Welcome to the Herts Bird Club website. We promote the study and recording of birds in Hertfordshire and encourage a wider interest in natural history including the conservation of wildlife habitats.
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Mediterranean Gull at Verulamium Park on 29th January 2025 © Alan Reynolds
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Latest news
New feature : WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN....
A new website page is now available
accessible from the main menu on left hand side of the home page.
This page contains all the monthly 'What to Look for In...' articles, written by Herts Bird Club chairman Rupert Evershed, highlighting species to look out for in Hertfordshire each month.
February's installment is available now!
New species totals map for 2024
Do you still have some 2024 records to submit, or want to go somewhere new in 2025?
We now have a map showing where our birds were recorded in 2024. This map shows species totals for each 1km square in the county, taken from records submitted to the Herts Bird Club website.
The fully interactive map can be found here - please click on a 1km square to show the total number of species recorded
Redpolls

Following the Britsh Ornithologists' Union (BOU)’s decision to ‘lump’ Redpolls in line with the International Ornithological Commitee's decision, and in common with other record submission Apps , the following three species are no longer available in the Herts Bird Club website record submission, Species dropdown:
Lesser Redpoll
Common Redpoll
Arctic Redpoll
Instead please select Redpoll.
Gull ID Workshop

Gull ID Workshop Saturday 15 February 2025 from 12pm at Rye Meads and Amwell NR.
Go to Gull ID Workshop for more information.
Image : Great Black-backed Gull at Amwell NR © Stuart Fox
Latest Hertfordshire Bird Report
The Hertfordshire Bird Report, 2023
The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2023 was published and circulated to HNHS / Herts Bird Club members in November 2024. Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, Vol 56 (1) pp. 1-84.
Contents – Review of the Year (Clifford Smout)
Systematic List
Canada Goose to Egyptian Goose (Vicky Buckel)
Shelduck to Teal (Graeme Bowd))
Red-crested Pochard to Ruddy Duck (Graham White)
Latest HNHS publication
Beetles of Hertfordshire
Herts Invertebrate Project
Read here about how to join this new recording initiative.
Herts Atlas of Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles
Please submit sightings and field signs of mammals, amphibians and reptiles to our countywide survey, full details at the Herts MARA website.
Hertfordshire Bird Atlas
All the results from the most recent Atlas (2007-12) and both previous atlas surveys available here.
Bird records
Please send us your Herts bird sightings through the records submission page. Use the Breeding status dropdown where applicable and Comment field to add notes of interest.
Latest sightings of interest are published on the right hand side of this page, once they have been checked by a moderator. Search for older published records by month/site/species in Sightings Archive.
See details of some great places to visit in Hertfordshire at this time of year.
Take part in our projects and surveys.
Buy a book, most HNHS books are now for sale at half price or less.
The success of the site depends on you, the users, entering your records and sending in interesting information, not only sightings which can be entered online but also reports on trips and additional site guides. We also welcome feedback on what you would like to see on the site: email birdweb@hnhs.org
Injured or orphan birds ? advice here.
The Herts Bird Club is part of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and our websites are integrated. We hope this will encourage those of you who have not investigated other aspects of wildlife in Hertfordshire to have a look around the HNHS website, discover what is available. Please submit your records of other wildlife, including mammals, amphibians, reptiles and dragonflies through the HNHS website.
Who's who in the Herts Bird Club.
Taken a good photograph?
Please send us your Herts bird photos for display on the website, email them to the Bird Club photos team at Herts Bird Photos. with a note of where and when they were taken. A selection will be displayed on this page, added to the photo gallery and/or chosen to illustrate the annual Hertfordshire Bird Report.

Caspian Gull at Tyttenhanger GP on 25th January 2025 © Rupert Evershed

Pintail at Tyttenhanger GP on 25th January 2025 © Rupert Evershed

Sparrowhawk at Holwell on 25th May 2025 © Alan Reynolds

Greenfinch at Watercress LNR (St Albans) on 25th January 2025 © Paul Bates

Mediterranean Gull at Verulamium Park on 25th January 2025 © Dave Hutchinson

Treecreeper at St Albans on 22nd January 2025 © Paul Ward

Mediterranean Gull at Verulamium Park on 25th January 2025 © Chris Sharp

Mediterranean Gull at Verulamium Park on 24th January 2025 © Chris Sharp

Yellow-browed Warbler at Verulamium Park on 22nd January 2025 © Paul Ward

Yellow-browed Warbler at Verulamium Park on 22nd January 2025 © Paul Ward

Black-necked Grebe at Stanstead Innings on 19th January 2025 © Stuart Fox

Short-eared Owl at Holwell on 17th January 2025 © Alan Reynolds
For more photographs, visit the gallery.