Sat 31 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Goldeneye, Chris Ruis (males)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Barn Owl, Chris Ruis (from viewpoint at dusk)
Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 1 Smew, Chris Ruis (redhead, far end from Great Hardmead Lake)
Benington, 2 Red Kite, Paul Roper
Benington, 250 Redwing, Paul Roper
Benington, 2 Marsh Tit, Paul Roper
Benington, 10 Yellowhammer, Paul Roper
Benington, 200 Fieldfare, Paul Roper
Hertford - Bengeo, 9 Red Kite, Simon Knott (including 6 over garden)
Hertford - Bengeo, 9 Wigeon, Simon Knott (over garden)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward
Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Ford
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 24 Redwing, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 2 Egyptian Goose, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 1 Marsh Tit, Steve Carter
Northchurch, 1 Kingfisher, Hazel Medcalf (by Grand Union Canal)
Rye Meads, 1 Water Rail, David McCarthy (Kingfisher Hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Kingfisher, David McCarthy
Rye Meads, 1 Water Pipit, David McCarthy (Gadwall hide)
St Albans, 1 Blackcap, Bill Free (male in garden)
Stanstead Abbotts, 1 Blackcap, Jane Free (male in my garden)
Stocker's Lake, 12+ Red-crested Pochard, Axel Kirby
Stocker's Lake, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Axel Kirby
Stocker's Lake, 1 Goosander, Clifford Smout (male)
Tewinbury Reserve, 1 Little Egret, Simon Stebbings
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Little Egret, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Kingfisher, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Peregrine Falcon, S Blake (tailless juvenile)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Jack Snipe, Steven Pearce (on scrape)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Water Rail, Steven Pearce (on scrape)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Egret, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Anthony Dorman
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 10+ Tree Sparrow, S Blake
Verulamium Park, 1 Kingfisher, Bill Free (upstream of fighting cocks pub)
Ware, 2 Red Kite, Derrick Ling (over Hollycross Road)
Fri 30 Dec 2016 Aldenham Reservoir, c25 Redwing, Chris Ruis
Aldenham Reservoir, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Chris Ruis
Aldenham Reservoir, 6 Mandarin, Chris Ruis (3 drakes)
Aldenham Reservoir, 1 Kingfisher, Chris Ruis
Aldenham Reservoir, c20 Yellowhammer, Chris Ruis
Batch Wood nr St Albans, 2 Blackcap (m+f in garden)
Bricket Wood, 1 Blackcap, P Delaloye (male)
Bushey, 1 Blackcap, Patty Briggs (male in garden)
Childwick Bury nr St Albans, 6 Redwing, Bill Free
Digswell, 2 Brambling, Tom and Janet Gladwin (in our Warren Way garden)
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, David Lyons
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward
Kimpton Mill, 2 Egyptian Goose, Simon Stebbings
Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Ford
Lower Woodside nr Hatfield, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steven Pearce (Lower Woodside Farm.)
Maple Cross, 1 Blackcap, Steve Carter (male in garden)
Rye Meads, 2 Kingfisher, Vicky Buckel
Rye Meads, 1 Bittern, Vicky Buckel
Rye Meads, 4 Water Rail, Vicky Buckel
St Albans, 4 Redwing, Bill Free
Ware, 1 Blackcap, Kelvin Watkins (male in Tower Road garden.)
Watford, 1 Blackcap, Joan Thompson (male in garden)
Weston, 40 Yellowhammer, Clive Brackenbury
Thu 29 Dec 2016 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 8 Ring-necked Parakeet, Simon Knott
Ashridge Forest, c10 Lesser Redpoll, Tony Blake
Ashridge Forest, 3+ Brambling, Tony Blake (In Chaffinch flock just off drive to the monument.)
Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 51 Golden Plover, Steven Pearce (fields opposite Hatfield Business Park.)
East Hyde, 1 Jack Snipe, David Lyons
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, David Lyons
Graveley nr Stevenage, 16 Golden Plover, Clive Brackenbury (flying over heading south)
Harpenden, 2 Siskin, Alan Jackson (on feeders)
Heartwood Forest - W of B651, 3 Stonechat, Rupert Evershed
Hemel Hempstead, 1 Blackcap, P Kirby (female in garden)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Purwell Meadows TL200298)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (River Oughton near Westmill Farm TL171307)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 18 Common Snipe, Simon Knott
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Kingfisher, Simon Knott
Lemsford Springs, 5 Common Snipe
Lemsford Springs, 1 Water Rail
Lemsford Springs, 6 Green Sandpiper
Munden Estate nr Bricket Wood, 1 Raven, Alan Winn (Little Munden Farm)
Preston, 1 Barn Owl, Darren Thomas
Puckeridge, 1 Blackcap, Murray Orchard (Male in garden)
Redbournbury, 100+ Golden Plover, John Pritchard
Rye Meads, 4 Common Snipe, Mark Harris
Rye Meads, 2 Water Rail, Mark Harris
Rye Meads, 1 Kingfisher, Mark Harris
Rye Meads, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Vicky Buckel
Rye Meads, 1 Bittern, Vicky Buckel (Kingfisher hide)
Sandon, 35 Red Kite, Murray Orchard (Birds pre-gathering at 15.30 and eventually roosting in wood at Green End at 16.25)
Standalone Farm nr Letchworth, 4 Common Snipe, Tom Speller
Stevenage, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Don Gregory
Stocker's Lake, 1 Goosander, Anna Marett/Geoff Lapworth (male, from 'egret' viewing post)
Stocker's Lake, 17 Goldeneye, G Lapworth (5m,12f)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Barnacle Goose, S Jones (with Canadas)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, Steve Carter (red head seen close from Shoveler hide)
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 10+ Goosander, Andy Bartlett (at least 5 pairs on Ashley Pit)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Alan Gardiner (lake mostly frozen)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Water Rail, Steven Pearce (on scrape.)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Kingfisher, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 3+ Tree Sparrow, Alan Gardiner (by feeder)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Owl, Alan Harris (on Oak stump at farm entrance by Llama fields)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Alan Harris (juv on pylon at farm entrance at 1100)
Watford, 1 Blackcap, Joan Thompson (male in garden)
Whitwell, 1 Water Rail, Mary Hooper (on R. Mimram)
Wed 28 Dec 2016 Berkhamsted Common, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Gardiner
East Hyde, 1 Jack Snipe, David Lyons
East Hyde, 2 Water Rail, David Lyons
Harpenden, 2 Siskin, Alan Jackson (on garden feeders)
Hoddesdon, 1 Kingfisher, Colin Smith (on New River between Rye House and Hoddesdon)
Rickmansworth, 1 Kingfisher, Hilary Weston (river Colne by the Aquadrome)
Rye Meads, 1 Bittern, Vicky Buckel
Sandon, 1 Barn Owl, Murray Orchard (Flushed at c.17.00 from roadside fence near Five House Farm in TL3333 between Sandon and Buckland)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Chiffchaff, Ernest Leahy
Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, c10 Siskin, Tom Speller (Alder trees at Environmental lake)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Goosander, Paul Ward
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 3 Kingfisher, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 7 Little Egret, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Chris Beach
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 10+ Tree Sparrow, Steve Blake
Watton at Stone, 3 Red Kite, Tony Barrett (low over allotments)
Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 2 Waxwing, Chris Beach / Tom Speller (end of Poppyfields this afternoon TL26171252. By row of 3-4 rowan trees one with white berries)
Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 2 Waxwing, Mike Ilett/Colin Alderman (at end of Poppyfields, Panshanger estate. Colin had 4 earlier.)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Stonechat, G Lapworth (just before rubble heap)
Tue 27 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 185 Wigeon, Alan Harris
Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 1 Smew, Alan Harris (redhead)
Burnham Green nr Welwyn, 2 Red Kite, David Booth (flew over together)
East Hyde, 2 Stonechat, Janet and Francis Dowley (seen from the road bridge)
East Hyde, 1 Little Owl, Janet and Francis Dowley (on the usual tree)
Essendon, 3 Fieldfare, David Carter
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 1 Water Rail, Alan Winn (on river approx 50m upstream from Hyde Lane car park)
Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 1 Barn Owl, John Yates
Hitchin, 2 Little Egret, David Inward (Horse fields off Purwell Lane TL203295)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Purwell Meadows TL201297)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Simon Knott (Park Mead)
Latchford nr Standon, 1 Red Kite, Dr Richard Melarange (on the ground)
Lemsford Springs, 1 Kingfisher, Drew Lyness
Lemsford Springs, 2 Common Snipe, Drew Lyness
Lemsford Springs, 2 Water Rail, Drew Lyness
Lemsford Springs, 3 Little Egret, Drew Lyness
Lemsford Springs, 10 Ring-necked Parakeet, Drew Lyness
Lemsford Springs, 7 Green Sandpiper, Drew Lyness
Panshanger Park, 10 Common Snipe, Simon Knott (Osprey Lake)
Puckeridge, 1 Little Egret, Murray Orchard (in tree by River Rib)
Rickmansworth, 1 Siskin, Ian Howarth (on garden feeder, first this season)
Stanborough Reedmarsh, 1 Kingfisher, Ian Flack (flying along River Lea)
Standon Lordship, 1 Little Egret, Dr Richard Melarange
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, David Neal (fem from River Colne path, preening on low branch among islands at 3.30 p.m.)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, David Neal
Stocker's Lake, 6 Goldeneye, David Neal (2m, 4f)
Therfield nr Royston, 40 Fieldfare, Murray Orchard (in field near Duck Puddle Bush)
Therfield nr Royston, 35 Yellowhammer, Murray Orchard (in stubble field east of Park Farm)
Therfield nr Royston, 350 Golden Plover, Murray Orchard (large flock flying over Icknield Way)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, c.65 Corn Bunting, Graham Clark (at roost.)
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Brent Goose, Ian Williams (commuting between water and nearby fields with goose flock.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Little Egret, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Kingfisher, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Goldeneye, Jeff Bailey (adult male)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 26 Golden Plover, Jeff Bailey (flying around res then departed)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Green Sandpiper, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Redshank, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Jeff Bailey (juvenile causing mayhem over res)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 15 Common Snipe, Jeff Bailey (from hide)
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 15 Goosander, Tom Speller (Ashley pit. 7 drakes)
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 1 Goldeneye, Tom Speller (North met pit. Female)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Waxwing, Andrew Steele (1 flew over at 10:20)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 4+ Fieldfare, Axel Kirby (north end, nr entrance)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Goosander, Axel Kirby (from causeway)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Green Sandpiper, Ian Williams
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Ian Williams (on pylon between hide and pit)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Ian Williams (still late pm)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 3 Tree Sparrow, Axel Kirby (near feeder)
Welwyn Garden City, 6 Redwing, Mike Upstone (in garden)
Welwyn Garden City, 1 Siskin, Mike Upstone (in garden)
Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 2 Waxwing, Keith Smith
Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 1 Red Kite, Keith Smith
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Stonechat, Stephen Middleton (top footpath T-junction nr bench)
Mon 26 Dec 2016 Batch Wood nr St Albans, 7+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Andrew Steele (Toulmin Drive sports fields)
Childwick Bury nr St Albans, 1 Raven, Andrew Steele
Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 1 Barn Owl, Mandy Floyd (flying near the bottom of Ragged Hall Lane)
Coopers Green GPs - Sutton Farm GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, Steven Pearce
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, Alan Jackson (far end of side channel)
East Hyde, 1 Kingfisher, Alan Jackson
East Hyde, 1 Mandarin, Alan Jackson
East Hyde, 2 Stonechat, Alan Jackson (pair)
East Hyde, 2 Little Owl, Roger & Lynn Payne (at 11:00 in the usual tree)
Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Woodcock, Tony Blake (flushed from area on east bank.)
Hilfield Park Reservoir, 2 Red Kite, Tony Blake
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Walsworth Common TL19723020)
Puckeridge, 2 Red Kite, Murray Orchard (over village)
Puckeridge, 1 Blackcap, Murray Orchard (male in back garden)
Rusling End nr Langley, 2 Marsh Tit, Julie Wise (at bird feeders in garden)
Rusling End nr Langley, 1 Little Owl, Julie Wise (in oak tree)
Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth, 1 Common Snipe, P Hearnshaw
Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth, 1 Water Rail, P Hearnshaw
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 1 Egyptian Goose, Jane Free
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 2 Kingfisher, Jane Free
Stapleford, 12 Red Kite, Ian Flack (with 2 buzzards)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, Graham Higgins (redhead from causeway)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Goosander, Graham Higgins (drake from causeway)
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Kingfisher, Penny Fanthorpe
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Goosander, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Alan Winn (one on main pit the other in pool next to causeway)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, Alan Winn (pool next to causeway)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 5 Little Egret, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 8 Redwing, Penny Fanthorpe (opposite Willows Park Farm.)
Wheathampstead, 3 Red Kite, Patrick McNeill
Sun 25 Dec 2016 Colney Heath (village), 1 Red Kite, Steve Evans / Ann Lee
East Hyde, 1 Little Egret, Alan Jackson
East Hyde, 1 Little Owl, Alan Jackson (In usual tree, on branch left of hole in trunk)
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 1 Stonechat, Alan Winn (male)
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 1 Kingfisher, Alan Winn
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 19 Little Egret, Alan Winn (18 in island roost together at 7:55 and a lone individual)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, Nigel Agar (over the Ippollitts Brook rear of the Oakfield Estate)
Lemsford Springs, 1 Water Rail, Barry Trevis
Lemsford Springs, 3 Little Egret, Barry Trevis
Lemsford Springs, 5 Green Sandpiper, Barry Trevis
Puckeridge, 1 Blackcap, Murray Orchard (female in back garden)
Stanstead Abbotts, 93 Redwing, Jane Free
Stanstead Abbotts, 110 Fieldfare, Jane Free
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Red Kite, Chris Ruis
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Chris Ruis
Welwyn Garden City, 1 Red Kite, Murray Brown
Sat 24 Dec 2016 Allen's Green, 44 Golden Plover, John Slee (south of Shingle Hall Farm)
Berkhamsted, 1 Little Egret, Nick Goss (over Waitrose car park at 4 pm)
Bower Heath nr Harpenden, 4 Red Kite, Clifford Smout
Broad Colney Lakes, 1 Kingfisher, Andrew Steele
East Hyde, 1 Jack Snipe, Janet and Francis Dowley (asleep but bouncing)
Hitchin, 2 Little Egret, David Inward (horse fields off Purwell Lane TL202295)
Loefield Grove nr Watton at Stone, 3 Red Kite, Nigel Denison (near Gregory's farm)
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 2 Egyptian Goose, Steve Carter
Redbourn, 150+ Fieldfare, Peter Tallantire (at Nicholls farm)
Redbourn, 120+ Linnet, Peter Tallantire (at Nicholls farm)
Sawbridgeworth, 110 Fieldfare, John Slee (at Tharbies)
Sherrardspark Wood nr WGC, 2 Redwing, Ivan Judd (on dried Rowan berries)
Smallford nr St Albans, 2 Red Kite, pyrah
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 1 Peregrine Falcon, Jane Free
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, G Lapworth/C Sharp (fem viewed from causeway)
Stocker's Lake, 18 Goldeneye, G Lapworth/C Sharp (7m,11f)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Goosander, G Lapworth/C Sharp (male viewed from causeway)
Stocker's Lake, 11 Red-crested Pochard, G Lapworth/C Sharp (8m,3f)
Tyttenhanger area - Garden Wood, 1 Woodcock, Steve Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 15 Little Egret, Steve Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Andrew Steele (on main pit, one seen flying to fishing lake)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, Steve Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Pintail, Steve Blake et al (drake)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Common Snipe, Steve Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Steve Blake et al (juvenile)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Water Rail, Steve Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Goosander, Steve Blake et al (female)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Kingfisher, Andrew Steele
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Red Kite, Andrew steele
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Andrew Steele (hunting Jackdaw flock)
Ware, 3 Red Kite, Derrick Ling (over Lime Close)
Water End nr Great Gaddesden, 2 Kingfisher, George Moreton
Water End nr Great Gaddesden, 2 Red Kite, George Moreton
Water End nr Great Gaddesden, 2 Yellowhammer, George Moreton
Water End nr Great Gaddesden, 1 Stonechat, George Moreton
Watton at Stone, 1 Red Kite, Nigel Denison
Welwyn, 1 Little Egret, Dr Richard Melarange (feeding in River Mimram opposite the entrance to Lockleys.)
Fri 23 Dec 2016 Bricket Wood, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, P Delaloye (in garden)
Charlton nr Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, Callum Peel
Colney Heath (village), 1 Red Kite, Steve Evans/Ann Lee
Harpenden, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Robin Pearson (visiting garden)
Hertford, 5 Waxwing, Simon Knott (Mead Lane flew NW to roost at 3:00pm)
Hertford, 5 Waxwing, Trevor Brownsell (8.35 flew into trees in front of flats.)
Highfield Farm nr Tyttenhanger, 200+ Fieldfare, Rupert Evershed
Highfield Farm nr Tyttenhanger, 200+ Redwing, Rupert Evershed
Highfield Farm nr Tyttenhanger, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Rupert Evershed (males on pylons between Highfield Lane and Nightingale Lane)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Purwell Meadows TL198299)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, Simon Knott (Park Mead)
Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Ford
Lemsford Springs, 2 Common Snipe, Penny Fanthorpe
Lemsford Springs, 2 Little Egret, Penny Fanthorpe
Lemsford Springs, 1 Green Sandpiper, Penny Fanthorpe
Little Wymondley nr Stevenage, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Michael Hooper (electrical sub-station)
Little Wymondley nr Stevenage, 2 Raven, Michael Hooper (electrical sub-station)
Oxhey, 30 Redwing, Geoff Young (Paddock Road allotments.)
Rye Meads, 1 Shelduck, Steve Hughes (from Gadwall hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Green Sandpiper, Steve Hughes
Rye Meads, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Steve Hughes (took a Lapwing)
Rye Meads, 1 Red Kite, Vicky Buckel
St Ippollitts nr Hitchin, 2 Little Owl, Michael Hooper (St Ibbs Park)
Stocker's Lake, 5 Red-crested Pochard, G Lapworth (3m,2f)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, G Lapworth (female from causeway)
Stocker's Lake, 11 Goldeneye, G Lapworth (4m,7f)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Green Sandpiper, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Redshank, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Common Snipe, Jeff Bailey
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 14 Goosander, Steve Hughes (11 on Ashley water 3 on Met North Pit)
Tyttenhanger area - Garden Wood, 1+ Woodcock, Richard Coombes
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Goosander, S Blake/ R Coombes (♀︎︎)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 12 Little Egret, Steven Pearce (on 'deep lake')
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Kingfisher, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, S Blake/ R Coombes
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Water Rail, S Blake/ R Coombes
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Kingfisher, S Blake/ R Coombes
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 3 Green Sandpiper, S Blake/ R Coombes
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Little Egret, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 24 Tree Sparrow, S Blake/ R Coombes
Watton at Stone, 1 Red Kite, Nigel Denison
Thu 22 Dec 2016 Ashridge Forest, 2 Marsh Tit, Nick Goss (Monument Drive area)
Ashridge Forest, 4 Brambling, Nick Goss (Monument Drive are)
Cole Green Tip (disused), 2 Red Kite, Andy Haig/Adrian Bonner
Cole Green Tip (disused), 23 Yellowhammer, Andy Haig/Adrian Bonner
Cole Green Tip (disused), 4 Common Snipe, Andy Haig/Adrian Bonner
East Hyde, 1 Stonechat, Ann Doubleday
East Hyde, 1 Kingfisher, Ann Doubleday
East Hyde, 1 Little Owl, Janet and Francis Dowley (in the usual tree)
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, Janet and Francis Dowley
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 5+ Ring-necked Parakeet, andrew steele
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 2 Red Kite, andrew steele
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 100+ Fieldfare, andrew steele
Hertford, 5 Waxwing, Chris Beach (still present at end of Mead Lane early afternoon)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Walsworth Common)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Stonechat, Simon Knott
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Simon Knott (Park Mead)
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 1 Red Kite, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 2 Egyptian Goose, Steve Carter
Puckeridge, 1 Blackcap, Murray Orchard (male in back garden)
Redbournbury, 1 Little Egret, John Fisher
Redbournbury, 10+ Yellowhammer, John Fisher
Redbournbury, 3 Common Snipe, John Fisher
Redbournbury, 8 Linnet, John Fisher
Rowneybury nr Harlow, 2 Stonechat, John Slee (pair along the river.)
St Albans, 6 Fieldfare, Bill Free (rear of De Tany Court)
St Albans, 4 Redwing, Bill Free
Stanborough Lakes nr WGC, 15 Ring-necked Parakeet, Paul Howard (By A6129 at 08.00)
Stocker's Lake, 14 Goldeneye, G Lapworth (4m 10f)
Stocker's Lake, 4 Egyptian Goose, Joan Thompson
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Kingfisher, Axel Kirby (stream nr hide)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Graham Clark (female.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Redshank, Graham Clark (from hide.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, c.200 Golden Plover, Graham Clark
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Common Sandpiper, Graham Clark (from hide.)
Verulamium Park, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Bill Free
Ware, 9 Red Kite, Simon Knott
Welwyn Garden City - The Commons LNR, 15 Linnet, keith smith
Welwyn Garden City - The Commons LNR, 2 Red Kite, keith smith
Wed 21 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 1 Smew, Jeff Bailey (female still present)
Hemel Hempstead, 1 Barn Owl, Phill Luckhurst (Perched and feeding on post by nursery at wood lane end)
Hertford, 1 Waxwing, Jenny Sherwen (feeding on Rowan at entrance to the Springs. Flew off south)
Hertford, 5 Waxwing, Simon Knott (still present at Mead Lane)
High Cross nr Standon, 1 Barn Owl, Chris Beach (over road at dawn)
Puckeridge, 2 Blackcap, Murray Orchard (Male and female in back garden feeding on unfallen fruit in apple tree)
St Albans, 3 Redwing, Bill Free
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Jeff Bailey (together on spit at 3.45pm)
Ware, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Rob Stubbs
Tue 20 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Marsh Tit, Rob Stubbs (James hide)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Smew, William last (redhead)
Dane End, 2 Red Kite, Nigel Denison (over Whitehills golf course)
Hertford, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, L G Neville (On peanut feeder in garden, Sele Farm, Hertford)
Hertford, 5 Waxwing, L Massey (preening above railway pedestrian crossing on Mead Lane. Commuting between there and surrounding rowans/hawthorns.)
Hertford - Bengeo, 6 Redwing, Christopher Benton (in garden.)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 5 Waxwing, Simon Knott (Park Mead flying NW to roost at 3:25pm)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 20+ Redwing, Steve Hughes
King's Meads nr Hertford, 18 Wigeon, Steve Hughes (Park Mead)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 6 Fieldfare, Steve Hughes
King's Meads nr Hertford, 5 Common Snipe, Steve Hughes (4 on West Pool and 1 on Park Mead)
Redbournbury, 2 Stonechat, John Pritchard (pair near Veolia works)
Rye Meads, 1 Green Sandpiper, William Last
Rye Meads, 1 Water Pipit, William Last (from gadwall hide)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Raven, John Pritchard
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Chiffchaff, John Pritchard
Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Owl, G Lapworth
Stocker's Lake, 3 Chiffchaff, Andrew Moon (by River Colne)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, G Lapworth
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, G Lapworth (fem)
Stocker's Lake, 7 Goldeneye, G Lapworth (3m,4f)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Goosander, G Lapworth (male)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Kingfisher, S Blake/P Elton
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 12 Little Egret, S Blake/P Elton
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Goosander, S Blake/P Elton (female)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, S Blake/P Elton/A Gardiner
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, S Blake/P Elton/A Gardiner
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Peregrine Falcon, S Blake/P Elton/A Gardiner (adult + juvenile)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, c20 Tree Sparrow, S Blake/P Elton/A Gardiner
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Owl, S Blake/P Elton
Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 4 Mandarin, Patrick McNeill
Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 1 Little Egret, Patrick McNeill
Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 1 Kingfisher, Patrick McNeill
Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, Patrick McNeill
Mon 19 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, William Bishop (adult on goal post at 14.45 then flew South.)
Bricket Wood, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, P Delaloye (on garden feeders)
Cheshunt GPs - Bowyers Water, 3 Red-crested Pochard, Mike Oakland
Coopers Green GPs - Sutton Farm GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, Steven Pearce
Hertford, 5 Waxwing, Simon Knott/Simon West (Mead Lane 11:15-11:30am. still present 2:10-3:10 then flew NW)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, Nigel Agar (Ippollits Brook rear of the Oakfield estate.)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Stonechat, Simon Knott (west pool)
Oughtonhead nr Hitchin, 10 Redwing, Rob Stubbs
Oughtonhead nr Hitchin, 50 Fieldfare, Rob Stubbs
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Peregrine Falcon, S Blake/T Smith
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Egret, S Blake/T Smith
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, S Blake/T Smith
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Water Rail, S Blake/T Smith
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 11+ Tree Sparrow, S Blake
Sun 18 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Goldeneye, Chris Ruis (male)
Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 1 Smew, William Bishop (redhead)
Cole Green Tip (disused), 2 Common Snipe, Andy Haig
Cole Green Tip (disused), 26 Yellowhammer, Andy Haig
Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 15 Fieldfare, Joan Thompson
Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson
Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Woodcock, Jack Fearnside (ringed at dawn)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Walsworth Common)
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter
Redbournbury, 1 Common Snipe, Alan Gardiner
Rye Meads, 1 Bittern, Vicky Buckel (Gadwall hide)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Alan Gardiner
Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 8 Redwing, Tom Speller (trees around the balancing pond)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 4 Little Egret, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Kingfisher, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 5 Little Egret, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 3 Barnacle Goose, Steven Pearce (Barnacle x Brent geese among Canada flock.)
Water End nr Great Gaddesden, 1 Stonechat, George Moreton
Water End nr Great Gaddesden, 1 Kingfisher, George Moreton
Watford Link Road, 1 Little Egret, Hilary Weston
Sat 17 Dec 2016 Ashridge Forest, 4 Brambling, Chris Sharp/Paul Frost (Monument Drive this morning)
Brickendon, 1 Raven, Allan Meadows (over private woodland calling)
East Hyde, 1 Little Owl, Clifford Smout
East Hyde, 2 Water Rail, David Lyons
Hemel Hempstead, 22 Siskin, Brendon Fagan (In trees along Greenacres)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Walsworth Common)
Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Ford
Lemsford Springs, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Anthony Dorman
Lemsford Springs, 3 Little Egret, Anthony Dorman
Lemsford Springs, 2 Green Sandpiper, Anthony Dorman
Lemsford Springs, 2 Common Snipe, Anthony Dorman
Lemsford Springs, 2 Water Rail, Anthony Dorman
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 2 Egyptian Goose, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 10 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter
Puckeridge, 2 Blackcap, Murray Orchard (Male and female in back garden feeding on unfallen fruit in apple tree)
Rye Meads, 1 Bittern, Vicky Buckel (Kingfisher hide)
Rye Meads, 3 Bearded Tit, Vicky Buckel (Warbler hide)
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 1 Shelduck, Jane Free
Stocker's Lake, 40+ Siskin, G Lapworth (near stockers house)
Stocker's Lake, 2 Cetti's Warbler, G Lapworth (heard only on causeway)
Tewinbury Reserve, 1 Green Sandpiper, Simon Stebbings
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 5+ Little Egret, S Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Great White Egret, S Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, S Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, c30 Linnet, S Blake
Fri 16 Dec 2016 Ashridge Forest, 15 Brambling, Lee G R Evans (with Chaffinches along Monument Drive)
Ashridge Forest, 1 Marsh Tit, Lee G R Evans
Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 1 Blackcap, G Hinton (male in garden)
Ellenbrook Fields, 40 Fieldfare, Paul Driver
Ellenbrook Fields, 3 Stonechat, Rupert Evershed (pair & female in old BT field)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Walsworth Common)
Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Ford
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Peregrine Falcon, Paul Lewis (Over NE @ 08:45)
Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Blackcap, Alan Ford
Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 2 Siskin, Alan Ford (waterfall between Environment and, Millennium lakes)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Tyttenhanger birders (Juv ♀︎ adult ♂︎)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Goosander, Tyttenhanger birders (female)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Kingfisher, Tyttenhanger birders
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 13 Little Egret, Tyttenhanger birders
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Tyttenhanger birders
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Green Sandpiper, Tyttenhanger birders
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Water Rail, Tyttenhanger birders
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Wigeon, Tyttenhanger birders
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, c10 Tree Sparrow, Tyttenhanger birders
Thu 15 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 2 Raven, William Last (over)
Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 1 Smew, William Last (Redhead still present)
Ashridge Forest, 74 Brambling, Lee G R Evans (In with Chaffinches along Monument Drive)
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 25 Red-crested Pochard, G Lapworth/T Hulls (18m 7f)
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 2 Goldeneye, G Lapworth/T Hulls (pair)
Ellenbrook Fields, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Paul Driver
Ellenbrook Fields, 1 Lesser Redpoll, Paul Driver
Ellenbrook Fields, 1 Linnet, Paul Driver
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, Nigel Agar (Oak field Avenue, along Ippollits Brook c12:00 hrs)
Potters Bar - Oakmere Park, 1 Kingfisher, Paul Driver
Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 2 Goldeneye, Alan Ford (male & female main lake)
Stocker's Lake, 2 Kingfisher, G Lapworth/T Hulls (pair)
Stocker's Lake, 9 Goldeneye, G Lapworth/T Hulls (2m 7f)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, G Lapworth/T Hulls
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, G Lapworth/T Hulls (fem)
Tolpits Lake nr Watford, 4 Little Egret, Lee G R Evans (in flooded field at TQ 078 945)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 12 Little Egret, Mike Upstone
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Stonechat, Mike Upstone (in hedge near maize stubble)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Great White Egret, Mike Upstone
Wed 14 Dec 2016 Aldenham Reservoir, 14 Mandarin, Joan Thompson (10 drakes)
Amwell NR - Bittern Pool, 1 Bittern, Rob stubbs (flew in at 12.30, still present at 2.20)
Ashridge Forest, 1 Marsh Tit, Nick Goss (opposite cafe at Monument)
Ashridge Forest, 4 Brambling, Nick Goss (with Chaffinch's near Monument)
Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 1 Little Egret, G Hinton (feeding in River Bulbourne)
Chess Valley N (NW of M25), 2 Little Egret, Roger Dewey (river Chess at Frogmore Meadow NR.)
Ellenbrook Fields, 1 Barn Owl, Alan Gardiner (at dusk)
Ellenbrook Fields, c50 Fieldfare, Alan Gardiner
Ellenbrook Fields, c40 Redwing, Alan Gardiner
Harpenden, 1 Siskin, Tim Hill (In our garden.)
Hemel Hempstead, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Ian Williams (female over Mayland's Avenue area at lunch time)
Hemel Hempstead, 3+ Ring-necked Parakeet, L. Flower (over Grovehill)
Leasey Bridge nr Wheathampstead, 1 Kingfisher, Patrick McNeill
Leasey Bridge nr Wheathampstead, 2 Kingfisher, Patrick McNeill
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Blackcap, Anna Marett (female, on holly)
Northaw Great Wood, 12 Fieldfare, Paul Driver
Northaw Great Wood, 1 Lesser Redpoll, Paul Driver (flyover heard)
Northaw Great Wood, 30 Siskin, Paul Driver (feeding in birch)
Northaw Great Wood, 2 Marsh Tit, Paul Driver
Northaw Great Wood, 20 Redwing, Paul Driver
Panshanger Park, 4 Common Snipe, Simon Knott
Rye Meads, 1 Woodcock, Luke Shenton
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 2 Redwing, John Fisher/ John Pritchard
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 2 Stonechat, John Fisher/ John Pritchard
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Kingfisher, John Fisher/ John Pritchard
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Little Egret, John Fisher/John Pritchard (also one at Doolittle)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 50 Fieldfare, John Fisher/ John Pritchard
St Albans, 3 Redwing, Bill Free
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 2 Egyptian Goose, Jane Free
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 2 Kingfisher, Jane Free
Stevenage, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Kevin Widgery (flying around the old southgate house)
Stocker's Lake, 2 Egyptian Goose, Graham Folkerd (on island, viewed from tern hide)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Yellowhammer, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Kingfisher, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 12 Little Egret, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Goosander, Steve Blake (female)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Green Sandpiper, Steve Blake
Ware, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Ian Edwards (over Widbury hill)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Little Owl, G Lapworth
Tue 13 Dec 2016 Bayfordbury, 4 Raven, Ian Flack
Hertford, 25 Fieldfare, Jenny Sherwen
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Walsworth Common TL19723023)
Letty Green, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Andrew Coates
Northchurch, 1 Blackcap, Nick Goss (male on Garden feeder)
Puckeridge, 1 Blackcap, Murray Orchard (Male in back garden feeding in apple tree on unfallen fruit)
Stocker's Farm, 2 Fieldfare, Hilary Weston
Stocker's Farm, 2 Redwing, Hilary Weston
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 45 Redwing, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 310 Golden Plover, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Little Egret, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Common Snipe, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 100 Fieldfare, Jeff Bailey
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 21 Goosander, Barry Reed (Ashley pit)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Great White Egret, Alan Gardiner
Wadesmill nr Ware, 1 Raven (over the village calling)
Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 2 Red Kite, Lee Fitz (in dead tree back of Moneyhole park)
Mon 12 Dec 2016 Ashridge Forest, 20+ Brambling, Nick Sinden (with chaffinch flock along Monument Drive.)
Cassiobury Park, 1 Little Owl, Samuel Perfect and Larissa Simulik
Digswell, 2 Blackcap, Tom and Janet Gladwin (males in our garden, Warren Way.)
Harpenden, 2 Siskin, Alan Jackson (males on feeders)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward
Leasey Bridge nr Wheathampstead, 2 Little Egret, Patrick Mcneill
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Anna Marett
Preston, 21 Red Kite, Tom Speller (Whitehall Wood roost 1540-1625)
Rickmansworth, 1 Swallow, Graham Clark (over river Chess)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 10 Little Egret, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Goosander, Steve Blake (female)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Chiffchaff, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Egyptian Goose, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Green Sandpiper, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Kingfisher, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Caspian Gull, Steve Blake (1stW)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 11 Tree Sparrow, Steve Blake
Whitwell, 3 Little Egret, Tom Speller (watercress beds)
Sun 11 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 5 Goldeneye, Chris Ruis (4m, 1f, from viewpoint)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Egyptian Goose, Chris Ruis
Benington, 60 Redwing, Paul Roper
Benington, 1 Egyptian Goose, Paul Roper
Benington, 30 Yellowhammer, Paul Roper
Benington, 120 Fieldfare, Paul Roper
Benington, 1 Raven, Paul Roper
Benington, 2 Red Kite, Paul Roper
Berkhamsted Common, 100+ Fieldfare, Mike Spittles
Berkhamsted Common, 100+ Redwing, Mike Spittles
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, David Lyons (side channel)
Ellenbrook Fields, c10 Redwing, Alan Gardiner
Heartwood Forest - Hillend Farm, 130 Fieldfare, Tim Hill (In arable field to north.)
Heartwood Forest - Hillend Farm, 1 Little Owl, Tim Hill
Heartwood Forest - Hillend Farm, 1 Stonechat, Tim Hill
Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Redwing, Jack Fearnside (One caught and ringed showing characteristics of the Icelandic race T. i. coburni)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Simon Knott
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Stonechat, Simon Knott
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Egyptian Goose, Simon Knott
Maple Cross, 12 Redwing, Chris Bessant
Maple Cross, 3 Fieldfare, Chris Bessant (flying westerly)
Northchurch, 1 Kingfisher, Nick Goss (Dudswell Canal)
Pynesfield North Lake nr Maple Cross, 2 Egyptian Goose, Andrew Steele/Dan Fletcher/St. Albans RSPB
Pynesfield South Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Chiffchaff, Andrew Steele/Dan Fletcher/St. Albans RSPB
Pynesfield South Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Andrew Steele/Dan Fletcher/St. Albans RSPB (singing near weir on grand union canal TQ041905)
Redbournbury, 1 Water Rail, John Pritchard
Redbournbury, 2 Stonechat, John Pritchard
Redbournbury, 3 Common Snipe, John Pritchard
Rye Meads, 2 Green Sandpiper, Derrick Ling (from Gadwall Hide)
Rye Meads, 3 Common Snipe, Derrick Ling (from Gadwall Hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Shelduck, Derrick Ling (from Gadwall Hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Water Pipit, Derrick Ling (from Gadwall Hide)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Stonechat, John Pritchard
Sopwell nr St Albans, 1 Little Egret, Alan Gardiner (by mill)
St Albans, 1+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Alan Gardiner (Highfield Park)
St Albans, 2 Redwing, Bill Free (In garden off Verulam Rd)
St Albans, 1 Blackcap, Bill Free (female, in garden off Verulam Rd)
Stanborough Reedmarsh, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Ian Taylor
Stanstead Abbotts, 1 Little Owl, Derrick Ling (on chimney of lodge in Cappell Lane)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Goosander, Katie Gallagher (male)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Great White Egret, Katie Gallagher
Ware, 2 Red Kite, Derrick Ling (over Lime Close)
Watford, 1 Blackcap, Hilary Weston (female in garden.)
Sat 10 Dec 2016 Ashridge Forest, 10+ Brambling, Tringbirds (in Chaffinch flock by Monument Drive)
Bushey, 1 Blackcap, Patty Briggs (male in garden)
Digswell Meadow, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Ian Taylor
East Hyde, 2 Little Owl, Mike Russell (pair in Oak tree by mill)
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, Mike Russell
East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Mike Russell (downriver from the mill)
Harpenden, 1 Blackcap, Tim Hill (male in our garden, feeding on apple.)
Oughtonhead nr Hitchin, 1 Blackcap, Rob Stubbs (male in garden)
Redbournbury, 1 Little Owl, John Fisher
Redbournbury, 2 Little Egret, John Fisher
Royston, 1 Egyptian Goose, Tim Wilson (flying South)
Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Owl, Anna Marett
Stocker's Lake, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Joan Thompson
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Green Sandpiper, Clive Harding (on washout lagoons for aggregate workings)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Kingfisher, S Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Steven Pearce
Welwyn Garden City, 1 Chiffchaff, Tom and Janet Gladwin (in trees along Howardsgate showing characteristics of abietinus)
Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 1 Blackcap, Joy Gooderham
Fri 9 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Joy Gooderham
Baldock, 2 Stonechat, Ian Hall (Warren Lane)
Childwick Bury nr St Albans, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Bill Free (mobbing buzzard)
Harpenden, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Robin Pearson (on garden feeders)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, Nigel Agar (path at the back of Oakfileld Avenue)
Rye Meads, 2 Peregrine Falcon, David Booth (on pylon from Warbler Hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Shelduck, David Booth (from Gadwall hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Kingfisher, Steve Evans (from Draper hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Green Sandpiper, Steve Evans (from Gadwall hide)
South Mimms, 1 Barn Owl, S Blake (over St Albans Rd TL220 013. 11.30pm)
Stevenage, 25+ Fieldfare, Steve Akrill (Around edge of Tilekiln Wood, along with 2 redwing)
Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 8 Siskin, Tom Speller (alder trees at Environmental lake)
Thundridge, 1 Red Kite, Colin Smith (flying south)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 300+ Fieldfare, Adrian Bayliss
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 300+ Redwing, Adrian Bayliss (mixed winter thrush flocks feeding on hawthorn.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red-crested Pochard, Adrian Bayliss (drake still in farm shop corner.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, c130 Golden Plover, Adrian Bayliss
Tyttenhanger area - Garden Wood, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, S Blake/R Coombes
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Peregrine Falcon, S Blake/R Coombes
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 10 Little Egret, S Blake/R Coombes
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, S Blake/R Coombes
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, S Blake/R Coombes (both seen from causeway over scrape)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 4+ Tree Sparrow, S Blake/R Coombes
Verulamium Park, 3 Little Egret, Bill Free (flying over lake at dusk)
Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 70+ Fieldfare, Aaron Clements-Partridge (TL208144)
Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 70+ Redwing, Aaron Clements-Partridge (TL208144)
Welwyn Garden City, 1 Red Kite, John Brown (over Woodland Rise)
Westmill Quarry nr Ware, 1 Red Kite, Colin Smith (over quarry adajacent to the A10)
Wheathampstead, 1 Little Egret, Aaron Clements-Partridge (Over, just E of town)
Wheathampstead, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, Aaron Clements-Partridge (over TL195140)
Thu 8 Dec 2016 Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 24 Red-crested Pochard, G Lapworth (17m,7f)
Chess Valley N (NW of M25), 1 Kingfisher, Lee G R Evans
Chess Valley N (NW of M25), 25 Fieldfare, Lee G R Evans
Chess Valley N (NW of M25), 42 Redwing, Lee G R Evans
Chess Valley N (NW of M25), 8 Red Kite, Lee G R Evans
Chess Valley N (NW of M25), 2 Raven, Lee G R Evans (resident pair moving from Mount Wood Plantation towards Chenies Bottom)
Chess Valley N (NW of M25), 4 Little Egret, Lee G R Evans (including 2 feeding together at Crestyl Cressbed)
Cooters End Lane nr Harpenden, 60 Linnet, Clifford Smout
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, Janet and Francis Dowley
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 1 Woodcock, John Pritchard
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 1 Chiffchaff, John Pritchard
Hertford, 2 Raven, Alan Reynolds (over garden)
Lemsford Springs, 3 Water Rail, Barry Trevis
Lemsford Springs, 4 Little Egret, Barry Trevis
Lemsford Springs, 7 Green Sandpiper, Barry Trevis
Maple Cross, 6 Fieldfare, Steve Carter (over Denham way)
Maple Cross, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter (over Denham way)
Maple Cross, 60 Redwing, Steve Carter (over Denham way)
Nash Mills nr Hemel Hempstead, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, Axel Kirby (my first sighting in this area)
Northaw Great Wood, 1 Red Kite, Alison Monckton
Northaw Great Wood, 17 Lesser Redpoll, Robert Callf (feeding in birches near car park)
Northaw Great Wood, 1 Marsh Tit, Robert Callf
Oxhey, 2 Waxwing, Ian Bennell (flew over Lower Paddock Road, Oxhey Village at 8.40am and landed in trees on south side of road viewed through gaps in houses!)
Stocker's Lake, 140+ Wigeon, G Lapworth
Stocker's Lake, 14 Goldeneye, G Lapworth (5m,9f)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Great White Egret, Mike Upstone (near causeway)
Watford, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson (in my Oxhey Hall gdn)
Wed 7 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Frances Hurst
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, C70 Golden Plover, Frances Hurst (Circled several times before flying off.)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 30 Golden Plover, William Last (fligh over)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Bittern, William Last (from watch point)
Bayfordbury, 2 Raven, Ian Flack
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 4 Goldeneye, G Lapworth (2 pairs)
Cole Green Tip (disused), 12 Yellowhammer, Andy Haig
Cole Green Tip (disused), 3 Common Snipe, Andy Haig
East Hyde, 1 Mandarin, Clifford Smout (male - in middle of river (ie on county border) from bridge)
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, Clifford Smout (in ditch)
Ellenbrook Fields, 1 Stonechat, David Wheatcroft (adjacent to BT field)
Hemel Hempstead, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Brendon Fagan (over Leverstock Green Rd/Bedmond Rd)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Walsworth Common)
Hitchin, 4 Little Egret, Nigel Agarl (over Ippollis brook Oakfield estate)
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 1 Red Kite, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 2 Egyptian Goose, Steve Carter
Panshanger Park, 4 Yellowhammer, Keith Smith/Keith Dean
Sacombe Green, 1 Marsh Tit, Laurence Drummond (around garden feeders)
Stanstead Abbotts Lakes (N or S not specified), 1 Bittern, Tim Hill (roosted in the refuge reedbed.)
Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Owl, John Newson
Stocker's Lake, 6 Goldeneye, G Lapworth (3m,3f)
Stocker's Lake, 16 Red-crested Pochard, G Lapworth (11m,5f)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Goosander, John Newson (male)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 7 Little Egret, S Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Peregrine Falcon, S Blake (tailless juvenile)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 19+ Golden Plover, S Blake/T A Smith (flying west)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, S Blake/T A Smith
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, Steve Evans
Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Allan Meadows (flew high over Moors Walk)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Yellowhammer, G Lapworth (male)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, G Lapworth
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Stonechat, G Lapworth
Tue 6 Dec 2016 Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 2 Little Egret, L. Flower (river Bulbourne adjecent to Fishery Moor)
Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 1 Water Rail, L. Flower (river Bulbourne adjecent to Fishery Moor, TL04040612)
Lemsford Springs, 3 Little Egret, A Marett+C Smith+E Fox
Lemsford Springs, 5 Green Sandpiper, A Marett+C Smith+E Fox
Lemsford Springs, 6 Common Snipe, A Marett+C Smith+E Fox
Lemsford Springs, 10 Siskin, A Marett+C Smith+E Fox
Lemsford Springs, 3 Water Rail, A Marett+C Smith+E Fox
Lemsford Springs, 2 Kingfisher, A Marett+C Smith+E Fox
Lemsford Springs, 8 Common Snipe, Barry Trevis
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 150+ Fieldfare, Adrian Bayliss (mixed winter thrush flock of at least 300.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Kingfisher, Adrian Bayliss
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 150+ Redwing, Adrian Bayliss
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red-crested Pochard, Adrian Bayliss
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Great White Egret, S Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Little Egret, S Blake
Mon 5 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Bittern Pool, 1 Bittern, William Last (showed well this morning)
Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 1 Smew, Clifford Smout (Redhead still)
Baldock, 1 Barn Owl, Ian Hall
Batford, 2 Siskin, Darin Stanley
Bayfordbury, 1 Raven, Laurence Drummond (in large cedar by mansion)
Bovingdon, 20+ Redwing, L. Flower (Brickworks)
Bovingdon, 12+ Fieldfare, L. Flower (Brickworks)
Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 30+ Siskin, L. Flower (in Alders by canal, Blackbirds Moor)
Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 1 Kingfisher, L. Flower (male, Fishery Moor)
Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 2 Little Egret, L. Flower (Fishery Moor & Station Moor)
Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 2 Chiffchaff, L. Flower (around Gadespring Cressbeds)
Harpenden, 4 Siskin, Alan & Jenny Jackson (Two pairs on our garden feeders, first this winter)
Harpenden Sewage Treatment Works, 1 Barn Owl, Darin Stanley (opposite the STW by River Lea near Batford)
Northchurch, 1 Kingfisher, Nick Goss (near Northchurch Lock)
Puckeridge, 1 Common Snipe, Murray Orchard (Meadows along River Rib)
Puckeridge, 1 Red Kite, Murray Orchard
Rickmansworth - Mill End, 1 Red Kite, Steve Carter
Rusling End nr Langley, 1 Red Kite, Julie wise
Rusling End nr Langley, 2 Marsh Tit, Julie wise (Feeding on sunflower hearts in garden)
Rye Meads, 2 Common Snipe, Allan Meadows (on meadow)
Rye Meads, 1 Water Pipit, Allan Meadows (still from Gadwall Hide)
Rye Meads, 20+ Fieldfare, Allan Meadows (with 15+ Redwing around Draper Hide)
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 1 Little Egret, Murray Orchard (Flying over N)
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Murray Orchard (Calling bird flying over)
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 8 Goosander, Murray Orchard (Two drakes and six redheads on north pit W of Holyfield Lake)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Kingfisher, Steven Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Caspian Gull, S Blake (1stW)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, S Blake (flew to fishing lake)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Water Rail, S Blake (heard)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 3 Tree Sparrow, S Blake
Sun 4 Dec 2016 Alswick Hall nr Buntingford, 1 Little Owl, Chris Beach
Amwell NR - Bittern Pool, 1 Bittern, Ron Baber (3 sightings 10-11.30)
Breachwood Green, 1 Merlin, Darren Thomas (male, farmland between Darleyhall and Breachwood Green)
Buntingford, 1 Kingfisher, Chris Beach
Colney Heath (village), 1 Common Snipe, Clive Harding (at Park Corner)
Colney Heath (village), 1 Water Rail, Clive Harding (at Park Corner)
East Hyde, 2 Little Owl, David & Sarah Lyons (on the old oak tree)
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, David Lyons
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Alan Winn (alders between school and felled poplars)
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 1 Chiffchaff, Alan Winn (Birch wood)
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 25 Fieldfare, Alan Winn
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, Alan Winn
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 3 Stonechat, Alan Winn (domed field nr moribund oaks (How Wood moor))
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 35+ Redwing, Alan Winn
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 1+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Alan Gardiner (heard)
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 4+ Red Kite, Alan Gardiner
Heartwood Forest - Well & Pudler's Wood, 50+ Fieldfare, Michael Rathjen
Lemsford Springs, 1 Green Sandpiper, Peter Clark
Lemsford Springs, 6 Common Snipe, Peter Clark
Lemsford Springs, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Peter Clark (white Ring-necked Parakeet. In large tree to the right of the entrance)
Lemsford Springs, 5 Little Egret, Peter Clark
Oughtonhead nr Hitchin, 30 Fieldfare, Rob Stubbs
Redbournbury, 10+ Common Snipe, John Pritchard
Redbournbury, 180+ Golden Plover, John Pritchard
Rye Meads, 2 Green Sandpiper, Bob Harris
Rye Meads, 1 Woodcock, Bob Harris (on loop in woods opp. entrance to Stanstead Abbots Lake North)
Rye Meads, 1 Water Pipit, Bob Harris (from Gadwall hide)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Kingfisher, John Pritchard
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Stonechat, John Pritchard
St Albans - Watercress LNR, c20 Siskin, Alan Gardiner
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 1 Bittern, Bob Harris (1 in flight at 13:00)
Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Owl, Steve Middleton/Chris Sharp
Stocker's Farm, 1 Raven, Steve Middleton/Chris Sharp
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Water Rail, David Lyons
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 1 Goldeneye, Tom Speller (female, north met pit)
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Green Sandpiper, Clive Harding (washout lagoon for gravel workings)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 3 Tree Sparrow, Steve Evans
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Owl, Andrew steele (In usual tree)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Red Kite, Andrew Steele
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Green Sandpiper, Andrew Steele
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Andrew Steele
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Great White Egret, Andrew Steele
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 9 Little Egret, Andrew Steele
Watton at Stone, 1 Red Kite, Nigel Denison
Welwyn Garden City, 1+ Siskin, Murray Brown (over Woodland Rise)
Welwyn Garden City, 1 Red Kite, Murray Brown (over Shoplands)
Welwyn Garden City, 2+ Red Kite, Murray Brown (over Woodland Rise, also 2+ common buzzards)
Sat 3 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Bittern Pool, 1 Bittern, Murray Orchard (Showing well in right side cutting, feeding on corner of reeds. On show from 16.10 to 16.25 at least)
Amwell NR - Bittern Pool, 2 Water Rail, Murray Orchard (Squealing birds heard at two sites)
Amwell NR - Bittern Pool, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Murray Orchard (Song heard)
Berkhamsted, 1 Little Egret, Jonathan Morris (on Bulborne iin river course at Stag Lane)
Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 1 Blackcap, G Hinton (female in garden 09:45)
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 22 Red-crested Pochard, G Lapworth et al (15m,7f)
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 7 Goldeneye, G Lapworth et al (4m,3f)
Cole Green Tip (disused), 6 Common Snipe, Andy Haig
Cole Green Tip (disused), 18 Yellowhammer, Andy Haigh
East Hyde, 1 Water Rail, Bob Pedder (In main river downstream of bridge)
East Hyde, 2 Little Owl, Bob Pedder (in Oak tree near farm)
East Hyde, 1 Common Snipe, David Lyons
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, David Inward (Walsworth Common)
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, Nigel Agar (over Ippollits brook. Oakfield estate.)
Hitchin, 1 Red Kite, Nigel Agar (over railway c 10:00)
Lemsford Springs, 1 Red Kite, Aaron Clements-Partridge
Lemsford Springs, 2 Water Rail, Aaron Clements-Partridge
Lemsford Springs, 2 Little Egret, Aaron Clements-Partridge
Lemsford Springs, 4 Green Sandpiper, Aaron Clements-Partridge
Lemsford Springs, 3 Common Snipe, Aaron Clements-Partridge
Maple Cross, 1 Blackcap, Chris Bessant (Male eating apple on my apple tree.)
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 20 Redwing, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 2 Red Kite, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 25 Fieldfare, Steve Carter
Panshanger Park, 1 Jack Snipe, Barry Reed (from viewing screen, with snipe)
Panshanger Park, 1 Water Rail, Barry Reed
Ridge, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steven Pearce (over village.)
Rye Meads, 2 Green Sandpiper, Murray Orchard (Gadwall hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Water Pipit, Murray Orchard (On islands from Gadwall hide from 10.45-11.00 at least)
Rye Meads, 1 Kingfisher, Murray Orchard (Gadwall hide)
Rye Meads, 4 Common Snipe, Murray Orchard (Gadwall hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Shelduck, Murray Orchard (Gadwall hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Shelduck, Steve Hughes (from Gadwall hide)
Rye Meads, 1 Green Sandpiper, Steve Hughes (from Gadwall hide)
St Albans - Jersey Farm, 2 Raven, Dan Fletcher (flying south along House Lane)
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 1 Goosander, Jane Free (male)
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), c30 Siskin, Jane Free
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 1 Cetti's Warbler, Jane Free
Stanstead Innings (exact water not specified), 2 Bittern, Jane Free
Stapleford, 1 Common Snipe, Tom Speller (old landfill)
Stapleford, 12 Red Kite, Tom Speller (In trees next to church. Three also seen at old landfill)
Stevenage - Broadwater, 8+ Ring-necked Parakeet, K Casey (over Roebuck Hotel)
Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Owl, G Lapworth et al
Stocker's Lake, 6 Goldeneye, G Lapworth et al (1m,5f)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, G Lapworth et al (fem)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Greenshank, Adrian Bayliss (Near the new spillway.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red-crested Pochard, Adrian Bayliss (Drake.)
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 18 Goosander, Steve Hughes (10m 8f North Met Pit)
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 6 Redwing, Steve Hughes
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 3 Wigeon, S Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Kingfisher, S Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Peregrine Falcon, S Blake et al (juv)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 7 Little Egret, S Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Great White Egret, S Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, S Blake et al (adult)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Kingfisher, S Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Green Sandpiper, S Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Yellowhammer, S Blake et al
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, c40 Linnet, S Blake et al
Welwyn Garden City - The Commons LNR, 2 Red Kite, Keith Smith
Welwyn Garden City - The Commons LNR, 4 Redwing, Keith Smith
Welwyn Garden City - The Commons LNR, 20+ Linnet, Keith Smith
Fri 2 Dec 2016 Aldwickbury Golf Course, 1 Marsh Tit, Darin Stanley (with tit flock at Aldwyckbury pond near Batford)
Berkhamsted Common, 100+ Redwing, Mike Spittles
Borehamwood, 62 Monk Parakeet, Lee G R Evans (38 at core colony, 14 at another and 10 at a third)
Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 1 Blackcap, Gary Hinton (female in garden 09:00)
Buntingford, 1 Little Egret, Chris Beach (River Rib)
Buntingford, 1 Kingfisher, Chris Beach (River Rib)
Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Common Snipe, Andy Haig
Cole Green Tip (disused), 12 Yellowhammer, Andy Haig
Cole Green Tip (disused), 2 Egyptian Goose, Andy Haig (flying overhead easterly)
Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Stonechat, Andy Haig (female)
Colney Heath (village), 3 Lesser Redpoll, David Booth
Colney Heath (village), 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, David Booth
Colney Heath (village), 10 Siskin, David Booth
Hatfield, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Kathy Sharman (over the old town)
Heartwood Forest - Hillend Farm, 40+ Redwing, Allan Meadows
Heartwood Forest - Hillend Farm, 100+ Fieldfare, Allan Meadows
Hitchin, 1 Little Egret, Nigel Agar (Ippollts Brook back of Oakfield Avenue)
Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Ford
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 58 Redwing, Steve. Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 1 Red Kite, Steve. Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve. Carter
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth, 2 Egyptian Goose, Steve. Carter
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 4 Common Snipe, John Pritchard
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, John Pritchard
St Albans - Marshalswick, 1 Fieldfare, Tony Kavanagh (in garden)
St Albans - Marshalswick, 1 Blackcap, Tony Kavanagh (in garden)
Stocker's Lake, 16 Ring-necked Parakeet, Lee G R Evans
Stocker's Lake, 8 Red-crested Pochard, Lee G R Evans
Stocker's Lake, 7 Goldeneye, Lee G R Evans (including two adult drakes)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, Lee G R Evans (redhead still)
Stocker's Lake, 52 Wigeon, Lee G R Evans
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Great White Egret, David Booth (One on main pit, one on Willows Farm Lake)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 2 Tree Sparrow, David Booth
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Raven, David Booth
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 9 Little Egret, David Booth
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Stonechat, G Lapworth (on new dung heap)
Thu 1 Dec 2016 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Raven, William Last (flew through)
Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 1 Smew, William Last (redhead still present)
Batchworth Lake nr Rickmansworth, 1 Kingfisher, Anna Marett
Berkhamsted, 3+ Siskin, Mike Spittles (watercress beds St Johns Well Lane)
Berkhamsted, 2 Kingfisher, Mike Spittles (watercress beds St Johns Well Lane)
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 8 Red-crested Pochard, Anna Marett/Steve Carter
Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 30 Siskin, Anna Marett/Steve Carter
Ellenbrook Fields, 1 Stonechat, David Wheatcroft (Former BT field)
Frogmore Lakes nr St Albans, 2 Common Snipe, Alan Winn (flushed between river and island lake)
Rickmansworth, 2 Blackcap, Andrew Moon (male and female in garden (first sighting this winter and a rather later arrival than usual))
Stocker's Lake, 1 Water Rail, Anna Marett/Steve Carter (heard only)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Smew, Joan Thompson (redhead from Shovelar hide)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 30+ Corn Bunting, G Hinton (roost in reed bed)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 40+ Fieldfare, G Hinton (Into trees before roosting in reed bed)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Water Rail, G Hinton (heard)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Kingfisher, G Hinton
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 2 Bittern, Jeff Bailey
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Red-crested Pochard, G Hinton (pair)
Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Goldeneye, Phill Luckhurst (male)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Kingfisher, Adrian Bayliss
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 2 Raven, Barry Reed
Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs), 15 Goosander, Barry Reed
Turnford nr Cheshunt, 1 Little Egret, Alison Monckton (feeding in brook by Bulls Head)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 7 Little Egret, Mike Upstone
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Green Sandpiper, Mike Upstone
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Great White Egret, Mike Upstone
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 10 Fieldfare, Mike Upstone
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 4 Wigeon, Mike Upstone
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Kingfisher, Mike Upstone
Welwyn, 13 Red Kite, Malcolm Bridges (in 3 groups)
