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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Garganey at Stanborough GPs on 12th April 2025 © Rupert Evershed
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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.
Blackcap at East Hyde on 11th April 2025 © David Lyons

Starling at Cheshunt on 10th April 2025 © Phillip Thornton

Yellow Wagtail at Ashwell on 9th April 2025 © Simon West

Yellow Wagtail at Ashwell on 8th April 2025 © Paul Kaiser

Reed Bunting at Ashwell on 9th April 2025 © Simon West

Willow Warbler at Fairlands Valley Park on 10th April 2025 © Andy Day

Yellow Wagtail at East Hyde on 8th April 2025 © David Lyons

Wren at Amwell NR on 8th April 2025 © Stuart Fox
Marsh Tit at a Barkway garden on 7th April 2025 © Jan Brown
Marsh Tit at a Barkway garden on 7th April 2025 © Jan Brown

Spoonbill at Wilstone Reservoir on 7th April 2025 © Ian Williams

Spoonbill at Wilstone Reservoir on 7th April 2025 © Ian Williams

Brambling at Wilstone Reservoir on 7th April 2025 © Ian Williams

Jackdaw at Stanborough GP on 7th April 2025 © Andy Day

Blackcap at Fairlands Valley Park on 7th April 2025 © Andy Day

Robin at Cheshunt on 5th April 2025 © Phillip Thornton

Blackcap at Amwell NR on 5th April 2025 © Stuart Fox

Swallow at Stanborough GP on 6th April 2025 © Stuart Fox

Yellow Wagtail at Stanborough GP on 6th April 2025 © Stuart Fox
Spoonbill at Wilstone Reservoir on 7th April 2025 © Ted Wallen

Common Snipe at Amwell NR on 5th April 2025 © Stuart Fox

Spoonbill at Wilstone Reservoir on 7th April 2025 © Dave Hutchinson

Yellow Wagtail at Stanborough GP on 5th April 2025 © James Reader

Little Ringed Plover at Rye Meads on 4th April 2025 © Stuart Fox

Fieldfare at Lemsford Springs on 2nd April 2025 © Rose Newbold

Water Rail at Croxley Common Moor on 31st March 2025 © Chris Sharp

Red-creasted Pochard at Amwell NR on 29th March 2025 © Stuart Fox

Bullfinch at Watercress LNR (St Albans) on 27th March 2025 © Paul Kaiser

Jay at Watercress LNR (St Albans) on 27th March 2025 © Paul Kaiser

Blue-headed Wagtail at Stanborough GPs on 28th March 2025 © Stuart Fox
For more photographs, visit the gallery.