Herts Bird Club

A section of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society

Last updated: 1640 14th May 2008

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    The majority of the sightings listed below are from submissions made to the Bird Club site via our on-line submission form. However, some news has been collated from other sources - pagers, websites etc - and these are noted where applicable. Our thanks go to the contributors who submit to the site and the administrators of other sites who allow the sharing of records. If news appears here that you do not wish to be distributed, please email and it can be removed.
    LATEST NEWS
    13TH MAYWILSTONE RSVR: BEE-EATER till 1250 then flew twds Startops/Tringford but not seen subsequently
    TYTTENHANGER GP: m Garganey on main lake, + 2 Greenshank, all to midday at least (D Booth)
    AYOT ST LAWRENCE: Turtle Dove opp churchyard, also 2 Bullfinch (D Booth)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Lsr Whitethroat, 15 Whitetroat, 10 Reed Wblr, 2 Cuckoo (G Lapworth)
    ST IPPOLLITTS: Red Kite over (M Clarke)
    WATEREND: Spot Fly (D Booth)
    WATFORD: Lsr Whitethroat singing by R Colne in Waterside Park (A Lewis)
    12TH MAYBEECH FARM: Cuckoo, 4 Linnet, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunt (P Bonser)
    BATFORD: Lsr Whitethroat (D STanley)
    HERTFORD: Red Kite high over (G Knight)
    11TH MAYAYOT ST LAWRENCE: Turtle Dove around Brocket Arms pub (D Stanley)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Black Tern, 5+ Hobbies, 24imm LBB Gulls thru, Common Sand, c10 Gadwall, 19 Common Tern, 2 Kingfisher (sev obs)
    WELWYN GDN CITY: Hobby, 2 Stock Dv, 10 Swift, Swallow, 2 Goldfinch (A Cooper)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: Little Owl, esc m Pintail, Kingfisher (sev obs)
    MARSWORTH RSVR: CUckoo, 5 Reed Wblr, 3 Reed Bunt (J Baker)
    10TH MAYWILSTONE RSVR: 2 Black Terns, 12 Common Tern; nrby Cuckoo at Marsworth (M Wallen)
    BEECH FARM: 2 Stonechat, 2 Hobby, 10+ Whitethroat, 2 Buzzard, 14 Linnet, 3 mdw Ppt, 2 Sedge Wbr, 2 Willow WBr, 2 Blackcap (D Wheatcroft)
    HERTINGFORDBURY: 2 Buzzard, Hobby, Grey Wag (M Orchard)
    KINGS MEAD: LS Plover, Redshank, 3 Common Sand, Common Tern (M Orchard)
    RYE MEADS: 2 Turtle Doves on feeding station by visitor centre, also Red Kite over, Buzzard over, 7+ Hobbies over visitor centre, Cettis Warbler, Grasshopper Wblr, 6 Lapwing, 32 Common Tern, 2 Redshank, 4 Garden Wblr, 6 Blackcap, Willow Wbr, 2 Lsrs Whitethroat, Reed & Sedge WBlr (V Buckel)
    THERFIELD HEATH: 3 Garden Wblr, 4 Spot Fly (M Johnson)
    MAPLE CROSS: Yellowhammer, Red Kite (C Bessant)
    WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Red Kite over
    REDBOURNBURY: Yellow Wag, Lsr Whitethroat (J Rimes)
    CROMER HYDE: Red Kite over (A Dorman)
    WATEREND: singing Garden WBlr (A Dorman)
    ROYSTON: Red Kite, 6 Buzzards over town (T Wilson)
    ST ALBANS: 7 Swifts (M Clarke)
    ST ALBANS: 2 Buzzards (P Bonser)
    9TH MAYSTOCKERS FARM: 1st-s Bar-tailed Godwit, LR Plover, Little Owl, 3 Lapwing; nrby 2 Garden WBlr singing at Stockers Lake (sev obs)
    REDBOURNBURY: Green Sand on river S of ford, also m Yellow Wag (I Williams)
    TRINGFORD RSVR: Red Kite, Cuckoo, Spot Fly; nrby m Ruddy Dk at Startops (P Tyler)
    STANBOROUGH LAKES: 5 Common Tern, 3 Reed Wbr, 2 Grey Wag, 3 GC Grebe inc juv, Garden Wblr, 2 Sedge Wble, 2 Reed Bunt, 3 Blackcap (S Chalmers)
    HILFIELD RSVR: LS Wdpkr at public viewpoint
    WILSTONE RSVR: 7 Black Tern, imm Common Gull, esc m Pintail, 5 Hobby, c20 Common Tern, 3 L Grebe, Common Sand, 40 Swift (sev obs)
    PITSTONE No2 QUARRY: Greenshank on flooded pool at S end of ind estate (L Evans)
    WHEMPSTEAD: Red Kite over E, Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 2 Grey Partridge (M Orchard)
    VERULAMIUM PARK: Egyptian Goose (M Clarke)
    8TH MAYWILSTONE RSVR: 12 Black Terns, 3 Hobbies, Common Sand, m Mandarin flew over jetty (sev obs)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: 5 Reed WBlr, Sedge Wblr, 12 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Wbr, 2 Common Tern (G Lapworth)
    CRoXLEY GREEN: Little Owl just off the Green (S Carter)
    GILSTON: Grasshopper Wblr nr Stort, also Hobby (J van Steenis)
    AMWELL NR: Snipe, Common Sand (J van Steenis)
    RYE MEADS: m Whinchat in front of hide by RSPB car park (D Girvan)
    REDBOURN: 2 Tawny Owl & Little Owl behind Chequers pub (E Leahy)
    WELHAM GREEN: 3 Lapwing inc small chick
    7TH MAYALDENHAM RSVR COUNTRY PARK: Little Tern at 1655 at least, also pr Mandarin (sev obs)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Cuckoo, LR Plover, R Plover, Redshank, 2 SHelduck, Buzzard (M Wurr)
    AMWELL NR: m Wigeon, 3 Black Tern, 2 Common Sand, Grasshopper Wblr, 2 Kingfisher (J van Steenis)
    STEVENAGE: Hobby chasing Swifts over Old Town (C Brackenbury)
    WILSTONE RSVR: 38 Black Tern, 2 Pochard, 40 Swift (L Evans)
    6TH MAYAMWELL NR: 6 Black Tern, 6 Hobbies, 4 LR Plover, Common Sand, Snipe (T Hill)
    WILSTONE RSVR: 53 Black Terns, 1st-s Little Gull, Osprey (thru at 1905), Cuckoo, Red Kite, 12 Hobbies, 69+ Common Tern, LSr Whitethroat, 6 H Martin (sev obs)
    ST ALBANS: Swift over (M Clarke)
    KINGS MEAD: 2 LR Plover, 2 Redshank, Turtle Dove (A Reynolds)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Cuckoo, 4 Reed Wblr, 15 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Wblr, 3 Chiffchaff (G Lapworth)
    GORHAMBURY: Garden Wblr at Pre Mill (E Leahy)
    MAPLE LODGE NR: Oystercatcher at Lynsters Farm (S Carter)
    WEST HYDE: Whinchat, 2 Buzzards, Hobby (S Pash)
    STEVENAGE: Hobby at Fishers Green (G Dagnall)
    SANDON: 7m Skylark, 4m Corn Bunts, Red Kite, 6 Lapwing, m Yellowhammer, m Grey Partridge, m Lsr Whitethroat, Linnet (L Evans)
    5TH MAYWHEATHAMPSTEAD: m Merlin nr R Lea E of town
    WILSTONE RSVR: 11 Black Tern, 2nd-s Mediterranean Gull, 24 GBB Gulls, 3 Hobby (I Bennell)
    WELWYN GDN CITY: Wheatear in a Templewood garden from 9130 and roosted (T Hill)
    ST IPPOLLITTS: 2 Hobbies (M Hooper)
    HATFIELD: Garden Wblr in Chantry Copse (S Chalmers)
    WELWYN GDN CITY: Lsr Whitethroat in town centre, Cuckoo (sev obs)
    STOCKERS LAKE: 2 Black Terns, 8 Common Tern, 4 Reed Wblr, 2 Sedge WBlr (S Pash)
    ST ALBANS: 7 Swifts around Abbey (A Jeffery)
    4TH MAYAMWELL NR: Spoonbill circled for few mins at 1750 then headed N (J van Steenis), also 2 Black Tern, Redshank, LR Plover, Snipe, Common Sand, Grasshopper Wblr, 5 hobbies, 2 Cuckoo (sev obs)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Turtle Dove, 2 Hobby, 4 Black Tern, c40 Common Tern, 3m Shoveler (sev obs)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: Common Sand (M Wallen)
    ASHWELL: 7 Corn Bunts, 2 Yellow Wags (C Smout)
    LETCHWORTH: m Lsr Whitethroat (S Blackmore)
    REDBOURNBURY: 3 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo (E Leahy)
    REDBOURN: 5 Swifts (E Leahy)
    KINGS MEAD: Hobbym 7 Redshank, Common Sand, 30 Swifts (A Reynolds)
    LANGLEY: 5 Buzzards over (A Ford)
    WELWYN GDN CTY: Buzzard (M France)
    BURNHAM GREEN: Red Kite over (S Stebbings)
    WOoDOAKS FARM: Hobby, Cuckoo (S Pash)
    FLAMSTEADBURY: 25 Skylark, 5 Yellow Wag, 9 Whitethroat, 2 Linnet, 17 Yellowhammer (A Jeffery)
    COLE GREEN TIP: WHeatear, 3 Lsr Whitethroat, Cuckoo (K HOrnby)
    WELWYN GDN CITY: 2 Bullfinch (B Whitbread)
    WARESIDE: 2 Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, 2 Bullfinch (P MacMurdie)
    3RD MAYNORTON GREEN: Wheatear, Swift (A Ford)
    WATERY GROVE: Garden Wblr (A Ford)
    AMWELL NR: c20 S Martin, 6 Swift, Grasshopper Warbler reeling, 8 Common Tern, Cuckoo (sev obs)
    LAMER pARK: Buzzard, Hobby (C Smout)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Lsr Whitethroat (N Taylor)
    BEECH FARM: Grasshopper Warbler reeling TL194086 (C Everett)
    WILSTONE RSVR: 4 Hobby, Red Kite (E Leahy)
    AMWELL CHURCHYARD: Spotted Flycatcher (P Blatcher)
    SYMONDSHYDE GT WOOD: 3 Buzzards, Garden WBlr, 4 Whitethroat (M Payne)
    WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Reed Bunt singing from reedbed off Mount Road (M Payne)
    REDBOURNBURY: Hobby, 3 Grey Wag, Cuckoo, 9+ Whitethroat (A Jeffery)
    ASHRIDGE FOREST: Red Kite, garden WBlr (K HOrnby)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Yellow Wag, Common Sand, Cettis Warbler (K Hornby)
    2ND MAYAMwELL NR: Cuckoo, Grey Wag, Grasshopper Wblr, Snipe, R Plover, 3 LR Plover, 2 Redshank, 4 Hobby, 10 Swift (sev obs)
    RYE MEADS: Osprey over at 11am (T Cobb)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Oystercatcher, Garden Wblr, 7 COmmon Tern (D Booth)
    ROYSTON: 5 Buzzards over (T Cobb)
    ST ALBANS: Tawny Owl still in ivy covered tree in garden of Grebe House (HMWT HQ)
    POTTERS BAR: Garden Wblr singing in a garden, also 1+ Blackcap, 2+ Chiffchaff, Swallow (A Gray)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Cuckoo, 5 Reed Wbr, 2 Sedge Wbr, 12 Whitethroat, 3 Swift (sev obs)
    N WATFORD: Spotted Flycatcher by R Colne (J Thompson)
    BROXBOURNE WOODS: 3 roding Woodcocks, Tawny Owl (D Booth)
    MILL GREEN, HATFIELD: LS Wdpkr, 40 Swift (P Lawrence)
    1ST MAYTYTTENHANGER GP: Whinchat, 2 Lsr Whitethroat, Reed Wblr, Egyptian Gs (D Booth)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Hobby, 5 Reed Wbr, Sedge Wbr, 15 Whitethroat, WIllow Wbr, 2 Common Tern, 6 Reed Bunt (G Lapworth)
    COLNEY HEATH: Hobby (A Hodges)
    WATFORD: Red Kite over St ALbans Road (N Harwood)
    LETCHWORTH SEWAGE WORKS: 2 LR Plover, 2 Reed Wblr - No general public access (G Dagnall)
    NORTON GREEN: 5 Wheatear, m Whinchat, 5 Whitethroat (sev obs)
    ST ALBANS: Tawny Owl in ivy covered tree in garden of Grebe House (T Hill)
    WOODOAKS FARM: Buzzard, 3 Yellowhammer (G Lapworth)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: c50 Swallow, c 30 H Martin, c20 S Martin, Yellow Wag (M Wallen)
    MAPLE LODGE NR: f Garganey, Oystercatcher, 3 Swift, Garden Wbr (S Carter)
    MAPLE CROSS: Hobby (C Bessant)
    30TH APRTYTTENHANGER GP: Black Tern on scrape by flooded path at E end of main pit (D Booth)
    AMWELL NR: Greenshank, Snipe, 2 Swift, 60 Sand Martin, 2 H Martin, 20 Swallow, Little Egret, Black Tern, R Plover, 2 LR Plover, 2 Redshank (sev obs)
    COLE GREEN TIP: Lsr Whitethroat, Wheatear (K Hornby)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Common Sand on middle raft 0715 (D Pratt)
    NORTHCHURCH COMMON: Marsh Tit (C Smout)
    MARSWORTH RSVR: f RC Pochard, m Ruddy Dk (C Smout)
    WILSTONE RSVR: 50+ Swallow, Yellow Wag, Hobby (C Smout)
    29TH APRGARSTON: Firecrest singing at a private site (C Everett)
    WATFORD: Buzzard (A Hodges)
    BENINGTON: Red Kite, LS Wdpkr (C Harding)
    N MYMMS PARK: Shelduck over
    BALLS WOOD: 5+ Willow Wbr, 3+ Whitethroat, 3 Garden Wbr, 5+ Chiffchaff, 5+ Blackcap, Cuckoo, 2 Buzzard (J&P Moss)
    COLE GREEN TIP: 2 Wheatear (K Hornby)
    STOCKERS FARM: 2 WHeatear, 4 H Martin, 6 Swallow (G Lapworth)
    CASSIOBURY PARK: Lsr Whitethroat singing by croquet lawn (I Bennell)
    28TH APRPOTTERS BAR: Nightingale seen well for 5mins in horse paddocks off Bently Heath Road, view from bushes on left after entering paddocks, also 2+ Blackcap, 2+ Chiffchaff, 3 Swallow (A Gray)
    STEVENAGE: Hobby nr A1 (C Bessant)
    BATFORD: 2 Swift, Lsr Whitethroat (D Stanley)
    WILDHILL: 2 Greenland Wheatears, Green Sand
    RYE MEADS: m Garganey from Draper Hide, also 2 Cettis Warbler, 2 Lsr Whitethroat, Garden Wbr, Willow Wbr, 12 Swift, 4 Hs martin, 6 Common Tern, LR Plover, 2 Redshank, 2 Lapwing, Sedgw Wbr, Reed Wbr (V Buckel)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: m Mandarin on bank of fishing pit, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 LR Plover, Dunlin, Little Owl, 6 Swift, Yellow Wag, Lsr Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat (D Booth)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Whimbrel over
    NORTON GREEN: 2 WHeatear, Cuckoo, 6 Swallow, Whinchat, Yellow Wag (R Hooper)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Cuckoo, 3 Reed Wblr, Sedge Wblr, 12 Whitethroat, 3 Willow WBlr (G Lapworth)
    ROYSTON: 4 Swift (A beale)
    CASSIOBURY PARK: Redwing over, Red kite, Common Tern, 2+ Bullfinch (I Bennell)
    27TH APRTYTTENHANGER GP: f Wheatear, 3 Lsr Whitethroat (T WIleman)
    WELWYN GDN CITY: 4 Swifts (T WIleman)
    TEWINBURY RESERVE: Sedge Wbr, 10 Tufted, 3 L Grebe, Stock DV (T WIleman)
    NORTHAW GREAT WOOD: Wood Warbler singing intermittently early morning (C Beach)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Stone Curlew flew NE calling in evening
    MAPLE CROSS: 3 Swifts (S Carter)
    EAST HYDE: 2 Cuckoo (P Unwin)
    REDBOURN: Lsr Whitethroat at Flowers Farm (E Leahy)
    HITCHIN: Little Owl, Whitethroat (S Blackmore)
    STANBOROUGH LAKES: Blackcap, 10 Swift, 4 GC Grebe inc 1 young, CHiffchaff (C Mackley)
    KIMPTON MILL: 4 Swallow (C Mackley)
    MARSWORTH RSVR: c45 Swifts (M Wallen)
    AMWELL NR: Mandarin, 2 Common Sand, 20 Swift, Grasshopper WBlr, 2 LR Plover, 2 Redshank, 3 Common Tern, Cuckoo, Little Egret, 40 Swift, Reed Wblr, Hobby (sev obs)
    NORTON GREEN: m Wheatear, 2 Grey Partridge (R Hooper)
    COLE GREEN TIP: 2 Cuckoo, 3 COmmon Tern, 2 Lapwing (K Hornby)
    PANSHANGER AERODROME: 5 Swift (K Hornby)
    STOCKERS FARM: 2 LR Plover, 2 Shelduck (G Lapworth)
    HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: 4 Swift (J Moss)
    ALDENHAM: Buzzard (B Johnson)
    26TH APRWILSTONE RSVR: Turtle Dove, Curlew, esc m Pintail, 20+ Swifts, 3 Whitethroat, 30+ Common Tern, Sedge Wbr (sev obs)
    MARSWORTH RSVR: 2 Little Terns briefly then flew E
    STOTFOLD: Ring Ouzel at TL225375, park in cemetery, walk N for few hundred yards then just after road bends right, take footpath to left. Bird seen on first bend. Also Wheatear in stubble field (M Reynolds)
    STOCKERS LAKE: 3 Garden Wblr, 5 Swifts, RN Parakeet over; at Stockers Farm: LR Plover, Little Owl, Whitethroat (S Younger)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: 2 Common Tern, 2 SHelduck, Kingfisher, Lsr Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Wbr, Willow Wbr (sev obs)
    NORTON GREEN: 3Marsh Tit, 4 Grey Partridge, Garden Wblr, Buzzard, Hobby, 2 S Martin, 6 Whitethroat, Lsr Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap (sev obs)
    BERKHAMSTEAD: 2 Swifts thru (M Spittles)
    WARE: 2 Swifts over (I Edwards)
    HOLYFIELD MARSH (Essex): Whimbrel, 6+ Nightingale, Goldeneye (D Wheatcroft)
    KNEBWORTH: Lsr Whitethroat (D Booth)
    NORTON GREEN: 2 Wheatear, Swallow (R Hooper)
    COLE GREEN: 2 Mandarin, 3 Whitethroat, 20+ Skylark, 12+ Linnet (K Hornby)
    AMWELL NR: Shelduck, 3 Hobbies, 4 LR Plover, R Plover, 2 SNipe, 3 Redshank, 3 Cuckoo, Grasshopper WBlr reeling, 2 Whitethroat, Garden Wblr (W Bishop)
    25TH APRAPSLEY: poss Greenland Wheatear flushed (C Everett)
    FAIRLANDS LAKE: 5 Goshawks soared over
    NORTON GREEN: m WHeatear, Fieldfare, Lsr Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, Buzzard (D Beer/D Bryant)
    RUSHDEN: Red Kite over, 4 Swallow, Buzzard, Nuthatch (J Dingemans)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Osprey over, Arctic Tern briefly, 44+ COmmon Tern, Whinchat nr dry canal, Wheatear, Grasshopper Wblr in meadow, Garden Wblr, Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobbies, also esc m Pintail (sev obs)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: White Wag, 6 Common Tern (M Wallen)
    EAST HYDE: Turtle Dove over, Whitethroat, Sand martin (M Russell)
    SANDRIDGE: Hobby, Cuckoo (W Hatton)
    GILSTON: 2 Grasshopper Wblr, Lsr Whitethroat (J van Steenis)
    BROOKMANS PARK: Red Kite over (S Priestnall)
    AMWELL NR: LR Plover, 2 Redshank, 6 Common Tern, 3 Grasshopper WBlr, Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit (K Hanrahan)
    COLNEY HEATH: Cuckoo (S Evans/A Lee)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Buzzard, Common Tern, Blackcap, 2 Grn Wdpkr, 20 S Martin (S Evans/A Lee)
    REDBOURNBURY: 3 Yellow Wag, 4 Whitethroat (E Leahy)
    24TH APRRYE MEADS: 2 Cettis Warbler, 2 Redshank, 4 Lapwing, 2 garden Wblr, Lsr Whitethroat, 2 Willow Wbr, Grasshopper Wblr, Reed WBr, Sedge Wbr (V Buckel)
    WATTON AT STONE: WHeatear in horse paddocks, Lsr Whitethroat (D Booth)
    GRAVELEY: Hobby over(C brackenbury)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Wood Warbler singing in wood behind bank halfway btw jetty and NE corner, also 27 Arctic Terns, 2 Swift, 32 H Martin (sev obs)
    RICKMANSWORTH: HOOPOE flew N just to the west of Rickmansworth station at 0735 and lost to view to north (S Younger)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Blue-headed Wagtail in sheep field north of main pit; also 2 LR Plover, 2 R Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe, 4 Redshank, 2 Common Sand, 50+ S Martin, Stonechat (G Knight)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Wheatear, 2 Reed Wblr, 2 COmmon Tern, 6 Whitethroat, 5 Willow WBlr, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Bunt (G Lapworth)
    FAIRLANDS LAKE: 2 Common Tern (A Ford)
    STOCKERS FARM: LR Plover & 2 Shelduck on flooded field (P Lewis)
    FLAMSTEADBURY: Yellow Wag, 30+ singing Skylarks (A Jeffery)
    WIGGINGTON: Blackcap in a garden (D Jenkinson)
    BATFORD: 2 Grey Partridge on weedy field opp Ring ouzel site; Hobby nrby at Mackeyre end (D Stanley)
    BURHHAM GREEN: Tawny Owl (D Booth)
    23RD APRHERTFORD: 2 Buzzards (L Neville)
    SANDRIDGE: m Greenland Wheatear in horse paddocks by jersey Lane, also Cuckoo heard (W Hatton)
    STOCKERS FARM: 2 LR Plover, Yellow Wag, 3 Common Tern; nrby Garden Warbler at Stockers Lake (G Lapworth)
    PANSHANGER PARK: 3 Common Cranes ENE over at 1215 (BN)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: 3 Common Cranes in sheep field by model railway but flew N at noon; also m Ring Ouzel on west side of fishing pits viewable from E bank; 4 Little Gulls at 1220, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Snipe (sev obs)
    PRESTON: Buzzard (D Anderson)
    ESSENDON: Cuckoo, Grey Partridge from Candlesticks pub (K Hornby)
    HOW WOOD: Lsr Whitethroat nr station (N Harwood)
    Late news 5TH APRWELWYN GDN CITY: lady Amhersts Pheasant - no further details
    22ND APRLONG MARSTON: Wheatear at Boars Croft Farm
    KINGS MEAD: Ring Ouzel, 2 Common Tern, 2 Buzzard over (J Hawkins)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: 3 Common Cranes by Willows Farm (sev obs) Ring Ouzel on edge of fishing lake, also 3 singing Whitethroat, Snipe, 2 Shelduck (sev obs)
    MAPLE LODGE NR: 2 Garganey, Oystercatcher, Red Kite over (S Carter)
    POTTERS BAR: Swift over (A Gray)
    HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: Red kite over (J Moss)
    H HEMPSTEAD: 8 Buzzards
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: 2 Reed Wblr, 6 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Wbr, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Swallow (G Lapworth)
    AMWELL NR: m Garganey, 3 LR Plover, 4 Redshank, WHitethroat (D Booth)
    BERKHAMSTEAD COMMON: Cuckoo, Red Kite (M Spittles)
    LITTLE HADHAM: m Ring Ouzel (J Forgham)
    ST PAULS WALDEN: Cuckoo, Marsh Tit (D Anderson)
    ST IPPOLLITTS: 2 Wheatears at Chapelfoot TL199248 (D Anderson)
    LEMSFORD SPRINGS: Green sand, Kingfisher (P Moss)
    WATEREND, HEMEL: m Teal, 4 Swallow, 2 Lapwing (D Forder)
    WELHAM GREEN: Cuckoo, 2 Blackcap
    21ST APRAMWELL NR: Turtle Dove heard nr Old Lea (A Palmer)
    LEMSFORD: Osprey over (C Bessant)
    NORTON GREEN: Stone Curlew, 3 RIng Ouzels, Wheatear, Swallow (sev obs)
    KINGS MEAD: m Ring Ouzel on N side of Park Mead, 3 Shelduck, 2 Sedge Wbr (A Reynolds)
    COLNEY HEATH: Chiffchaff, 7 Linnet (J Moss)
    BURNHAM GREEN: Lsr Whitethroat singing (D Booth)
    WOOLMER GREEN: Red Kite over (N Collingridge)
    MAPLE CROSS: Red kite over (G Lapworth)
    WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Little Gulls, Arctic Tern, 61 Common Tern, 3 Hobby (sev obs)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: White Wag & c5 Yellow Wag, c110 S Martin (M Wallen)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: 6 SNipe, 2 Blackcap, WIllow Wbr, 6 Grn Wdpkr (B Norcott)
    LEMSFORD SPRINGS: Green Sand (P Moss)
    MAPLE LODGE NR: 2 Shelduck, Oystercatcher, 2 Greylags (S carter)
    STOCKERS FARM: 2 SHelduck, Lapwing
    PICCOTTS END POOLS: c10 Swallows (D Forder)
    20TH APRBERKHAMSTEAD COMMON: Tree Pipit (M Spittles)
    THUNDRIDGE: Tree Pipit singing (T James)
    HARPENDEN: f/1st-s m Black Redstart in High Street (D STanley)
    BATFORD: Ring Ouzel still; Little Egret at East Hyde (M Russell)
    WOODOAKS FARM: 2 WHeatear, Whitethroat, Buzzard (sev obs)
    PUCKERIDGE: 3 siskin in garden (A Howard)
    LEMSFORD SPRINGS: Green Sand (P Moss)
    BROOKMANS PARK: 8 Brambling
    BEECH FARM: m Ring Ouzel, Yellow Wag, 3 Green Sand (COopers Green), 35 Fieldfare, 5 Willow Wbr, c21 Linnet, 2 Stonechat
    WILSTONE RSVR: Curlew thru, 7 Little Gull, 67 Common Tern, Hobby, Buzzard, Red Kite (sev obs)
    NORTON GREEN: M Ring Ouzel, 3 Wheatear, Grasshopper Wblr, 2 Grey Partridge, 109 Fieldfare (sev obs)
    BARWICK: Barn Owl (W Bishop)
    THRIFT HILL: 2 Ring Ouzels in small valley off Coombe Rd TL314383 (G Goodall)
    AMWELL: Garganey, Grasshopper Wblr, 2 LR Plover, 3 Redshank, R Plover, 2 Dunlin, 5 Snipe (W Bishop)
    SHAFFORD FARM: 2 Buzzard, 30 Linnet (J Pritchard)
    COLE GREEN TIP: Ring Ouzel, 3 Curlew over at 0945, 130+ Fieldfare, Redwing, Redshank, 8+ S martin (K Hornby)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Lsr Whitethroa, Kingfisher, 5 commic Tern, 2 Whitethroat, 5 Willow Wbr (G Lapwrth)
    VERULAMIUM PARK: 10 Swallow/H Martin flock, 2 Grey Wag, c10 Tufteds (M Clarke)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: 12 yellow wag, also Whooper Swan thru (presumed regular escape) (M Wallen)
    MARSWORTH RSVR: Cettis Warbler singing, Common Sand, 9 COmmon Tern, ad Little Gull (M Wallen)
    TRING SEWAGE FARM: Grasshopper Wblr reeling from hedge towpath side of Wendover Arm 50 yards past sewage outfall at 0645, also Cuckoo (D Pratt)
    CODICOTE: Brambling in a garden (M Adams)
    COLNEY HEATH: Cuckoo (S Evans/A Lee)
    WATEREND, HEMEL: Buzzzrd, 2 Lapwing (D Forder)
    19TH APRNORTON GREEN: Black Redstart, 2m Ring Ouzel, 54 Fieldfare (sev obs)
    HARPENDEN: Black Redstart in High Street (D Stanley)
    MERRYHILL: Lesser Whitethroat (J Fearnside)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Whimbrel E at 0545; Arctic Tern, 20+ COmmon Tern (sev obs)
    BROCKET PARK: Cuckoo, m Mandarin, 2 Swallow, 2 Barnacle Gs (A Dorman)
    AMWELL NR: Yellow Wag, 3 Redshank, 2 LR Plover, Sedge Wbr (S&L Kershaw)
    BATFORD: Ring Ouzel still, m Cuckoo; Little Egret nrby at East Hyde (M Russell)
    VERULAMIUM LAKE: c20 H Martin, c30 Swallow, Grey Wag (M Clarke)
    COLE GREEN TIP: Dunlin over, 10+ Stock Dv, Blackcap (K Hornby)
    PIRTON: c150 Fieldfare (S Austin)
    WARESIDE: 2 Swallows, Tawny Owl, Cuckoo (P MacMurdie)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: White Wag on paddocks, also 6 Yellow Wag & Brambling (S Marshall)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Blackcap, Whitethroat, R Plover (S Marshall)
    18TH APRPARK STREET GP: Firecrest 100m from How Wood station, along path twds gravel pits, singing from blackthorn scrub, also 5 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, H martin (N Harwood)
    BATFORD: Ring Ouzel still (sevobs)
    RICKMANSWORTH: m Garganey at Drayton Ford in mill stream (T Jeneid)
    REDBOURN: Yellow Wag (E Leahy)
    HARPENDEN: 17 Bramblings in avenue west end of Rothamstead Park (E Leahy)
    WILSTONE RSVR: m Garganey (f also present), 40+ Common Tern, 14 Yellow Wag, 200+ S Martin, f Brambling in wood by start of path to hide (sev obs)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: f Pintail, White Wag with 23+ Yellow Wag in paddocks; nrby Cettis Warbler singing at Tring sewage farm (sev obs)
    NORTON GREEN: 60 FIeldfare (R Hooper)
    HERTFORD: Little Egret on meadows behind Harts Horns pub (I Stewart)
    H HEMPSTEAD: Red Kite over oil depot (D Pratt)
    WELWYN GDN CITY: Ring Ouzel along grass verge of Black Fan Road at 0640 (K Hornby)
    ST ALBANS: Siskin in a garden
    17TH APRAMWELL NR: LR Plover, Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 3 Common Tern, c80 S Martin, 10 Swallow, 2 H Martin (D Booth)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: f Whitethroat (M Wurr)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Arctic Tern, 39 Common Tern, 12 Yellow Wag, 2 Hobby, Red Kite (sevobs)
    POTTERS BAR: 2 Brambling on feeders (A Gray)
    BATFORD: Ring Ouzel still (D STanley)
    MAPLE LODGE NR: Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Gs, 2 Shelduck, Mallard with brood of 8 yng (S Carter)
    STOCKERS LAKE: Sedge Wblr, 2 Common Tern (S Carter)
    HERTFORD: m Mandarin in stream by Hartham Pool (I Edwards)
    16TH APRPICCOTTS END POOLS: m Ring Ouzel at 1240 (R Prue)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: m WHeatear, stonechat, 6 Willow WBr, 10 Reed Bunt (G Lapworth)
    REDBOURNBURY: Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 2 Grey Wag (E Leahy)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Black Redstart nr bailiffs caravan at 1810, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Snipe, 4 Redshank, 4 Green Sand, Common Tern, 6 S Martin, Wheatear, 2 Swallow, 3 Teal, 2 Shelduck (sev obs)
    POTTERS CROUCH: Cuckoo (D Hocking)
    STOCKERS FARM: LR Plover, Little Owl (P Lewis)
    WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Red kite S over (R Pearson)
    COOPERS GREEN GP: 2 LR Plover at Sutton Farm GP (D Booth)
    15TH APRREDBOURNBURY: m Redstart in southernmost corner of field at TL122103, also Little Egret (I Williams)
    BATFORD: m Ring Ouzel, m Redstart at TL152148 still (sev obs)
    STEVENAGE: Lsr Whitethroat at Shackell Dell 0745 (K Widgery)
    BERKHAMSTEAD: Red kite over (P Thrush)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Firecrest singing in woodland on SE corner of reservoir (cemetery side) (P Thrush)
    AMWELL NR: 2 Shelduck, 2 Redshank, 2 Sedge Wbr, 2 Reed Wbr, Cuckoo (D Booth)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: m Redstart, m Stonechat, 5 Common Tern, 3 Willow Wbr (J Thompson)
    BROOKMANS PARK: 6 Brambling on feeders
    MARSWORTH RSVR: 2 Yellow Wags (R Woodhead)
    HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: m Blackcap, Reed Bunt (J Moss)
    COLE GREEN TIP: Sand Martin, Buzzard, Willow Wbr (K Hornby)
    PANSHANGER AERODROME: Marsh Tit (K Hornby)
    WATERFORD: Water Rail at marsh (J Hawkins)
    RYE MEADS: Bearded Tit, 2 LR Plover, 2 Shelduck (N Pack)
    14TH APRBROOKMANS PARK: Cuckoo
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Whimbrel on main pit (sev obs)
    BATFORD: m Redstart, m Ring Ouzel at TL152148 still; Redstart in same hedgerow (sev obs)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: m RC Pochard, c80 S Martin (M Wallen)
    WELHAM GREEN: Cuckoo
    BERKHAMSTEAD: 2 Linnet (P Thrush)
    AMWELL NR: Blackcap, CHiffchaff, Cuckoo, 2 LR Plover, 2 Redshank, S Martin, Reed Bunt, Willow Wbr, Teal (C Messenger)
    CASSIOBURY PARK: 2 Mandarin on river, Little Owl, 2m Reed Bunt (I Bennell)
    TYTTENHANGER FARM: Green Sand, 2 LR Plover all on flooded field (J Bailey)
    70 ACRES LAKE (just in Essex): 2 Nightingales btw Fishers Green car park & substation (J Bailey)
    WILSTONE RSVR: 2m Pintail, 2 Hobbies, 2 Buzzard (D Girvan)
    EAST HYDE: Little Egret, 4 Swallows (R Pearson)
    13TH APRWOODOAKS FARM: 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellowhammer (G Lapworth)
    BATFORD: m Ring Ouzel, m Redstart at TL152148 still (sev obs)
    POTTERS BAR: 2 Brambling in a garden (I Stewart)
    AMWELL NR: Reed Warbler, 2 Cuckoo, Sedge Wblr, Little Egret, LR Plover, 2 Redshank, SNipe, Grey Wag, 3 Blackcap (sev obs)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Osprey over at 1615, Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 40+ S Martin, H Martin, 3 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, 4 Shelduck, Reed Bunt, 2 Willow Wbr, Blackcap (sev obs)
    K LANGLEY: 40+ Linnet (I Bennell)
    SHAFFORD FARM: 12 Buzzards (J Pritchard)
    OAKLANDS, ST ALBANS: Green Sand by flooded enclosure off East Drive, also 3 Swallow (S Chalmers)
    WATEREND, HEMEL: 2 Buzzard, 3 Red Kites over, Little Owl, 2 Swallow (D Forder)
    PICCOTTS END POOLS: Little Egret, 2 H martin, 4 Swallow, Buzzard (D Forder)
    12TH APRBATFORD: m Ring Ouzel at TL152148 still (sev obs)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Osprey over at 7pm; 2 Oystercatcher, 2 R Plover, Snipe, 3 Redshank (T Smith)
    AMWELL NR: Cuckoo, 3 Sedge Wbr, Water Rail (J Bailey)
    STEVENAGE: 2 Swallows over, 4 Chiffchaff, GS Wdpkr (P Lawrence)
    ST ALBANS: 3 Blackcaps singing along Alban Way (T Ndunge)
    BROOKMANS PARK: 12 Brambling on feeders
    N MYMMS PARK: 6+ Brambling, 2 Buzzard, Cuckoo, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Siskin, Swallow
    AMWELL NR: Cuckoo, 2 Reed Bunt (S Blackmore)
    RYE MEADS: f Garganey from Draper Hide, also Green sand (S Blackmore)
    COLLIERS END: Barn Owl by A10 (R Arbon)
    POTTERS BAR: RN Parakeet, Grey Wag in Parkfield (J King)
    GRAVELEY: 2 Grey Partridge (C Brackenbury)
    11TH APRBATFORD: m Ring Ouzel (D Stanley)
    WILSTONE RSVR: GREAT WHITE EGRET seen briefly at 0703 - flew from Wilstone twds Tringford and appeared to land but not seen on ground (sev obs), reported flying over College Lake at 0740 (BN); Osprey over E at 2pm, Osprey over N at 7pm
    AMWELL NR: m Garganey from viewpoint, Little Egret on island, 2 LR Plover, Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, Hs Martin, Sedge Warbler, Cuckoo (sev obs)
    WELHAM GREEN: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 3 Lapwing
    GARSTON: Red Kite over at 7pm (A Lewis)
    STEVENAGE: Swallow (P Lawrence)
    10TH APRBATFORD: m Ring Ouzel at TL152148 still (sev obs)
    LETCHWORTH: Nightingale singing at 1230 at Highfield School (S Blackmore)
    STOCKERs FARM: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Green Wdpkr (J Thompson)
    STOCKERS LAKE: 3 Common Tern (J Thompson)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: 2 Oystercatcher, 2 LR Plover, Green Sand, 4 Snipe, 4+ Redshank, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Wbr, 2 Blackcap (D Booth)
    ROYSTON: Blackcap, Buzzard, Chiffchaff (A Beale)
    BENGEO: Cuckoo calling close to Bardon Clumps (L Goodyear)
    HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: 2 Buzzards N twds Brocket Park (J Moss)
    BROOKMANS PARK: 9 Brambling on feeders
    H HEMPSTEAD: Lsr Redpoll over (C Everett)
    BEDMOND: 38 Stock Dv at Serge Hill/Whitehouse Farm (C Everett)
    WILSTONE RSVR: 2 Common Tern, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 60+ S Martin (J Baker)
    9TH APRBATFORD: m Ring Ouzel at TL152148 still (sev obs)
    THERFIELD: Short-eared Owl at TL341377, present for 3+ weeks, also Buzzard, Blackcap, 32 Linnet (M Johnson)
    SAWBRIDGEWORTH: m Garganey flew from Hollingson Meads (J van Steenis)
    REDBOURNBURY: Little Egret, 2 Grey Wag (A Jeffery)
    ST ALBANS: LS Wdpkr in a garden by The Wick, Marshalswick (W Hatton)
    THERFIELD HEATH: 3 Willow Wbr, Blackcap, 4 Bullfinch (M Johnson)
    FLAMSTEADBURY: Swallow, 2 Nuthatch (A Jeffery)
    COLE GREEN TIP: f Wheatear, 160 fieldfare (D Booth)
    NORTON GREEN: f Wheatear, 6 Grey Partridge, Swallow, 2 Buzzard (sev obs)
    ST ALBANS: m Brambling & Chiffchaff in a garden (C Hocking)
    WATERY GROVE: 12 Chiffchaff (D Emery)
    KINGS MEAD: Shelduck, 60 Snipe, 2 Redshank, 2 Teal, 2 Chiffchaff (A Reynolds)
    BURNHAM GREEN: Little Owl (D Booth)
    BRICKET WOOD: 4 Swallows over (C Everett)
    SHENLEY: 30 Fieldfare; 200 Stock Dove nrby at Shelneybury (C Everett)
    LONDON COLNEY: 23 Linnet nr R Colne (C Everett)
    RADLETT: Lsr Redpoll in plantation on Wood Hall Est (C Everett)
    KIMPTON: Tawny Owl (E Sharman)
    8TH APRTHROCKING: Firecrest seen and heard on edge of Bolderos Wood N of Throcking TL337308
    SHAFFORD FARM: 2 Little Egrets over at 1930 twds Gorhambury (J Pritchard)
    THERFIELD HEATH: Wheatear at Penn Hill, 4 Willow Wbr (A Beale)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Common Tern, Wheatear on jetty (J Bailey)
    BATFORD: m Ring Ouzel at TL152148 by hedge btw Lower Luton Rd and R Lea till dusk (sev obs)
    STOCKERS LAKE: m Garganey at southern end of lake at 1415 (C Burgess)
    BEECH FARM: Green Sand, Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat, Willow Wbr (A Gardiner)
    LETCHWORTH: Nightingale seen well in flight at Nortonbury Lane nr Norton (B Sawford)
    STARTOPS END RSVR: Common Sandpiper, 2 Swallow (M Wallen)
    BERKHAMSTEAD COMMON: 2 Ravens over, 2 Buzzard, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Wblr (M Spittles)
    NORTON GREEN: Wheatear (D Bryant)
    AMWELL NR: 2 Shelduck, Water Rail, 2 LR Plover, 4 redshank, 150 Sand martin, 2 Hs Martin, Snipe, 2 Buzzard (M Orchard)
    PUCKERIDGE: Willow Wbr (M Orchard)
    DIGSWELL: Red Kite high over (M France)
    7TH APRCOLE GREEN: LR Plover, 2 Buzzard, 5 Willow Wblr, 4 Chiffchaff, 12 Yellowhammer, Bullfinch, 5 Siskin (T Wileman)
    PRESTON: Willow Tit seen for 15 mins N side of Totmorehill, seen well and heard calling; 2 Grey Partridge (E Sharman)
    BATFORD: m Ring Ouzel in hedge opp paddocks at TL152148 along Lower Luton Rd just outside Batford (D Stanley)
    WOODOAKS FARM: 2 Buzzard, 4 Swallow (C Howard)
    CASSIOBURY PARK: 2 Mandarin (C Fennell/S Thompson)
    GORHAMBURY: Little Egret, Swallow, 3 Buzzard (A Gardiner)
    WILSTONE RSVR: f Marsh Harrier over reedbed, f Wheatear on jetty, Blackcap, c50 Hs Martin, Blackcap, 2 buzzard (sev obs)
    NORTON GREEN: Wheatear (C Harding)
    WARE: 4 Siskin in garden (L Goodyear)
    CROXLEY COMMON MOOR: Buzzard over (S Carter)
    MAPLE LODGE NR: 2 Egyptian Gs, m Garganey from hide, LS Wdpkr, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow WBr, m Blackcap (S Carter)
    PUCKERIDGE: Barn Owl, Swallow (M Orchard)
    HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: Buzzard & Swallow over business park (J Coleman)
    CHISWELL GREEN: Buzzard over M25 (I Bennell)
    6TH APRPANSHANGER GP: 60+ Linnet, 6+ Lapwing (K Hornby)
    HILFIELD RSVR: 2 Hs Martin, 30 S Martin, Swallow, Common Tern (T Blake)
    OAKLANDS: Red Kite, 3 Buzzards over, 2 Swallows (S Chalmers)
    HATFIELD: 3 Stock Dv nr Ellenbrook (S Chalmers)
    AMWELL NR: Blackcap, Willow Wbr, R Plover, 150+ Sand MArtin, 100 Swallow, 15 Hs Martin, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Chiffchaff (A Cooper)
    CASSIOBURY PARK: 2 RN parakeet, 2 mandarin on river, Chiffchaff (A Walliker)
    LEMSFORD SPRINGS: Green Sand, 2 Swallow (P Moss)
    BURY LAKE: RC Pochard, Common Tern (C Fennell/S Thompson)
    RYE MEADS: Whitethroat, 4 Swallow
    POTTERS BAR: 2 Grey Wag in Parkfield (J King)
    WATEREND, HEMEL: Buzzard, 10 Teal (D Forder)
    PICCOTTS END POOLS: Green Sand (D Forder)
    5TH APRSHAFFORD FARM: Buzzard, Swallow, 2 Grey Wag (J Pritchard)
    COLE GREEN TIP: 2m Brambling (K Hornby)
    WARE GP: 100+ Sand Martin, 4 Swallow (K HOrnby)
    BRAUGHING: Red Kite (P Moore)
    AMWELL NR: Red Kite, LR Plover, flocks of mixed hirundines through, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (P Bishop)
    BROOKMANS PARK: 8 Brambling, 4 Siskin
    TYTTENHANGER GP: LR Plover, Green Sand, 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Redshank, 4 Snipe, flock Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, Kingfisher (sev obs)
    BUSHEY: RN Parakeet over garden, m Blackcap (J Thompson)
    BOURNE END: Brambling (C Everett)
    ROYSTON: 2 Brambling in garden (T Cobb)
    WATEREND: Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Blackcap (A Dorman)
    BROCKET PARK: Kingfisher, Cormorant, 7 Barnacle Gs (A Dorman)
    GARSTON: Buzzard over (I Bennell)
    4TH APRCASSIOBURY PARK: 2 Mandarin on river, 12 Meadow Ppt over, 8+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (I Bennell)
    COLE GREEN TIP: 7+ yellowhammer, 50+ Fieldfare, 2 Buzzard, 40 Mdw Ppt (K Hornby)
    FAIRLANDS LAKE: 2 Sandwich Terns on buoys nr Cafe at 1830 (A Ford)
    DANE END: Yellow Wagtail on Whitehill Golf Course (B Stockwell)
    TYTTEnHANGER GP: 20+ S Martin, 28 Lapwing, 4 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 SHelduck, 16 Cormorant, Chiffchaff (M Payne)
    WATFORD: Blackcap (A Lewis)
    LEMSOFRD SPRINGS: 4 Jay, 2 Blackcap, 2 Grey Wag, Chiffchaff, Kingfisher (P Moss)
    REDBOURN: 5 Buzzard, 2 Siskin (E Leahy)
    TELEGrAPH HILL: 2 Marsh Tits on Icknield Way (N Agar)
    WHITWELL: Red Kite over (A Day)
    TEMPLE END: 125 Fieldfare (D Booth)
    NORTON GREEN: 4 Swallow (R Hooper)
    AMWELL NR: 2 Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin (I Edwards)
    HERTFORD: Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff along Morgans Walk (A Reynolds)
    OAKLANDS: 2 Swallow, Buzzard, 5 Linnet (M Payne)
    WELWYN GDN CITY: Swallow over (D Wheatcroft)
    HERTFORD: 3 CHiffchaff (D Cook)
    NORTHAW GT WOOD: 2 Hs martin (B&S Bennett)
    3RD APRPUCKERIDGE: Hobby, Red Kite over (A Catchpole)
    STEVENAGE: 3 House Martin (M King)
    LEMSFORD SPRINGS: Green Sand, Kingfisher, Blackcap, CHiffchaff (P Moss)
    FROGMORE GP, RADLETT: 5 Snipe, Kingfisher, Blackcap (A Gardiner)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: Curlew flew through, 2 Little Owl, LR Plover on flood, 4 Redshank, 4 Snipe, Water Rail (sev obs)
    BROOKMANS PARK: 6 Brambling on feeders
    WILSTONE RSVR: 4 Goldeneye, c80 Sand Martin, c6 Swallow, 2 Kingfisher (M Wallen)
    STOCKERS FARM: RN Parakeet, 7 Teal, 2 Wigeon (J Thompson)
    HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: 8 Brambling, f Blackcap, 3 Reed Bunt (J Moss)
    HOLLINGSON MEADS: 2 LR Plover, 2 Shelduck (J van Steenis)
    AMWELL NR: Red Kite over, f Marsh Harrier over (J Fearnside)
    RYE MEADS: Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, 4 Redshank, 6 Lapwing (V Buckel)
    TELEGRAPH HILL: Swallow (P Barron)
    2ND APRHOLLINGSON MEADS: LR Plover (J van Steenis)
    CASSIOBURY PARK: 2 Mandarin on R Gade (R Stirling)
    WARESIDE: 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Tawny Owl (P MacMurdie)
    AMWELL NR: Sedge Warbler from hide at 1320 (K Travers)
    CASSIOBURY PARK: 3 Lsr Redpoll by green bridge opp play area (J Bailey)
    GARSTON PARK: RN Parakeet, 18 Siskin over E, Lsr Redpoll over (C Everett)
    RYE MEADS: male Marsh harrier from Lapwing Hide at 11am, also Green Sand from Moorhen Hide (BN)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Shelduck 6 Redshank, Little Owl, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Green Sand at working pit SE of Coursers Rd (sev obs)
    SOPWELL MILL: Little Egret over R Ver btw Sopwell & Park Street; Swallow low N (C Everett)
    FIR/POND WOODS: f Blackcap (D Gompertz)
    TEMPLE END: 100 Fieldfare (M Hooper)
    ST IPPOLLITTS: 7 Siskin in a garden (M Hooper)
    BURY LAKE: m RC POchard, 40 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff (S Carter)
    LEMSFORD SPRINGS: Kingfisher, 3 Brambling (P Moss)
    WHEATHAMPSTEAD: Cormorant over
    1ST APRWELWYN GDN CITY: Willow Warbler singing in garden at 0630 (A Cooper)
    THERFIELD HEATH: Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff (A Beale)
    WILSTONE RSVR: Common Tern at 1430 (BN)
    TYTTENHANGER GP: 2 Oystercatcher, Wheatear, 8 Sand Martin, 2 Shelduck, Little Owl, Chiffchaff, 6 Skylark, 2 Linnet (S Blake)
    TEMPLE END: Chiffchaff (M Hooper)
    HATFIELD GDN VILLAGE: Red Kite over (H Lewis)
    HERTFORD: Grey Wag singing from town centre roof (G KNight)
    POTTERS CROUCH: 4 Fieldfare (A Gardiner)
    BROOKMANS PARK: 2 Sand Martin thru, c15 Fieldfare, 2 Cormorant on Gobions Pond
    HUNSDON: Buzzard (J van Steenis)
    WHEATHAMNPSTEAD: 18 Linnets roosted at LNR (T Chapman)

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