Tue 3 Dec 2024 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 14 Siskin, in with flock of 4 Lesser Redpoll from Otter signpost (Richard Beesly)
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Goosander, female on main lake island from viewpoint (Richard Beesly)
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Goldeneye, female on main lake island from Viewpoint (Richard Beesly)
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 2 Red-crested Pochard, male and female at end of main lake from Gladwin hide (Richard Beesly)
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 4 Lesser Redpoll, in with flock of 14 Siskin from Otter signpost (Richard Beesly)
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Smew, redhead showing well from Gladwin Hide at 10am on far side of main lake (Richard Beesly)
Baldock, 3 Redwing, Busy feeding in garden holly tree. (Ian Hall)
Baldock, 1 Blackcap, Male feeding on ivy berries in back garden. (Ian Hall)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 1 Kingfisher (Lee Evans)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 1 Chiffchaff (Lee Evans)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 1 Red-crested Pochard, Female (Lee Evans)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 1 Ferruginous Duck, still showing at 13:05 (P Griffin)
Bramfield village, 2 Hawfinch, flying between Yew trees and tall trees in St Andrew’s Churchyard at 12.30pm (Richard Beesly )
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 2 Red-crested Pochard, A single pair (Lee Evans)
Coopers Green GPs - Beech Farm GP [TL187087] 3 Stonechat, a pair and single bird in different fields adjoining Coopers Green Lane, south of the Beech Farm entrance. (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - main GP [TL195095] 3 Lapwing (Steven Pearce)
Hemel Hempstead, 2 Peregrine Falcon, on front of BT building by magic roundabout (Jeff Bailey)
Hemel Hempstead [TL087094] 17 Redwing, single flock flying over and settling in boundary trees (Kim Hammond)
Knebworth Woods - Pigeonswick, 1 Woodcock (Richard Best)
Pynesfield South Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Ferruginous Duck (Steve Carter )
Pynesfield South Lake nr Maple Cross, 2 Wigeon (Steve Carter )
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 25 Golden Plover (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Kingfisher, Repeatedly showing well on the purposefully placed branch perches in front of the hide (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 9 Goldeneye, 9 now present including 2 adult drakes (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Green Sandpiper (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Common Snipe (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 276 Lapwing (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Water Rail (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 67 Wigeon (Lee Evans)
Mon 2 Dec 2024 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 5 Goldeneye, 2 drakes (Graham White)
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 3 Red-crested Pochard (Graham White)
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Goosander (Graham White)
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Yellow-legged Gull, Adult (Graham White)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth [TQ055941] 1 Ferruginous Duck, male, near ski pier (Anna Marett)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 3 Mandarin, 2 drakes and a female (Lee Evans)
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 1 Ferruginous Duck, the first-winter drake advanced in eye colour still present in the NW corner of the lake loosely associating with Tufted Ducks (Lee Evans)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL212109] 1 Stonechat (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL210106] 1 Green Sandpiper (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL212108] 1 Pintail, male. (Steven Pearce)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL212108] 3 Wigeon (Steven Pearce)
Hemel Hempstead [TL085094] 1 Redwing (Kim Hammond)
Long Marston, 2 Great White Egret, near Long Marston. Together, feeding on fish in a small pool in a field. Pool is all that's left of extensive flood. (Mike Wallen)
Pynesfield North Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Cetti's Warbler (William Atkinson)
Pynesfield North Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Raven, feeding with a Carrion Crow on the Clancy approach field (William Atkinson)
Pynesfield North Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Wigeon, male (William Atkinson)
Pynesfield South Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Lee Evans)
Pynesfield South Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Ferruginous Duck, male still present at 3.30 p.m. (William Atkinson)
Pynesfield South Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Chiffchaff (William Atkinson)
Stocker's Lake, 3 Goldeneye (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 29 Wigeon (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Ferruginous Duck, the adult drake still sleeping by day with Common Pochards opposite the Heron Watchpoint (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 8 Red-crested Pochard (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 10 Wigeon (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Bittern, started scrambling up the reeds to create its roosting platform at 1615 hours (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Common Scoter, juvenile still present (Lee Evans)
West Hyde, c.16 Redwing (William Atkinson)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 8 Linnet (William Atkinson)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Raven (William Atkinson)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Meadow Pipit (William Atkinson)
Sun 1 Dec 2024 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Goldeneye, pair (Jane Free )
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 3 Red-crested Pochard (Jane Free )
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Smew, female (Jane Free )
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL215110] 1 Green Sandpiper (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL215110] 1 Pintail, male still present this morning but at far end of main pit (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL215110] 3 Wigeon (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL215110] 1 Stonechat, male (Rupert Evershed)
Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP [TL215110] 1 Raven (Rupert Evershed)
Hemel Hempstead [TL085094] 1 Redwing (Kim Hammond)
Northaw [TL281023] 2 Bullfinch, pair of bullfinch on playing fields (Sam fuller)
Pynesfield South Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Ferruginous Duck, with sailing going on this weekend, the juvenile drake has moved two pits to the north from Troy Mill Lake. Now with Tufted Ducks, paling of the eye and accruing more blue on the black bill (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Little Egret (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 8 Lapwing (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Chiffchaff (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 5 Red-crested Pochard (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Goldeneye, just a single drake located (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 7 Siskin (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Kingfisher (Lee Evans)
Stocker's Lake, 31 Wigeon, a marked increase in numbers (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 6 Wigeon (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 6 Water Rail (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 8 Red-crested Pochard (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 Great White Egret, two roosted but again, I failed to see the Bittern (latter emerged at 1637 hours) (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Egyptian Goose, roosted (Lee Evans)
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Common Scoter, juvenile still present (Lee Evans)
Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Lee Evans)
Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Little Egret (Lee Evans)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Coursers Road GPs [TL200042] 1 Dunlin, roosting with Lapwings this morning (Rupert Evershed)
