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Great Spotted Woodpecker at Maple Lodge on 1st February 2026 © Steve Carter

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Hertfordshire Bird Conference 2026

The 2026 Hertfordshire Bird Conference will take place from 2pm to 5:30pm on Saturday, 7 March 2026 at Affinity Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield, AL10 9EZ.

Everyone is welcome, entry is £5 and includes refreshments

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Broadwater Lake SSSI Under Threat

Broadwater Lake, Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is under threat again by Hillingdon Council's Watersports Development.

Find out more here >> Broadwater Lake

Submit objections and comments by Friday 9th January 2026 here >> Planning Application Hillingdon

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Herts Christmas Bird Count 2025

Total Species : 118 records as at 1200 1-Jan-2026

Wow! What a Christmas Count that turned out to be!

The period got off to a strong start on Christmas Day with a Marsh Harrier over Wilstone Reservoir, along with a Great White Egret and a Yellow-legged Gull. And the first of six Firecrest found during the count was at Northchurch.

Things really gathered pace on Boxing Day. At Wilstone Reservoir, a drake Smew was located early in the morning, followed later by

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Latest Hertfordshire Bird Report

The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2024

The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2024 was published and circulated to members in November 2025. (Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society Vol 57 (2) pp. 89-168 ISSN 0375 3409)

Contents

Editorial (Clifford Smout)

Guidelines for observers - a checklist of the birds of Hertfordshire

Review of the year (Clifford Smout)

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.

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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.

Common Snipe at Lemsford Springs on 30th January 2026 © Andy Day

Kingfisher at St Albans on 29th January 2026 © Chris Sharp

Red-crested Pochard at Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth on 18th January 2026 © Chris Sharp

Great White Egret at Lemsford Springs on 17th January 2026 © Rose Newbold

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Recent Bird Sightings

Interesting recent records submitted through the website are listed here, older records are in the sightings archive.

National & Local Description Species are highlighted in red and shown in capitals. Other selected species are highlighted in red.

Wed 11 Feb Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Passing through at 11.40 am (Peter shellard)
Chiswell Green nr St Albans [TL134046], 1 Blackcap, male in garden (Alan Gardiner)
King's Walden [TL155246], 2 Raven (Martin Ketcher)
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Egyptian Goose, On tern raft (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Egyptian Goose, On tern raft (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 4 Ring-necked Parakeet (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), c.25 Siskin (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Cetti's Warbler, Ferruginous seen at 1230 by p ward and pfrost only for 5mins (Steve Carter )
Royston, 1 Blackcap, Male "tacking" from hedgerow behind Coombes Community Centre (Paul Dunn)
Sandon, 3 Short-eared Owl, At Roe green, came out at 17:30 (Ray Hooper)
Sandon, 1 Woodcock, Roe green (Ray Hooper)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res [SP921136], 1 Smew, redhead still present at 16.15 (Simon West)
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 3 Goldeneye, 2 males 1 female (Nathan Gibson)
Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 2 Great White Egret (Nathan Gibson)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake [TL190050], 1 Oystercatcher (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052], 1 Cetti's Warbler (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL196051], 2 Chiffchaff, Paddock (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL196051], 1 Little Egret, Paddock (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake [TL188044], 6 Egyptian Goose, Nearby field (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake [TL186044], 3 Little Egret, Cattle field. (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake [TL186044], 1 Stonechat, Cattle field fence. (Steven Pearce)
Verulamium Park [TL140069], 1 Mediterranean Gull, On main lake (Jeff Bailey)
Watford [TQ128962], 1 Cetti's Warbler, shrubs by Colne, outside Tesco superstore (David Denham )

Tue 10 Feb Amwell NR - Bittern Pool [TL374131], 1 Bittern (David Hills)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake [TL378128], 1 Oystercatcher (David Hills)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake [TL378128], 4 Red-crested Pochard, 2 pairs (David Hills)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake [TL378128], 1 Smew, redhead (David Hills)
Harpenden [TL122147], 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Clifford Smout)
Harpenden [TL113157], 16 Ring-necked Parakeet, Most we’ve had in the garden to date. (David Lyons)
Hertford - Hartham, 1 Kingfisher, Back today near leisure centre (Louise Turner )
Hertford - Hartham, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Louise Turner )
High Scrubs nr Wigginton, 5 Marsh Tit, One near the main entrance to the wood, one at the north end with its border with Shrubb's Wood, a pair by the Keeper's Cottage along the road and a singing male by the metal gate on the road (Lee Evans)
Kinsbourne Green pit [TL102161], 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Clifford Smout)
Kinsbourne Green pit [TL102161], 6 Common Snipe, Close to shoreline (Clifford Smout)
Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove [TL229228], 1 Marsh Tit (Alan Ford )
Langley nr Stevenage [TL220231], 2 Egyptian Goose (Alan Ford )
Langley nr Stevenage [TL220231], 4 Mandarin, Drakes (Alan Ford )
Scales Park nr Nuthampstead [TL418334], 20 Crossbill, Single party. Many more probably present (Martin Johnson)
Scales Park nr Nuthampstead [TL418334], 1 Woodcock (Martin Johnson)
Scales Park nr Nuthampstead [TL418334], 2 Marsh Tit (Martin Johnson)
Scales Park nr Nuthampstead [TL418334], 1 Raven (Martin Johnson)
St Albans - Bernards Heath [TL157086], 3 Blackcap, Three males feeding in abundant ivy. Two sticking close to each other without obvious signs of aggression. Only one singing. (David Utting)
St Albans - Bernards Heath [TL157086], 3 Redwing, Feeding on ivy berries (David Utting)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Oystercatcher, A second bird now in front of hide. (Phill Luckhurst)

Mon 9 Feb Aston End [TL271235], 3 Little Egret, Aston Brook (Alan Ford)
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 10 Red-crested Pochard, 6m 4f (Paul Graham)
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 30+ Siskin, By sailing club (Paul Graham)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL213108], 1 Wigeon (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL206111], 4 Stonechat, 2 pairs. (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL206102], 120+ Lapwing (Steven Pearce)
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Common Snipe (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Little Egret (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Egyptian Goose, Nesting on raft (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 12 Redwing (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 6 Ring-necked Parakeet (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Water Rail (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), c.25 Siskin (Steve Carter )
Northchurch, 2 Redpoll, On Sunflower feeder
Panshanger Park [TL289127], c.30 Wigeon (Tracey Burrows)
St Albans [TL139068], 1 Mediterranean Gull (Chris Sharp)
St Paul's Walden [TL202215], 2 Red Kite, copulating (Martin Ketcher)
Stocker's Farm, 44 Wigeon, 26m 18f (Paul Graham)
Stocker's Lake, 4 Red-crested Pochard, 3m 1f (Paul Graham)
Stocker's Lake, 2 Oystercatcher, Flew over (Paul Graham)
Therfield nr Royston [TL347377], 110 Corn Bunting, Also at least 3 Reed Buntings (Martin Johnson)
Therfield nr Royston [TL347377], 250 Linnet (Martin Johnson)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res [SP921136], 1 Smew, female; visible from Tringford Road end of causeway (Axel Kirby)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res [SP923137], 1 Great White Egret, in trees near stream (Axel Kirby)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 Great White Egret
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Bittern, Seen at 17:20, didn’t show for long
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res [SP921136], 1 Smew, Redhead still (James Reader)
Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res [SP919134], 4 Red-crested Pochard, 1f, 3m; close to tringford road (Axel Kirby)
Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 4+ Red-crested Pochard
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP904131], 1 Oystercatcher
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP904131], 1 Pintail, 1 male
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 2 Goldeneye, 1m 1f
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 2 Egyptian Goose
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 1 Grey Wagtail

Sun 8 Feb Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Common Snipe (Jane Free)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 10 Siskin (Jane Free)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 5 Red-crested Pochard (Jane Free)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Bittern (Nicholas Metcalfe)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Smew, Red heads (Nicholas Metcalfe)
Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 1 Grey Wagtail (Jane Free)
Aston End [TL272236], 4 Little Egret, Brookfield Farm (Alan Ford)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Shaan Purohit)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 1 Blackcap (Shaan Purohit)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 13 Redwing (Shaan Purohit)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 2 Kingfisher (Shaan Purohit)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet (Shaan Purohit)
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 24 Red-crested Pochard (Shaan Purohit)
Cooters End Lane nr Harpenden [TL126157], 2 Yellowhammer (Clifford Smout)
East Hyde [TL132165], 2 Egyptian Goose (Clifford Smout)
East Hyde [TL130170], 25+ Lapwing, A flock of 25-30 flew into Herts (Clifford Smout)
Hemel Hempstead [TL085094], 25+ Redwing (Kim Hammond)
Hemel Hempstead [TL058093], 25+ Red Kite, Circling as a single flock up to 50m at 4.20 pm (Kim Hammond)
High Scrubs nr Wigginton, 2 Marsh Tit, widely separated single birds at grid refs SP 9251 0838 (along bridleway) and SP 9308 0848 (E edge by Kiln Road) (Colin Everett)
High Scrubs nr Wigginton [SP93160809], 1 Redpoll, feeding on birch seeds (Colin Everett)
Little Offley [TL125290], 74 Fieldfare, Large noisy flock flew south over Herts-Beds border, landing in trees east of Telegraph hill. (Steven Barrett)
Redbournbury [TL120099], 8 Golden Plover (Alan Gardiner)
Redbournbury [TL120099], c.140 Lapwing (Alan Gardiner)
Redbournbury [TL119109], 1 Little Egret (Alan Gardiner)
Redbournbury [TL122101], 1 Cetti's Warbler (Alan Gardiner)
Redbournbury [TL119100], 1 Green Sandpiper, on floodwater pool (John Pritchard)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans [TL125093], 1 Stonechat, male (John Pritchard)
Stevenage [TL218245], 300+ Linnet, In and around field of Sunflowers, hard to count but between 300 -500 birds. (Clive Harding )
Stevenage [TL218245], 3 Brambling (Clive Harding )
Stevenage [TL218245], c.20 Yellowhammer (Clive Harding )
Stevenage [TL218245], 1 Corn Bunting (Clive Harding )
Stocker's Farm, 30 Wigeon (Shaan Purohit)
Stocker's Farm, 2 Little Egret (Shaan Purohit)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Goldeneye, f (Shaan Purohit)
Stocker's Lake, 8 Red-crested Pochard (Shaan Purohit)
Stocker's Lake, 4 Lapwing (Shaan Purohit)
Stocker's Lake, 3 Little Egret (Shaan Purohit)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Shaan Purohit)
Stocker's Lake, 25 Redwing (Shaan Purohit)
Stocker's Lake, 15+ Siskin (Shaan Purohit)
Tring [SP91481050], 1 Blackcap, male at West Leith, in subsong and taking ivy berries (Colin Everett)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Smew, Redhead present for a second day at west end (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Grey Wagtail (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Little Egret (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Bittern, Constructing its reedbed platform at dusk (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Great White Egret (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Little Egret (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 10 Red-crested Pochard, Only 10 now present (7 drakes) (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Pintail, drake (Ian Williams)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Goldeneye, 3 pairs (Ian Williams)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Coursers Road GPs [TL200044], 1 Grey Wagtail (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake [TL190050], 1 Oystercatcher (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL196048], 100+ Lapwing (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL196048], 1 Little Egret (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL196048], 1 Cetti's Warbler (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake [TL186044], 3 Little Egret, In adjacent cattle field. (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake [TL186044], 1 Stonechat, On fence along adjacent cattle field. (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake [TL186044], 1 Grey Wagtail (Steven Pearce)
Welwyn Garden City - The Commons LNR, c.25 Redwing (Keith Smith)
Welwyn Garden City - The Commons LNR, 2 Chiffchaff (Keith Smith)

Sat 7 Feb Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 10 Red-crested Pochard, 5 drakes & 5 females (David Hills)
Baldock to Wallington Road [TL268334], 2 Grey Partridge (Brendon Fagan)
Baldock to Wallington Road [TL268334], 4 Corn Bunting (Brendon Fagan)
Bishop's Stortford, 1 Siskin, On sunflower hearts feeder. (Chris Swan)
Cadwell nr Ickleford [TL191324], 2 Stonechat, in Lavender fields (James Walsh)
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans [TL127083], 1 Mediterranean Gull, one briefly on the pool with BH gulls. (John Pritchard)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth [TQ065940], c.60 Linnet (Anna Marett)
Rye Meads [TL387099], 2 Shelduck, pair from Gadwall Hide (David Hills)
Stevenage, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Both seen perched on Vista Tower, one below the other. (Mike King)
Stocker's Farm [TQ052933], 23 Wigeon, On flooded field (Anna Marett)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, c.25 Fieldfare, over
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, c.5 Redwing, singles in various areas feeding on berries
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Bittern, initially seen at 5.10pm in canal side reed bed (Bucks). Flew in to Herts about 5.25 and roosted in reedbed Herts side of the creek (Ian Williams)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Smew, Red-head (Steve Rodwell)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 Great White Egret (Steve Rodwell)
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2+ Goldeneye, pair
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Kingfisher
Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 12 Red-crested Pochard, near road side
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Oystercatcher (Ian Williams )
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, Adult (Steve Rodwell)

Fri 6 Feb Great Wymondley, 1 Raven, Calling over fields at Wymondley Wood (James Atkinson)
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 30 Siskin (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), c.35 Siskin, Negative news on ferruginous (Steve Carter )
Sandon, 4 Short-eared Owl, Roe Green rewilding; 1st one came out at 17:10, the last at 17:25 (Ray Hooper)
Sandon, 2 Woodcock, At Roe Green rewilding (Ray Hooper)
Stevenage [TL218245], 2 Brambling (Clive Harding/Colin Alderman )
Stevenage [TL218245], 4 Stonechat (Clive Harding/Colin Alderman )
Stevenage [TL218245], c.20 Yellowhammer (Clive Harding/Colin Alderman )
Stevenage [TL218245], c.250 Linnet (Clive Harding/Colin Alderman )
Stevenage [TL218245], 1 Corn Bunting (Clive Harding/Colin Alderman )
Stevenage [TL218245], 2 Grey Partridge (Clive Harding/Colin Alderman )
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Bittern (Steve Rodwell)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 1 Goosander, 1 male in front of hide
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 4 Goldeneye, 2 male 2 female
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Owl (Jeff Bailey)
Verulamium Park, 2 Grey Wagtail (Chris Done)

Thu 5 Feb Hilfield Park Reservoir [TQ156960], 3 Little Gull, Settled on the water. Visible from viewing platform 4pm (Steve Murray)
Oxhey, 19 Redwing, in private garden, Oxhey Village. (Geoff Young)
St Albans [TL144065], 2 Egyptian Goose, Pair on water-logged field opposite the athletics track. (J.Brady)
Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 12 Red-crested Pochard, including 8 adult drakes (Lee Evans)
West End nr Essendon, c.40 Redwing (keith smith)
West End nr Essendon, c.15 Fieldfare (keith smith)

Wed 4 Feb Aldbury nr Tring [SP959114], 1 Stonechat, Male on fence line (John Dowling)
Aldenham Reservoir, 30 Siskin, feeding in alders, south of reservoir near buildings. (Geoff Young)
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 12+ Siskin, feeding in Alders next to railway line. (Steve Hughes)
Amwell NR - Bittern Pool, 1 Bittern, showed briefly at back of pool as it walked across a cutting (Steve Hughes)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake [TL378128], 5 Red-crested Pochard, a group in front of view point (Steve Hughes)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 5 Goldeneye (Steve Hughes)
Batford [TL142154], 1 Blackcap, in bushes alongside the River Lea (C Luckhurst)
Batford, 3 Redpoll, Feeding on same silver birch in centre of weedy field by KW School. (Darin Stanley)
Batford, 5 Siskin, Feeding on same larch tree by bridge in Batford Springs NR. (Darin Stanley)
Blackmore End nr Kimpton [TL165170], 1 Woodcock (Jamie Brown)
East Hyde [TL130170], 2 Egyptian Goose, In meadow by the bridge this morning (Roger Payne)
East Hyde [TL130170], 17 Fieldfare, In trees adjoining the meadow this morning (Roger Payne)
Harpenden [TL122156], 1 Blackcap, male (Clifford Smout)
Harpenden Common [TL124127], c.20 Redwing (Kim Hammond)
Kinsbourne Green pit [TL102160], 3 Common Snipe, by pit (Clifford Smout)
Latchford nr Standon [TL388209], 1 Brambling, In the hedge alongside Barwick Road between the lane down to the Lordship and the road down to Latchford (Toby Spencer)
Latchford nr Standon [TL388209], 2 Redpoll, In the hedge alongside Barwick Road between the lane down to the Lordship and the road down to Latchford (Toby Spencer)
Lemsford Springs [TL222122], 7 Green Sandpiper (Rose Newbold)
Lemsford Springs [TL222122], 6 Little Egret (Rose Newbold)
Lemsford Springs [TL222122], 30+ Redwing (Rose Newbold)
Lemsford Springs [TL222122], c.5 Fieldfare (Rose Newbold)
Lemsford Springs [TL222122], 1 Water Rail (Rose Newbold)
Lemsford Springs [TL222122], 6+ Siskin (Rose Newbold)
Park Wood nr St Albans, 6 Crossbill, group over and calling TL128055. Feeding in larch at TL125054 then flew south. Later a single bird calling over Bedmond Lane at end of Birch Wood near Holly Bush PH. (Chris Hocking)
Redbourn Golf Course [TL101147], 1 Yellowhammer, Verlam End (Clifford Smout)
Redbourn Golf Course [TL101147], 20+ Fieldfare, north of Verlam End (Clifford Smout)
Standon, 1 Kingfisher, at river at bottom of Paper Mill lane (Steve Hughes)
Standon [TL391218], 4 Raven, Over the meadow just north of the Lordship, hassling two buzzards (Toby Spencer)
Standon Lordship [TL392219], c.30 Fieldfare, flew out from alder tree next to river (Rib). (Richard Melarange)
Stocker's Lake, 9 Wigeon (Steve carter )
Stocker's Lake, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Steve carter )
Stocker's Lake, 5 Goldeneye (Steve carter )
Stocker's Lake, 4 Fieldfare (Steve carter )
Stocker's Lake, 5 Redwing (Steve carter )
The Withey Beds nr Rickmansworth, 13 Egyptian Goose (Jeff Bailey)
The Withey Beds nr Rickmansworth, 1 Kingfisher (Jeff Bailey)
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified) [TL190050], c.30 Redwing (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified) [TL190050], 2 Fieldfare (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake [TL189049], 5 Egyptian Goose (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195050], 9 Little Egret (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195050], 3 Great White Egret (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052], 2 Great White Egret (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052], 14 Little Egret (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL196050], 40+ Redwing (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL193055], 1 Bullfinch, Near container. (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Chiffchaff, in horse paddock (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm [TL186044], 2 Little Egret (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, c.4 Linnet (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake [TL186044], 2 Little Egret, In cattle field by lake (Steven Pearce)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake [TL186044], 1 Stonechat, On fence of cattle field by lake (Steven Pearce)

Tue 3 Feb East Hyde [TL130170], 1 Little Egret (Roger & Lynn Payne)
Newnham [TL239368], 1 Raven (Andy Day)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Gull, 1 at rest on tern raft. (Phill Luckhurst)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm [TL196051], 2 Chiffchaff, Two wintering birds again feeding at the horse manure dump in the horse paddocks (John Yates)
West End nr Essendon, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Keith Smith)

Mon 2 Feb Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Bittern, showed briefly edge of reeds near the White Hide, late morning. (Geoff Young)
Hitchin [TL181293], 7+ Wigeon, Approximately 14 distinct calls from a flock passing overhead at 20:05, nocturnal flight calls. (Dean Cornish)
Northaw [TL280019], 2 Woodcock, 2 birds in woods alongside hook lane (Sam fuller)
St Albans - Bernards Heath [TL157086], 1 Blackcap, Earliest-ever singing male in our garden (David Utting)
Stevenage [TL256254], 3 Siskin, males on feeder (Andy Day)
Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Egret (Paul Frost)
Stocker's Farm, 15 Wigeon (Paul Frost)
The Withey Beds nr Rickmansworth, 1 Great White Egret (Paul Frost)
The Withey Beds nr Rickmansworth, 1 Great White Egret (Paul Graham)
The Withey Beds nr Rickmansworth, 4 Wigeon (Paul Graham)
The Withey Beds nr Rickmansworth, 2 Kingfisher (Paul Graham)
The Withey Beds nr Rickmansworth, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Paul Graham)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 1 Great White Egret
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 7 Red Kite
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 1 Common Snipe
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 2 Goldeneye, 1m 1f
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130], 2 Egyptian Goose
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake [TL191051], 1 Great White Egret (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake [TL191051], 8 Little Egret (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL196051], 2 Chiffchaff, by paddock area at Tyttenhanger Farm (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195050], c.50 Lapwing, flock flying over but didn't land (Alan Gardiner)
Wallington [TL287332], c.20 Fieldfare (Ian Hall)
White Hall Farm nr Stevenage [TL287213], 1 Little Egret (Alan Ford)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 4 Stonechat, 2 pairs (Steve Carter )
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 2 Redwing (Steve Carter )
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Fieldfare (Steve Carter )
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Little Owl (Steve Carter )