Wed 8 Oct 2025 Cooters End Lane nr Harpenden [TL130163] 1 Stonechat (Clifford Smout)
Cooters End Lane nr Harpenden, 2 Stonechat, males feeding in same area. (Darin Stanley)
East Hyde [TL132168] 13 Egyptian Goose (Clifford Smout)
East Hyde [TL132168] 3 Little Egret (Clifford Smout)
Frogmore GP nr Stevenage [TL285205] 5 Mandarin, 4 Drakes, 1 female (Alan Ford)
St Albans [TL145086] 2 Redwing, over, first of the autumn for me (Simon Osborn)
Stevenage [TL260272] 1 Redwing, flyover this morning (Tom Speller)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052] 2 Green Sandpiper (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052] 1 Cetti's Warbler, calling (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052] 1 Water Rail, heard (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052] 1 Great White Egret (Alan Gardiner)
Walkern, 1 Dartford Warbler, passing through end of garden. Possible second bird. (Mark Wall)
Tue 7 Oct 2025 Braughing [TL398252] 1 Grey Wagtail, on ford of River Quin at Malting Lane (Steve Hughes)
Cooters End Lane nr Harpenden, 2 Stonechat (Darin Stanley)
Hertford [TL325125] 2 Great White Egret, seen from All Saints church heading west (Andy Day)
King's Walden [TL153248] c.12 Redwing (Martin Ketcher)
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 5 Siskin, Singing calling and at rest (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Water Rail, One heard brief view (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Cetti's Warbler, Heard (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Chiffchaff (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Kingfisher (Steve Carter )
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130] 16+ Redpoll (J Taylor)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Little Stint, A first-winter with a Ringed Plover on the bund (Lee Evans)
Mon 6 Oct 2025 Bricket Wood, 2 Firecrest, seen together foraging. (Tony Bates)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL210106] 1+ Sand Martin (Alan Gardiner)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL210107] 3 Green Sandpiper (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL210107] 1 Grey Wagtail (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL210107] 1 Sand Martin, This is the same one found by Alan Gardner, (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL210107] 1 Common Snipe (Steven Pearce)
Cooters End Lane nr Harpenden, 1 Stonechat (Darin Stanley)
Cooters End Lane nr Harpenden, 1 Whinchat, feeding in same area (Darin Stanley)
Ellenbrook Fields [TL204085] 3 Stonechat (Simon Errington)
Ellenbrook Fields [TL205092] 2 Stonechat (Simon Errington)
Ellenbrook Fields [TL207085] 1 Kingfisher (Simon Errington)
King's Walden [TL165254] 1 Hobby, repeatedly feeding as it flew (Martin Ketcher)
Munden Estate nr Bricket Wood, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Tony Bates)
Munden Estate nr Bricket Wood, 1 Grey Wagtail (Tony Bates)
Munden Estate nr Bricket Wood, 5 Meadow Pipit (Tony Bates)
Munden Estate nr Bricket Wood, 1 Kingfisher (Tony Bates)
Rothamsted Park nr Harpenden [TL127129] 1 Barn Owl, seen hunting early morning (Theo Hilton)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Kingfisher (Steve Carter )
Stocker's Lake, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet (Steve Carter )
Stocker's Lake, 3 Egyptian Goose (Steve Carter )
Stocker's Lake, 2 Lapwing (Steve Carter )
Stocker's Lake, 6 Little Egret (Steve Carter )
Stocker's Lake, 3 Cetti's Warbler, All singing (Steve Carter )
Stocker's Lake, 2 Chiffchaff, One in full song (Steve Carter )
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 3 Little Egret (Gary Hinton et al)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Kingfisher, Male. (Gary Hinton et al)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 3+ Water Rail (Gary Hinton et al)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Heard in various areas (Gary Hinton et al)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Grey Wagtail (Gary Hinton et al)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, c.1 Great White Egret, 3 but 2 is in bucks (Gary Hinton et al)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Common Sandpiper, Near overflow (Gary Hinton et al)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Marsh Harrier, Hunting over reeds (phill luckhurst)
Watford, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Both birds on YMCA building at apx15-30 (Tony Bates)
Sun 5 Oct 2025 Coopers Green GPs - main GP [TL197092] 4 Redpoll (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL206111] 4 Stonechat (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL206111] 4 Green Sandpiper (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL206111] 1 Little Egret (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL206111] 1 Grey Wagtail (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL206111] 1 Rock Pipit, On pit on left of track as you come in from Coopers Green Lane (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL206111] 1 Wheatear (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL211107] 2 Raven (Steven Pearce)
Hemel Hempstead, 1 Chiffchaff, in garden Warners End (P Griffin)
King's Walden [TL162243] 3 Stonechat (Martin Ketcher)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Stonechat, In front of hide (Rose Collard)
Sat 4 Oct 2025 Baldock to Wallington Road, 1 Short-eared Owl, Probable seen briefly at 18:45 along top hedge line from Bygrave footpath sign (Ray Hooper)
Bramfield village, 5 Golden Plover, Flew over fields (D.Ballard)
Bramfield village, 2 Raven (D.Ballard)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL210106] 1 Green Sandpiper (Steven Pearce)
Hitchin, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, seen briefly with blue tits near bird feeders in my garden. Goldcrest sized with distinctive long yellow stripe above eye (Tim Gale)
Panshanger Park [TL300127] 7 Stonechat, 7 males together on the fence around the new plantation and in the field beside it. (Tracey Burrows)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 2 Stonechat, Pair. (Roger Dewey)
Fri 3 Oct 2025 Cockhampstead nr Braughing, 1 Whinchat, With stonechat (Paula moore)
Cockhampstead nr Braughing, 3 Corn Bunting, On wires from small pylon (Paula moore)
Cockhampstead nr Braughing, 4 Stonechat, In hedgerow (Paula moore)
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans [TL128083] 3 Common Snipe, around pool margins (John Pritchard)
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Kingfisher (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 2 Common Snipe, Two singles different venues as with green sand all photographed poorly in bad light (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 from teal hide and 2 calling and feeding together from shell hide other side of reserve (Steve Carter )
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 5 Siskin, Flying over (Steve Carter )
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 4 Great White Egret, including a C/R bird, ringed on it's left leg with a red ring and the letters ADC (Mike Wallen)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Common Sandpiper (Mike Wallen)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Pintail (Mike Wallen)
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Swallow (Terry Edwards)
Thu 2 Oct 2025 Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL207109] c.120 Linnet (Andrew Steele)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL213108] 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, Still feeding till a flyover snipe disturbed it (Andrew Steele)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL217108] 1+ Siskin (Andrew Steele)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL212109] 1+ Stonechat (Andrew Steele)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL212109] 1 Yellow Wagtail (Andrew Steele)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL212109] 1+ Common Snipe (Andrew Steele)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL213109] 1 Redpoll (Andrew Steele)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP, 3 Common Snipe (Murray Orchard)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, juvenile still present until 13.00 at least (Murray Orchard)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL210106] 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, Juvenile now on small pool to left of the main track roosting? on a small island at 6.25 p.m. (Simon West)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL213108] 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL201109] 6 Stonechat, Five together along paddock fence (i.e. south of track) bordering farm, plus one seen on lagoon rough ground. (Steven Pearce)
Cooters End Lane nr Harpenden, 3 Stonechat, 2 males and 1 female feeding in sunflower field at far end by track
(Darin Stanley)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans [TL126093] c.30 Siskin, dropped in briefly (John Pritchard)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP926117] 2 Red-throated Diver, Still present. Viewed from shore by wood, cemetery corner end. (William Bishop)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052] 1 Little Egret (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052] 1 Water Rail, squealing from the reeds near the container (Alan Gardiner)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP [TL195052] 1 Great White Egret (Alan Gardiner)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 4 Meadow Pipit (Steve Carter )
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 4 Stonechat, Negative news on Wheatear and Little Owl (Steve Carter )
Wed 1 Oct 2025 Aldbury nr Tring [SP950139] 1 Marsh Tit, calling in Aldbury Nowers (north) nature reserve (Callum Peel)
Aldbury nr Tring [SP950137] 1 Raven, over Aldbury Nowers (north) nature reserve (Callum Peel)
Cassiobury Park, 1 Siskin (Pinner RSPB Group)
Cassiobury Park, 1 Grey Wagtail (Pinner RSPB Group)
Cassiobury Park, 3+ Chiffchaff (Pinner RSPB Group)
Cassiobury Park, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Pinner RSPB Group)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL214108] 2 Common Snipe, Initially with Pec, (Clifford Smout)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL208108] 100+ Linnet (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL214109] 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, Present from at least 11am: associating with 2 Green Sandpipers. Formally identified by other birders (I was too timid to say outright that's what it was!). (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL214109] 2 Green Sandpiper (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL208108] 7+ Stonechat, 5+ on lagoon rough ground, 1 by middle pool and 1+ by track approaching paddocks. (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL214109] 3 Common Snipe (Steven Pearce)
Cooters End Lane nr Harpenden, 4 Stonechat, still here feeding in sunflower field. (Darin Stanley)
Harpenden [TL1310315039] 3 Blackcap, - three males in garden. (Tim Hill)
Therfield Heath, 1 Stonechat, Male on bush top near old rifle range (Paul Dunn)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Spotted Redshank, late evening, moving between Herts and Bucks, mainly Herts whilst I was there at sunset (Ian Williams)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 Pintail (Ian Williams)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 3 Great White Egret (Ian Williams)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130] 2 Red-throated Diver, adult & Junior still present. Viewable from the hide. (Graham summerfield)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res [SP905130] 1 Great White Egret (Graham Summerfield)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Red-throated Diver, still from trees in Cemetery Corner late afternoon (Ian Williams)
Verulamium Park [TL139072] 1 Cetti's Warbler, calling from bush by bridge near small round pond 1 pm. Not heard in park before. (Simon Osborn)
Ware [TL350143] 1 Goosander, On Mill race by GSK 07:00am (Ian Edwards )
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 5 Stonechat, Contact call heard (Steve Carter )
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Little Owl (Steve Carter )
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Chiffchaff (Steve Carter )
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 2 Meadow Pipit (Steve Carter )
