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
Spring has Sprung!
Check out 'What to look for in.....March' and to keep tabs on our arriving migrants go to '2025 Spring Migrant Tracker'
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



