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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Avocet at Wilstone Reservoir on 13th May 2025 © Sean Hinks

Avocet at Wilstone Reservoir on 13th May 2025 © Sean Hinks
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What to look for in.......MAY
2025 Rookery Survey
Rooks nest early in the year and you may have noticed them preparing for the nesting season by rebuilding or starting new rookeries. We are again requesting the submission of Rook nest counts in Hertfordshire for 2025.
2025 Herts Bird Conference
A capacity audience enjoyed the 2025 Herts Bird Conference on Saturday 8 May, which included fascinating talks on Green Sandpipers and the Breeding Birds Survey (BBS).
Read about it here
Herts Bird Photo of the Year 2024 - WINNER
Congratulations to Paul Ward whose resplendent image of a Common Snipe at a frosty Lemsford Springs was voted Herts Bird Photo of the Year 2024 at the Herts Bird Conference on 8 March 2025.
View all ten finalists here > 2024 Bird Photo Finalists
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.
The report is sent free of charge to subscribing members. Copies can also be purchased, price £11 (inc. p&p).
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.

Whitethroat at Wilstone Reservoir on 11th May 2025 © Ian Williams

Common Sandpiper at Croxley Common Moor on 10th May 2025 © Chris Sharp

Spotted Flycatcher at Wallington on 11th May 2025 © Chris Sharp

Mandarin at Croxley Common Moor on 10th May 2025 © Chris Sharp
Mute Swan at Wilstone Reservoir on 6th May 2025 © Gary Hinton

Long-tailed Tit at Wallington on 9th May 2025 © Andy Day

Long-tailed Tit at Wallington on 9th May 2025 © Andy Day

Temminck's Stint at Rye Meads on 18th May 2025 © Stuart Fox

Hobby at Wilstone Reservoir on 6th May 2025 © Gary Hinton

Great Crested Grebe at Wilstone Reservoir on 5th May 2025 © Ian Williams

Ringed Plover at Wilstone Reservoir on 6th May 2025 © Ian Williams

House Martin at Wilstone Reservoir on 5th May 2025 © Ian Williams

Black Tern at Marsworth Reservoir on 30th April 2025 © Ian Williams

Great Creasted Grebe at Stocker's Lake on 9th May 2025 © Steve Carter
Mute Swan at Stocker's Lake on 9th May 2025 © Steve Carter

Spotted Redshank at Wilstone Reservoir on 6th May 2025 © Dave Hutchinson

Spotted Redshank at Wilstone Reservoir on 6th May 2025 © Dave Hutchinson
Corn Bunting at Braughing on 28th April 2025 © Paula Moore
For more photographs, visit the gallery.