Wed 30 Jun 2010 Baldock, 3 Quail, Darrel Bryant (upto 3 birds calling and 1 seen in flight this morning in barley fields opposite byway 14 along Baldock-Watlington road)
Batford, 1 Red Kite, Darin Stanley
Bramfield Woods, 1 Red Kite, Keith Pearce (gliding West of wood)
Digswell, 1 Red Kite, David Booth (over viaduct)
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Ernest Leahy
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 2 Hobby, Ernest Leahy (catching flying beetles pre dusk)
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 2 Little Owl, Ernest Leahy
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Green Sandpiper, Simon Knott (Little Mead)
Lemsford Springs, 2 Hobby, Luke Massey (flew around poplars, perched then flew off.)
Much Hadham, 2 Red Kite, Ted Fletcher (together over A120 just W. of Much Hadham)
Therfield Heath, 3+ Spotted Flycatcher, Martin Johnson
Therfield Heath, 1 Red Kite, Martin Johnson (Individual missing some tail feathers over Fox Covert)
Tue 29 Jun 2010 King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Green Sandpiper, Simon Knott (Little Mead)
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 3 Lapwing, G Lapworth (adult & 2 young by muddy pool)
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 5 Lapwing, Lee G R Evans (several young noted in field)
Redbournbury, 1 Grey Wagtail, Wendy Hatton (At Veolia Plant)
Redbournbury, 1 Tawny Owl, Wendy Hatton (10.00am. Fledgling flushed by footpath in NW corner of cow pasture between Veolia Plant & Redbournbury.)
Rusling End nr Langley, 1 Red Kite, Julie Wise (on silver birch tree in garden)
Stocker's Farm, 2 Lapwing, G Lapworth (adult & 1 young)
Therfield Heath, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, A Beale
Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Goldeneye, Lee G R Evans (female still present)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Common Sandpiper, S Blake/D Booth
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Green Sandpiper, S Blake/D Booth
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 3 Oystercatcher, S Blake/D Booth (1 on spit 2 flew off high north)
Mon 28 Jun 2010 Baldock, 1 Quail, Andrew and Peter Allen (between Baldock and Wallington, in flight at barley field opposite Byway 41. c.TL274343. Also second bird singing. this evening - 7.10pm)
Croxley Green, 3 Little Owl, G Lapworth (2 adults & 1 young by Little Green Lane)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Green Sandpiper, Simon Knott (Little Mead)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 29 Lapwing, Simon Knott (West pool)
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Oystercatcher, Paul Lewis (at muddy pool.)
Rye Meads, 1 Kingfisher, Vicky Buckel (second brood hatched)
Rye Meads, 3 Green Sandpiper, Vicky Buckel
Rye Meads, 9 Lapwing, Vicky Buckel
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 121 Lapwing, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Redshank, Steve Blake (inc 3 recently fledged)
Sun 27 Jun 2010 Ayot St Lawrence, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Steve Blake
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 5 Lapwing, G Lapworth (incl 2 young by muddy pool)
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Oystercatcher, G Lapworth (by muddy pool)
Redbourn, 1 Little Owl, Russell Biggadike (Between J9-J8 M1 Southbound.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Marsh Tit, J Taylor (juvenile)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 5 Lapwing, S Richards
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Common Sandpiper, S Richards
Wallington, 2 Quail, Tony Blake (both along Baldock to Wallington road, off A505, singing. One singing at 6.50am opposite footpath sign "Bridleway 41 Bygrave" sign; the other, nearer to the A505 end of the road, by the farm track where birds were present last year. Not seen.)
Watford Link Road, 4 Grey Wagtail, Martin Searle (2 pairs around playing fields by rec ground feeding young)
Sat 26 Jun 2010 Ayot St Lawrence, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Dave Cook (on low branches of conifer just inside the Old Rectory gates)
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, Dave Cook (in large tree behind the Old Rectory)
Hunton Bridge nr Watford, 3 Red Kite, Carolyn Pashby (circling over Junction 20 of M25)
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 3 Lapwing, Paul Lewis (adult with 2 juvs at muddy pool.)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, John Pritchard
Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Kingfisher, Paul Lewis
Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Goldeneye, Paul Lewis (female still present.)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Egyptian Goose, S Blake/R Flesher
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, S Blake/R Flesher (2 juvs now flying)
Welwyn, 1 Red Kite, Chris Mackley (over The Steamer pub in Old Welwyn)
Fri 25 Jun 2010 Aldbury nr Tring, 1 Cuckoo, Paul Thrush (heard calling from a similar area as last year (northern part of Aldbury Nowers reserve))
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Jeff Bailey (on entrance gate of old rectory)
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, T.Wood/Jeff Bailey
Cassiobury Park, 1 Little Owl, Martin Searle (in trees by Gade near Gade Avenue Car Park)
Flamstead End nr Cheshunt, 1 Red Kite, Phil Raven (over houses near Holbeck Lane.)
Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 2 Treecreeper, Joan Thompson (at Moor Park, including 1 begging juvenile)
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 3 Oystercatcher, Paul Lewis (feeding on bank of muddy pool.)
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Lapwing, Paul Lewis (adult with a least one juv.)
Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, Paul Lewis (over Maple Lodge Close)
Stocker's Farm, 3 Lapwing, G Lapworth (adult with at least 2 small young)
Stocker's Farm, 3 Oystercatcher, G Lapworth (all adults at 10am)
Stocker's Farm, 2 Little Owl, Joan Thompson (adult and juvenile)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Kingfisher, Joan Thompson
Stocker's Lake, 2 Common Tern, Joan Thompson (very young chicks on Black-headed Gull raft)
Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Goldeneye, Paul Lewis (duck still present.)
Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Kingfisher, Paul Lewis
Thu 24 Jun 2010 Datchworth, 1 Siskin, Kevin Hornby (flying over garden calling at The Lawne in Datchworth.)
Hertford - Hartham, 2 Grey Wagtail, Dave Cook (pair feeding on floating weed on the river behind the tennis courts)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Green Sandpiper, Simon Knott (Park Mead flying east)
Long Marston, 30 Swallow, Dave Jenkinson (seeing off a marauding Hobby over Boars Croft farm.)
Long Marston, 2 Hobby, Dave Jenkinson
Northchurch, 2 Cuckoo, Nick Goss (male calling at 3.35am, a female was returning his call for about 5 mins
)
South Oxhey, 1 Kingfisher, Joan Thompson (In brook between Green Lane and South Oxhey)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Hobby, Geoff Young (hawking over the reservoir.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Red Kite, Geoff Young (over the reservoir this afternoon.)
Wed 23 Jun 2010 Borehamwood, 1 Red Kite, Rex Dunwoody (over Tesco)
Croxley Green, 3 Little Owl, G Lapworth (2 adults & 1 young by Little Green Lane)
Goffs Oak, 2 Red Kite, Ken Travers (circling overhead. 10.30 am.)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 19 Lapwing, Simon Knott (West pool)
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 3 Lapwing, G Lapworth (adult & 2 young by muddy pool)
St Albans - Jersey Farm, 1 Little Owl, Wendy Hatton (calling this morning from probable nest site, Jersey Farm Woodland Park)
Standon, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Laurence Drummond (in ash trees at the Lordship today)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 86 Lapwing, Steve Blake
Watford Link Road, 1 Kingfisher, Martin Searle (along Colne just NW of Water Lane bridge and flyover.)
Tue 22 Jun 2010 Ayot St Lawrence, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Simon West (in gardens of Old Rectory.)
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, Simon West (on top of conifer behind Brocket Arms this evening.)
Lemsford Springs, 2 Treecreeper, Drew Lyness
Sandridge nr St Albans, 2 Little Owl, Wendy Hatton (pair late evening. House Lane/Jersey Lane)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Little Egret, John Pritchard (flying south at dusk)
St Albans - Marshalswick, 1+ Tawny Owl, Wendy Hatton (The Wick 11.30pm. - at least one fledgling calling)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, David Booth
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Grey Wagtail, David Booth
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, David Booth (pair with 2 young, nearly fully grown)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Red Kite, David Booth
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Hobby, David Booth
White Hall Farm nr Stevenage, 1 Little Owl, Alan Ford
Mon 21 Jun 2010 Ayot St Lawrence, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Geoff Young (near ruins of old church)
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, Geoff Young (in Old rectory garden, top of conifer this afternoon.)
Croxley Green, 3 Little Owl, G Lapworth (2 adults & 1 young by Little Green Lane)
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 1 Little Owl, Paul Unwin (on telegraph pole on Hogg End Lane)
Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Amy Knott (Mangrove Road, towards Hertford Heath.)
Knebworth, 1 Red Kite, Colin Brown (circling low over a garden)
Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross, 4 Lapwing, G Lapworth (with 2 young)
Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 1 Goldeneye, Paul Lewis (female observed asleep on water, no sign of injury.)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Egret, Steve Blake
Welwyn Garden City, 1 Red Kite, Keith Smith, (low over Morrisons, Panshanger)
Sun 20 Jun 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Little Egret, Frances Hurst
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Hobby, Frances Hurst (hunting over the water - 8pm.)
Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Cuckoo, Frances Hurst
Barley, 2 Quail, Linda Smith (calling in wheat field.)
Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 1 Hobby, Alan Gardiner (over garden)
Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner
Codicote Bottom, 2 Grey Partridge, Alan Ford
High Wych nr Sawbridgeworth, 1 Turtle Dove, Laurence Drummond (purring from thicket north of rivers hospital(5th year running at least))
Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Ford
Langley nr Stevenage, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Alan Ford (near the former Farmers Boy PH)
Langley nr Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Alan Ford
Lemsford, 1 Little Owl, Barry Trevis (perched at 11:00 at football pitch, Lemsford Village Hall)
Rusling End nr Langley, 1 Red Kite, Alan Ford
Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Red Kite, Alan Ford
Therfield Heath, 1 Red Kite, Tony Cobb (Over Rifle Range.)
Verulamium Park, 1 Red Kite, David Wheatcroft (Over)
Sat 19 Jun 2010 Harpenden, 1 Red Kite, Alan Jackson (west to east over Harpenden High Street at 1015)
Hitchin, 1 Grey Wagtail, Phil Barron (nest in ivy on building, Portmill Lane)
Lemsford Springs, 1 Green Sandpiper, Barry Trevis
Peters Green nr Harpenden, 2 Raven, N Bristow (low over garden, 8:00am)
St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner (low over Waitrose)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Ringed Plover, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith
Fri 18 Jun 2010 Bovingdon, 4 Red Kite, Rob Egan (above the airfield.)
Cadwell nr Ickleford, 2 Corn Bunting, Nigel Agar (singing and holding territory laong footpath east of Cadwell Farm, Ickleford and leading up to Icknield Way and Wilbury)
Hertingfordbury, 1 Red Kite, Rob Egan
Maple Cross, 2 Red Kite, Paul Lewis (above playing field behind Denham Way/Maple Lodge Close)
Maple Cross, 1 Oystercatcher, Paul Lewis (briefly calling in flight over Maple Lodge Close heading south)
Royston, 8+ Corn Bunting, Martin Johnson (8 Territories found SE of the town during a TTV.)
Stevenage, 1 Hobby, Darrel Bryant (very low over houses in Derby Way)
Thu 17 Jun 2010 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 2 Treecreeper, Derek Girvan (adults bringing food to nest. One adult seen removing a faecal sack.)
Croxley Green, 1 Hobby, G Lapworth (chasing swallows over Little Green Lane)
Croxley Green, 3 Little Owl, G Lapworth (2 adults & 1 young by Little Green Lane)
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 1 Quail, Joan Thompson (calling)
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 1 Red Kite, Joan Thompson
East Hyde, 2 Little Owl, Roger Cave (two young in usual tree)
Gorhambury Estate nr St Albans, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Ernest Leahy (pair feeding young)
Hemel Hempstead, 01 Red Kite, Michael Howard
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 3 Hobby, Steve Blake
Wed 16 Jun 2010 Croxley Green, 3 Little Owl, G Lapworth (2 adults & 1 young by Little Green Lane)
Datchworth, 1 Red Kite, Daryl Walter
Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Keith Pearce (low over Riverside Garden Centre)
Hertford - Bengeo, 1 Red Kite, David Holmes (Flying over the cricket pitch & st leonards fro around 20 minutes)
Long Marston, 15 Red Kite, Dave Jenkinson (all within one field at Red House Farm.)
Long Marston, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, J Taylor
Northchurch, 1 Cuckoo, Nick Goss (1 male calling and on 15th)
Ware, 1 Turtle Dove, Liz Goodyear (TL369152 - heard purring)
Tue 15 Jun 2010 Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Hobby, Chris Beach (caught skylark & plucked it in mid air)
Croxley Green, 2 Little Owl, G Lapworth (adult & young by Little Green Lane)
Maple Cross, 1 Little Egret, Paul Lewis (over Maple Lodge Close heading NE.)
Maple Cross, 1 Oystercatcher, Paul Lewis (feeding on playing field behind Denham Way/Maple Lodge Close at 05:50.)
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Hobby, Steve Carter
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Red Kite, Steve Carter
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 3 Common Tern, Steve Carter
Maple Lodge NR (members only), 1 Oystercatcher, Steve Carter (on cricket pitch)
Therfield Heath, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, Martin Johnson (finally back at traditional sites on the heath)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Hobby, Alan Gardiner
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, c80 Sand Martin, Alan Gardiner
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, Robin Pearson (usual 2 adults + 2 well-grown youngsters)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Robin Pearson
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Redshank, Robin Pearson
Mon 14 Jun 2010 Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, Dave Beer / Steve Lane
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Little Owl, Dave Beer / Steve Lane
Ayot St Lawrence, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Dave Beer / Steve Lane
Great Offley, 2 Red Kite, Amy Knott/Nicola Knott (soaring over fields)
Hertford, 2 Grey Wagtail, Sharon Hawthorne (County Hall car Park)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 4 Lapwing, Simon Knott (West pool post-breeding)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Hobby, Simon Knott (West pool)
Maple Cross, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter (over house)
Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, Steve Carter (over house at Denham Way almost daily)
Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Amy Knott/Nicola Knott (over roundabout near Toys R Us)
Walkern, 1 Cuckoo, Kevin Hornby
Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 1 Red Kite, Chris Beach (over A414)
Sun 13 Jun 2010 Ashwell, 1 Turtle Dove, Mike Ilett (1 purring at top of Partridge Hill, Ashwell)
Benington, 1 Red Kite, Alan Ford
Berkhamsted Common, 1 Raven, Mike Spittles
Brocket Park, 1 Red Kite, Anthony Dorman
Bygrave, 1 Turtle Dove, Mike Ilett (1 showing well between Bygrave and Ashwell - opp Knoll House)
Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner (over)
Churchend Common nr Walkern, 3 Grey Wagtail, Paul Lawrence (at Churchend Ford
)
Churchend Common nr Walkern, 6 Corn Bunting, Paul Lawrence (3+2+1. Also on Dove House Laen at the back of Walkern. 1 in the party of 3 looked to be a juvenile)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Hobby, Simon Knott (East pool)
Kings Langley, 1 Red Kite, Chris James
Langley nr Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Sharon Hawthorne (flying over main road to Hitchin)
Panshanger Aerodrome, 1 Red Kite, Kevin Hornby
Redbourn, 2 Red Kite, Peter Tallantire (known nest in wood abandoned, probably due to pigeon shooting in the area. But pair has been present in the vicinity for most of the past two months so presumably nesting nearby.)
Redbourn, 2 Red Kite, Peter Tallantire (chasing off a pair of Buzzards over Nicholls Fm)
Redbourn, 10+ Swallow, Peter Tallantire (three nests of Swallows fledged from stables at Nicholls Fm. One brood of four regularly seen siting on aerial being fed by parents.)
Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Owl, Janet & Francis Dowley (on flooded field, also Badger foraging 3-4pm)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, Anthony Dorman (pair and 2 well grown young still present)
Sat 12 Jun 2010 Anstey, 1 Turtle Dove, Graham Knight (purring and showing well at Coltsfoot - TL411321)
Ashridge Forest, 1 Tawny Owl, Joan Thompson (juvenile calling near Old Copse)
East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Mike Russell (together by mill)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Hobby, Simon Knott
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Water Rail, G Lapworth (calling at Withey Beds LNR)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, G Lapworth (at Withey Beds LNR)
Scales Park nr Nuthampstead, 4 Marsh Tit, Graham Knight (pair feeding at least 2 fledglings)
Stocker's Farm, 2 Red Kite, Joan Thompson (over farm)
Stocker's Farm, 1 Lapwing, Joan Thompson (brood of 2 tiny chicks)
Stocker's Farm, 1 Oystercatcher, Joan Thompson (on flooded field before being flushed by dog walker)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Red Kite, Joan Thompson
Welham Green, 1 Siskin, Daphne Dean
Fri 11 Jun 2010 Bricket Wood, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, P. Delaloye (First year male in garden)
Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Keith Smith, (over Watling Street)
Maple Cross, 1 Oystercatcher, Paul Lewis (on playing field behind Denham Way/Maple Lodge Close)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Siskin, Joan Thompson (male on Ebury Way)
St Albans, 1 Hobby, Ernest Leahy (near Batchwood roundabout)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Cuckoo, Anna Marett (male calling)
Tewin, 1 Red Kite, David Wheatcroft (east of Tewin Church)
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Little Owl, Steve Blake/Ricky Flesher (adult + Juv at nest site)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, T.Wood (2 adults and 2 mature young)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Redshank, T.Wood
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Barnacle Goose, T.Wood (in field with Canada Geese at 7pm)
Watford, 1 Hobby, Ian Bennell (flew over KGV playing fields at 10am)
Welham Green, 1 Red Kite, John Moss (circling over railway station at 14.15hrs)
Welwyn Garden City, 1 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown (female collecting food for young on The Campus.)
Willowmead nr Hertford, 1 Little Egret, Keith Pearce (flying North)
Thu 10 Jun 2010 King's Meads nr Hertford, 2 Little Egret, Simon Knott (West pool)
Letty Green, 1 Red Kite, Sharon Hawthorne
Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, Steve Carter
Oxhey, 1 Red Kite, Jack Fearnside (flying over being closely chased by 16 calling Ring-necked Parakeets.)
Sherrardspark Wood nr WGC, 1 Other, Murray Brown (Peacock calling at 0245!)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Red Kite, Steve Blake (chased off by Oystercatchers)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Egyptian Goose, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, Steve Blake (2 adult + 2 young)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Barnacle Goose, Steve Blake
Wood End nr Buntingford, 1 Turtle Dove, Graham Knight (purring but not seen at TL321256)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Little Owl, Steve Carter (also 3 hares in freshly cut field late evening)
Wed 9 Jun 2010 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Tim Hill and Barry Reed (also seven Hobbys overhead and 500+ Starlings going to roost in reedbeds. Fresh Otter spraint on the reserve.)
Brocket Park, 1 Red Kite, Drew Lyness
Croxley Green, 1 Little Owl, G Lapworth (by Little Green Lane carrying food)
Danesbury nr Welwyn, 1 Grey Wagtail, Caroline Tinner (Male)
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Ray Hooper
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 4 Grey Partridge, Ray Hooper
East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Drew Lyness
Hertford, 1 Hobby, Amy Knott/Nicola Knott (Rush Green roundabout.)
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Hobby, Simon Knott (Park Mead)
Northaw Great Wood, 6 Marsh Tit, Robert Callf (2 adults, 4 juveniles (2 juveniles, in one area, a single adult in another area and three, one adult and two juveniles, together, in another area.)
Northaw Great Wood, 1 Tawny Owl, Robert Callf (heard hooting.)
Northaw Great Wood, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Robert Callf (singing male.)
Northaw Great Wood, 4 Treecreeper, Robert Callf
Northaw Great Wood, 1 Cuckoo, Robert Callf (singing male.)
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Little Owl, Steve Blake (Fledgling)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Egyptian Goose, Robin Pearson
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, Robin Pearson (2 juveniles)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Barnacle Goose, Robin Pearson
Welwyn, 1 Little Owl, Murray Brown (near Linces Farm)
Willowmead nr Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Keith Pearce (over housing and A414)
Willowmead nr Hertford, 1 Hobby, Keith Pearce (towards Willomead reserve)
Tue 8 Jun 2010 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 5 Hobby, Keith Smith,
Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Cuckoo, Keith Smith,
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Cuckoo, Robin Pearson
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, Robin Pearson
East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Drew Lyness/Robin Pearson (with heron in slip-stream)
Oxhey, 17 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson (my Oxhey Hall garden)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Cuckoo, Lee Evans (calling male)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 50 Common Tern, Lee Evans (25 active nests on rafts on Wilstone with at least 6 young)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Shelduck, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, David Waters/Robin Pearson (2 adults and 2 juveniles)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Redshank, David Waters
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Barnacle Goose, David Waters/T Wood (with 10+ Canada Geese)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Egyptian Goose, Robin Pearson
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Wheatear, Steve Carter (female on manure pile)
Mon 7 Jun 2010 Ayot St Lawrence, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Lee G R Evans (pair nesting at Old Rectory)
Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 2 Red Kite, Ann & Terry Smith (over Jerome Drive.)
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 2 Grey Partridge, Jeff Bailey (in same area as quail)
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 2 Quail, Jeff Bailey (calling in pea field at far end near footpath from bottom of hill)
Hertingfordbury, 1 Red Kite, Lucy McCaffrey (low soaring beautiful)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Lee G R Evans (pair feeding young at nest - Withy Beds LNR)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Lee G R Evans
Panshanger Aerodrome, 2 Grey Partridge, Keith Smith,
Sacombe, 2 Little Owl, Linda Smith (close together)
Sopwell nr St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner
Sopwell nr St Albans, 1 Grey Wagtail, Alan Gardiner
Stocker's Lake, 15 Common Tern, Lee G R Evans (15 active nests on rafts)
Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Little Owl, T.Wood (in nesting box overlooking miniature railway)
Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 4 Common Tern, Kevin Cheadle
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Redshank, Kevin Cheadle (on graveled area)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 30 Sand Martin, T.Wood
Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 2 Tree Sparrow, T.Wood (mating on half dead oak tree in normal hedge)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, T.Wood (2 adults and 2 young at pool)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 1 Barnacle Goose, T.Wood (with group of 10 Canada Geese at pool)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 20 Sand Martin, T.Wood (2 seen to be mating at edge of pool)
Welham Green, 1 Red Kite, Sheila Bone
Sun 6 Jun 2010 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Tim Hill (feeding from trees along the new river near to the war memorial in Amwell Lane at 130pm.)
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Darin Stanley
Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Turtle Dove, Darin Stanley
Bramfield village, 1 Red Kite, Kevin Hornby
Bramfield village, 1 Cuckoo, Kevin Hornby
Brookmans Park, 4 Red Kite, rpyrah
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 1 Quail, Laurence Drummond (with Alan Stewart ,male seen running up wheel tracks in the pea field and stopping to call.)
Knebworth House & Park, 1 Red Kite, Colin Brown (near classic motorcycle show, untroubled by loud intercom, motorbikes and people)
Langley nr Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Clive Brackenbury (over meadows)
South Oxhey, 1 Red Kite, Ted Rudling (chased by crow near oxhey woods)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Shelduck, Drew Lyness
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 40+ Sand Martin, Drew Lyness
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Drew Lyness
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 8 Common Tern, Drew Lyness
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Redshank, Drew Lyness
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, Alan Gardiner (2 adults and two young)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 3 Redshank, Drew Lyness (by pool)
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Red Kite, Drew Lyness
Sat 5 Jun 2010 Colney Heath (village), 1 Red Kite, Steve Evans/Ann Lee
Colney Heath (village), 1 Red Kite, Steve Evans/Ann Lee (Over church end of village.)
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 1 Quail, Ray Hooper (Calling from top of hill in field on right hand side as you look toward Sandon)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, G Lapworth (at Withey Beds LNR)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Hobby, G Lapworth (at Withey Beds LNR)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Cuckoo, Joan Thompson (calling)
Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, John Pritchard
South Mimms, 2 Grey Partridge, Ian Bennell (flew low north over M25 just east of junction 23)
Stocker's Farm, 4 Lapwing, Joan Thompson (including 2 sitting birds)
Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Owl, Joan Thompson
Stocker's Lake, 1 Cuckoo, Joan Thompson (male calling)
Stocker's Lake, 2 Common Tern, Joan Thompson (broods seen one of 3 and minimum 1 from other vegetation too grown to see plus further small chick fallen into water)
Tewinbury Reserve, 2 Treecreeper, Drew Lyness (from water meadow)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 8 Redshank, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith (5 adult + 3 recently fledged)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Little Ringed Plover, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Shelduck, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 2 Egyptian Goose, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, S Blake/R Flesher/T Smith (2 adult + 2 young)
Welham Green, 1 Cuckoo, Daphne Dean
Fri 4 Jun 2010 Hitchin, 1 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown (over town centre)
Leavesden Green nr Watford, 1 Grey Wagtail, Stuart Harrison (feeding near water feature outside office building at Leavesden Park)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 3 Red Kite, S Richards
Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Yellow Wagtail, S Richards (male and female)
Thu 3 Jun 2010 Abbots Langley, 1 Hobby, Derek Pratt (flew across cricket ground into woodland)
Benington, 1 Marsh Tit, Alan Ford (High Wood)
Benington, 2 Grey Partridge, Graham Knight
East Hyde, 2 Little Egret, Alan Jackson
Hertford Heath, 3 Red Kite, Laurence Drummond (riding the thermals low over Downfield Road near the radio mast at 17.45)
Lemsford Springs, 10 Swallow, Drew Lyness
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Joan Thompson (male drumming repeatedly whilst preening early morning and another calling Site Withy Beds LNR)
Stevenage, 1 Grey Wagtail, Phil Bishop (female feeding in factory car park, junction of Gunnels Wood and Six Hills Way)
Stocker's Farm, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson
Stocker's Lake, 3 Red-crested Pochard, Joan Thompson (incl 2 males)
Stocker's Lake, 2 Cuckoo, Joan Thompson (Calling male and bubbling female)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Red Kite, Joan Thompson
Stocker's Lake, 3 Red-crested Pochard, Joan Thompson (2 males 1 female)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 30+ Common Tern, Drew Lyness
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Red Kite, Drew Lyness
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 4+ Yellowhammer, Drew Lyness
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Cuckoo, Mike Wallen/Drew Lyness (male, singing, very mobile.)
Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Red Kite, Steve Carter
Wed 2 Jun 2010 Codicote, 1 Red Kite, Tony Cobb (over Vanstone Garden Centre with Buzzard)
Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Red Kite, Keith Pearce (With 2 Buzzards)
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 1 Red Kite, Lee Evans
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 1 Quail, Lee Evans (calling male from barley at TL 291 368)
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Lee Evans
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 4 Grey Partridge, Lee Evans
Deadman's Hill nr Sandon, 12 Corn Bunting, Lee Evans (12 territories in area)
Hertford, 1 Red Kite, Amy Knott (near Riverside Garden Centre)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson (Withy Beds LNR)
Northchurch, 1 Cuckoo, Nick Goss (calling from Covert Close spinney)
Redbournbury, 1 Quail, Ian Williams (One singing at 12.15 at approx TL118114)
Redbournbury, 2 Hobby, Lee Evans
Redbournbury, 1 Quail, Lee Evans (calling male from cereal field 400 yds NNE of Fishery 1300-1500 hours (found by Ian Williams))
Redbournbury, 3 Linnet, Lee Evans
Rickmansworth - Mill End, 1 Red Kite, Peter Delaloye (flying quite low over main road)
St Albans, 1 Grey Wagtail, Murray Brown (over market on 2 occasions)
Tring, 2 Raven, J Taylor (tumbling display over the town)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 3 Hobby, Graham Knight
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Cuckoo, Graham Knight
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red-footed Falcon, Mike Wallen/Graham Knight (1st Summer male until 1900 at least.)
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 35 Lapwing, A Gardiner/S Blake/D Booth/S Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Shelduck, A Gardiner/S Blake/D Booth/S Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Redshank, A Gardiner/S Blake/D Booth/S Pearce
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, Alan Gardiner /Steve Blake/Steve Pearce (2 adults and two chicks)
Tue 1 Jun 2010 Cole Green area, 1 Red Kite, Amy Knott
Hertford, 1 Cuckoo, Simon Knott
King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Oystercatcher, Simon Knott (East pool very briefly)
Maple Cross, 1 Oystercatcher, Steve Carter (on football pitch at Maple Cross recreation ground)
Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Geoff Young (female collecting food, Withey Beds.)
St Ippollitts nr Hitchin, 2 Cuckoo, Michael Hooper (male and female together at 06.00hrs)
Stocker's Lake, 1 Cuckoo, Steve Carter/Chris Bessant (seen and heard briefly)
Stocker's Lake, 2 House Martin, Steve Carter/Chris Bessant (entering nest)
Stocker's Lake, 2 Grey Wagtail, Steve Carter/Chris Bessant
Stocker's Lake, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Steve Carter/Chris Bessant
Stocker's Lake, 3 Little Egret, Steve Carter/Chris Bessant (on islands seen briefly in flight)
Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Ian Williams (Singing from behind reedbed at 20.45)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red-footed Falcon, Mike Wallen (1st Summer male still, over the centre of the reservoir until 1600 at least.)
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 4 Hobby, Mike Wallen
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Sand Martin, S Richards
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Hobby, S Richards
Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Cuckoo, S Richards
Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm, 4 Oystercatcher, Steve Blake (2 adult + 2 very healthy young)
Woodhall Park & Lake, 4 Sand Martin, Linda Smith (Small colony in sandy bank of lake easily visible from the footpath through the Park)
