe, Grey Wag, 7 Stonechat, 13 Fieldfare, 26 REdwing, 3 Teal (sev obs)....STARTOPS END RSVR: 8 Ruddy Dk (M wallen)

12TH OCT: WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Red-necked Grebes (ad+juv), present since 7th Oct (sev obs)

11TH OCT: BRICKENDONBURY: Stonechat (C Hull)....KNEBWORTH: Little Owl in Park (C Hughes)....BEECH FARM: c2500 Jackdaws (J Thompson)

10TH OCT: TYTTENHANGER: Snipe, 3 Green Sand, 9 Siskin (G Knight)....KINGS MEAD: 6 STonechat, 20 Goldfinch, 3 Grey Wag (A Reynolds)....BOREHAMWOOD: 2 H Martins SW (J Terry)

9TH OCT: MAPLE CROSS: 2 Red Kite over, Buzzard, Little Owl, 4 Yellowhammer (S Pash)....WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Red-necked Grebes (ad+juv), 30 Golden Plover (J Thompson)....EAST HYDE: imm Peregrine over for 5 mins, also 2 Swallow, 3 H Martin, 3 Redwing, 3 Buzzard (M Russell)....PARK STREET, ST ALBANS: Grn Wdpkr, 4 Jay, Grey Wag, 2 Stonechat (by R Ver), Buzzard (K Thornton)....N MYMMS PARK: 3+ Buzzard, 64 Golden Plover (over), 6 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, Marsh Tit, 24 Tree Sparrow, 2 Reed Bunt, 5 Yellowhammer, Siskin....TYTTENHANGER: Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 4 Green Sand, 20 Skylark, 3 Swallow (G Knight)....SHAFFORD FARM, ST ALBANS: 11 Buzzard, Swallow, 40+ Mdw Ppt, 14 Golden Plover (J Pritchard/G Ashby)....WELWYN: Buzzard E over (M Bridges)....COURSERS FARM: c45 Skylark (J Terry)

8TH OCT: WILSTONE RSVR: 12 Pintail, 19 Golden Plover (J Thompson)....RYE MEADS: 13 Wigeon, 52 Teal, 3 Snipe, 2 Green sand, 3 Chiffchaff, 11 L GRebe, 130 Gadwall, 34 Shoveler (J Chapman)....COOPERS GREEN GP: 10 Teal, 2 Buzzard, GReen sandpiper, 25+ Stock Dv, Grey Wag, Siskin, 3 Lsr Redpoll....BEECH FARM: Black Redstart, 4 L Grebe, Wigeon, 120 Golden Plover (over), Snipe, 25 Skylark, Swallow, 12 Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 6 Lsr Redpoll, Reed Bunt....TYTTENHANGER: Buzzard, 2 Golden Plover (over), 2 Snipe, 4 Green Sand (G Knight) GBB Gull, 13 M Swan, 3 Cormorant, Grn Wdpkr (S Evans)....KINGS MEAD: 27 Teal, 6 Stonechat (A Reynolds)

7TH OCT: CHILTERN GREEN: LS Wdpkr in roadside hedge btw Breachwood Grn and Chiltern Grn (J CHapman)....BROOKMANS PARK: 4 Swallow....N WATFORD: Lsr Redpoll over cemetery (C Everett)....HARPERBURY: c50 Golden Plover, H Martin (J Terry)

6TH OCT: OXHEY: 11 Redwing over (I Bennell)....COLNEY HEATH: Little Owl (S Evans)

5TH OCT: BROOKMANS PARK: 3 Redwing, Swallow, 22 Mdw Ppt, 2 Chiffchaff, Marsh Tit, 280 Jackdaw SE, 100+ Starling, 110 Linnet, 3 Bullfinch

4TH OCT: REDBOURN: 2 Buzzard (A Jeffery)....VERULAMIUM LAKE: 3 SHoveler, 5 Pochard, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wags (A Jeffery)....STOCKERS LAKE: 10+ Siskin opp lock (G Young)....HITCHIN: Lsr Redpoll over Woolgrove Rd (P Lawrence)....ROTHAMSTED EXP STN: 400 Linnet nr Dunstable Rd (E Leahy)....BROOKMANS PARK: 2 Redwing, Siskin, 100+ Starling

3RD OCT: AMWELL: 3 Water Rail, 48+ Reed Bunts roosted (T Hill)....HERTFORD: Siskin & Chiffchaff in a garden (A Reynolds)....BROOKMANS PARK: Chiffchaff, Tawny Owl....SANDON: 2 Buzzards (C Squires)

2ND OCT: WILSTONE RSVR: Black-necked Grebe, 4 Pintail, 2 Hobby, Swallow (M Thompson)....BATFORD: Stonechat, 5 Skylark, 2 Meadow Ppt, 4 Linnet (D STanley)....N MYMMS PARK: 6 Buzzards S (S Lyon)....HERTFORD: m Siskin in a garden (A Reynolds)....BROOKMANS PARK: Red Kite, 4 H Martin....ESSENDON: 24 Mdw Ppt, 10 Goldfinch, 10 Grn Wdpkr, 8 Swallow, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Siskin, 5 H Gull, Buzzard....HITCHIN: Whinchat at Wellhead (R Webb)....PRESTON: m Stonechat (R Webb)....TYTTENHANGER: 4 Golden Plover, Dunlin, Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 40 Skylark, 12 M Swan with 6 yng (P Christian)

1ST OCT: WATEREND, WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Raven over, mobbed by crow, close to Water End House, also 3+ Buzzard, 4+ H Martin (C Smout)....PUCKERIDGE: 10 Eggyptian Geese flew S down Rib Valley, also 11 SKylark, 2 Swallow, 5 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Bullfinch (M Orchard)....KINGS MEAD: Common Sand, 16 Snipe, 30 lapwing, 48 Teal, 5 SHoveler, 10 H Martin, 4 Swallow, Kingfisher, Grey Wag (A Reynolds)....STARTOPS END RSVR: Common Sand, Shelduck, c5 Swallow, c30 H Martin (M Wallen)....WILSTONE RSVR: Black-necked Grebe, 7+ Pintail, f Mandarin, 17+ Ruddy Dk, c200 Wigeon, c150 Lapwing (M Wallen)....TYTTENHANGER: 10 Egyptian Geese flew into S pit at 0945, also 2 Green Sands, 16 M Swan, 111 BH Gull, 25 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 120+ H Martin, Chiffchaff, c100 Linnet (G Knight)

30TH SEP: SOUTH MYMMS: Swallow, 20+ Fieldfare, 2 poss Whooper Swan low over (A Gray)

29TH SEP: GORHAMBURY: 7 Buzzard (T Hill)....WATEREND S of WELHAM GREEN: Siskin, Stoat....BROOKMANS PARK: Little Owl, 130 H Martin thru, 9 Mdw Ppt, 7 Yellow Wag, 14 Pied Wags, 3 Chiffchaff, 6+ Jay, 3 Yellowhammer....THERFIELD: Barn Owl along Coombe Rd (R Webb)....TYTTENHANGER: Buzzard, Common Sand, 2 Grey Wag, 25 Linnet, 40 Crow, Sparrowhawk (A Gardiner)

28TH SEP: WILSTONE RSVR: Black-necked Grebe, c200 mixed hirundines (M Wallen)....STARTOPS END RSVR: c50 H Martin (M Wallen)....REDBOURNBURY: Wheatear (I Williams)....TRING: 15 H Martin over town centre (I Burrus)....CHESHUNT: (all at Oylers Farm - New River Walk) RL Partridge, Kingfisher, 15 Mdw Ppt, 4 Skylark, 6 L Grebe, S Martin, 20 Swallow, Chiffchaff (P Roper)

27TH SEP: APSLEY: 3 Redwing over 2115-2130, Tawny Owl (I Bennell)....WILSTONE RSVR: imm Little Gull, m Stonechat, Yellow Wag, Common Sand, Hobby, 2 Pintail (A Nasir)....BEECH FARM: 3 Whinchat, 2 L GRebe, 3 Buzzard, Hobby, 3 Snipe, 130 BH Gull, 13 Swallow, 12 H Martin, c30 Mdw Ppt, 2 Chiffchaff, Bullfinch....BROOKMANS PARK: Hobby....FLAUNDEN: 4 Buzzards (R Egan)....BENINGTON: 2 Little Owl, Kingfisher (R Webb)

26TH SEP: BISHOPS STORTFORD: Red Kite W over (J Forgham)....HERTFORD: H Martin with chicks still, in town centre (G Knight)

25TH SEP: STARTOPS RSVR: 2nd-w Little Gull, SHelduck (M Wallen)....WOODOAKS FARM: juv Black Redstart, Grey Wag, Little Owl (D Stanley)....KINGS MEAD: Whinchat, 52 Teal, 5 Snipe, 11 SHoveler, 8 Meadow Ppt (A Reynolds)....SHAFFORD FARM: Whinchat, 2+ Buzzard, 50+ Mdw Ppt, 6 Skylark, 40 Swallow, 20 H Martin, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Kingfisher (J Pritchard)....BEECH FARM: 4+ Whinchat around BT compound, Stonechat, 10 Skylark (A Gardiner)....BENGEO: 4 H Martin (C Glanville)....NORTON GREEN: 25+ Meadow Ppt, 45+ Goldfinch (C Hughes)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Common Sand, 7 GC Grebe, 2 S Martin (G Knight)....POTTERS BAR: Hobby....ESSENDON: 4 Buzzard (D Carter)....HERTINGFORDBURY: 4 Buzzards (S Poynter)

24TH SEP: WILSTONE RSVR: Black-necked Grebe,1+ Hobby, Coal Tit (R Hargreaves), Common Sand, 2 Stonechat, Kingfisher (M Parr) Shelduck (J Chapman)....MAPLE CROSS: juv Black Redstart at Woodoaks Farm, also Wheatear, 2 Little Owl, Buzzard (S Younger)....GOBIONS WOOD: 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch, Marsh Tit, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Goldcrest, 20 Swallow....N MYMMS PARK: 3 Buzzard, Siskin, Little Owl, 65 Jackdaw, 4+ Swallow, 4+ H Martin, Spot Fly, Marsh Tit, 12+ Jay, 25+ Stock Dv, 12 Meadow Ppt, 14 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer....RICKMANSWORTH: Hobby at Moor Lane (A Marrett)....KINGS LANGLEY: 12 H Martin, 8 Swallow, Buzzard, Yellowhammer, 4 Skylark, 3 Mdw Ppt, 100+ Starling, Chiffchaff, 30+ Chaffinch (I Bennell)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Green Sand, 2 Common Sand, S Martin, 3 Grey Wag, 114 Lapwing, 2 Buzzard, 216 Canada Gs (G Knight)

23RD SEP: WOODOAKS FARM, MAPLE CROSS: Black Redstart (D STanley)....HATFIELD: 2 Redwing over 1130 (J Terry)....BROOKMANS PARK: Buzzard, Hobby, Little Owl, 20 Common Gull over, 35+ Swallow, 20+ H Martin, 5+ Chiffchaff, 33 Meadow Ppt, 20 LT Tit, 4 Bullfinch, 140 Starling....WATERY GROVE: Marsh Tit, also 2 Marsh Tits at Cannocks Wood (A Ford)

22ND SEP: N MYMMS PARK: c20 Fieldfare next to church, also 4 Nuthatch (S Lyon)....KINGS MEAD: 2 Stonechat, Sedge Wbr, 70 Goldfinch (A Reynolds)....THEOBALDS PARK: 2 Buzzards roosted (P Roper)....TYTTENHANGER: COmmon Sand, Green Sand, COmmon Gull (A Gardiner)....WATERY GROVE: Spot Fly (A Ford)....EAST HYDE: Turtle Dove on wires over river briefly at 1745 (M Russell)....N MYMMS PARK: 4 Buzzards, 2 Nuthatch (M Wurr)....BROOKMANS PARK: Grey Wag, 2 H Gull

21ST SEP: ESSENDON: Prob Goshawk hunting Woodpigeons, also present Hobby, Little Owl, 28 Meadow Ppt, Whinchat, Willow Wbr, 4 Chiffchaffs, 21 Linnet, 34 Swallow, 12 H Martin, 5 Green Wdpkr, pr Marsh Tit....H HEMPSTEAD: Red Kite nr M1 (A Jones)....VERULAMIUM PARK: 2 Ruddy Dk (C Everett)....POTTERS CROUCH: 50 Linnet on setaside (C Everett)

20TH SEP: REDBOURNBURY: Whinchat (M Thompson)....BALDOCK: Merlin attacked finches by Boot fair site on A507 (R Wood)....RUSHDEN: 3 Wheatear on private farmland (J Dingemans)....KINGS MEAD: 59 Teal, 2 Common Sand, R Plover, Hobby, 2 Stonechat, 2 Snipe, 33 Lapwing (A Reynolds)....PIRTON: 3 Wheatear along Icknield Way mile E of Pirton (R Webb)....BALDOCK: Buzzard over A1M (P Lawrence)

19TH SEP: WOODOAKS FARM, MAPLE CROSS: Black Redstart on dung heap then around farm buildings, also Buzzard, 25 Mdw Ppt, 100 Collared Dv, Sparrowhawk (R Egan)....EAST HYDE: 2 Green Sands along stream still (M Russell)....BROOKMANS PARK: 33 H Martin....WILSTONE RSVR: 3 Common Sands (J Thompson)....STARTOPS END RVSR: 4 Pintail (J Thompson)....EAST HYDE: 4 Buzzards (T Chapman)

18TH SEP: WOODOAKS FARM, MAPLE CROSS: Black Redstart, 3 Wheatear, Whinchat, Little Owl (D STanley)....WILSTONE : 80+ Meadow Ppt, 5 Snipe (I Williams)....BUSHEY: Whinchat, Wheatear, m STonechat, 10 M Thrush (C Everett)....LETCHMORE HEATH: Yellow Wag & Siskin over (C Everett)....ALDENHAM RSVR: 5 Mandarin (1m), Siskin over (C Everett)....EAST HYDE: 2 Green Sands (M Russell)....GARSTON: Siskin over (C Everett)....PRESTON: Wheatear (R Webb)....KINGS MEAD: R Plover, 2 Common Sand, 8 SNipe, Wigeon (A Reynolds)....SHAFFORD FARM: Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 60+ H Martin (J Pritchard)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 R Plover, 3 COmmon Sand, Green Sand, 3 Kingfisher, 4 SNipe (sev obs)....BEECH FARM: 2 Siskin, Buzzard, 25 Mdw Pipit (D Booth)....BROOKMANS PARK: Siskin....SYMONDSHYDE GT WOOD: 2 Hobbies (S Pearce)

17TH SEP: HERTINGFORDBURY: LEACH'S PETREL flew over lake at 1530 (S Poynter)....BENINGTON: Turtle Dove, 2 SIskin, Little Owl, Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff (R Webb)....MAPLE CROSS: Black Redstart on old farm buildings at Woodoaks Farm, also 2 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat (D Stanley)....ICKLEFORD COMMON: Water Rail, Teal (R Webb)....BLACKBRIDGE LANDFILL: Buzzard, Jay but no Wryneck (D Stanley)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Buzzard, Hobby, 144 Lapwing, 5 Snipe, Green Sand, 2 Common Sand, c510 BH Gull, 20 Stock Dv, 35 Goldfinch, 9 Stock Dv, Wigeon, 10 Teal (sev obs)....KINGS MEAD: jv R Plover, Common Sand, f Wigeon (D Wheatcroft)

16TH SEP: BLACKBRIDGE LANDFILL: WRYNECK at NE end of site at 1430 only, no sign in subsequent search (D Stanley)....BEECH FARM: 6 Whinchat, Hobby, 17 Swallow, 16 H Martin, 13 LT Tit....TRING: 4 f/imm Whinchats in rough pasture, on fence posts at Tring Grance Farm, Cholesbury TL938073 (R Egan)

15TH SEP: SOPWELL MILL, ST ALBANS: Little Egret viewable from bridge (A Hill)....EAST HYDE: 2 Green Sands (M Russell)....WELWYN: 50+ H Martin over (M Bridges)....N MYMMS PARK: 4 Hobby, Buzzard, Little Owl, 50+ H Martin, 4 Yellow Wag, 2 Willow Wbr, 4 Blackcap, 8+ Chiffchaff, 20 Linnet

14TH SEP: MAPLE CROSS: Black Redstart, 4 Wheatear at Woodoaks Farm (J Thompson)....TYTTENHANGER: 7 Teal, 2 Snipe, 35 Lapwing, 3 Green Sands, 2 Common Sand, Common Tern, Kingfisher, 100+ H Martin, 30+ Swallow, 1+ S Martin, 7 Siskin, 7+ Chiffchaff, 30 Linnet, 21 LT Tit....KINGS MEAD: WHeatear, 2 COmmon Sand, Spot Fly, 9 Snipe, 2 Wigeon, 50 Goldfinch, 2 Chiffchaff (A Reynolds)....BROOKMANS PARK: 50+ H Martins thru....BRICKET WOOD COMMON: Siskin SE over, 19 M Thrush over (C Everett)

12TH SEP: BEDMOND LANE, ST ALBANS: Wryneck in a garden briefly before flying off (M&S Bailey)....NORTON GREEN, STEVENAGE: Wryneck 1240-1500, also 4 Whinchat, Wheatear (S Crockford)....MAPLE CROSS: 2 Black Redstarts reported, 2 Wheatear, Whinchat, 29 Yellow Wag, 55 Collared Dv, Grey Wag, all at Woodoaks Farm (P Lewis)....KINGS MEAD: Wigeon, 49 Teal, 2 Common Sand, 5 Snipe, Wheatear, 3 Spot Fly, Willow Wbr, 7 Swallow (A Reynolds)

11TH SEP: TYTTENHANGER: 5 Wigeon, 13 Teal, 2 Hobby, 3 R Plover, 4 Snipe, Spotted Redshank, Black Tern, 4 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands (sev obs)....STANBOROUGH LAKES: Common Sand, 3 Ruddy Dk, S Martin (A Dorman)....AMWELL: Hobby, SNipe (G Knight)....STARTOPS END RSVR: 3 R Plover, Common Sand (J Thompson)....WILSTIONE RSVR: 1st-w Black-necked Grebe, Bar-tailed Godwit (over), 1st-w Little Gull, 4+ Pintail, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, 5 Dunlin, Hobby (J Thompson)

10TH SEP: WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Garganey, Ruff, 1st-w Black-necked Grebe, 30 Yellow Wag, Common Sand (J Thompson)....KINGS MEAD: Redstart, Hobby, Green Sand, 2 Common Sand, 8 Snipe, R Plover, 31 Teal (A Reynolds)....MAPLE CROSS: Black Redstart on farm buildings at Woodoaks Farm, also Wheatear (S Pash)....EAST HYDE: 2 Green Sands along stream (M Russell)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Wigeon, 3 Green Sand, Common Sand, Spot Fly, Little Owl (G Knight)....SHAFFORD FARM: 3 Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunt (J Pritchard)....STARTOPS END RSVR: Common Sand, 5+ H Martin, Chiffchaff (I Bennell)....TRINGFORD RSVR: 2 feral WHooper Swans, 2 Common Sand, 2 L GRebe (I Bennell)....COLE GREEN TIP: 20+ Yellow Wag (K Hornby)....PANSHANGER AERODROME: 2 Lsr Redpoll (K Hornby)

9TH SEP: TEMPLE END, HITCHIN: Grasshopper Wbr at 1020 (J Crystal)....BEECH FARM: 4 Whinchat, 6 Kestrel (D WHeatcroft)EAST HYDE: Little Egret (M Russell)

8TH SEP: CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Osprey low over, also m Wheatear (J Thompson)....DANEMEAD WOOD, BROXBOURNE: Crossbill flock in NE corner at 1545, very vocal but no count obtained (A Jackson)....BALDOCK: Red Kite SW (M Tindall)....LITTLE OFFLEY: Redstart (R Webb)....WELWYN: Barn Owl (M Bridges)

7TH SEP: CHESHUNT: 2 Mandarin on new river btw Church Lane and M25 beh Oylers Farm, also Yellow Wag, Kingfisher (P Roper)....CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Red Kite over (D Gilbert)....TYTTENHANGER: 4 Green Sands, Whinchat, 7 Buzzard, Common Sand, 2 Teal, Wigeon (R Flesher)....KINGS MEAD: R Plover, 2 Green Sands, Common Sand, 5 SNipe, 46 Teal, 3 Kingfisher (A Reynolds)....PETERS GREEN: Hummingbird Hawkmoth in a private garden (N Bristow)....COOPERS GREEN GP: f Mandarin, 4 Wigeon, Buzzard (W Hatton)

6TH SEP: WILSTONE RSVR: Black-necked Grebe from hide, also 2 Egyptian Gs, 2+ Hobbies (P Leigh)....N MYMMS PARK: M Redstart, Whinchat, 2 Little Owl, Hobby, Buzzard, 2 Marsh Tit....TYTTENHANGER: Whinchat, Snipe, 4 Green Sands (G Knight)

5TH SEP: EAST HYDE: Little Egret on old watercress beds (A Jackson)....RICKMANSWORTH: Red Kite over (D Jenkinson)....N MYMMS PARK: 2 Hobbies over (M Wurr)

4TH SEP: TYTTENHANGER: 2 Whinchat, Osprey flew thru at 1150 then went S, also 3 Common Sand & Hobby (D Booth)....STANBOROUGH LAKES: Common Sand, Kingfisher, 2 Ruddy DK (A DOrman)....BROOKMANS PARK: Whinchat, Buzzard, Marsh Tit

2ND SEP: TRIMMS GREEN: imm Marsh Harrier over, Tree Pipit over, Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 30+ Yellow Wags, 2 Spot Fly, 250+ Linnet (S Patmore)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: Hobby (S Patmore)....KINGS MEAD: 38 Teal, 3 Whinchat, Wheatear, 2 Hobby, Snipe (A Reynolds)....STANSTEAD ABBOTTS GP: 2 Green Sands, 2 Little Owl, 10 Yellow Wags (P Roper)....AMWELL: 22 L GRebe, 3+ Reed Wbr, Snipe, 2 Kingfisher....GARSTON: Swift south (C Everett)

1ST SEP: RICKMANSWORTH: 8 Curlew flew W over a garden, calling (A Marrett) 2 Whimbrel with 3 Curlew flew SW at 1810, also Little Egret SW over at 1850 (S Younger)....WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Common Sand, 10+ heron, 2 Grey Wag, 70 Lapwing, 8+ Wigeon, hybrid Ruddy Shelduck (P Lawrence)....STOCKERS FARM: Wheatear among horses, also 200 Starling (P Lewis)....MAPLE CROSS: 5 Yellow Wags nr Woodoaks Farm (P Lewis)....BROOKMANS PARK: LS Wdpkr, 40+ Hs Martin....COLNEY HEATH: 300 BH Gull, H Gull in ploughed field....N MYMMS PARK: 4 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby, 8 Yellow Wag, 6 Bullfinch, 2 Lsr Whitethroat, 20 Stock Dv, 24 Hs Martin....TYTTENHANGER: Wigeon, 5 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 15 RL Partridge, 5 Green Sand, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunt, 9 heron....CLOTHALL: 2+ Buzzards (R Broadie)

31ST AUG: BEECH FARM: 4 Whinchat, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Hobby, 2 Buzzard (W Hatton)....WILSTONE RSVR: Juv WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN - no sign since 0845 (had been showing from hide prior to that) but 4 Black Terns there, also Black-necked Grebe, Hobby, Greenshank & Ruff (BN)....KINGS LANGLEY LAKE: 3m Ruddy Dk (C Everett)....LONG DEANS NR: Buzzard, MarSh Tit (C Everett)

30TH AUG: BEECH FARM: 2 Whinchat, f type Redstart, 6 kestrel, 2 Buzzard, Hobby, Yellow Wag, 12 Pied Wag, 2 Reed Wbr, Reed Bunt, bullfinch, Sedge Wbr, 2 Whitethroat, Willow Wbr, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap....BROOKMANS PARK: LS Wdpkr, Meadow Ppt

29TH AUG: RYE MEADS: f/juv Marsh Harrier (R Savory)....COOPERS GREEN GP: Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk (D Booth)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: Swift (C Dee)....N MYMMS PARK: Spot Fly, Bullfinch....WATEREND, WELHAM GRN: Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kingfisher....BROOKMANS PARK: Hobby....BEECH FARM: 4 Whinchat, Wigeon, Hobby, 2 Buzzard (M McManus)....KINGS MEAD: 2 Whinchat, 5 Swift, 40 Goldfinch, 2 Grey Wag (A Reynolds)

28TH AUG: TYTTENHANGER: 2 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, Hobby, Snipe, 8 Green Sand, 175 BH Gull (G Knight)....WILSTONE RSVR: BLack necked Grebe left of jetty, also 2 Hobby, 2 Spot Fly, 15+ Yellow Wags (in field beh jetty), 3 Nuthatch with tit flock, Greenshank (I Williams)....KINGS MEAD: Stonechat, 3 Swift (A Reynolds)....BENINGTON: Turtle Dove, 4 Buzzard, Kingfisher (R Webb)....ALDBURY NOWERS: Spot Fly, 3 Marsh Tit, Buzzard, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Yellow Wag (C Everett)....WATEREND WHEATHAMPSTEAD: 3 Buzzards (A Reynolds)....WELWYN GDN CITY: 2 Swifts over (A Dorman)....REDBOURN COMMON: 2 Swifts over (E Leahy)....GARSTON: Yellow Wag over (C Everett)....WOODOAKS FARM, MAPLE CROSS: Whinchat, Red Kite over, 3+ Buzzards over (S Pash)....BROOKMANS PARK: Teal, Willow Wbr, Kingfisher, 16 Hs Sparrows (largest flock observer has seen in village in 2005)....N MYMMS PARK: Buzzard, 11 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit (S Lyon)....CHORLEYWOOD: 3 Buzzards (C Bessant)

27TH AUG: TEMPLE END, HITCHIN: Wheatear (J Crystal)....WILSTONE: Greenshank, Ruff, 2 Hobby, Kingfisher, 3 Whooper Swan, Barnacle Gs, f Ruddy Dk, Swift (J Chapman)....STARTOPS END RSVR: 2 Common Sand, Hobby, Ruddy Dk, Grey Wag, S Martin (J Chapman)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Little Egrets, 6 Buzzards soaring to east, 2 Hobby, Green Sand (G Knight)....KINGS MEAD: Whinchat, 27 Teal, 5 Swift (A Reynolds)....MERRYHILL: 3 WHinchat, 7 Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff (C Everett)....EAST HYDE: Little Egret on cress bed, S of tHrales End Rd, also Kingfisher (B Squires)....ICKLEFORD COMMON: Yellow Wag (R Webb)

26TH AUG: TRINGFORD RVSR: eclipse m Pintail, f RC Pochard, f Wigeon, f Mandarin, 50+ Teal, Kingfisher, 2 S Martin, 5 Swallows, Chiffchaff, Spot Fly (I Bennell)....TYTTENHANGER: Hobby, Green Sand, 3 Stock Dv, 2 LBB Gull (M Wurr)....REDBOURNBURY: 6 Yellow Wags N of Mill (E Leahy)....WILSTONE RSVR: juv Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff, Greenshank, Hobby (I Williams)....POTTERS BAR: Swift through, Ring-necked Parakeet around gardens on Sunny Bank Road (A Gray)....STARTOPS END RSVR: 6 Yellow Wag, 3 Common Sands, 50+ Pied Wags, 3 Grey Wag, m Ruddy Dk (sev obs) ....ASTON END: 10 Grey Partridge, 3 Buzzards, 2 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dv, 15 Swallows south (P Bishop)....WESTON: 2 Hobby (R Broadie)

25TH AUG: EAST HYDE: Little Egret, Green Sand, 2 Grey Wag, 3 Buzzards (sev obs)....TELEGRAPH HILL: Buzzard & 2 Kestrels (A Hodges)....SANDON: Buzzard, 100+ LBB Gull....KGV Playing fields, Watford: Hobby over community centre at 0930 (I Bennell)

24TH AUG: STARTOPS END RSVR: Curlew Sandpiper, 2 COmmon Sand in SE corner at 1545 (G Young)....WILSTONE RSVR: juv Spotted Redshank still present (sev obs)....TYTTENHANGER: 4 Green Sands (G Knight)....EAST HYDE: Little Egret but sometimes distant, also pr L Grebe feeding yng (M Russell)

23RD AUG: TEMPLE END, HITCHIN: Lsr Whitethroat (J Crystal)....AMWELL: 3 Hobbies, Water Rail, 150 Lapwing, Ruddy Dk, 20+ Gadwall, 4 GC GRebe (J Forgham)....WILSTONE RSVR: juv Arctic Tern, juv Spotted Redshank in SE corner, also juv Black-necked Grebe from hide, Little Egret, 2 Ruff, Greenshank, Shelduck, 2 Hobby, 5 Snipe (sev obs), Garganey (B Miller) also juv Arctic Tern (D Bilcock) Juv Peregrine stooped into Lapwing flock outside hide at 1940 (I Williams)....EAST HYDE: Little Egret along stream til 1100 at least, also 2 Hobbies (ad + jv), 2 Buzzards, 5 Yellow Wag, 2 Grey Wag, Kingfisher, Greylag with Canadas, Sparrowhawk (M Russell)

22ND AUG: EAST HYDE: Little Egret in ditch S of river, and along stream til 1615 at least. View from Thrales End Lane (M Russell/C Smout)....TYTTENHANGER: 6 Green Sand, 4 Teal, CommoN Tern, Kingfisher, 22 Pied Wag, Grey Wag, 11 M Thrush, 116 Canada Gs, Gadwall, Bullfinch, 3 Reed Bunt....BROOKMANS PARK: LS Wdpkr in a garden

21ST AUG: WILSTONE RSVR: 2jv Ruff, Greenshank, Kingfisher, 2 WIgeon (J Thompson)....TYTTENHANGER: Curlew flew in at 1045 on sand with gull flock, also 2 Teal, Hobby, 106 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 4 Green Sand, 30 M Thrush, 228 BH Gull, 2 L GRebe, 2 Hobbies, Reed Bunt (sev obs)....WATFORD: male Wheatear in Farm Terrace allotments behind west stand of Watford FC at 0930 (G Young)....BATLERS GREEN, RADLETT: Whinchat, Yellow Wag, Little Owl, Jay (C Everett)....PUCKERIDGE: Turtle Dove, Hobby, 6 Yellow Wag, 2 Buzzard, 2 lsr Whitethroat, 6 Spot Fly (M Orchard)....BROOKMANS PARK: LS Wdpkr....ST ALBANS: 4 juv Yellow Wag in paddock at Fairfolds Farm (A GArdiner)....SHAFFORD FARM: 5 Buzzard, Hobby, Little Egret (flying twds St Albans), Spot Fly, Yellow Wag, 17 Pied Wag (J Pritchard)....ST IPPOLLITTS: Tawny Owl (M Hooper)....CHESHUNT: Red Kite over

20TH AUG: WILSTONE RSVR: f Garganey, Little Egret, 2 juv Ruff (C Smout)....TYTTENHANGER: jv Peregrine (over main pit at 1130), Black-tailed Godwit (main pit), 211 Lapwing, 7 Teal, Buzzard, 7 Green Sand, 4 Spot Fly at edge of Garden Wood, 8 Swallow (sev obs)....GRAVELEY: 2+ Yellow Wag....BROOKMANS PARK: Buzzard, Hobby, 33 Swallow, Little Owl, 2 Lsr Whitethroat, 3 Bullfinch, Kingfisher....SANDON: 2 Buzzards

19TH AUG: TYTTENHANGER: 8 Green Sand, 2 Common Tern, 5 Yellow Wag, Kingfisher, Tree Sparrow, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Teal, Grey Wag....WILSTONE RSVR: 2jv Ruff, Egyptian Gs, Ruddy Shelduck hybrid, Shelduck, feral Barnacle Gs (anon), 3 Black Terns (J Wallington)

18TH AUG: WILSTONE RSVR: Osprey at 1530, flew W twds canal, also Little Egret, 2 Ruff, 3 Black Terns, Spot Fly, Buzzard, Red Kite, Green Sand (sev obs)....TYTTENHANGER: 3 Green Sands, 14 Heron (G Knight)....EAST HYDE: Greenshank briefly (M Best) 2 Buzzards over (A Jackson)

17TH AUG: SANDON: 4 Marsh Harriers in pre-roost around Wheat Hill NW of village, also Buzzard, 22 Grey Partridge (M Orchard)....TYTTENHANGER: 3 Green Sands (G Knight)....WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Red Kite south over at 1830 (T Chapman)....ESSENDON: 93 Canada Gs, 31 Moorhen, L Grebe, 24 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, Lsr Whitethroat....TRING: Song Thrush feeding young in a garden (I Burrus)

16TH AUG: SANDON: 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzards, 2 yellow Wag, 150+ LBB Gull, Reed Bunt, 20 Grey Partridge (inc 8yng), but no news of Montagu's....KINGS MEAD: Stonechat (A Reynolds)....HERTFORD: 2 Spot Fly in a garden at Rush Green (P Dixon)....POTTERS BAR: 4+ Hs Martin still feeding young at Oakmere Park, also 90+ BH Gulls over Canada Life building (A Gray)

15TH AUG: PUCKERIDGE: 2 Swifts, S Martin, 10 H Martin, Buzzard, Willow Wbr (M Orchard)....WESTON: 2 Buzzards (R Broadie)

14TH AUG: CASSIOBURY PARK: 2 Hobbies in a dogfight! also 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 juv Stock Dv (I Bennell)....RYE MEADS: imm Marsh Harrier seen from Lapwing Hide (T Hill)....COOPERS GREEN GP: Green Sand, Kestrel (S Pearce)....WILSTONE RSVR: f Garganey, juv Little Egret from hide (M Collard)....TYTTENHANGER: Dunlin, Common Sand, Grey Wag (S Pearce) 3+ Green Sands, 3 Common Tern, 9 Lapwing (R Pearson)....SHAFFORD FARM, ST ALBANS: Buzzard, Hobby (J Pritchard)....POTTERS BAR: 9+ Swifts btw showers

13TH AUG: WILSTONE RSVR: Osprey circled at 1435 then drifted NW (L Evans) f Garganey, juv Little Egret, f RC Pochard from hide, also Hobby, juv Yellow Wag, f Shelduck, feral Barnacle Gs, 4 Teal, Kingfisher, 190 Lapwing, 2 Grey Wag (sev obs)....ESSENDON: Barn Owl (D Carter)....WALKERN: 3 Buzzards (A Ford)....GROVE MILL, WATFORD: Yellow Wag over, 15+ Goldfinch, 2 chiffchaff, 2 Stock Dv (I Bennell)....PUCKERIDGE: Swift, 4 Bullfinch, Garden Wbr, 4 Lsr Whitethroat (M Orchard)

12TH AUG: SANDON: 1st-s m Montagu's harrier btw 1930-2030 in flight, also 4+ Marsh Harriers (R Hooper)....STOCKERS LAKE: Ring-necked Parakeet over, calling (P Lewis)....WILSTONE: Garganey, juv Little Egret & Ruff, 4 Grey Wag, Common Sand (sev obs)....TYTTENHANGER: up to 6 Green Sands, Common Sand, Dunlin, 175 BH Gull (J Thompson)....H HEMPSTEAD: Hobby at Gadebridge Park (B Cripps)

11TH AUG: GT GADDESDEN: 3 Green Sands on R Gade 0900-1000, 1 flushed SE of Pipers Hill and flew over garden centre, 2 were on pool NW of Pipers Hill (M Collins)....WILSTONE: Garganey, juv Little Egret & Ruff (L Evans)....THORLEY: 2jv Spot Fly (C Dee)

10TH AUG: SANDON: 1st-s m Montagu's harrier for an hour on ground approx TL304366 c500m from pullin (sev obs), also juv Marsh Harrier & 3 Little Owls (M Ilett)....SOPWELL MILL, ST ALBANS: Little Egret (A Jeffery)....RYE MEADS: 8 Green Sands on pool adj to toll road, E of barrier (T Hill)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Common Sand, Dunlin (G Knight)....WELWYN G CITY: Hobby over Woodland Rise again, also Sparrowhawk (M Brown)

9TH AUG: WELWYN GDN CITY: Hobby over Woodland Rise (M Brown)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: f Peregrine heading low E over south of town at 1600 (J Forgham)....WILSTONE: Garganey from hide, also Little Egret on east bank nr reeds (sev obs), also Little Owl, 2 Kingfisher, Buzzard (G Young)

8TH AUG: GARSTON: f LS Wdpkr in a garden in The Avenues (A Bright)....ESSENDON: 2 Buzzards (D Carter)....TRING: parakeet sp in a garden, seen in silhouette (I Burrus)....EAST HYDE: Red Kite over (J Walker)....REDBOURNBURY: Buzzard, 10 Lapwing (J Walker)

7TH AUG: SANDON: 1st-s Montagu's Harrier flew in to roost c2045, also 3 Marsh Harriers present from 1830 onwards, also 189 LBB Gulls in pre-roost gathering & 2nd-s Yellow-legged Gull with LBBs (P Christian)....WILSTONE: f-type Marsh Harrier over reedbed, also female-type Garganey, juv Little Egret, juv White Wagtail, R Plover, Hobby, 2jv Shelduck, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Teal (I Bennell)....REDBOURN: 3 Buzzards (E Leahy)....TYTTENHANGER: Dunlin, 50 Linnet, 2 Common Sand, Hobby, Kingfisher (S Pearce)....SHAFFORD FARM: 2 Buzzard, 2 Hobbies, kingfisher (J Pritchard)....TELEGRAPH HILL, LILLEY: 5 Buzzards (J Trew)

6TH AUG: CHARLTON: f Black Redstart at Temple End (J Crystal)....SANDON: 1st-s Montagu's Harrier roosting in a field along minor road btw Sandon & A505 viewing from brick lined pull-off in the corner of a field c. 1ml south of A505 looking SSE twds Bury Barns. Showed from 2045-2100. Also up to 5 Marsh Harriers in area (B Reed)....TYTTENHANGER: 3 Dunlin, Green Sand, 2 Common Sand (S Pearce)....ST IPPOLLITTS: 2 Spot Fly (M Hooper)....GRAVELEY: Hobby, Buzzard (C Brackenbury)....BOREHAMWOOD: 8+ Monk Parakeets at Aberford Park (C Everett)....SYMONDSHYDE GT WOOD: 2 Hobbies (S Pearce)

5TH AUG: WILSTONE RSVR: Little Egret, 3 Shelduck, Ruddy Dk, 4 Spot Fly, Garden Wbr (A Dorman)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Dunlin, Green Sand, 3 Common Sand, 2 Reed Bunt (A Dorman)

4TH AUG: WILSTONE RSVR: 5 Ruddy Shelduck in front of hide mid eve, also juv Little Egret, Hobby, 3 Shelduck (I Williams)....COOPERS GREEN GP: Sanderling in SE corner & 12 Black-tailed Godwits flew south (L Evans)....TYTTENHANGER: 1+ Common Sand, Green Sand, 2 Dunlin, 10+ Common Tern, 4 Kestrel (family group), 15 M Thrush, Little Owl (by Willow Farm) (A Gardiner)....N MYMMS PARK: Hobby over, Yellowhammer singing (M Wurr)

3RD AUG: TYTTENHANGER: Hobby, 150+ Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 3 Green Sand, Common Sand, 13 Common Tern (R Flesher)

2ND AUG: ST ALBANS: Little Egret flew onto Verulam Golf Course at 2000 (J Bird)....N MYMMS PARK: Buzzard, 2 Hobby, Little Owl, 7 Grn Wdpkr, 5+ GS Wdpkr, 9 Chiffchaff inc ad feeding 3 yng, Spot Fly, 2 Tree Sparrow, 2 Bullfinch....POTTERS BAR: Grey Wag, Buzzard (A Gray)....WATERFORD: Buzzard over Bulls Mill (J Hawkins)....WARE: Spot Fly (I Edwards)

1ST AUG: OXHEY: f Crossbill calling and showed well 0825-0830 at Paddock Rd allotments then flew W, also Grn Wdpkr (I Bennell)....STOCKERS LAKE: 2 Little Egrets on islands, also 50+ Common Tern, 100 BH Gull (C Fennell)....GARSTON: Ring-necked Parakeet on Kytes estate briefly in eve, also 6 jay, Meadow Ppt over, 12 M Thrush (C Everett)

31ST JUL: KINGS MEAD: 5 LRP (4jv), 66 Lapwing, Snipe, 2 Green Sand, 9 Common Tern (3jv), 25 Gadwall, 30 Mallard, Shoveler, S Martin, jv Yellow Wag, jv Grey Wag, 15 Pied Wag (mostly jv) (M Orchard)....BENINGTON: 3 Turtle Doves purring (C Brackenbury)....TYTTENHANGER: Teal, juv R Plover, 98 Lapwing, 5 Green Sand, 3 Common Sand, Lsr Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Wbr, 2 Spot Fly, 3+ Bullfinch (G Knight/P Christian)....GARSTON: Crossbill SW over at 1241 (C Everett)....SYMONDSHYDE WOOD: 400+ BH Gull, 23+ Common Gull, 34 LBB Gull, H Gull (G Knight)....WATEREND S of WELHAM GRN: Kingfisher, 2 Bullfinch....BROOKMANS PARK: Hobby, 5 Grn Wdpkr, 12 Stock Dv, 120 Swifts in a southerly movement, 2 Bullfinch....KINGS MEAD: Hobby, 2 Green Sand, Snipe, 15+ Gadwall, Grey Wag, LRP "family" (S Priestnall)....COOPERs GREEN GP: 2 Green Sand, 3 at Sutton Farm GP (S Pearce)....PATMORE HEATH: Buzzard, Marsh Tit, Bullfinch (M Orchard)

30TH JUL: TYTTENHANGER: 8 COmmon Sand, 4 Green Sand, Dunlin, 150 Lapwing, juv R Plover, 7 Heron, Teal, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Lsr Whitethroat (A Dorman/G Knight)....TYTTENHANGER FARM: 10 Yellow Wag (8 juv), c100 RL Partridge, Lsr Whitethroat (S Lyon)....WATERY GROVE, STEVENAGE: 2 Bullfinch, 2 Little Owl (C Brackenbury)....LEMSFORD: 3 Spot Fly (A Lewis)

29TH JUL: CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: 2 Grasshopper Warbler seen and heard reeling late pm (P Lewis)....BENINGTON: 2 Turtle Dove, Kingfisher, 3 Buzzards, Sparrowhawk (R Webb)....SOPWELL MILL, ST ALBANS: Little Egret flew from Ver in field behind Sopwell House (W Davis)

28TH JUL: WILSTONE RSVR: Turnstone with Dunlin at 0700 (J Thompson). Turnstone still present at 1000 on bank opposite car park steps but no sign of Dunlin (D Booth) 2 Turnstones at 1345, also ad Yellow-legged Gull, 6 LBB Gulls, 146 Lapwing, f SHelduck, 44 Common Terns, 2 S Martins (L Evans)....TYTTENHANGER: 3 LRP, 2 R Plover, Dunlin, 3 Redshanki, 4 Green Sand, 6 Common Sand (D Booth)

27TH JUL: CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Grasshopper Warbler reeling late afternoon (P Lewis)....TYTTENHANGER: Turnstone on fishing lake (J Thompson) also 2 Green Sand....H HEMPSTEAD: Hobby over A4147 nr leverstock Green (A Jones)

26TH JUL: WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Black-tailed Godwits in NW corner (per B Miller)....TYTTENHANGER: Red Kite N at 1405 (M Wurr) LRP, R Plover, 124 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 2 Green Sand, Common Sand (D Booth)....N MYMMS PARK: Buzzard over (M Wurr)....ESSENDON: 2f Mandarin, 7 M Swans, 11 RL Partridge, Common Tern, Tawny Owl, 80+ Swift, 30+ H Martin, f LS Wdpkr, 5+ Grn Wdpkr, 13 Whitethroat, Reed Bunt, 9 Yellowhammer, 12+ Linnet

25TH JUL: TYTTENHANGER: juv LRP, 2juv Redshank, 7 Green Sand, 4 Dunlin, 3 COmmon Sand, Kingfisher, 4 Grn Wdpkr, 4 S Martin, Grey Wag, Reed Wbr, pr Bullfinch (sev obs)

24TH JUL: WILSTONE RSVR: Yellow-legged Gull, Common Sand, Kingfisher (J Thompson)....KINGS MEAD: Greenshank calling (M Orchard) Common Sand, 5 LRP, 3 Common Tern, 20+ S Martin, 7 Swallow, Grey Wag (A Dorman)....N MYMMS PARK: Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Grey Partridge, Little Owl, 50+ Swift....GARSTON: Crossbill flew SE over at 0756 (C Everett)....ST IPPOLLITTS: Turtle Dove purring in Orchard, also Grey Partridge (C Brackenbury)....TYTTENHANGER: 3 Reed Wbr, 2 Common Sand, 5 Green Sand (sev obs)

23RD JUL: PUCKERIDGE: 2 Turtle Dove, Buzzard (M Orchard)....STEVENAGE: Black Tern over Kymswell Rd at 1000 (R Kynman)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Oystercatcher, Greenshank, LRP, 4 R Plover, 4 Redshank, 4 Green Sand, Common Sand, juv Lsr Whitethroat (G Knight) Marsh Tit in Coppice Wood (S Evans)....SOUTH MYMMS: 2 Buzzards mobbed by a Kestrel....WILSTONE RSVR: Oystercatcher, Shelduck but no sign of Bearded Tits (R Pearson)....BRAUGHING: 2 singing Corn Bunts (M Orchard)

22ND JUL: TYTTENHANGER: 4 Redshank, Lsr Whitethroat, Kingfisher (S Pearce)

21ST JUL: TYTTENHANGER: R Plover, 28 lapwing, 4 Redshank, 2 Common Sand, Reed Wbr, 2 Green Sand (sev obs)....STARTOPS END RSVR: Dunlin (J Thompson)....WILSTONE: Common Sand, 3 Teal, Shelduck, Little Owl, Kingfisher (G Young/J Thompson)....GOBIONS WOOD: Common Tern, Marsh Tit, 2 Bullfinch....BISHOPS STORTFORD: 5+ Spot Fly, Sparrowhawk, 25+ Goldfinch (J Forgham)....COOPERS GREEN GP: LRP, Common Tern, 9 Tufted, 3 Kestrel (S Pearce)....WATEREND, WELHAM GRN: juv Grey Wag (S Pearce)

20TH JUL: WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Bearded Tits (both ringed) in reedbed but elusive and mostly only heard, also eclipse Red-crested Pochard (L Evans) Common Sand, 38 GC Grebe, 13 Heron, 150+ M Swan, Shelduck, Ruddy Dk, 53 Lapwing, Kingfisher, 3 S Martin, c25 Common Tern

19TH JUL: TYTTENHANGER: 2 reed Bunt, 3 Green Sand, 3 Redshank, Common Sand, pr Bullfinch, 2 kestrel, Gadwall (M Wurr) also 4 Tree Sparrow, 3 R Plover, Hobby, 85+ Mallard, 43 Lapwing, 4 Redshank, 115 BH Gull, Common Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 9 Common Tern....COURSERS ROAD, COLNEY HEATH: 4 Yellow Wag (D Stanley)....HERTINGFORDBURY: 4+ Spot Fly, Grey Wag, GS Wdpkr (S Pearce)....PANSHANGER PARK: pr L Grebe with 3 yng, 2 M Swan, S Martin, pr GC Grebe with 2 yng, f Tufted with 10 chicks, LRP, 2 Kestrel, 6 Cormorant, 2 COmmon Tern (S Pearce)....BEECH FARM: 2 Buzzards, also Ringlet, Gatekeeper, meadow Brown & a Black-tailed Skimmer (D STanley)....KINGS MEAD: 3 LRP, 20+ S Martin (S Pearce) 48 Lapwing, 5 CommoN Tern, 30 BH Gull, Kestrel (J Hawkins)....BOURNE END: Buzzard over A41 (R Egan)....STEVENAGE: 8 Grey Partridge at Little Wymondley, pr with sev yng (C Brackenbury)....ESSENDON: Little Owl (D Carter)

18TH JUL: BERKHAMSTEAD: Curlew flew over Potten End cricket club at 1830 (C Williams)....WINCH HILL FARM: Turtle Dove singing briefly from chimney of ruined house (C Smout)....WHIPPENDELL WOODS: juv GS Wdpkr, & Nuthatch & Marsh Tit in Harrocks Wood (J Thompson)....LAMER PARK: Spot FLy (D Stanley)

17TH JUL: TYTTENHANGER: 2 Greenshank briefly, also 4 Redshank, 11 COmmon Tern, 2 Common Sand, Green Sand, Reed Wbr (P Christian) 2 Buzzards over, 4 Green Sand (J Thompson)....REDBOURN: 2m Yellow Wag (E Leahy)....BEECH FARM: m Ruddy Dk (S Pearce)....COOPERS GREEN GP: Green Sand at Sutton Farm pit (S Pearce)

16TH JUL: TYTTENHANGER: 1st-sum Mediterranean Gull 0900-0915 only, also 4 R Plover, 2juv Redshank, 2 Green Sand, 3 Common Sand, 110 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Kingfisher (G Knight) also 2 Sedge Wblr, Tree SParrow, 2 Reed Bunt (G Watkins)....GT GADDESDEN: Red Kite over (M Collins)....WELHAM GREEN: juv Cuckoo....TEWIN: 6 Kestrel, Buzzard, 2 Little Owl (M Brown)....WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Common Sand, 18 Common Tern, Kingfisher, Grey Wag, Teal (J Chapman)....BEECH FARM: Tree Sparrow low over, m Whitethroat with juv (G Watkins)....BROCKET PARK: Kingfisher, Grey Wag, 7+ M Thrush, GC Grebe (D James)....STAPLEFORD: 2 Kingfisher on R Beane (R Buxton)

15TH JUL: TYTTENHANGER: Common Sand, Hobby, 2 Stock Dv, Redshank, Reed Bunt, Grey Wag, 2 Skylark (M Wurr)....CASSIOBURY PARK: Yellow Wag, 4 Stock Dv (I Bennell)....REDBOURN: Marsh Tit (juv in a private wood), Buzzard, Yellow Wag (E Leahy)

14TH JUL: WILSTONE RSVR: Oystercatcher, Shelduck, 2m Ruddy Dk (A Nasir)....CHISWELL GREEN: Hobby E over Watford Rd at 2100 (G Watkins)

13TH JUL: BROXBOURNE WOODS: LS Wdpkr 100yds from West car park (N Agar)....TYTTENHANGER: juv R Plover, 5 Redshank (3 flying juvs), Green Sand, COmmon Sand, Spot Fly (G Knight)....GOBIONS WOOD: Marsh Tit, 5 GS Wdpkr, 80+ Jackdaw, 21+ Magpie....WELHAM GREEN: Juv Cuckoo being fed by dunnock (D Dean)

12TH JUL: KNEBWORTH: 2 Buzzards (C Bessant)

11TH JUL: TYTTENHANGER: Little Egret on gravel workings pit, 11 M Swan, 8 LRP, 2 R Plover, 4 Redshank (3 large juvs), 5 Green Sand, 35 BH Gull (G Knight)....FAIRLANDS LAKE: Common Sand, 3 Common Tern (A Ford)....TEWIN: 2 Little Owls on Upper Green nr pond (L Borg)....BERKHAMSTEAD: Red Kite over mid am (R Williams)....HERTINGFORDBURY:: 2 Spot Fly (S Poynter)

10TH JUL: KINGS LANGLEY LAKE: Hobby over canal mobbed by H Martins, also 9 Moorhen (2 broods on canal) (I Bennell)....COOPERS GREEN GP: Common Sand, Hobby, Buzzard, 5 L Grebe, 55+ Lapwing....BEECH FARM: 2 Ruddy Dk, Turtle Dove (Purring from poplars by pond), 15+ Stock Dv, 3 Grn Wdpkr, 2 Grasshopper Warblers reeling, 4 Reed Bunt, 2 S Martin....RICKMANSWORTH: Crossbill flew high N over garden calling at 1015 (S Younger)....TYTTENHANGER: Crossbill flew over Garden Wood, also Little Egret on new workings, also 6 LRP, 3 R Plover, 1 Redshank with 3yng, Green Sand (J Thompson) also 3 Green Sands, 2 on N Pits (S Pearce)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: Little Egret found in the road (M Bonser)....FIR/POND WOODS: Red Kite over (D Gompertz)....EAST HYDE: Hobby, Common Tern (M Russell)....PETERS GREEN: 2 Buzzard, Little Owl (N Bristow)

9TH JUL: TYTTENHANGER: Common Sand, 2 Green Sand, 7 Whitethroat, 12 M Swan, 13 Common Tern, 3+ Reed Bunt, also Marbled White (I Bennell) also 3 Redshank (S Pearce)....BROOKMANS PARK: Hobby, 120 mixed hirundines, 11 linnet, 3 Green Wdpkr....COOPERS GREEN GP: 3 R Plover with 1+ juv, also 16 Tufted, 95 Lapwing, 2 L Grebe (S Pearce)....ST ALBANS: Hobby over Nunnery allotments at 1800, nr Sopwell Mill (C Bowden)....KNEBWORTH: 3 Spot Fly (S Austin)....PETERS GREEN: Hobby (N Bristow)....TRINGFORD RSVR: 2 Spot Fly feeding young (G Young)

8TH JUL: TYTTENHANGER: 2 Greenshank, 7 Green Sands, Common Sand, 13 LRP (5 jv), 6 R Plover (3jv), 30 Lapwing, 27 BH Gull, LBB Gull, Spot Fly, Tree Sparrow (sev obs)....WINCH HILL FARM: Turtle Dove displaying and showing well (M Russell)....REDBOURN: pr Yellow Wags (E Leahy)....WATERFORD: 2 Swallows, 2 Kingfisher, Kestrel (J Hawkins)....BENGEO: f Bullfinch in Goldings Wood (J Hawkins)

7TH JUL: N MYMMS PARK: 2 Buzzard, Hobby, juv Cuckoo, 3 Little Owl (1 jv), 5 Blackcap (3jv), pr Spot Fly, Bullfinch, 4 Yellowhammer....WHITWELL: Buzzard (C Hughes)

6TH JUL: SANDON: No sign of any Quail. 10 Corn Bunt, Buzzard, Yellowhammer, 25+ Swift, 4 Little Owls (2jv) (P Lawrence)....ESSENDON: 2 Bullfinch, Buzzard, Common Tern....STANBOROUGH LAKES: 3m Ruddy Dk (C Brackenbury)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Black-tailed Godwit flew in with Greenshank at 1730, but godwits flew off c2005, 4 LRP (inc 2 jv), 2 Common Sand, 5 Green Sand, all on fishing lake, 2 Bullfinch (sev obs)

5TH JUL: HITCHIN: Cetti's Warbler still in usual place, sang briefly at 1345 (D Booth)....PATMORE HEATH: Spot Fly by school (M East)....MAPLE CROSS: pr LRP with 2 yng (P Lewis)....HARPENDEN: 4 GS Wdpkr in a garden (P Dear)

4TH JUL: BROOKMANS PARK: Common Tern over, 75 Starling, Treecreeper

3RD JUL: TYTTENHANGER: Common Sand, 3 Green Sands, 3 Redshanks (2 juv), 10 LRP (3 juv), 8 R Plover (3 juv), 2 Tree Sparrow, Spot Fly, 5 Common Tern, 3+ Reed Wbr, Sedge Wbr, 10 Heron (sev obs)....N MYMMS PARK: Lsr Whitethroat, 3 Garden Wbr, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch (S Lyon)....NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: 8+ Crossbill low over, also Buzzard, Siskin (C Beach)....BENINGTON: Spot Fly on Duck Lane (A Ford)....WATTON AT STONE: Hobby, Buzzard (A Ford)

2ND JUL: TYTTENHANGER: Yellow Wag, redshank, SParrowhawk, Reed Wbr (S Pearce)....BROOKMANS PARK: LS Wdpkr at Queenswood School....POTTERS BAR: Hobby at Dame Alice Owens School, also Reed Wbr ^ family party of 6 Pied Wags (another 4 at cricket club)....KINGS MEAD: 5+ ad LRP, 1ad with 4 chicks, c105 Lapwing, Shelduck, 2 Common Tern (D Wheatcroft)

1ST JUL: COLE GREEN TIP: Buzzard over A414 (M Worby)

30TH JUN: ST ALBANS: Juv Siskin feeding on feeder in garden nr Vesta Avenue shops (K Thornton)....TYTTENHANGER: Hobby, 9+ LRP, 2+ R Plover, m Ruff (on fishing pit), Redshank, 6 Green Sands, c20 Stock Dv, c150 Swift, Yellow Wag, 2 Grey Wag, 8 Tree Sparrow, Garden Wbr, 2 Reed Wbr....THERFIELD HEATH: f Grey Partridge with 12 chicks on edge of golf course (G Young)

29TH JUN: HITCHIN: Cetti's Warbler called twice but not seen c12noon in usual place, also Marsh Tit (G Knight)....KINGS MEAD: 1st-s KNOT, m Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, R Plover, 12 LRP, 87 Lapwing (A Reynolds)....TYTTENHANGER: 12 LRP, 6 R PLover, Redshank, Kingfisher, pr Yellow Wag, 8 Stock Dv, 2 Tree Sparrow, Little Owl, pr Reed Wbr (L Evans) also Green Sand & 14 heron (G Knight)....WELHAM GREEN: Juv Cuckoo being fed by a dunnock (D Dean)

28TH JUN: APSLEY: Quail flew low over A4251 twds Shendish Manor golf course at 2140 (I Bennell)....REDBOURN: Pr Yellow Wag in bean crop, also Buzzard (E Leahy)....EAST HYDE: 2 Common Terns fishing along river (J CHapman)

27TH JUN: BALDOCK: No sign of any Quail by 1130. Buzzard over & Corn Bunt singing (N Agar)....WILSTONE RSVR: 11 ad Black-tailed Godwits from hide til 1915 at least, also f Teal, 18 CommoN Terns, sev Reed Wbr, Chiffchaff, 500+ Mallard, f Pochard with yng, 14 Tufted, 8 Lapwing (L Evans)....WATFORD: Hobby chasing swifts over Callowland at 2120 (P Horne)....AMWELL: 26 Common Tern and 1 probable Arctic Tern 0700-0715 perched in front of watchpoint, also Hobby, Redshank, 44+ Lapwing (J Forgham)

26TH JUN: BUNTINGFORD: Barn Owl nr Wakeley (D Anderson)....SHAFFORD FARM: Buzzard, also Hummingbird Hawk Moth (J Pritchard)....BALDOCK: Quail singing at 0600, directions same as 23rd (D Booth)....OTTERSPOOL: Green Sand, m Reed Bunt (I Bennell)....BEECH FARM: Ring-necked Parakeet flew over BT compound, calling, also 3+ Grasshopper Wbr reeling from 9pm (A Gardiner)....SHAFFORD FARM: Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Reed Wbr, 2m Reed Bunt (J Pritchard)....COURSERS ROAD, COLNEY HEATH: 2 Yellow Wags opp entrance to Tyttenhanger Farm (S Pearce)....TYTTENHANGER: 12 Stock Dv, 10 Heron, 8 Common Tern, 2 R Plover, 3 LRP, 2 Green Sand on N Pit, Sedge Wbr, Tree Sparrow (S Pearce)....FAIRLANDS LAKE: 3 Common Tern (R Egan)

25TH JUN: H HEMPSTEAD: Common Tern along canal (I Bennell)....KINGS MEAD: Wood Sandpiper, 9 LRP (A Reynolds) 2 Shelduck, Common Tern (D Wheatcroft)....WINCH HILL FARM: 2 Turtle Doves purring at TL137217 (R Pearson)....POTTERS BAR: Hobby, 3 Lsr Whitethroat (inc 1yng) (A Gray)....COOPERS GREEN GP: 2 Redshank, 2 LRP, 11 Tufted, 3 L Grebe, pr Canada Gs with 6 yng (S Pearce)....COLE GREEN area: 75+ Lapwing, 2 Green Wdpkr, 4 RL Partridge (M Browning)

24TH JUN: BATFORD: 2 Turtle Doves nr Luton Airport but just inside Herts at Winch Hill Farm. Don't stray from road due to airport security! also 5pr Swifts in Batford village (M Russell)....WOODHALL PARK ESTATE: Turtle Dove off Sacombe Rd, also Buzzard over (J Hawkins)

23RD JUN: EAST HYDE: Red Kite over at 0745 (M Browning)....SAWBRIDGEWORTH: 2 Turtle Doves purring behind manor of groves, High Wych (J Horgan)....BALDOCK: 2 Quail singing 4mls NE of Baldock off the A505 at base of Deadmans Hill TL294370 (Birdnet)....WATFORD: Juv Peregrine killed sparrow in a garden, landed on garden path 20 feet away! North Watford nr A41 (W Larman)

22ND JUN: ALLENS GREEN: Turtle Dove purring in beer garden of Queens Head pub (J Forgham)....SANDON: 2 Quail singing 4mls NE of Baldock off A505 1/3ml along minor road to Sandon W of road in a barley field S of footpath at 2130 (Birdnet)....BENINGTON: Turtle Dove, 2 Hobbies (R Webb)

21ST JUN: NASHES FARM: 2 Corn Bunt c0.5ml NE of Nashes Farm on wires next to minor rd (G Knight)....N MYMMS PARK: 2 Hobbies, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Partridge, Spot Fly, c20 Stock Dv....CROXLEY GREEN: 2 Spot Fly, Yellowhammer (J Thompson)....KINGS MEAD: 7 LRP, 2 Redshank, 5 Teal, 13 Lapwing (A Reynolds)....BARWICK FORD: Grey Wag (C dee)

20TH JUN: BEECH FARM: 4+ reeling Grasshopper Wbr 2100-2200, one seen briefly (G Knight)....HITCHIN: Cetti's Warbler still at jctn of Willow Lane/Charlton Road opp roadworks at 1700 (R Hooper)

19TH JUN: BENINGTON: 3 Turtle Dove, Lsr Whitethroat (R Webb)....NETTLEDEN: Quail singing 0.5ml NW of Nettleden at 1830 (C Luckhurst)....TYTTENHANGER: 4 S Martin, 2 Teal, 3 Redshank, 2 reed Wbr, Sedgw Wbr, 5ad BH Gull (S Pearce)....EAST HYDE: 2 Green Sands along stream from Thrales End Lane, also 2 Buzzard & 6 LBB Gull over (M Russell)....REDBOURN: 2 Yellow Wags (E Leahy)....BROOKMANS PARK: f LS Wdpkr in a garden....BUSHEY: Hobby (B Johnson)

18TH JUN: PUCKERIDGE: Turtle Dove purring (M Orchard)....WILSTONE RSVR: 6+ Hobbies in evening, also f Pochard with 3yng (M Wallen)....TYTTENHANGER: Hobby, 2 Sedge Wbr, 6 Common Tern, 5 LBB Gull, 5 Tree Sparrow, 2 Redshank, 5 Reed Bunt, 12 Lapwing, 2 Buzzard, Heron (sev obs)....AMWELL: 4+ Hobbies from watchpoint (C Hughes)....GOBIONS WOOD: 11 Blackcap, 9 Coot (with broods of 3 & 2), 6 Stock Dv, 2 Lsr Whitethroat....POTTERS BAR: Buzzard over M25 (M Wurr)....SHAFFORD FARM, ST ALBANS: White Wag visiting garden still, also 2 Buzzards (J Pritchard)....STEVENAGE: 300 STarling roosting by Hollywood Bowl (D Booth)....POTTERS BAR: Kingfisher & 2 Reed Wblr at Dame Alice Owens School

17TH JUN: HITCHIN: Cetti's Warbler in usual spot still (D Booth)....MAPLE CROSS: 2 LRP (P Lewis)....FIR/POND WOODS: 2 Little Grebe, 8+ Nuthatch, Reed Bunt, 2 Treecreeper

16TH JUN: HITCHIN: Cetti's Warbler in usual spot still (M Walker)....HARPENDEN COMMON: Hobby (J CHapman)....COLNEY HEATH COMMON: c50 Swifts over common (A Lee)

15TH JUN: KINGS MEAD: 3 Redshank, 5 LRP, 10 Lapwing (A Reynolds)....REDBOURN: 2 Yellow Wag, Buzzard (E Leahy)....ROTHAMSTED EXP STN: Little Owl (J Chapman)....TEWIN: Little Owl in White Horse Lane, Burnham Green (D Booth)

14TH JUN: REDBOURNBURY: Redstart singing from top of oak (I Williams)....OXHEY WOODS: Crossbill flew over calling (G Elton)....HITCHIN: Cetti's Warbler showing down to 6 feet in usual spot (M Ilett)....ESSENDON: Turtle Dove, 10 Yellowhammer, Common Tern, 4 S Martin, Little Owl, 10+ Linnet, 3 Grn Wdpkr....BROOKMANS PARK: LS Wdpkr in a garden....BRICKENDONBURY: Hobby flew N along rlwy line (T Wileman)....CHISWELL GREEN: LS Wdpkr heard calling at 0540 (A Gardiner)

13TH JUN: HITCH WOOD: 3 Buzzards (M Ilett)....FAIRLANDS LAKE: 3 Common Tern (A Ford)....BROOKMANS PARK: 2 LS Wdpkr in a garden

12TH JUN: SHAFFORD FARM, ST ALBANS: White Wag in a garden, also 11-12th (J Pritchard)....NETTLEDEN: Quail singing W of Nettleden, late pm (C Luckhurst)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 redshank, 12 Heron, Sedge Wbr, 55 Starling (S Pearce)....KINGS MEAD: 2 LRP, Redshank, 2 Shelduck, COmmon Tern (D Wheatcroft)....PARK STREET: Red Kite over Park Street roundabout (D Reece)....CASSIOBURY PARK: pr M Swan with 3 cygnets (female colour ringed), 3m Blackcap, Chiffchaff (I Bennell)....KNEBWORTH: Marsh Tit in Graffidge WOod (A Ford)....STEVENAGE: Buzzard over Van Hage gdn centre (R Hooper)....ASHWELL: 4+ Corn Bunt, 5+ Yellow Wag, Yellowhammer (K Hornby)

11TH JUN: WEST END, ESSENDON: Turtle Dove calling along footpath running S from hamlet, also Buzzard, 7 Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Yellowhammer (A Dorman)....TYTTENHANGER: 4 LRP, 4 R Plover (inc 2 yng), 4 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, colour ringed LBB Gull, 3 COmmon Tern, 6 Sand Martin, 4 H Martin, 10 Whitethroats singing, 2 Nuthatch, Buzzard, 3 kestrel (sev obs)....SHAFFORD FARM: 4+ Buzzards, 2 Blackcap, 2 Reed Wbr, Reed Bunt, 2 Yellowhammer (J Pritchard)....WATEREND, H HEMPSTEAD: Little Owl in Waterend Lane (S CHalkly)

10TH JUN: ASHRIDGE FOREST: 2 young Tawny Owls (C Smout)

9TH JUN: HITCHIN: Cettis Warbler in usual place at midday (D Booth)....AMWELL: 5 Hobbies, 100+ Starling, 2 LRP, 3 R Plover, 21 Common Tern (inc 3 new chicks), 2 Reed Wbr, 8+ Sedge WBr, 8+ Reed Bunt, 6 GC Grebe, Cuckoo, 3 Redshank, 6 Lapwing (P Lawrence)....WATERFORD: Little Owl (P Lawrence)....KINGS MEAD: Garden Wbr, 4 Lapwing, 6 Reed bunt, Lsr Whitethroat, Common Tern, 2 S Martin (P Lawrence)

8TH JUN: TYTTENHANGER: Hobby, 3+ LRP, 3 R Plover, 2 Redshank, Green sand, Yellow Wag, Grey wag, 5 Tree Sparrow, 3 Common Tern, 2 Reed Wbr, 10 Whitethroat, 45+ Swift, 8 GC Grebe....POTTERS BAR: Tawny Owl along A111 btw Potters Bar/Cockfosters

7TH JUN: TEA GREEN: Red Kite over at 0850 (A Banthorpe)....ST ALBANS: 2 Spot Fly at Gorehambury House on tv aerials, also Buzzard (G Young), nrby at Shafford Farm: Hobby, pr Gadwall, 2 Grn Wdpkr, 2 Reed Wbr, 4m Reed Bunt, Cuckoo, LBB Gull (M Thompson)

6TH JUN: AMWELL: 6 Hobbies, 2 LRP, 2 R Plover (F Hollis)....CASSIOBURY PARK: 6 Coal Tit, 6 Pied Wag, 4+ Blackbird broods, 8+ GS Wdpkr, nrby at KGV Playing fields Cuckoo, 7 M Thrush, 100+ Starling, 2ad LBB Gull (I Bennell)....VERULAMIUM PARK: feral Barnacle Gs, 5 Pochard, 3 Tufted, Ruddy Dk (A Jeffery)....BENINGTON: 2 Turtle Doves, 2 Blackcpa, Lsr Whitethroat (R Webb)....PRESTON: Red Kite over (R Hicks)....BROOKMANS PARK: LS Wdpkr in a garden, also present on 7th

5TH JUN: WILSTON RSVR: 4 Hobbies (inc 1 juv), also 1000+ Swifts (R Pearson)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 R Plover, 2 LRP, Redshank, 11 heron, 2 Common Tern, 3 Cormorant, 2 Reed Wbr, Sedge Wbr, also mink (S Pearce)....N MYMMS PARK: Hobby, Buzzard, 2 CUckoo, 5 Garden Wbr, 13 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Wbr, 9 Chiffchaff, Tree Sparrow, 4 Nuthatch family party, c80 Swift, 18 Stock Dv....SHAFFORD FARM: Buzzard, Spot Fly (J Pritchard)....COOPERS GREEN LANE: 3+ Redshank, 10 Lapwing, 2 Gadwall & Pochard at pits, also 2 S Martin at Sutton Farm (S Pearce)....TYTTENHANGER FARM: Buzzard, Yellow Wag, 2 Tree Sparrow (A Dorman)....HEXTON: Turtle Dove (J CHapman)

4TH JUN: HERTINGFORDBURY: LRP, 3 Common Tern, f Ruddy Dk, Buzzard (D Wheatcroft)....TYTTENHANGER: 3 LRP, 3 Common Tern, 10 Whitethroat, 2 R Plover, 2 Yellow Wag, 2 Redshank, Lsr Whitethroat (P Christian)....STANBOROUGH LAKES: 5 Grey Wag (inc fledged yng), 3 Reed Wbr, 2 Sedge Wbr, 6 Blackcap (A Dorman)....BROCKET PARK: Buzzard, Grey Wag, Stock Dv (A Dorman)....WATEREND, WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Spot Fly, Grey Wag (A DOrman)....COLNEY HEATH: Buzzard (J Moss)....EAST HYDE: 5 Cormorants (M Russell)....POTTERS BAR: Common Tern over Dame Alice Owens School

3RD JUN: HITCHIN: Cetti's Warbler still in usual place (see below)....WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Red Kites drifted over, 4 Hobbies, Buzzard (J Forgham)....STARTOPS RSVR: White Wag in far corner nearest Tringford (J Forgham)....PANSHANGER PARK: 5 Buzzards, Spot Fly (T Hill)....WATEREND, WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Spot Fly, 2 Grey Wag, Garden Wbr (D Stanley)

2ND JUN: TYTTENHANGER: Curlew bathing in sandy creek at N edge of main pit, also 3 Tree Sparrow, 2 LRP, R Plover, 2 Grey Wag, 3 S Martin, Swallow, Redshank, 5+ m Reed Bunt (M Wurr)....WATFORD: Cuckoo at KGV playing fields (I Bennell)

1ST JUN: HEMEL HEMPSTEAD: 2 Peregrines SE over Gadebridge at 1345 (J Middleton)....ESSENDON: Turtle Dove beh Candlestick pub, also Buzzard, 2 Bullfinch, 20+ Hs Sparrow, 6 Yellowhammer....AMWELL: 2 Hobbies, Buzzard, 2 LRP, 2 R Plover (A Watson)....RYE MEADS: 5 LRP, R Plover, 3 Ruddy Dk (A Watson)

31ST MAY: TYTTENHANGER: Grasshopper Wbr heard and seen in rough area btw mound and river (long grass, brambles, couple of bushes), also 2 Redshank, Reed Wbr, R Plover, 5 LRP, Cuckoo, 3 Cormorant (S Pearce)....WEST END, nr ESSENDON: Turtle Dove singing form telephone wire, also mixed finches, skylark and yellowhammer around old farm buildings NW of pub (M Wurr)....RYE MEADS: Turtle Dove next to office by dragonfly pond (J Forgham)....AMWELL: Cettis Warbler showed well next to hide, also 10 Hobbies, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Garden Wbr (A Watson)....GRAVELEY: Hobby btw Graveley & Stevenage (C Brackenbury)....EAST HYDE: Common Tern, 2 Shovelers with 3 yng (M Russell)

30TH MAY: PETERS GREEN: Red Kite over (I Thurman)....COOPERS GREEN GP: 2 Hobby, 7 L Grebe, GC Grebe, 11 Tufted, 2 Gadwall, Pochard, Buzzard, 3 Redshank....BEECH FARM: 2 Hobbies, Grey Partridge, 19 Whitethroat, 4 Reed Wbr, 2 Sedge Wbr, 9 Reed Bunt, 28 Skylark, 17 Meadow Ppt, 3 L GRebe, Cuckoo, GS wdpkr....POTTERS BAR: 45 Canada Goose inc 18 yng at Oakmere Park....LETCHWORTH: Red Kite over (G Dagnall)....ST ALBANS: Garden Warbler at Bedmond Lane (M Thompson)....TRING: Buzzard over station (A Cox)....KINGS WALDEN: 5 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Jay, 2 Linnet, 2 Whitethroat (A Dorman)....BROCKET PARK: Red Kite over, also Kestrel (A Dorman)....BROOKMANS PARK: 3 Lapwing, Lsr Whitethroat, Yellow Wag, Grey Wag (S Pearce)

29TH MAY: BATFORD: Hobby (M Russell)....TYTTENHANGER: 3+ S Martin at newer pits along Coursers Rd, also Redshank, 2 Gadwall, 5 Reed Bunt (S Pearce)....ESSENDON: Hobby, 2 Lsr Whitethroat, 2 Cuckoo, Reed Bunt....ST IPPOLLITTS: Little Owl, 2 Blackcaps, GS Wdpkr (M Hooper)....BROOKMANS PARK: 6 Stock Doves in a garden

28TH MAY: KINGS MEAD: Little Egret in West Pool, no sign since....HICHIN: Cettis Warbler in usual place (M Hooper)....TYTTENHANGER: Hobby, 2 Yellow Wag, 9 Heron, 3 LRP, 2 R Plover, 4 Redshank, pr M Swan with 6 cygnets, Garden Wbr, 10 Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 2 Sedge Wbr, 3 COmmon Tern, Marsh Tit (P Christian)....FIR/POND WOODS: Red Kite over (D Gompertz)....AMWELL: Red Kite over, f Gadwall with 4 yng (J Tomkins)....RYE MEADS: 6 Shelduck, 79 Tufted, 57 Gadwall, 28 Common Tern, Hobby, LRP, SHoveler....HARPENDEN: Red Kite over (M Russell)....STEVENAGE: Red Kite over W of town (K Arnold)....GRAVELEY: 2 Buzzard (C Brackenbury)....COOPERS GREEN LANE: 4 L Grebe, 6 Tufted, 4 Coot, 2 M Swan, 2 Canada Gs at Sutton Farm GP (S Pearce)

27TH MAY: TYTTENHANGER: R Plover with brood of 4 yng (J Thompson)....MAPLE LODGE NR: f RC Pochard with 4yng, Ring-necked Parakeet calling, access to members only (J Thompson)....STOCKERS LAKE: Red Kite over (J Thompson)....KINGS LANGLEY LAKE: 4m Ruddy Dk (C Everett)....NORTHAW GT WOOD: Cuckoo, 6 GS Wdpkr, Marsh Tit, 8 Nuthatch, 12 Blackcap....TRINGFORD RSVR: Spot Fly nr pumping stn (G Young)....WELWYN GDN CITY: Hobby over Templewood (T Hill)....ST IPPOLLITTS: Cuckoo (M Hooper)....OXHEY: Hobby over bowls club chasing swifts (I Bennell)

26TH MAY: PANSHANGER PARK: 2 Mandarin, Buzzard (T Hill)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: Corn Bunting nr Jobbers Wood (J Forgham)

25TH MAY: HITCHIN: Cettis Warbler in usual place (D Booth)....ST IPPOLLITTS: Spot FLy (D Booth)

24TH MAY: KINGS MEAD: 2 LRP, 3 Shelduck (P Lawrence)....ST MARGARETSBURY: 25+ Swifts over cricket club (P Lawrence)....FIR/POND WOODS: 2 Marsh Tit, L Grebe, Reed Bunt, 7 Stock Dv, 14 Blackcap....N MYMMS PARK: Cuckoo, 3+ Whitethroat (M Wurr)

23RD MAY: HARE STREET: female Whinchat (A Burrows)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Whinchat nr farm, also 2 Yellow Wag (DP)....PIGEONSWICK nr LANGLEY: Nightingale, Woodcock (K Arnold)....PETERS GREEN: Little Owl at sideof Perry Green chapel (N Bristow)

22ND MAY: ASHWELL: f Montagu's Harrier quartering SE across Newnham Rd (I Ballard)....ST IPPOLLITTS: Wood Warbler, Turtle Dove (no fthr details), also Cuckoo, Whitethroat & Spot FLy (M Hooper)....ESSENDON: Buzzard, 2 Common Tern, 3 S Martin, 20+ Linnet....VERULAMIUM PARK: 3 Ruddy Dk, 2 Tufted, 4 Pochard, L Grebe (A Gardiner)....AMWELL: RedKite over at 1355, also 5 Hobbies (D Jordan)....WELHAM GREEN: 2ad Lapwing with 2 yng....BISHOPS STORTFORD: Lsr Whitethroat at Lindsay Rd (J Forgham)....WARE: Spot Fly in a garden (M Baverstock)....LEY GREEN, PRESTON: Buzzard & Spot Fly (K Arnold)....TYTTENHANGER: 8 Common Tern, Lsr Whitethroat with unusual song (S Pearce)

21ST MAY: HITCHIN: Cettis Warbler in usual place (M Walker)....STARTOPS RSVR: c300 Swifts, c100 H Martin, c80 Sand Martin, c50 Swallow, m Yellow Wag, 25 Common Tern (M Wallen)....TYTTENHANGER: Red Kite over at 0745, 2 Bullfinch, 7 Heron, 4 LRP, 2 R Plover, colour-ginged LBB Gull (red on left), Garden Wbr, 250+ Swift, 2+ S Martins, 2 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 10 Common Tern (sev obs)....AMWELL: 250+ Swift, 100+ H Martin, 39 Tufted, 10+ Gadwall, 4 Ruddy Dk, 4 L GRebe, 7 GC GRebe, c55 Common Tern, 15 Lapwing inc 7 chicks, 3 Redshank, 2 LRP, 2 R Plover, feral Barnacle Gs, Cuckoo, 2 Hobbies, 4 Garden Wbr, calling Water Rail....WESTON: Grey Partridge, Little Owl (C Brackenbury)

20TH MAY: HITCHIN: Cettis Warbler showing very well at times in same place. Believed to have been present for about a month. (sev obs)....TYTTENHANGER: 53 Canada Gs (inc 19 yng), Buzzard, 3 LRP, 5 R Plover (inc 2 yng), 2 Redshank, 6 Common Tern, 2 Garden Wbr, Lsr Whitethroat, Reed Wbr, Sedge Wbr, Cuckoo, Yellow Wag, 4 Reed Bunt....BENINGTON: Buzzard (R Webb)

19TH MAY: HITCHIN: Cettis Warbler singing & showing occasionally at jctn Charlton Rd & Willow Lane, also Kingfisher (sev obs)....FAIRLANDS LAKE: Turtle Dove over W end of main lake at 2030, also 2 Swifts, Common Gull & Blackcap (P Lawrence)....AMWELL: Red Kite over, also 2 Hobbies, 2 R Plover, Lsr Whitethroat (A Watson)....BENINGTON: 2 Turtle Doves, Hobby, Spot Fly, Little Owl, 2 GS Wdpkr, Kingfisher (R Webb)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: Red Kite over A120 (S Knott)....WATEREND, WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Spot Fly (D Stanley)....WANDON END: Grey Partridge (D STanley)....HERTFORD: Cuckoo heard nr Cromwell Rd (N Parish)

18TH MAY: STEVENAGE: Poss MArsh Warbler at 9am, btw Aeroflex buildings in Gunnels Wood Rd & Leisure Park, in a large overgrown hedge. Mimicking Nightingale, Quail & Sedge Wbr. Not seen and no sign since (P Bishop)....BENINGTON: Turtle Dove, Spot Fly, 2 GS Wdpkr, Whitethroat (R Webb)....AMWELL: 5 Hobbies showing well & R Plover (A Watson)....KINGS MEAD: Red Kite over at 1800 (M Orchard)

17TH MAY: WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Mandarin close to W shore early pm (G Young)....TRING: 2 Yellowhammer feeding on a garden lawn (I Burrus)....KINGS MEAD: 5 LRP, 5 Shelduck, 20 Swift (A Reynolds)....RYE MEADS: Oystercatcher from Draper Hide at 0815 but flew N at 0820 (P Roper)....HITCHIN: Cettis Warbler singing and showing well at jtcn of Willow Lane & Charlton Road (M Ilett)....EAST HYDE: Sedge Wbr, Lsr Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunt, 4 Lapwing, 2 Gadwall (J Chapman)

16TH MAY: FAIRLANDS LAKE: COmmon Sand, COmmon Tern (A Ford)....HITCHIN: Cettis Warbler singing and showing well at jtcn of Willow Lane & Charlton Road (M Ilett)

15TH MAY: ST IPPOLLITTS: Turtle Dove calling, also LT Tit brood of 10+ yng in a garden (M Hooper)....TRINGFORD RSVR: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (L Evans)....WILSTONE RSVR: Turtle Dove, 3 Black Terns (L Evans)....STARTOPS END RSVR: 2 Black Tern til 0830 at least, 2 Common Sand (D Booth)....HERTINGFORDBURY: LRP, 2m Ruddy Dk, Buzzard, Reed Wbr, 3 Blackcap, 2 Sedge Wbr, 4 Garden Wbr, Common Tern, 4+ L Grebe (D Wheatcroft)....N MYMMS PARK: 3 Buzzards, 2 Cuckoo, 5 Whitethroat, 13 Garden Wbr (observer's highest count at site), 18 Blackcap, 11 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Wbr, 30+ Rook, 45+ Chaffinch, 3 Yellowhammer....BROOKMANS PARK: Cuckoo, Garden Wbr, Lsr Whitethroat, 9 Stock Dv, 14 Canada Gs (2prs with broods of 7 & 3), 2 Bullfinch....HUDNALL: Buzzard (A Cox)....PUCKERIDGE: Buzzard (M Orchard)

14TH MAY: STARTOPS END RSVR: 2 Black Terns (M Wallen)....HATFIELD: 2 Yellow Wags in pea field opp Hatfield Business Park (S Pearce)....WILSTONE RSVR: 1st-s m Marsh Harrier over reedbed 1030-1040 with Buzzard, also Black Tern (M Thompson)....KINGS MEAD: 2 Wood Sands, 3 Common Sand, 4 LRP, Redshank, Hobby (A Reynolds)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Redshank, 5 LRP, 2 R Plover, Cuckoo, 2 Garden Wbr, Reed Wbr, 4 Common Tern, 8 Whitethroat (P Christian) Yellow Wag in pea field & 4+ Tree Sparrow (D Wheatcroft)....WELHAM GREEN: 2 RL Partridge, ad Moorhen with 2 yng, 3ad Lapwing with 2 yng, 5 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat (D Dean) 2 Lsr Whitethroat, Garden Wbr, Goldfinch....BATFORD: 2 Cuckoos calling early am (M Russell)....WATERY GROVE, STEVENAGE: Buzzard, Woodcock roding, 3+ Cuckoo (R Hooper)....TEWIN: pr Cuckoo (D Booth)

13TH MAY: WATEREND, WELHAM GRN: 2 Lsr Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Cuckoo (S Pearce)....WILSTONE RSVR: 1st-s M Marsh Harrier in eve, also Black Tern with 2 more at Startops End, 619 Swifts at Wilstone, 324 over Startops (L Evans)....BLACKBRIDGE LANDFILL: 2 Garden Warblers (D Stanley)....KINGS MEAD: 2 Wood Sand, 3 Common Sand, R Plover on W edge of west pool, Greenshank, Dunlin, 2 LRP, Cuckoo & 3 Shelduck (sev obs)....BROCKET PARK: Spotted FLycatcher, nrby m Mandarin at Waterend, Wheathampstead (C Smout)

12TH MAY: COTTERED: m Montagu's Harrier flew NE over at 1500 (BN)....HITCHIN: Cetti's Warbler singing along River Hiz at jctn of Willow Lane & Charlton Rd at 1300 (R Webb)....KINGS MEAD: 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 LRP, Redshank (A Reynolds)....BENINGTON: Turtle Dove, 3 Blackcap, 2 GS Wdpkr, Kingfisher (R Webb)....WILSTONE RSVR: Black Tern with c40 Common Tern, also 18 Hobbies over reedbed & rsvr (L Evans)....STANBOROUGH LAKES: 2 feral Barnacle Gs, Gadwall (C Brackenbury)

11TH MAY: BENGEO: Buzzard soaring over A602 (P Roper)....NORTON GREEN: f Black Redstart feeding in bushes along road nr dumped tree cuttings at 1930 at least, also Whinchat (southern side of gully) & Wheatear (S Crockford et al)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Dunlin, Reed Wbr, 2 Garden Wbr (R Flesher)....BENINGTON: Turtle Dove, Marsh Tit, 2 Grey Partridge, Common Sand (R Webb)....TEWIN: Little Owl in tree opp Upper Green (L Borg)....REDBOURN: 2 Buzzards (G HOrn)....COLNEY HEATH: Buzzard over Common (J Moss)....BERKHAMSTEAD: Red Kite over (D Bradshaw)....GORHAMBURY, ST ALBANS: 2 Yellow Wags (T Hill)....HEXTON: 2 Grey Partridge (N Agar)

Late news from 22nd April: HERTFORD: White Stork for one hour only on lamppost behind Hertford East railway station, Railway Street from 1000-1100. The photographer took the photos of the bird to the info centre at Rye Meads. Photos here (per P Roper)

10TH MAY: WESTON: f Pied Flycatcher present for 2 hours only in garden of Horseshoe Farm (J Tomkins)....BROXBOURNE WOODS: Woodcock roding from 2055 at TL328074, also Tawny Owl (D Booth)....BROOKMANS PARK: Hobby, Cuckoo, Bullfinch, SParrowhawk....BENINGTON: 2 Cuckoo, Lsr Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk (R Webb)....STOCKERS LAKE: LS Wdpkr calling in trees along canal, also Common Sand on Inns Lake (just outside Herts) (A Gardiner)....WILSTONE RSVR: 5+ Hobbies hunting over reedbed, also m Wigeon (A Gardiner)....POTTERS CROUCH: m Yellow Wag around microlight airstrip but no Corn Bunts around (A Gardiner)....TYTTENHANGER: 3 LRP, 2 R Plover, 15 Lapwing, Dunlin, 3 redshank, COmmon Sand (R Flesher)....WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Buzzard (T Hill)....WALKERN: Little Owl on telegraph pole 2045 along rd from CHells Manor to Walkern (A Day)....HARPENDEN: Red Kite over (M Russell)....FROGMORE GP: 2 Cuckoo (T CHapman)

9TH MAY: AMWELL: Nightingale at 1415 in shrubbery btw path & rlwy line opp hide on other side of river, singing and seen briefly, also Common Sand & 3 Hobbies (J Dingemans)....TRING: Redstart flew across rd nr Hastoe (I Burrus)....NORTON GREEN: Whinchat, 5 Wheatear, Lsr Whitethroat, 2 Grey Partridge, 3+ Skylark, 3 Whitethroat, Grn Wdpkr (sev obs)....BROOKMANS PARK: Lsr Whitethroat singing behind rlwy stn....BENINGTON: 2 Turtle Dove, Whitethroat (R Webb)....WATEREND, S OF WELHAM GREEN: Kingfisher....WILSTONE: Barn Owl seen nr village (L Vaughan)

8TH MAY: ST PAULS WALDEN: 4 Whimbrel N over, also 2 Buzzard, f Mandarin (M Ilett)....WATEREND, WHEATHAMPSTEAD: 2 Mandarin on R Lea (J Thornley)....TYTTENHANGER: 4 LRP, 2 R Plover, Dunlin, 3 Redshank, COmmon Sand, 50+ Swift (G Knight)....NORTON GREEN: 8 Wheatear (sev obs)....AMWELL: Hobby, LRP, R Plover, 9 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 50 Swift, 49 Common Tern (D Booth)....ALDENHAM RSVR: 3m Mandarin, 5 Ruddy Dk, 23 GC Grebe, 50 Swift, S Martin (C Everett)....RYE MEADS: 3 Cuckoo, Hobby (from Otter Hide), S Martin, sev Whitethroat, many Swifts (C Hughes)....WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Tawny Owl, Kestrel, 2 Whitethroat, 3 WIllow Wbr, Linnet, Yellowhammer (T CHapman)

7TH MAY: TYTTENHANGER: 7 Common Tern, 2 Redshank, m Wigeon, 3 LRP (S Pearce)....KINGS MEAD: Buzzard, 2 LRP, Redshank, COmmon Sand, S Martin, Swallow, H Martin, m Shelduck (sev obs)....BEDMOND: Buzzard (D Whitehouse)....MERRYHILL: Red Kite over (J Fearnside)....STEVENAGE: Hobby low over Gresley Way at 0930 (S Crockford)....BISHOPS STORTFORD: Buzzard over Much Hadham cricket club (J Forgham)....GRAVELEY, STEVENAGE: 2 Grey Partridge, 2 RL Partridge (C Brackenbury)

6TH MAY: TYTTENHANGER: 3+ LRP, 2 R Plover, 3 Redshank, 6 COmmon Tern, 75+ Swift, 2 Garden Wbr, 2 Sedge Wbr, Reed Wbr, 10 Whitethroat, 15 GC Grebe, 2 Reed Bunt, 3 Tree Sparrow, 2 Yellow Wags....WELHAM GREEN: Lsr Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff....WELWYN GDN CITY: Lsr Whitethroat in scrub btw Shredded Wheat factory & railway line at 0825 (D James)

5TH MAY: BEECH FARM: 2m Mandarin, Lsr Whitethroat, Redshank, 3 Willow Wbr, Sedge Wbr, 10 Whitethroat, Cuckoo (A Gardiner)....WELWYN GDN CITY: Hobby low over houses nr QE2 Hospital (T Gale)....WILSTONE RSVR: Little Egret, Yellow Wag (D Otter)....NORTON GREEN: 4 Wheatear, Lsr Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat (D Booth)....BUNTINGFORD: 7 Buzzards (A Burrows)

4TH MAY: N MYMMS PARK: 5 Blackcaps, Garden Wbr (nr church entrance), 9 Chiffchaff, 3m Whitethroat (S Lyon)....HERTINGFORDBURY: Buzzard, 2 Mandarin, Common Tern, 2 Grey Wag, 8 H Martin, 15 Swallow (S Poynter)....WILSTONE RSVR: 70 Arctic Terns at 8pm (200 rptd earlier), also Little Gull & 4 Hobbies (G Knight)....ST IPPOLLITTS: Turtle Dove (M Hooper)....BENINGTON: 2 Turtle Doves, 2 GS Wdpkr, Sparrowhawk (R Webb)....NORTON GREEN: 6 Wheatear, Lsr Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat (D Booth)....HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: Hobby over fields N of Green Lanes at dusk (H Lewis)

3RD MAY: ST ALBANS: 3 BUzzards over nr Potters Crouch (S&M Bailey)....WATFORD: Osprey drifted SE over Callowland Rec ground at 1020 twds Hilfield Rsvr, 5+ Swifts (I Bennell)....BROOKMANS PARK: 2 Lsr Whitethroat, Cuckoo....TRING: Buzzard over Wigginton (I Burrus)....EAST HYDE: 2 Shoveler on river (M Russell)....NORTON GREEN: 3 Wheatear, Lsr Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat (D Booth)....HITCHIN: 8 Swifts (D Booth)

2ND MAY: CHORLEYWOOD COMMON: Lsr Whitethroat (A Marett)....TYTTENHANGER: Redshank, 8 Heron, Common Sand, 7 Common Tern, 2 Sedge Wbr, Lsr Whitethroat, Swift (S Pearce)....GRAVELEY: Buzzard, 3 Swifts, 2 Grey Partridge (C Brackenbury)....BUNTINGFORD: 8+ Swifts (C Hughes)....HEXTON: 2 Grey Partridge at chalk pit (S Austin)....NORTON GREEN: 6 Wheatear, inc f Greenland at 1100 (R Kynman)....CHISWELL GREEN: Lsr Whitethroat by Rose Gardens in hedge, nrby 2 Little Owls at East Farm, Potters Crouch (A Gardiner)....N MYMMS PARK: Hobby, Cuckoo, Little Owl, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Garden Wbr, 14 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Wbr, Bullfinch....COOPERS GREEN GP: 6 L Grebe, 10 Tufted, Pochard, 4 Lapwing, 3 Redshank, 2 Buzzard....BEECH FARM: 2 LRP, Grasshopper Wbr, 2 Gadwall, Cuckoo, 35 Skylark, 20 Meadow Ppt, Wheatear, Lsr Whitethroat, 17 Whitethroat, 9 Blackcap, Garden Wbr, 11 Willow Wbr, 2 Chiffchaff, 7 Reed Bunt....BENINGTON: Barn Owl, Turtle Dove calling by church (R Webb)....AMWELL: Turtle Dove calling by reedbed hide, Yellow Wag, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Redshank, LRP, COmmon Sand (D Booth) 4 Hobbies (S Chilton)....PUCKERIDGE: Turtle Dove calling, Cuckoo, Kingfisher, Sedge Wbr, Reed Wbr, Lsr Whitethroat, 2 Willow Wbr, 3 Marsh Tits, 3 Bullfinch (M Orchard)

1ST MAY: BLACKBRIDGE LANDFILL: Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Cuckoo (D Stanley)....WELHAM GREEN: Poss m Ring Ouzel briefly on Hatfield side of Welham Green (S Pearce)....AMWELL: R Plover, m Mandarin, Common Sand, 2 Swift, 2m Whitethroat, Cuckoo, Water Rail, Kingfisher (H Lewis)....BELL BAR, BROOKMANS PARK: Cuckoo, 3 Lapwing (S Pearce)....ASHWELL: 4 Dotterel (3f) btw Ashwell & Slip End NW of A505, 3 Wheatear, 2 Hobbies (D Cording) but no sign in a later search....SANDON: Turtle Dove (N Sampford)....SACOMBE GREEN: Osprey over being mobbed (N Sampford)....ALDBURY: 2 Grey Partridge (D Otter)....COLE GREEN TIP: 3 Whinchat, 5 Wheatear, Fieldfare (S Austin)....WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Whimbrel, Little Tern, 3 Wheatear, 2 Wigeon, PF GOose, 2+ Yellow Wag, Common Sand, Reed Wbr, 2 Hobby, Shelduck, 2 Garden Wbr (sev obs)....MARSWORTH RSVR: Osprey mid am....NORTON GREEN: 3 Wheatear, no sign of any Whinchat, m Stoenchat, 2 Grey Partridge 2+ Whitethroat, 2+ Blackcap, 3+ Skylark (C Hughes)....GORHAMBURY: 2 Reed Wbr, Garden Wbr, Reed Bunt, Grey Wag (A Gardiner)....WEST HYDE: 2 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, Whinchat, Yellowhammer (S Pash)....JERSEY FARM WOODLAND PARK: Lsr Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, Garden Wbr, 7 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 Willow Wbr (W Hatton)....BENINGTON: Buzzard, Tawny Owl, 2 Whitethroat (R Webb)....EAST HYDE: Grey Wag, Cormorant (P CHapman)....ASHWELL: Corn Bunt, 3+ Yellow Wag, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellowhammer (I Bennell)

30TH APR: COLE GREEN TIP: Grasshopper Wbr flushed from cover, not reeling, also 3 Common Tern (S Austin)....TYTTENHANGER: 2 Whinchat, Common Sand, 4 LRP, 4 R Plover, 3 Dunlin, 4 Redshank, 7 Common Tern, 4 Swift, 3 Wheatear, Garden Wbr, 2 Cuckoo, Sedge Wbr, Reed Bunt (sev obs)....COOPERS GREEN GP: Buzzard (G KNight)....WILSTONE RSVR: 12 Whinchat: 6 at Rushy Meadow, 6 in the oilseet rape field btw cemetery corner & resvr, also 3 Wheatear there. Red Kite over hide & 5+ Common Sands around resvr (1 at Startops), 4 Hobbies, Buzzard (sev obs)....CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Hobby, WHinchat, 3+ Grasshopper Wbr, 2 Lsr Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Cuckoo (sev obs)....NORTON GREEN: 15 Wheatears, 2 Whinchat, Swallow, sev Skylark, Lst Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 3+ Grey Partridge (sev obs)....BENINGTON: 2 Turtle Dove, Little Owl, Kignfisher, 2 Blackcap (R Webb)....BROOKMANS PARK: Hobby....ESSENDON: COmmon Sand, Tawny Owl, 3 Lsr Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 14 Blackcap, 5 Willow Wbr, 9 CHiffchaff, Garden Wbr, 3 Cuckoo, 10 Swift, 5 S Martin, 2 H MArtin, 21 Hs Sparrow, 10 S Thrush, c20 Linnet....APPSPOND WOOD: 3 Buzzards (B Cripps)....AYOT ST LAWRENCE: Garden WBr, Blackcap, Cuckoo, 2 Treecreeper (T CHapman)....HARPENDEN: 2 Swifts (T Chapman)....WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Buzzard (T CHapman)....PUCKERIDGE: 3 Swifts, Kingfisher, H Martin, m Whinchat, Lsr Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 3 Willow Wbr, 4 Bullfinch (M Orchard)....BERKHAMSTEAD COMMON: 2 Garden Wbr, Tree Pipit (M Parr)....WATFORD: 5+ LBB Gull, Buzzard, 2 COmmon Tern, 25+ Swift (I Bennell)....BROCKET PARK: 4 Buzzards, 2 Grey Wag (D James)

29TH APR: TYTTENHANGER: 2 Tree Sparrow, 2 Redshank, 5 LRP, Yellow Wag, 2 Sedge Wbr, R Plover, Lsr Whitethroat (S Pearce)....WILSTONE RSVR: Peregrine over cemetery then drifted W (J Edwards)....AMWELL: 3 Hobbies, Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Wbr (J Hawkins)....ASHRIDGE FOREST: Tree Pipit singing, also Garden Wbr (C Smout)....BENINGTON: Turtle Dove calling by church at 0830 (R Webb)....PEGSDON HILLS: Buzzard (J Chapman)....LILLEY: Swift (J Chapman)....WESTON: 2 Grey Partridge nr Welbury Farm (R Broadie)....CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Lsr Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Wbr, 4 Sedge Wbr, Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, 3 Reed Bunt, 2 Blackcap, 3 Grn Wdpkr (G YOung)....KNEBWORTH: Swift over (R Hooper)....PANSHANGER PARK: 4 Mandarins (S Chilton)....HARPENDEN: 3 Swifts (R Cave)....NORTON GREEN: 5 Wheatears, Lsr Whitethroat (D Bryant)....BOXMOOR: Garden Wbr (D HUtchinson)....VERULAMIUM PARK: 6 Ruddy Dk (E Leahy)....WELWYN GDN CITY: 4 Buzzards (T Hill)

28TH APR: COLEMAN GREEN, WHEATHAMPSTEAD: 2f Wheatear on field opp where Coleman Green Ln meets B653, also 7 Lapwing (S Pearce)....BEECH FARM: Sedge Wbr, Redshank, 4 Meadow Ppt, 2 Mandarin, 2 Yellowhammer, 4 Reed Bunt, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Lapwing (S Pearce)....COOPERS GREEN GP: Buzzard, Redshank, 3 Gadwall, 3 L Grebe, m Ruddy Dk, Pochard, 2 Tufted (S Pearce)....HATFIELD: Sedge Wbr singing in bushes in Ellenbrook (S Pearce)....STOCKERS LAKE: 2 singing Garden Wblrs (G Young)....A505: Swift over btw Luton & Hitchin (J Chapman)....NORTON GREEN: 3 Wheatear, Lsr Whitethroat (D Booth)....BENINGTON: Turtle Dove, 2 Bullfinch, ad S Thrush + 3 yng, GS Wdpkr, 3 Blackcap (R Webb)

27TH APR: TYTTENHANGER: Green Sand, 7 Common Tern, Swift, Yellow Wag, 2 Sedge Wbr (S Pearce)....N MYMMS PARK: Cuckoo, 2 Whitethroat....BISHOPS STORTFORD: GRasshopper Wbr reeling along banks of Stort 1730-1745, walk S from Pig Lane 50 yds beyond footbridge & moored barge (J FOrgham)....WILSTONE: 2 Hobby, m WIgeon, 7 Ruddy Dk, 200+ Swift, 40+ Common Tern (sev obs)....FAIRLANDS LAKE: Common SAnd, 2 Cormorant, Common Tern, Swift, 2 Grey Wag (A Ford)....LANGLEY: Lssr Whitethroat, 2 Buzzards (K Arnold)....ROTHAMSTEAD EXP STN: Yellow Wag over (M Russell) 2 Swifts (P Gould)....CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Kingfisher (J Thompson)....BERKHAMSTEAD COMMON: 2 Buzzards (D Spittles)

26TH APR: HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: Sedge Wbr singing in roadside bushes along Business Rd (S Pearce)....BROOKMANS PARK: Mandarin, Little Owl, Lsr Whitethroat....STEVENAGE: Waxwing at Sainsbury's, Magpie Crescent til 1840 at least (sev obs) also Common Tern at Fairlands Lake (A Ford)....TYTTENHANGER: Green Sand & 3 Swift (G Knight)....TRING RSVRS: 6 Yellow Wag in horse field beh STartops, 63+ Common Terns at Wilstone with 6 at Marsworth, c150 mixed hirundines in area (R Pearson) WHeatear in paddocks by road from Startops bank (M Parr) also at Wilstone 2 Hobby, m Mandarin, LRP, 2 Common Sand, 2 Yellow Wag, White Wag, PF Goose, Whitethroat (A Nasir)....NORTON GREEN: 3 Wheatears (2m) (D Bryant)....CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: 2 Grasshopper Wblrs reeling, also Cuckoo, 2 Green Wdpkr (J Thompson)

25TH APR: CODICOTE: Buzzard (T Gale)....TYTTENHANGER: Green Sand (S Pearce)....TRING RSVRS: Osprey for 30 mins at Marsworth, Peregrine, Whimbrel, ad Little Gull, 17 Arctic Terns at Wilstone (per L Evans), also PF Goose, m Wigeon, 37 COmmon Tern, Cuckoo, Tawny Owl, 60+ H Martin, 80 S Martin, 230+ Swallow, 75 Swift, Whitethroat, Grasshopper Wblr reeling in oilseed rape field btw cemetery & reservo