New species maps for 2023

UPDATED with new maps and an interactive county map here. Where were the most birds found in 2023? We have updated our data page here with some new maps created by Dean Cornish. These maps use data from the bird club database for 2023 and show records at a 1km square level, including this map showing species totals around the county.

The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2023

The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2023 was published and circulated to HNHS/Herts Bird Club members in November 2024.

The report includes an account of every species seen in Hertfordshire in 2023, fascinating articles on Herts Green Sandpipers and Peregrines, and much much more. The report is decorated throughout with beautiful images of our birds taken by our many talented photographers.

For more details go to The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2023

 

New Facebook page!

Herts Bird Club has a new Facebook page – you can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/hertsbirds

We'll be using the page to share relevant news and photos and keep you informed about upcoming events and meetings.  It’s also a great place to ask us anything about the county’s birds.

We’ve also created a brand new logo for Facebook which we hope you like – it features our County bird: the Hawfinch.

Of course, please continue to submit your sightings via our Records Submission form on this website and send your photos to birdphotos@hnhs.org and we hope some of these will feature on our new Facebook page in due course.

You can Like and Follow our page to stay up-to-date with new content and please share with others you think will be interested too!

Hertfordshire Swift Nests 2024 - end of season update

Update 28th August - we now have records of a fantastic 780 Swift nests in Hertfordshire this year! The highest numbers are from the East Herts area where 353 have been found.  If you have Swifts nesting, please don't assume that we have the record and do get in touch

Swifts have returned and the Herts Bird Club and Hertfordshire Swift groups are asking for all nest records to be submitted in order to better understand the population of this species in the county. 

In 2023 just under 400 nests were found, including 23 in Swift boxes. This year we hope to improve on this figure and find as many nests as possible.

The Local Patch Big Weekend 2024 held on Sat 27th & Sun 28th April

This year’s Local Patch Big Weekend was challenging in more ways than one.  Eleven teams faced the task of finding as many different birds on their local patches over the 48-hour period as possible.  Many of them started bright and early on the Saturday morning only to find that while it was early, it was far from bright!  Instead, heavy rain greeted them and did on and off throughout the weekend.

Conditions at some points were miserable and particular credit must go to those 3 teams who carried out the challenge on foot!  The Harpo No-hoper, The Ver Dippers and the Park Street Part-timer all earned their bonus 20 points for their low carbon, if not muddy, footprint.

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