Herts Bird Club

Fri 30 Apr 2010 Batford, 1 Whinchat, Darin Stanley (seen in field beside weedy field along barbed wire fencing by track leading to farm buildings)

Batford, 18 Swift, Lee Evans

Cassiobury Park, 1 Swallow, Ian Bennell (flew north)

Cassiobury Park, 2 Swift, Ian Bennell

Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 1 Swift, Alan Gardiner

Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 1 Cuckoo, Alan Gardiner (perched on paddock fencing)

Coopers Green GPs - Beech Farm GP, 1 Redshank, David Wheatcroft

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Hobby, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Cuckoo, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 5 Common Tern, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 3 Swift, G Lapworth

Garston nr Watford, 1 Swift, Ian Bennell (flying over Leavsden Studios at 4pm)

Garston nr Watford, 10 Swift, Steve Kitchen (over Kingswood Estate)

Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 1 Hobby, David Wheatcroft

Hatfield Garden Village, 5 Swift, John Moss

Hemel Hempstead, 3 Swift, Dan Forder (over Corner Hall, 12pm)

Ickleford Common, 2 Swift, Ben Andrew

Ickleford Common, 1 Cuckoo, Ben Andrew

King's Meads nr Hertford, 100 Swift, Simon Knott

Northchurch, 6 Swift, Nick Goss (this morning over cow roast.)

Northchurch Common, 1 Cuckoo, Nick Goss (male calling this morning)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 14 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Whinchat, Darrel Bryant (males)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 House Martin, Dave Beer

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 3 Whinchat, Dave Beer (2 males 1 female)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 10 Wheatear, Dave Beer (at least, possibly more)

St Albans, 1 Hobby, Paul Moss (flying south over allotment at 6:50pm)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 64 House Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 106 Swallow, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 100+ Swift, Lynne Lambert (feeding on the clouds of flying insects)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 8 Red-crested Pochard, Lynne Lambert (female with 7 ducklings)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 71 House Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 243 Swift, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 114 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 8 Hobby, Lee Evans (8 hunting over reeds together at dusk)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 36 Swallow, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, Lee Evans (winter-plumaged female flew over and flew strongly north into Bucks airspace at 1928 (with Steve Rodwell and Dave Bilcock))

Watford, 1 Hobby, Ian Bennell (flew over at 2pm)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 2 Red Kite, G Lapworth

Thu 29 Apr 2010 Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, Geoff Young (in Old Rectory garden, most of time top of tallest tree.)

Berkhamsted, 1 Red Kite, D Pratt (over cricket ground)

Berkhamsted, 1 Little Owl, D Pratt (resident at cricket ground)

Berkhamsted, 4 Swift, Mike Spittles (passing through)

Cheshunt, 2 Swift, J.A.Chapman (east of A10)

Coopers Green GPs - main GP, 2 Hobby, David Booth

Coopers Green GPs - main GP, 2 Redshank, David Booth

Croxley Green, 8 Swift, G Lapworth (over New Road)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Garden Warbler, Simon Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 4 Reed Warbler, Simon Knott

Maple Cross, 3 Swift, Steve Carter (over house calling Denham Way at last years nest site)

Northchurch Common, 2 Cuckoo, Nick Goss (males seen this morning)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 5 Wheatear, D Bryant/G Sanderson

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Whinchat, D Bryant (female)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 3 Garden Warbler, Gary Sanderson

Rickney's Quarry nr Hertford, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Simon Knott (footpath from Bengeo)

Rickney's Quarry nr Hertford, 1 Wheatear, Simon Knott (male on footpath from Bengeo)

Tewin, 1 Cuckoo, Jane Robinson (calling 20.00h)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Cuckoo, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 4 Garden Warbler, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 8 Common Tern, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 4 Reed Warbler, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Ringed Plover, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Oystercatcher, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Wheatear, S Blake/R Flesher ((f))

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Redshank, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Ringed Plover, S Blake/R Flesher

Watford, 1 Garden Warbler, Ian Bennell (male singing at Riverside Park)

Watford, 5 Swift, Ian Bennell (over Riverside Park)

Watford, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Ian Bennell (singing male at Riverside Park)

Watford, 1 Grey Wagtail, Ian Bennell (flew over Riverside Park)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, G Lapworth

Wed 28 Apr 2010 Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, William Bishop (In gardens opposite the ruined church.)

Ayot St Lawrence, 3 Cuckoo, William Bishop (Heard in surrounding area to ruined church.)

Bricket Wood, 1 Whinchat, C. M. Everett (female on temporary fences among pasture NE of Little Munden Farm TL 13 00)

Bricket Wood, 1 Yellow Wagtail, C. M. Everett (presumed migrant flying N overhead TL 14 01)

Brookmans Park, 1 Red Kite, Kevin Widgery (near railway station)

Cassiobury Park, 1+ Swift, Ian Bennell

Cassiobury Park, 2 House Martin, Ian Bennell (over trees near fishing lake. Also Holly Blue butterfly in council yard!)

Chapmore End nr Ware, 1 Ring Ouzel, Ray Hooper (male In disussed quarry workings, showing well )

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Hemel Hempstead, 1 Common Tern, Nick Bessant (Flying along the canal near the town centre at 9.30am)

Hertford, 1 Cuckoo, Nicola Knott (Heard in Horns Mill area)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Garden Warbler, SImon Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Common Tern, SImon Knott (east pool)

Lemsford Springs, 2 Red Kite, Paul Lawrence (flying over the A1M @ 11.30am from the Stanborough lakes side towards Lemsford Springs.)

Letchworth, 2 Swift, Phil Bishop (flying over town centre in evening)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Wheatear, Alan Ford

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Whinchat, D Bryant/A Ford (male)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Reed Warbler, D Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 6 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant

Redbournbury, 1 Hobby, Wendy Hatton (One in dogfight with Kestrel over Veolia plant, then again over Caws Wood. 13:00-13:10)

Royston, 4 Swift, Paul Dunn (over Chaucer Road at 19:00)

Rye Meads, 5 Common Tern, Vicky Buckel

Rye Meads, 3 Garden Warbler, Vicky Buckel

Rye Meads, 3 Hobby, Vicky Buckel

Rye Meads, 9 Swift, Vicky Buckel

Rye Meads, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Vicky Buckel

St Albans, 1 Swift, Matt Clarke (over Catherine Street)

Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Skye Crockford (Flying over North Road/Old Town)

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 2 Common Tern, Alan Ford

Trims Green, 1 Tree Pipit, Mike Baverstock (1 singing and calling from fenceposts)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Cuckoo, Luke Massey (male flew over hide at 05:45, calling throughout morning.)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Marsh Harrier, Luke Massey (flew west at 8.20am)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Sandwich Tern, Luke Massey (in the air at 5.30am, then 2 on tern raft later)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Hobby, Michael Howard

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red Kite, Michael Howard

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, c90 Swift, Mike Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 26 Common Tern, Mike Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Treecreeper, S.Richards (on adjacent trees)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Owl, S.Richards

Ware, 6 Swift, Ian Edwards (over Park road area)

Watton at Stone, 1 (H) Cuckoo, Nigel Denison (calling near High Elms Lane)

Tue 27 Apr 2010 Aldbury nr Tring, 1 Cuckoo, Michael Anderson (heard from Ridgeway Path on Aldbury Nowers)

Aldbury nr Tring, 1 Red Kite, Michael Anderson (seen from Ridgeway Path on Aldbury Nowers)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 3 Cuckoo, S Poynter (flying together)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 2 Hobby, S Poynter

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 3 Little Ringed Plover, S Poynter

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Wendy Hatton (reeling 08:00-08:15 from field between railway line and canal, NW of wooden footbridge over canal. TL 372 129)

Astonbury Wood nr Stevenage, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Clive Harding (singing and showing well at Astonbury Estate)

Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Cuckoo, Robin Pearson

Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, Robin Pearson (in Old Rectory garden)

Balls Wood nr Hertford Heath, 1 Cuckoo, Nicola Knott (heard, my first for this year.)

Bayfordbury, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Graham Knight (singing)

Berkhamsted Common, 1 Cuckoo, Michael Anderson (calling)

Brickendonbury, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Graham Knight (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 6 Common Tern, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 3 Swift, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Cuckoo, G Lapworth

East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Drew Lyness (little breeding activity but always seen together)

East Hyde, 5 House Martin, Drew Lyness (in rafts of East Hyde Mill)

Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Simon Knott

London Colney, 2 Linnet, Alan Gardiner (feeding on verge in former Napsbury hospital housing estate)

Maple Cross, 3 Swift, Paul Lewis (displaying above Maple Lodge close at 8am)

Northchurch Common, 1 Marsh Tit, Nick Goss

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Garden Warbler, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Cuckoo, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 4 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant

Royston, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Martin Johnson (in the Tesco car park)

Royston, 1 Hobby, Paul Dunn (Over Royston railway station at 06:30)

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 2 House Martin, John Fisher (flying to old nests)

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Cuckoo, John Fisher (male seen and heard in usual territory north of farm)

Stocker's Farm, 1 Wheatear, Joan Thompson

Therfield Heath, 1 Garden Warbler, Martin Johnson (at Fox Covert)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 15 Swift, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 82 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Marsh Harrier, Lee Evans (sub-adult female and third individual recorded in past week. Present from late afternoon until dusk, roosting in reedbed)

Mon 26 Apr 2010 Astonbury Wood nr Stevenage, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Clive Harding

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Reed Warbler, G Lapworth

Hilfield Farm nr Bushey, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson (including 1 juvenile)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Oystercatcher, Joan Thompson (flying over Withy Beds LNR towards Stockers this evening)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson (flock flying)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Water Rail, Joan Thompson (singing at Withy Beds LNR)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 3 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant (at least 1 female greenland race)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Darrel Bryant (flew north over site calling)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Garden Warbler, Darrel Bryant

Oughtonhead nr Hitchin, 1 Corn Bunting, David Keech (singing)

Redbournbury, 1 Cuckoo, Ernest Leahy (near fishery)

Royston, 1 Corn Bunting, Martin Johnson (West of the hospital)

Sauncy Wood nr Harpenden, 1 Cuckoo, Robin Pearson (calling male)

Stocker's Farm, 1 Oystercatcher, H. Griffith

Therfield Heath, 2 Wheatear, Martin Johnson (Female on the Rifle Range, male in the Lapwing Field.)

Therfield Heath, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Martin Johnson

Therfield nr Royston, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Martin Johnson

Therfield nr Royston, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Martin Johnson (near Reed End)

Therfield nr Royston, 1 Red Kite, Martin Johnson (over Reed End village)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Ringed Plover, Lee Evans

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Wheatear, T.Wood

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Garden Warbler, S Blake/D Waters

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, S Blake/D Waters/D Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Reed Warbler, S Blake/D Waters/D Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 7 Shelduck, S Blake/D Waters/D Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, S Blake/D Waters/D Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Little Owl, T.Wood (by miniature railway)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Lee Evans

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Shelduck, Lee Evans (male paired up with escaped female Ruddy Shelduck)

Sun 25 Apr 2010 Aldenham Reservoir, 2 Common Tern, Steve Kitchen

Aldenham Reservoir, 2 Mandarin, Steve Kitchen (a pair)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 5+ Reed Warbler, K Smith / J Robinson

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Little Ringed Plover, K Smith / J Robinson

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 2 Grasshopper Warbler, K Smith / J Robinson

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 2 Redshank, K Smith / J Robinson

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Jan Hein van Steenis

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Marsh Harrier, Jan Hein van Steenis (2 cy, present for 20 minutes until 9 am before flying south)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Mandarin, Jan Hein van Steenis (male flying south)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Sandwich Tern, Jan Hein van Steenis (flew south around 8 am)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Jan Hein van Steenis (female)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Jan Hein van Steenis (silent male)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4 Hobby, William Bishop (briefly in afternoon)

Ashridge Forest, 2 Treecreeper, Nick and Gill Goss

Barkway, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Graham Knight (at the golf course)

Barkway, 1 Cuckoo, Graham Knight (at the golf course)

Brocket Park, 1 Common Sandpiper, Anthony Dorman

Brocket Park, 2 Swift, Anthony Dorman

Colney Heath (village), 1 Garden Warbler, rupert.pyrah@talktalk.net

Coursers Road nr Colney Heath, 2 Wheatear, rupert.pyrah@talktalk.net

East Hyde, 1 Yellow Wagtail, John Kendrick (by the edge of the small stream)

East Hyde, 1 Little Egret, John Kendrick

Essendon, 1 Marsh Tit, David Carter

Essendon, 1 Cuckoo, David Carter (calling)

Hatfield, 2 Reed Warbler, rupert.pyrah@talktalk.net

Hatfield, 7 Wheatear, rupert.pyrah@talktalk.net

Hatfield, 1 Whinchat, rupert.pyrah@talktalk.net

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Wheatear, Simon Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 7 House Martin, Simon Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 4 Common Tern, Simon Knott (East pool)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Cuckoo, Simon Knott

Kings Langley, 1 Cuckoo, Chris James (calling early morning)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant (males)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Cuckoo, Darrel Bryant (first for year at site)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Reed Warbler, Ray Hooper

OTHER (give details in comments box), 1 Skylark, j.a.chapman (theobalds estate,woodgreen farm. male singing)

Redbourn, 1 Hobby, A P Jeffery

Reed, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Graham Knight (Rooks Nest Lane)

Sandon, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Graham Knight (singing nr Notley Green)

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Little Owl, John Pritchard

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 3 Swift, John Pritchard

Stocker's Farm, 2 House Martin, Geoff Young (Stockers Lock House)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 13 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Little Gull, Lee Evans (adult and first-summer present at dusk)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Black Tern, Ian Bennell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Yellowhammer, Ian Bennell (male nr rushy meadow)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Hobby, Ian Bennell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 10+ Swift, Ian Bennell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 125 Swallow, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 26 Arctic Tern, Lee Evans (26 arrived in evening)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Wood Warbler, Lee Evans (singing male in private garden behind Drayton Bank hide)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Sandwich Tern, Mick Frosdick

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Wood Warbler, Stuart Wilson (singing 10.30-11.20 (just across border in Bucks) in small meadow behind Drayton hide)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Redshank, Steve Kitchen

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 30 Sand Martin, Steve Kitchen

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Shelduck, Steve Kitchen (on pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Wheatear, Robin Pearson (male on pool)

Verulamium Park, 2 Swift, Janet Gardiner (over lake)

Sat 24 Apr 2010 Albury nr Bishop's Stortford, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Graham Knight (one singing at Albury, the other near Albury End)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Kevin Hornby (heard reeling from watchpoint)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 3 Egyptian Goose, Kevin Hornby

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 2 Hobby, Kevin Hornby

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Common Sandpiper, Kevin Hornby

Anstey, 2 Grey Partridge, Graham Knight

Anstey, 2 Cuckoo, Graham Knight (calling)

Anstey, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Graham Knight (singing)

Ashwell, 7 Golden Plover, Steve Austin (over heading north)

Ayot St Peter, 3 Red Kite, Anthony Dorman

Ayot St Peter, 1 Cuckoo, Anthony Dorman

Ayot St Peter, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Anthony Dorman

Brocket Park, 1 Tawny Owl, Anthony Dorman (showing well at 7.00am)

Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Red Kite, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Cuckoo, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 8+ Yellowhammer, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 2 Sand Martin, Kevin Hornby

Colney Heath (village), 2 Cuckoo, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith

Colney Heath (village), 1 Whinchat, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith ((f))

Colney Heath (village), 1 Wheatear, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith ((m))

Colney Heath (village), 1 Redstart, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith ((f))

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Reed Warbler, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Garden Warbler, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Cuckoo, Joan Thompson (heard)

Great Hormead, 5 Wheatear, William Bishop (in a bean field)

Hatfield Garden Village, 2 Swift, John Moss (over my garden, 1st this year)

Hatfield Garden Village, 1 Swift, rupert.pyrah@talktalk.net

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Garden Warbler, Joan Thompson (singing Withy Beds LNR)

Munden Estate nr Bricket Wood, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Ian Bennell (singing near M1 footbridge.)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Wheatear, Gary Sanderson (male showing well at usual mud mound)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Garden Warbler, Peter North

Redwell Wood Farm nr South Mimms, 1 Cuckoo, rupert.pyrah@talktalk.net

Redwell Wood Farm nr South Mimms, 1 Wheatear, rupert.pyrah@talktalk.net

Rye Meads, 4 Hobby, Jack Fearnside (showing well from the Draper Hide)

Stapleford, 1 Red Kite, Mark Mead (over fields behind Woodhall Arms)

Therfield Heath, 2 Wheatear, Tony Cobb (rifle range near rugby pitch.)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 8 Common Tern, S Richards

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Grey Wagtail, S.Richards (male by canal)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, S.Richards (male)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 70 Common Tern, Joan Thompson (minimum count at 12:30pm)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Hobby, Joan Thompson

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Little Gull, Joan Thompson (2nd Summer)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Reed Warbler, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 3 Common Tern, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Common Sandpiper, S Blake/R Flesher

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Wheatear, G Lapworth

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, G Lapworth

Fri 23 Apr 2010 Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Cuckoo, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whinchat, Lee Evans (Male on the central common)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whinchat, Matthew Rossor/Joan Thompson

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Common Tern, Matthew Rossor

East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Drew Lyness

Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 1 Fieldfare, David Wheatcroft

Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, Paul Lewis

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Water Rail, Joan Thompson (Withy Beds LNR)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Treecreeper, Joan Thompson (pair Withy Beds LNR)

Northchurch Common, 1 Marsh Tit, Nick Goss

Northchurch Common, 1 Cuckoo, Nick Goss (male seen in hawthorn bush in Norcot Court)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 3 Fieldfare, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Garden Warbler, Darrel Bryant (down lane past pub towards Watery Grove)

St Albans - Bernards Heath, 1 Red Kite, Andrew Steele (briefly at 3.30)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Oystercatcher, Maurice Hammond (over Stocker lake towards Springwell Lane)

Stocker's Lake, 2 Reed Warbler, Paul Lewis & Steve Carter

Stocker's Lake, 2 Garden Warbler, Paul Lewis & Steve Carter

Stocker's Lake, 1 Garden Warbler, Steve Carter (singing)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Reed Warbler, Ian Bennell

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 6 Swallow, Ian Bennell

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 7 Common Tern, Ian Bennell

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Red Kite, Ian Bennell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red Kite, Ian Bennell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 4 Common Sandpiper, Ian Bennell (on barley bunds)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Cuckoo, Ian Bennell (seen briefly near rushy meadow)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Wheatear, Ian Bennell (sat on fencepost along track from cemetary corner)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Common Sandpiper, John Edwards (on the barley bales)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Hobby, John Edwards (hunting over trees near reeds)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Arctic Tern, John Edwards (one with 30 Common Tern but flew off north late morning)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Common Sandpiper, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Stonechat, Lee Evans (male in Cemetery Corner)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 27 Swift, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Wheatear, Lee Evans (in Cemetery Corner)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Mandarin, Lee Evans (pair still)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Marsh Harrier, Lee Evans (First-summer female roosted overnight and flew off east at 1315)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 57 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Marsh Harrier, P Leigh (left at 9.15 heading NE.)

Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 5 Reed Warbler, Lee Evans

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Common Sandpiper, David Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Wheatear, Steve Blake (female)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 6 Sand Martin, Steve Kitchen (Over the pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Oystercatcher, Steve Kitchen (one of the usual two seen)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Shelduck, Steve Kitchen (On the pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Redshank, Steve Kitchen (On the pool)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, G Lapworth/Steve Carter

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Black Redstart, G Lapworth/Steve Carter

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Turtle Dove, Lee Evans (in the orchard this evening)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Black Redstart, Lee Evans (First-summer male)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 4 Yellowhammer, Steve Carter

Thu 22 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Hobby, Lol Cumming / Bill Atkinson (flew South)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Reed Warbler, Rupert Eveshed

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 15+ Swift, Rupert Eveshed

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Rupert Eveshed (reeling in front of watchpoint)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Garden Warbler, Rupert Eveshed

Ashwell, 6 Wheatear, Paul Howard ((5 males) and 2 Yellow Wagtail on dung heap opposite entrance to Dunton Lodge Farm on the Ashwell to Eyeworth Road.)

Batford, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Darin Stanley (in hedge along the B653 in Batford)

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Common Tern, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Wheatear, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Red Kite, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Croxley Hall Lakes nr Rickmansworth, 1 Treecreeper, G Lapworth (Ebury Way)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Treecreeper, Steve Kitchen (Withey Beds LNR)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Kitchen (Withey Beds LNR)

Northchurch, 1 Swift, Nick Goss

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 3 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Wheatear, Dave Emery

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Dave Emery

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Garden Warbler, David emery (singing in lane Watery Grove 60yds past cottage)

Royston, 2 Corn Bunting, Martin Johnson (singing in fields between the hospital and Therfield Heath)

Stocker's Farm, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Joan Thompson

Therfield Heath, 1 Wheatear, Alan Beale (at Rifle Range)

Therfield Heath, 4 Grey Partridge, Martin Johnson (two Pairs)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Joan Thompson

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Little Owl, Barry Pitcher (in horse paddocks on western edge of reservoir.)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 33 Common Tern, Joan Thompson (at 15:25)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 5 Common Sandpiper, Joan Thompson

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Hobby, Stuart Wilson (hawking insects)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Osprey, Stuart Wilson (flew north)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Tern, Stuart Wilson (flew North)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Redshank, John Yates

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 3 Yellow Wagtail, John Yates

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Little Ringed Plover, John Yates

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Wheatear, John Yates

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Shelduck, John Yates

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 2 Linnet, Joan Thompson

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, Joan Thompson

Wed 21 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Swift, Jennifer Witt

Cheshunt GPs (exact water not specified), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Francis Tusa (displaying to the East of the electricity sub-station on Holyfield Island - just in Essex)

Cheshunt GPs (exact water not specified), 7 Nightingale, Francis Tusa (displaying birds seen around electricity sub-station on Holyfield Island, at one time, 4 simultaneously, just in Essex)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Wheatear, G Lapworth (pair)

East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Robin Pearson

East Hyde, 1 Common Sandpiper, Robin Pearson (on Herts side of river)

Kelshall nr Royston, 1 Red Kite, Martin Johnson (South of the A505)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Simon Knott

Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 2 Egyptian Goose, Joan Thompson (plus 1 small young)

Lynsters Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Common Sandpiper, Joan Thompson

Mackerye End nr Harpenden, 1 Cuckoo, Darin Stanley (calling at Porters End)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Cuckoo, Joan Thompson (Withy Beds LNR seen mating)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Water Rail, Joan Thompson (Withy Beds LNR)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Common Snipe, Joan Thompson

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Lee Evans (pair showing frequently at Withy Beds LNR, including male drumming in evening for second consecutive evening)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 4 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant (2 male and 2 female)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 7 Fieldfare, Darrel Bryant

Redbournbury, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner

Redbournbury, 1 Grey Wagtail, Alan Gardiner

Royston, 1 Fieldfare, Martin Johnson (Heading North...)

Sandon, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Simon Knott

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Common Sandpiper, Alan Ford (07.30 at the Sailing Lake)

Stocker's Farm, 1 Egyptian Goose, Joan Thompson

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 9 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Lee Evans (reeling male showing exceptionally well in Barn Owl field)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Little Gull, Lee Evans (new sub-adult arrived early morning before relocating to Wilstone)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 Reed Warbler, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 7 Common Sandpiper, Jeff Bailey (4 on bunds 3 on east bank)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 30 Common Tern, Jeff Bailey

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Hobby, Jeff Bailey (hawking over reedbed)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 10 Swift, Jeff Bailey

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Gull, Jeff Bailey (2nd summer)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Little Gull, Lee Evans (2 different birds present today - a sub-adult in the morning and a 2nd-summer this evening)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Swift, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Whimbrel, Lee Evans (roosted overnight and departed to the east at 0618)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Marsh Harrier, Lee Evans (female present over the reedbed for just over an hour this evening before flying off north (Dave Bilcock, Mike Campbell and Stuart Wilson and finders))

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 56 Swallow, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 43 House Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Common Sandpiper, Lee Evans (on Algae bunds)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 298 Sand Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Redshank, Lee Evans (migrant resting on bank near jetty)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Wheatear, Rupert Evershed (in sheep field adjacent to model railway club)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Common Tern, Rupert Evershed

Verulamium Park, 1 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown (only sightings of single birds recently, therefore may be incubating)

Verulamium Park, 2 Red Kite, Murray Brown (Displaying)

Welham Green, 1 Red Kite, A Cooper (towards Wildhill 7:50am)

Tue 20 Apr 2010 Abbots Langley, 1 Swallow, Derek Pratt (feeding over cricket ground)

Aldbury nr Tring, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Lee Evans (singing males)

Aldbury nr Tring, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Paul Thrush (in scrub in the southern section of Aldbury Nowers)

Aldenham Reservoir, 3 Common Tern, Joan Thompson

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Francis Tusa (reeling constantly 0820-45, showing briefly)

Amwell NR - Hollycross Lake, 1 Cuckoo, Francis Tusa (showing well, calling loudly in willows to north of the path to the Holycross viewing point 0945-1000.)

Batford, 1 Red Kite, Darin Stanley

Berkhamsted, 1 Cuckoo, Paul Thrush (calling near Alpine Meadow, Berkhamsted)

Croxley Common Moor, 3 Sedge Warbler, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 4 Common Tern, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Hertford, 2 Grey Wagtail, Simon Knott (Hertford Castle Weir)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, David Booth (singing on bank next to West Pool)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 10 Sedge Warbler, Simon Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Simon Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 3 House Martin, Simon Knott

Long Marston, 1 Swallow, Dave Jenkinson (first one at Boars Croft Farm.)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Water Rail, G Lapworth (Withey Beds LNR)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Cuckoo, Joan Thompson (calling from near Withy Beds LNR)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Redwing, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 5 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant

Pitstone No 2 Quarry, 1 Oystercatcher, Lee Evans

St Albans, 1 Grey Wagtail, Alan Gardiner (female by Ver)

St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner (over city centre)

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Tawny Owl, Kevin Widgery

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Whimbrel, Lee Evans (1 roosted this evening (per CJ))

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 70 Swallow, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 43 House Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 33 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Hobby, Lee Evans (1 adult showing well over reedbed - first of year)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Common Sandpiper, Lee Evans (on algae bunds)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 320 Sand Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Gull, Lee Evans (new 2nd-summer present this evening)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Redstart, Lee Evans (male at Miswell farm briefly (per JN))

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Osprey, Lee Evans (1 flew NNE at 1716 (per JN))

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Swift, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Red Kite, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Lee Evans (male on East Bank)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Hobby, P Leigh (hawking over reedbeds about 13:00)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Common Sandpiper, Paul Thrush (by jetty at around 14.00hrs)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 5 Redshank, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Wheatear, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Verulamium Park, 1 Ruddy Duck, Alan Gardiner (drake)

Verulamium Park, 7 House Martin, Alan Gardiner (heading north)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Carter (amongst friesan cattle then in flight going west)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Wheatear, Steve Carter (on manure pile)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Swallow, Steve Carter (over farm)

Mon 19 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Common Crane, Rupert Evershed (flew north over watchpoint at 3.25pm)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Red Kite, Rupert Evershed

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 12+ House Martin, Rupert Evershed

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Ringed Plover, Rupert Evershed

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Oystercatcher, Rupert Evershed

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Rupert Evershed

Batford, 2 Grey Partridge, Robin Pearson (in field next to R Lea)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Sedge Warbler, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 3 Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth (singing & seen)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Ring Ouzel, G Lapworth/W A Shepherd

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Ring Ouzel, Joan Thompson (adult male)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Oystercatcher, Joan Thompson (heard flying over am)

Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 1 Wheatear, Nicola Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Swift, Simon Knott (West pool)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Simon Knott (8:20am flying east)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 5 Sedge Warbler, Simon Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Simon Knott

Letchworth, 2 Grey Partridge, Roger Broadie (behind Leisure Centre)

Letchworth, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Roger Broadie

Mackerye End nr Harpenden, 1 Cuckoo, Robin Pearson

Markyate, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Lee Evans

Northchurch, 1 Tawny Owl, Nick Goss

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 3 Whitethroat, Darrel Bryant

Oxhey, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson (my Oxhey Hall garden including 3 juvs on feeders)

Redbournbury, 4 Swallow, Ernest Leahy

Redbournbury, 2 Little Egret, Ernest Leahy

Redbournbury, 2 Red Kite, Ernest Leahy

Sandon, 1 Red Kite, Nicola Knott

Stapleford, 1 Red Kite, Amy Knott (with 2 Common Buzzards)

Stevenage - Pin Green, 1 Red Kite, Liam Lawrence (over Gt Ashby Road. 17.45 westerly.)

Stocker's Farm, 1 Grey Wagtail, Geoff Young (Stockers Lock)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Oystercatcher, Anna Marett (flying over towards Bury Lake am)

Titmore Green nr Stevenage, 2 Red Kite, Gary Sanderson (both stooping to retrieve dead rabbit.)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 White Wagtail, Lee Evans (adult male in paddocks)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 25 Sand Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Reed Warbler, Lee Evans (singing - first for this year)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 4 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 Sedge Warbler, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Common Sandpiper, Lee Evans (Present for its second day)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Lee Evans (flew east)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 16 Common Tern, Lee Evans (present 18-19 April)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 42 Sand Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Little Gull, Lee Evans (6 present in total, 3 of which remained all afternoon)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Common Tern, David Booth / Steve Blake (main pit / fishing lake - first for site for year)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Little Ringed Plover, David Booth / Steve Blake (on Willows Farm pool, later on main pit)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 3 Whitethroat, David Booth / Steve Blake (2 near main pit, 1 by river - first for site for year)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Oystercatcher, Lee Evans (Usual pair on Main Pit)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 6 Redshank, Lee Evans

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 4 Tree Sparrow, Lee Evans (two pairs)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Wheatear, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Black Redstart, David Booth / Steve Blake (adult male, on opposite side of large field from Tree Sparrow hedge)

Sun 18 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Swift, Jan Hein van Steenis (flew south over viewpoint in morning)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Rupert Evershed (also Ringed Plover)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Rupert Evershed

Aston End, 1 Little Owl, Phil Bishop (in tree in horse paddock)

Ayot St Peter, 1 Cuckoo, Anthony Dorman

Ayot St Peter, 1 Red Kite, Anthony Dorman

Cole Green Tip (disused), 5+ Yellowhammer, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 2 Lapwing, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 2 Swallow, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Kevin Hornby

Coleman Green nr Wheathampstead, 1 Cuckoo, William Bishop (flew over by John Bunyan pub)

Colney Heath (village), 2 Red Kite, Steve Evans / Ann Lee

Coopers Green GPs - Beech Farm GP, 2 Cuckoo, Wendy Hatton (male in song around Beech Farm & Home Covert. 2nd bird (possibly female) flew SE from Beech Farm onto wire at old BT site.)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Ian Bennell (singing male right of Olds Approcah entrance)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Wheatear, Ian Bennell (female by old bonfire NW of Olds Approach entrance)

Essendon, 1 Cuckoo, Kevin Hornby (heard near Candlesticks pub)

Essendon, 1 Garganey, Kevin Hornby (male flew down into large pond near Candlesticks pub)

Flamsteadbury Farm nr Redbourn, 8 Fieldfare, Ernest Leahy (in tall hedge)

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 1 Cuckoo, Joan Thompson (heard distantly)

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 1 Oystercatcher, Joan Thompson

Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 3 Mandarin, Wendy Hatton (pair & male in pit at edge of airfield. Flew into Home Covert.)

Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Amy Knott (flying south along Mangrove Road, 2.30pm.)

Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Amy Knott (soaring extremely high above my back garden, 3.40pm)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Simon Knott (Manifold Ditch)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Egyptian Goose, Simon Knott (Kings Mead)

Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 2 Egyptian Goose, G Lapworth (pair with 1 young)

Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 2 Oystercatcher, G Lapworth

Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, Chris Bessant (flying over)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Kitchen (over Withey Beds LNR)

Northchurch, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Jill Goss (heard reeling from Northchurch lower allotment early morning)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 3 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Rupert Evershed

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 4 Whitethroat, Rupert Evershed

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Rupert Evershed

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Wheatear, Rupert Evershed (no sign of Ring Ouzel at 9am)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 11 Fieldfare, Rupert Evershed

Oaklands nr St Albans, 1 Red Kite, John Rudge

Sawbridgeworth, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Laurence Drummond (reeling and visisble herts side of the river at sheering lower road scrape.)

Sawbridgeworth, 1 Garganey, Laurence Drummond (Drake in the area of sheering lower road scrape)

Stocker's Farm, 6 Lapwing, Steve Kitchen

Stocker's Farm, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Kitchen (drinking from pool)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Gull, Simon West (still between 1.30 - 3.00 pm)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Red Kite, Simon West (flew over reservoir.)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Gull, Steve Rodwell (adult)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Wheatear, David Wheatcroft (male)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Redshank, David Wheatcroft

Tyttenhanger GPs - Coursers Farm, 1 Wheatear, Nikki Lynch

Tyttenhanger GPs - Coursers Road GPs, 2 Ruddy Duck, Nikki Lynch

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Whitethroat, Nikki Lynch

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, David Wheatcroft

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Egyptian Goose, David Wheatcroft (pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Oystercatcher, David Wheatcroft (pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Shelduck, David Wheatcroft (pool - relocated to Tyttenhanger Main pit later)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Redshank, David Wheatcroft (pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Other, Steve Kitchen (Ruddy Shelduck on pool)

Welwyn Garden City, 1 Red Kite, K.Smith (Commons LNR (sev obs))

Welwyn Garden City, 1 Cuckoo, P.Oakenfull (Vocals heard Commons LNR)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Wheatear, G Lapworth

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, G Lapworth

Sat 17 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 120 Golden Plover, Jan Hein van Steenis (north over Easneye)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Jan Hein van Steenis

Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 3 Red-crested Pochard, Joan Thompson (2 males)

Colney Heath (village), 1 Red Kite, Steve Evans / Ann Lee

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whitethroat, jeff bailey (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Jeff Bailey (singing)

East Hyde, 1 Little Egret, Mike Russell (by mill)

Gosmore Hill nr Hitchin, 1 Swallow, Clive Brackenbury

Gosmore Hill nr Hitchin, 2 Grey Partridge, Clive Brackenbury

Hertford, 1 Cuckoo, Graham Knight (calling from railway line behind Harts Horns pub)

Hertingfordbury, 1 Grey Wagtail, David Wheatcroft (by River Mimram)

Kimpton Mill, 2 Egyptian Goose, Alan Ford

King's Meads nr Hertford, 22 Common Snipe, Simon Knott

King's Walden, 2 Mandarin, Clifford Smout (pair in deer park)

King's Walden, 3 Red Kite, Clifford Smout

Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Ford

Langley nr Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Alan Ford (Crabtree Spring)

Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Cuckoo, Paul Ward (calling 10.30)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Ring Ouzel, Alan Ford (on the east side)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Fieldfare, Alan Ford

Rye Meads, 7 Sedge Warbler, David Wheatcroft (7+ in song)

Rye Meads, 4 Redshank, David Wheatcroft

Rye Meads, 2 Egyptian Goose, David Wheatcroft

Rye Meads, 1 Cuckoo, David Wheatcroft (call heard)

Rye Meads, 1 Shelduck, David Wheatcroft (Male)

Sawbridgeworth, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Jan Hein van Steenis (singing male along Stort south of village)

St Albans - Bernards Heath, 1 Red Kite, Luke Massey

St Albans - Marshalswick, 1 Red Kite, David Wheatcroft (Passed over 6.30pm)

Stocker's Lake, 3 Common Tern, Joan Thompson

Stocker's Lake, 1 Egyptian Goose, Joan Thompson

Stocker's Lake, 3 Sedge Warbler, Joan Thompson (singing)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Cuckoo, Joan Thompson (singing male)

Tring Reservoirs (exact reservoir not specified), 2 Oystercatcher, Andrew Walliker

Tring Reservoirs (exact reservoir not specified), 6 Yellow Wagtail, Andrew Walliker (paddocks other side of canal to Starstops Res)

Tring Reservoirs (exact reservoir not specified), 8 Common Tern, Andrew Walliker (sitting on green buoys on Wilstone res)

Tring Reservoirs (exact reservoir not specified), 1 Little Egret, Andrew Walliker (Wilstone.)

Tring Reservoirs (exact reservoir not specified), 1 Hobby, Andrew Walliker (hawking in front of reed beds at Wilstone res)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Oystercatcher, Steve Rodwell

Tyttenhanger GPs - Coursers Road GPs, 2 Oystercatcher, Kevin Cheadle

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Wheatear, Steve Blake (male)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 3 Shelduck, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Verulamium Park, 1 Ruddy Duck, Murray Brown (Drake at south island)

Fri 16 Apr 2010 Cottered, 1 Ring Ouzel, Murray Orchard (female in horse paddock S of village near Brook End. Seen well (pale buff-white crescent patch on breast and silvery/pale wings in contrast to dark brown plumage))

Cottered, 5 Lapwing, Murray Orchard (display seen)

Cottered, 8 Yellowhammer, Murray Orchard

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth (singing & seen)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Lee G R Evans (male adjacent to canal near old stone bridge)

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Grey Wagtail, Lee G R Evans (pair by lock gates)

Harpenden, 1 Red Kite, Robin Hilton (circling around water tower moving towards Lea valley)

Letchworth Sewage Treatment Works, 2 Grey Wagtail, G. J. R. Dagnall

Letchworth Sewage Treatment Works, 2 Green Sandpiper, G. J. R. Dagnall

Letchworth Sewage Treatment Works, 1 Red Kite, G. J. R. Dagnall (over)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Water Rail, Lee G R Evans (singing male - Withy Beds LNR)

Northchurch, 1 Red Kite, Peter Medcalf (circling over the Covert Road area)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Ring Ouzel, Robin Pearson

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 38+ Fieldfare, Robin Pearson

Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, G. J. R. Dagnall (over Fishers Green)

Stocker's Lake, 2 Sedge Warbler, Geoff Young (in reeds west side of lake)

Tring, 1 Tree Pipit, S. Richards

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, S. Richards (female on raft)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Common Tern, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 4 Arctic Tern, Lee G R Evans (different 4 to the 4 that were present yesterday)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 35 Sand Martin, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Green Sandpiper, Lee G R Evans

Watford, 1 Whitethroat, Ian Bennell (female on Cassio Road)

Thu 15 Apr 2010 Childwick Bury nr St Albans, 1 Raven, Wendy Hatton (heard calling, then seen soaring briefly over Woodlands Farm area, SW of Childwickbury.)

Cromer Hyde nr Lemsford, c.50 Fieldfare, Barry Trevis (flock feeding on newly tilled field)

Cromer Hyde nr Lemsford, 1 Red Kite, Barry Trevis (soaring over gravel workings with 2 Buzzards)

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, G Lapworth (singing & seen)

Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 2 Grey Partridge, Geoff Young (pair seen from road between A505 & Sandon)

East Hyde, 1 Green Sandpiper, Mike Russell

East Hyde, 12 House Martin, Mike Russell

East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Mike Russell

Kimpton Hoo, 1 Redwing, Tom Kittle (trapped and ringed)

Lemsford Springs, 1 Green Sandpiper, Drew Lyness (not ringed)

Lemsford Springs, 2 Treecreeper, Drew Lyness (also, brilliant views of a fox from hide)

Mathams Wood nr Bishop's Stortford, 1 Fieldfare, Chris Dee

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Alan Ford

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Ring Ouzel, Darrel Bryant (still showing well until 1.30 at least on eastern edge near puddles)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Ring Ouzel, David Booth (appeared briefly at 10:15 on eastern edge)

Rye Meads, 1 Whitethroat, Vicky Buckel

Sherrardspark Wood nr WGC, 1 Mandarin, Ian Flack (male on pond)

Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Clive Brackenbury (near Lister Hospital, 8am)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Little Egret, Lee Evans (roosted at dusk)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 5 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 4 Arctic Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 42 Sand Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Mandarin, Lee Evans (drake flew over towards dusk)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 4 Redshank, Michael Howard

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 3 Redshank, Rupert Evershed

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 30+ Sand Martin, Rupert Evershed

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 3 Common Snipe, Rupert Evershed (flushed by male Sparrowhawk)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Oystercatcher, Rupert Evershed

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 White Wagtail, Rupert Evershed (fighting with male Pied at edge of Willows pool - Pied won)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 3 Shelduck, Rupert Evershed

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 5+ Swallow, Rupert Evershed

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 25 Sand Martin, Michael Howard

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 6 Tree Sparrow, Rupert Evershed (feeding on hawthorn blossom in usual hedge)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Egyptian Goose, Rupert Evershed (Willows Pool)

Wed 14 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Swallow, Lee Evans

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Common Snipe, Lee Evans

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Lee Evans (on spit below watchpoint)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Reed Warbler, Lee Evans (singing males near boardwalk)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 6 Sedge Warbler, Lee Evans (6 singing males including 1 on West Lake)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4 Redshank, Lee Evans

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Treecreeper, Lee Evans (singing male)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Linnet, Lee Evans (1 flew north)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Willow Warbler, G Lapworth

Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Nicola Knott (Over the Pinetum opposite Riverside Garden Centre)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Green Sandpiper, Andy Brown (seen at the east end of Manifold ditch)

Maple Cross, 5 Swallow, Chris Bessant (on passage)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 30 Fieldfare, Darrel Bryant

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Ring Ouzel, Lee Evans J Langford Darrel Bryant (First-summer male present all afternoon and evening but mainly very elusive, favouring south end and central plateau)

Stapleford, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Mark Mead (calling 1530)

Stapleford, 2 Red Kite, Mark Mead (on Woodhall Estate)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 13 Swallow, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 151 Sand Martin, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Lee Evans (male)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 5 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Arctic Tern, Lee Evans (present early morning only (Dave Bilcock))

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 15 Swallow, Lee Evans

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Redshank, Steve Kitchen

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Linnet, Steve Kitchen (by car park fence)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Oystercatcher, Steve Kitchen

Verulamium Park, 2 House Martin, Murray Brown

Verulamium Park, 1 Ruddy Duck, Murray Brown

Verulamium Park, 1 Willow Warbler, Murray Brown

Verulamium Park, 2 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown

Welham Green, 1 Red Kite, A Cooper

Tue 13 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Ringed Plover, Stuart Fox

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Sedge Warbler, Stuart Fox

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4 Redshank, Stuart Fox

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 5 Little Egret, Stuart Fox

Broxbourne, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, R Hart (single calling in line of trees adjacent to the platforms at Broxbourne railway station at 07.20)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Common Snipe, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whitethroat, G Lapworth (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Willow Warbler, G Lapworth (singing)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Water Rail, G Lapworth (at Withey Beds LNR)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Fieldfare, Ray Hooper

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 20 Redwing, Ray Hooper

Reed, 6 Corn Bunting, Martin Johnson (singing at Hatchpen Farm)

Rye Meads, 1 Whitethroat, Chris Dee

Sawbridgeworth, 1 Garganey, John Slee (male, south of Sawbo opposite Lower Sheering Scrape, with 2 Gadwall on the Herts bank of the Stort.)

St Albans - Jersey Farm, 1 Willow Warbler, Alan Gardiner (singing at the woodland park.)

Therfield Heath, 4 Grey Partridge, Martin Johnson (2 pairs)

Therfield Heath, 5 Willow Warbler, Martin Johnson (singing. Also male blackcap courting two females)

Therfield nr Royston, 31 Golden Plover, Martin Johnson

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Egret, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Rodwell

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Tree Sparrow, Lee Evans

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 8 Sand Martin, Lee Evans

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, David Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 White Wagtail, Lee Evans (adult male on pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Oystercatcher, Lee Evans (pair still, and escaped Ruddy Shelduck)

Verulamium Park, 1 Ruddy Duck, Murray Brown (drake from RSPB watchpoint)

Verulamium Park, 1 Red Kite, Murray Brown (singles)

Verulamium Park, 1 Willow Warbler, Murray Brown (singing near Fighting Cocks)

Verulamium Park, 2 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown (pair around RSPB watchpoint)

Verulamium Park, 1 House Martin, Murray Brown

Mon 12 Apr 2010 Barley, 1 Willow Warbler, Ken Smith (Shaftenhoe End)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whitethroat, Jeff Bailey

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Willow Warbler, Jeff Bailey (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Red Kite, Jeff Bailey

East Hyde, 1 Jack Snipe, Darin Stanley

East Hyde, 2 Green Sandpiper, Darin Stanley

Howe Green nr Essendon, 1 Red Kite, Ken Smith

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Water Rail, Jeff Bailey (Withey Beds nature reserve)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Jeff Bailey

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Common Snipe, Jeff Bailey

Pitstone No 2 Quarry, 2 Ringed Plover, Lee G R Evans (pair)

Pitstone No 2 Quarry, 2 Oystercatcher, Lee G R Evans (pair still present)

Pitstone No 2 Quarry, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Lee G R Evans (pair)

Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Kevin Widgery (Over railway line by the golf course)

Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Richard Best (over Old Town)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Sedge Warbler, Anna Marett

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 3 Swallow, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Little Gull, Lee G R Evans / Steve Rodwell / Mike Wallen (3 present - an adult winter, adult summer and 2nd-summer, between the jetty and Drayton Bank)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 5 Common Tern, Lee G R Evans / Mike Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Egret, Mike Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 100 Sand Martin, Mike Wallen (approx)

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Little Egret, David Booth

Verulamium Park, 2 Swallow, Mike Russell

Verulamium Park, 1 House Martin, Murray Brown

Verulamium Park, 1 Ruddy Duck, Murray Brown (drake at south island)

Verulamium Park, 2 Red Kite, Murray Brown

Verulamium Park, 1 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown (RSPB watchpoint)

Welham Green, 1 Red Kite, A Cooper (over allotment opposite Potterells)

Sun 11 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Redshank, Daryl Walter

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 3 Egyptian Goose, Daryl Walter

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 8 Lapwing, Daryl Walter

Berkhamsted, 2 Raven, Mike Spittles (flying west over town 1745)

Bramfield Woods, 1 Raven, William Bishop (Herts BNA walk)

Bramfield Woods, 1 Red Kite, William Bishop (Herts BNA walk.)

Cole Green Tip (disused), 2 Swallow, Kevin Hornby

Colney Heath (village), 1 Siskin, Linda Cassidy (juvenile on garden feeder)

East Hyde, 1 House Martin, Clifford Smout (with at least 2 in Beds airspace)

East Hyde, 13 Swallow, Clifford Smout

Goffs Oak, 1 Red Kite, Ken Travers (flying SE being mobbed by a crow 14.30.)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Sedge Warbler, Simon Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Green Sandpiper, Simon Knott (Park Mead)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Red Kite, Stuart Fox (quite low over West Pool)

Letchworth, 1 Tawny Owl, Peter Moore (Field Lane)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Kitchen (over Withey Beds LNR)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 20 Fieldfare, Phil Bishop

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Grey Partridge, Phil Bishop

Radlett Aero GP, 1 Shelduck, Alan Gardiner

Radlett Aero GP, 8 Lapwing, Alan Gardiner

Redbourn, 2 Grey Partridge, Peter Tallantire

Redbourn, 2 Red Kite, Peter Tallantire

St Albans - Jersey Farm, 2 Willow Warbler, Graham Knight (singing at Jersey Farm Woodland Park)

St Paul's Walden, 3 Red Kite, Clive Brackenbury

St Paul's Walden, 1 Raven, Clive Brackenbury

St Paul's Walden, 2 Mandarin, Clive Brackenbury (pair on small wooded pond)

St Paul's Walden, 2 Marsh Tit, Clive Brackenbury (pair at feeder)

Symondshyde Great Wood - exact location not specified, c10 Linnet, Paul Moss (singing in fields at TL191109)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Shelduck, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Raven, Steve Rodwell

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Black-necked Grebe, Peter Bonser (Found dead on south side of large lake, right wing damaged)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Tree Sparrow, Drew Lyness (usual hedge)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Ruddy Duck, Drew Lyness (females)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 3 Redshank, Drew Lyness

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 20+ Sand Martin, Drew Lyness (newly arrived with swallows)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 3 Common Snipe, Drew Lyness (flushed from grass verge)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Drew Lyness

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Drew Lyness (WF pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Redshank, Steve Kitchen

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Oystercatcher, Steve Kitchen

Verulamium Park, 1 Ruddy Duck, Murray Brown (drake at south island)

Verulamium Park, 2 Red Kite, Murray Brown (+ singles on several occasions)

Welwyn Garden City, 2 Red Kite, Sam (flying over at 2pm being harrassed by a Jackdaw)

Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 2 Willow Warbler, Tony Wileman (singing from garden in Aldbury grove and one singing 100 yds away by Morrisons supermarket)

Sat 10 Apr 2010 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Little Egret, Ian Bennell (from viewpoint)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 3+ Willow Warbler, Ian Bennell (singing between viewpoint and hardmead lock)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 5 Goldeneye, Ian Bennell (2 male 3 female)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 White Wagtail, Ian Bennell (on small pool/puddle behind Bittern pool.)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 2 House Martin, Ian Bennell (over viewpoint briefly)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Ringed Plover, Ian Bennell (from viewpoint)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Shelduck, Ian Bennell (male from viewpoint)

Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Simon West (late evening between viewpoint and James Hide.)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Common Tern, Simon West (over viewpoint at 7.00 pm)

Broxbourne Woods - Hoddesdon Park Wood, 2 Mandarin, Ken and Linda Smith (pair flushed from woodland stream)

Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Little Ringed Plover, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Fieldfare, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 5+ Yellowhammer, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 7 Common Snipe, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Wheatear, Kevin Hornby

Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Willow Warbler, Kevin Hornby

Essendon, 1 Raven, Kevin Hornby

Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Amy Knott (over Mangrove road towards Hertford town 14.15pm)

Kelshall nr Royston, 1 Crossbill, Mike Ilett (male in pines, top of Coombe Rd, then flew NW.)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Sedge Warbler, Simon Knott (Hertford Cut & Broad Mead)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Simon Knott (reeling until 8:00am)

Little Wymondley nr Stevenage, 1 Swallow, Clive Brackenbury

Rye Meads, 1 Little Egret, Ian Bennell (from lapwing hide)

Rye Meads, 1 Sedge Warbler, Ian Bennell (singing from reeds left of path to kingfisher trail)

Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Simon Crockford (over Fairview Road allotments, moving south-east)

Stocker's Lake, 2 Common Tern, Anna Marett (chasing each other over the 2 rafts 6.30am)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Little Egret, Steve Rodwell

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 3 Tree Sparrow, Kevin Widgery

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Red Kite, Kevin Widgery

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Daphne Dean

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Redshank, Daphne Dean

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Willow Warbler, Daphne Dean

Welwyn Garden City, 1 Red Kite, Mike France (over viaduct)

Wildhill nr Hatfield, 3 Red Kite, Kevin Hornby (Seen over Woodman pub)

Fri 9 Apr 2010 Brookmans Park, 1 Red Kite, A Cooper (west over Royal Veterinary College)

Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Joan Thompson (pair)

Croxley Common Moor, 3 Willow Warbler, G Lapworth (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Cuckoo, G Lapworth (male)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whitethroat, G Lapworth

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Little Egret, Nicola Knott (over towards Ware.)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Sedge Warbler, Simon Knott (Hertford Cut)

Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Marsh Tit, Steve Carter (adults feeding)

Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Egyptian Goose, Steve Carter (possible hybrid or albinistic)

Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Joan Thompson (calling)

Quickswood Farm nr Baldock, 1 Wheatear, Graham Knight (male at nearby Bird Hill, TL264331)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Sedge Warbler, Joan Thompson (singing)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Red-crested Pochard, Joan Thompson (male)

Stocker's Lake, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, Lee G R Evans

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 8+ Tree Sparrow, Jim Middleton

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 6 Linnet, Lee G R Evans

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Willow Warbler, Nigel Taylor

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Black-necked Grebe, S Blake/D Waters/Nigel Taylor (injured wing)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 5+ Common Snipe, Jim Middleton

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Jim Middleton

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 5 Redshank, Jim Middleton

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Oystercatcher, Jim Middleton

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Redshank, Nigel Taylor

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Yellow Wagtail, S Blake/D Waters

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Shelduck, S Blake/D Waters/J Middleton

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Nigel Taylor/Jim Middleton

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Other, Nigel Taylor (Ruddy Shelduck)

Verulamium Park, 2 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown (pair at Fighting Cocks)

Verulamium Park, 2 Red Kite, Murray Brown (on several occasions)

Thu 8 Apr 2010 Berkhamsted Common, 1 Woodcock, Mike Spittles

Burnham Green nr Welwyn, 1 Willow Warbler, David Booth (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whitethroat, G Lapworth (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Willow Warbler, G Lapworth (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Swallow, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Willow Warbler, Lee Evans (2 singing males)

Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 4+ Lapwing, Daphne Dean

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Sedge Warbler, Simon Knott (Hertford Cut)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 House Martin, Simon Knott (new Gauge House)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Whitethroat, Joan Thompson (singing at Withy Beds LNR)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Lee Evans (at Withey beds LNR)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Wheatear, Dave Beer (male)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 20 Fieldfare, Dave Beer

OTHER (give details in comments box), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Ted Fletcher (Actual Site = Marden Hill (TL 280141) near Tewin.)

Park Street nr St Albans, 1 Redstart, Alan Gardiner (male Ver valley meadows TL151045 only seen for a few minutes)

Park Street nr St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner (soaring with 3 Buzzards)

Sandon, 2 Red Kite, Nicola Knott (between Sandon and the A505)

Sandon, 2 Red Kite, Nicola Knott (Mill End Nr. Sandon soaring with a buzzard)

Sherrardspark Wood nr WGC, 1 Willow Warbler, Murray Brown (singing near Six Ways)

Tring Reservoirs (exact reservoir not specified), 1 Yellow Wagtail, Michael Howard

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Willow Warbler, Lee Evans (Singing male still present on causeway)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 9 Yellow Wagtail, Lee Evans (in the horse paddocks)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 5 Common Tern, Lee Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 White Wagtail, Lee Evans (adult males in paddock fields)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Shelduck, Jeff Bailey

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Redshank, Jeff Bailey

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 6 Tree Sparrow, Jeff Bailey (hedge by feeding station)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Oystercatcher, Jeff Bailey (on pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Jeff Bailey (on pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Shelduck, Jeff Bailey (on pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Other, Joan Thompson (Ruddy Shelduck)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Shelduck, Joan Thompson (with 2 on main pit)

Watford, 1 Redwing, Ian Bennell (Vicarage Road cemetary.)

Welham Green, 2 Lapwing, Daphne Dean

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Wheatear, G Lapworth (also 2 Small Tortoiseshell)

Wed 7 Apr 2010 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 2 Ringed Plover, Keith Smith, (being continually harassed by 2 Lapwing)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 3 Sedge Warbler, David Booth (singind in reedbed)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 40+ Hirundines (mixed), Keith Smith,

Batford, 4 Swallow, Darin Stanley (flying around Batford Mill)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 House Martin, Jeff Bailey (first of the year for me)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Willow Warbler, Jeff Bailey (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whitethroat, Jeff Bailey

East Hyde, 1 Jack Snipe, Robin Pearson (on right of small stream)

Hemel Hempstead, 1 Red Kite, Michael Howard

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Little Egret, Simon Knott (7:15am flying west)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Sedge Warbler, Simon Knott (Broad Mead)

Moor Green nr Buntingford, 121 Fieldfare, Murray Orchard (Feeding on sheep pasture)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 3 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant (2 males 1 female)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 27 Fieldfare, Darrel Bryant

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Marsh Tit, Kevin Widgery (7.30)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 White Wagtail, Lee G R Evans (1 adult male)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 18 Swallow, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Lee G R Evans (2 adult males)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 33 Swallow, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Common Tern, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 5 Fieldfare, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 186 Sand Martin, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Arctic Tern, Steve Rodwell / Lee Evans (adults - very early)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Coursers Farm, 2 Wheatear, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Shelduck, Jeff Bailey

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Redshank, Jeff Bailey

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Sedge Warbler, Jeff Bailey (singing in reeds by the causeway)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Swallow, Daphne Dean

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Oystercatcher, Lee G R Evans (Pair still)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Steve Blake/Ricky Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Shelduck, Joan Thompson

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Redshank, Joan Thompson/Jeff Bailey (pair mating)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Other, Joan Thompson (Ruddy Shelduck)

Watford, 1 Redwing, Ian Bennell (in Vicarage Road cemetary)

Tue 6 Apr 2010 Batford, 1 Redstart, Darin Stanley/Simon West/Lee Evans (Male in hedge at TL15214)

Chess Valley N (NW of M25), 6 Redwing, Lee G R Evans (late migrants by Crestyl Watercress Beds)

Chess Valley N (NW of M25), 1 Little Egret, Lee G R Evans (on Chess in front of Chenies Place)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Whitethroat, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Little Egret, G Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Blackcap, G Lapworth (male singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Willow Warbler, G Lapworth (singing)

East Hyde, 5 Little Egret, Robin Pearson/Lee Evans

Essendon, 1 Treecreeper, David Carter (visiting garden)

Flamsteadbury Farm nr Redbourn, 42 Linnet, A P Jeffery

Hertford, 4 Little Egret, Nicola Knott/Amy Knott (in the stream at the edge of the Goldings estate, North Road.)

Otterspool nr Aldenham, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, C. M. Everett

Otterspool nr Aldenham, 2 Willow Warbler, C. M. Everett (by R Colne)

Otterspool nr Aldenham, 1 Common Snipe, C. M. Everett (flushed by sheep)

Otterspool nr Aldenham, 1 Little Egret, C. M. Everett

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Common Tern, Alan Ford

Therfield Heath, 4 Willow Warbler, Martin Johnson (singing)

Therfield Heath, 4 Grey Partridge, Martin Johnson (two pairs)

Therfield Heath, 2 Blackcap, Martin Johnson (singing)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Blackcap, Lee G R Evans (singing)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Willow Warbler, Lee G R Evans (present for 4th day on causeway)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Willow Warbler, Joan Thompson (singing)

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Willow Warbler, Joan Thompson (singing)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 100+ Golden Plover, Jeff Bailey (over reservoir)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Blackcap, Jeff Bailey (singing near hide)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Common Tern, Jeff Bailey

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Red Kite, Jeff Bailey

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Blackcap, R J Woodhead

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, i Common Tern, R J Woodhead (with Gulls 2pm)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 4 Yellow Wagtail, R J Woodhead (in paddock behind car park)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Shelduck, Steve Kitchen

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 6 Redshank, Steve Kitchen (on main spit early morning)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 3 Tree Sparrow, Steve Kitchen (by stubble in maize field)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 10 Yellowhammer, Steve Kitchen (on stubble in maize field)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Other, Steve Kitchen (Ruddy Shelduck on Willows Farm pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Oystercatcher, Steve Kitchen (Usual pair on Willows Farm pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Redshank, Steve Kitchen (on Willows Farm pool)

Watton at Stone, 1 Willow Warbler, Ian Carle (ainging TL297191)

Welwyn Garden City, 1 Red Kite, Ian Flack (flying east over Parkway)

Mon 5 Apr 2010 Ayot St Peter, 2 Swallow, Anthony Dorman

Cole Green Tip (disused), 40+ Fieldfare, Kevin Hornby

Cuffley, 1 Red Kite, V Walker (flying over Cuffley at 12.00)

Hertford, 2 Little Egret, Nicola Knott (In the stream at the edge of Goldings Estate, North Road)

Kelshall nr Royston, 1 Red Kite, Nicola Knott (very close to village)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Osprey, Simon Knott (8:35am following River Lee NW across Ware Park)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, G Lapworth (male at Withey Beds)

Redbourn, 100+ Linnet, Peter Tallantire (ploughed field at Nicholls Fm.)

Rickmansworth, 1 Willow Warbler, Anna Marett (Singing near Aquadrome boats)

Rye Meads, 1 Sedge Warbler, Phil Bishop

Sacombe, 1 Little Owl, Linda Smith (roosting in oak tree)

Stanstead Abbotts, 250 Golden Plover, Barry Reed/Alan Reynolds (many in breeding plumage)

Stevenage, 1 Siskin, Clive Harding (female in garden at Ashburnham Walk)

Stevenage, 1 Willow Warbler, Kevin Widgery (at Fairland Valley lakes)

Stocker's Lake, 3 Egyptian Goose, Anna Marett (Opposite Kingfisher hide)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Green Sandpiper, Joan Thompson (in flight)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 100 Golden Plover, Steve Rodwell (flew in an easterly direction.)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Little Egret, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Common Tern, Steve Rodwell

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Shelduck, David Wheatcroft (main pit)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Black-necked Grebe, R Flesher/S Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 6 Redshank, S Blake/R Flesher/D Wheatcroft

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 4 Tree Sparrow, David Wheatcroft

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Egyptian Goose, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Little Ringed Plover, S Blake/R Flesher

Sun 4 Apr 2010 Bendish nr Whitwell, 2 Grey Partridge, Alan Gardiner (by source of R. Mimram)

Cassiobury Park, 1 Little Egret, Steve Kitchen (near fishing lake at western end)

Gaddesden Row, 1 Cuckoo, Jim Middleton (Male)

Great Gaddesden, 1 Red Kite, Jim Middleton

Harpenden, 1 Red Kite, Janet and Francis Dowley (over Ambrose Lane)

Helicon Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Goosander, Chris and Nick Bessant (female)

Hertford, 6 Corn Bunting, Nicola Knott (Swallow Grove farm, Mangrove, 7.30pm)

Holt Farm nr Chiswell Green, 1 Red Kite, Simon Knott

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Sedge Warbler, Simon Knott (Hertford Cut)

Letchworth Sewage Treatment Works, 2 Grey Wagtail, G J R Dagnall

Lilley, 3 Blackcap, Alan Gardiner (singing at Lilley Hoo)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Common Snipe, Anna Marett (Flew up from corner of Withey Beds LNR 9am (Sunday))

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Mandarin, Steve Kitchen (river Colne near Moor Lane bridge, visible from Withey Beds LNR)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Kitchen

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Treecreeper, Kevin Widgery

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 2 Marsh Tit, Kevin Widgery

South Oxhey, 1 Red Kite, Bill Haines (drifted E over Muirfield Road)

Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Gary Sanderson (mobbed by crows low over Martins Way)

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Blackcap, Christopher Hughes (singing male in Collenswood)

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 7 Swallow, Christopher Hughes (flying over heading north)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Osprey, Ian Williams (flew west at 7.30am)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Redshank, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Egyptian Goose, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Egret, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 White Wagtail, Steve Rodwell

Verulamium Park, 1 Red Kite, Murray Brown (singles on several occasions)

Verulamium Park, 1 Swallow, Murray Brown (singles from RSPB watchpoint)

Verulamium Park, 1 Ruddy Duck, Murray Brown (Drake at south island)

Verulamium Park, 1 Blackcap, Murray Brown

Verulamium Park, 2 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown (pair at Fighting Cocks)

Sat 3 Apr 2010 Ardeley, 1 Firecrest, Gary Sanderson (showing well at 3.25pm.)

Batford, 1 Willow Warbler, Mike Russell (in song at sewage farm)

Coopers Green GPs - main GP, 5 Mandarin, rpyrah

Coopers Green GPs - main GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, rpyrah

Coopers Green GPs - main GP, c35 Golden Plover, rpyrah

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Willow Warbler, G Lapworth (singing)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Little Egret, G Lapworth

East Hyde, 1 Swallow, Mike Russell (flew down valley)

East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Mike Russell (by mill)

Hilfield Farm nr Bushey, 1 Little Owl, Joan Thompson (calling by road near A41)

Hitchin, 1 Little Owl, Sean Blackmore

Langley nr Stevenage, 120 Golden Plover, Clive Brackenbury (Large flock many coming into breeding plumage in field with lapwings)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, G Lapworth/C Sharp (female at Withey Beds LNR)

Redbourn, 30+ Yellowhammer, Peter Tallantire (large number of birds present, including flock of c20 birds.)

Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson

Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth, 1 Little Owl, Joan Thompson (calling frequently)

Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth, 2 Little Egret, Joan Thompson

Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth, 2 Blackcap, Joan Thompson (singing males)

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 House Martin, John Pritchard

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 5 Swallow, John Pritchard

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Little Owl, John Pritchard

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 2 Little Egret, John Pritchard

Stevenage, 1 Siskin, Clive Harding (female in garden at Ashburnham Walk)

Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Owl, Joan Thompson

Stocker's Lake, 2 Blackcap, G Lapworth (males singing)

Stocker's Lake, 14 Goldeneye, G Lapworth (incl 3 males)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Sandwich Tern, T Wallen/M Wallen/S Rodwell (adult, moving all over the reservoir, and often into Bucks.)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 Grey Wagtail, T Wallen/M Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Raven, Steve Rodwell

Tyttenhanger area - Garden Wood, 1 Willow Warbler, Steve Blake/Ricky Flesher/Tony Wileman

Tyttenhanger area - Garden Wood, 2 Blackcap, Tony Wileman (singing)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Wheatear, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith/Tony Wileman

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Tony Wileman (on causeway with 2 Pied Wagtails)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 House Martin, Tony Wileman (with 3 Sand Martin and 12+ Swallow)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Oystercatcher, Tony Wileman

Fri 2 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 White Wagtail, Graeme J. Smith (male in front of viewpoint)

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 1 Red Kite, David Wheatcroft (Passed fairly low over road around 11.55am)

Long Marston, 200 Fieldfare, Dave Jenkinson (12.00. Boares Croft Farm)

Redbourn, 3+ Red Kite, Peter Tallantire (Two over woods at Flamsteadbury Farm with one possibly two over woods at Nicholls Fm.)

Redbourn, 2 Raven, Peter Tallantire (circling over woods at Nicholls Fm before both heading off in direction of Harpenden/Kinsbourne Green)

Rye Meads, 2 Redshank, Vicky Buckel

Rye Meads, 1 Osprey, Vicky Buckel

Rye Meads, 1 Little Egret, Vicky Buckel

Stocker's Lake, 1 Red-crested Pochard, Sean Moore (male)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Red Kite, Sean Moore (mid-afternoon)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 48 Swallow, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 White Wagtail, Lee G R Evans (Adult male on algae bunds)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 28 Sand Martin, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Red-crested Pochard, Lee G R Evans (Drake still present)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 House Martin, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Willow Warbler, Lee G R Evans (Singing male in hedgerow in SE corner - first of year)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Linnet, Lee G R Evans (Male over - scarce these days)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 91 Sand Martin, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 House Martin, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 72 Swallow, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Egyptian Goose, Lee G R Evans (Still present with Greylags in field immediately east of reservoir)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 White Wagtail, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, c100 Golden Plover, Steve Rodwell

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Wheatear, Jeff Bailey/S Blake/R Flesher (male in top sheep field)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Shelduck, Jeff Bailey

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Redshank, Jeff Bailey

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 47 Swallow, Lee G R Evans (47 feeding together over flooded scrape)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 6 Redshank, S Blake/R Flesher

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Jeff Bailey/S Blake/R Flesher (male)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 2 Tree Sparrow, Jeff Bailey/David Wheatcroft (in usual hedge)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Willow Warbler, Jeff Bailey

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Oystercatcher, David Wheatcroft/Jeff Bailey (On pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Other, David Wheatcroft (Ruddy Shelduck On pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Ringed Plover, David Wheatcroft/Jeff Bailey/S Blake/R Flesher (on pool)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Redshank, Jeff Bailey

Thu 1 Apr 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4+ Sand Martin, Stuart Fox

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Redshank, Stuart Fox

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 6+ Swallow, Stuart Fox

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 House Martin, Stuart Fox

Brocket Park, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Paul Moss (male)

Cassiobury Park, 1 Little Owl, Ian Bennell (in oak nr paddling pools)

Fir & Pond Woods nr Potters Bar, 1 Blackcap, David Gompertz

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 1 Willow Warbler, Joan Thompson (singing male)

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson

Hertford, 1 Grey Wagtail, Simon Knott (singing on Castle Hall above River Lee)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Little Egret, Simon Knott (flying west)

Lemsford Springs, 1 Blackcap, Paul Moss

Lemsford Springs, 2 Green Sandpiper, Paul Moss

Redbourn, 2 Red Kite, Peter Tallantire (over woods at Nicholls Fm)

Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth, 2 Little Egret, G Lapworth

South Mimms, 5 Little Egret, Jane Robinson (Flying E to W over Clare Hall)

Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Alan Ford (Over the Town Centre)

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 8 Swallow, Dave Beer

Therfield nr Royston, 1 Red Kite, Peter North

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Red-crested Pochard, Mike Wallen (Male)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 House Martin, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 White Wagtail, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 House Martin, Mike Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Egyptian Goose, Mike Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 40 Sand Martin, Mike Wallen (Approx)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Mike Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 20 Swallow, Mike Wallen (approx.)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 15+ Sand Martin, Paul Thrush (amongst swallows infront of the hide)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 50+ Swallow, Paul Thrush (infront of the hide)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Willow Warbler, Paul Thrush (singing by the hide and another from the willows near the reedbed)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 6 Redshank, Alan Gardiner /Steve Blake (widely spread on site)

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Egyptian Goose, David Booth /Alan Gardiner / Steve Blake / Paul Moss

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Osprey, David Booth (flew west at 11:10)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Wheatear, David Booth / Steve Blake /Alan Gardiner / Paul Moss (Male - sheep field)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Swallow, David Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Common Snipe, David Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, David Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Grey Wagtail, Geoff Young (male on causeway leading from wood to Tyttenhanger Farm.)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Other, Alan Gardiner (Ruddy Shelduck)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Robin Pearson (female, car park area)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Little Ringed Plover, David Booth / Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Oystercatcher, David Booth / Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 3 Shelduck, Joan Thompson

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Shelduck, John Moss

Verulamium Park, 1 Blackcap, Murray Brown (near Fighting Cocks)

Verulamium Park, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Murray Brown (from RSPB watchpoint)

Verulamium Park, 1 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown (cock at RSPB watchpoint)

Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 2 Little Owl, Paul Moss

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Little Owl, G Lapworth