Record selection
Records

Fri 31 May 2013 Benington, 2 Red Kite, Kathy Sharman

Benington, 1 Cuckoo, Kathy Sharman

Brookmans Park, 1 Cuckoo, A Cooper & S Priestnall (calling)

Chipperfield, 1 Raven, Ian Bennell (flew NE over Croft Close at 7.50pm)

Northaw Great Wood, 2 Treecreeper, Robert Callf (singing males.)

St Albans - Bernards Heath, 7 Swift, Andrew Steele

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 7 Hobby, S Richards

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Oystercatcher, S Richards

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Cuckoo, S Richards

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Oystercatcher, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Red Kite, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Widford, 1 Grey Partridge, Richard Melarange

Wormley Wood, 1 Cuckoo, Ken & Linda Smith (male calling within the wood)

Thu 30 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Kingfisher, Terry Smith

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Dunlin, Terry Smith

East Hyde, 1 Little Egret, Duncan Hilliard

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Common Sandpiper, Derek Turner/Steve Murray

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Red Kite, Derek Turner/Steve Murray

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Derek Turner/Steve Murray

Loudwater nr Rickmansworth, 1 Little Egret, S.Topham

Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 2 Goldeneye, Paul Lewis (pair)

West Hyde, 1 Hobby, Paul Lewis

Wormley Wood, 1 Cuckoo, Ken Smith (calling)

Wed 29 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Ringed Plover, Ron Cousins / Jay Ward (from viewpoint)

Brent Pelham, 1 Turtle Dove, Jono Forgham (seen flying towards Stocking Pelham)

Essendon, 1 Firecrest, Laurence Drummond (male singing in holly tree at mill green cottages)

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Hobby, Derek Turner

Purwell Ninesprings nr Hitchin, 1 Nightjar, Martin Ketcher et al. (8.15 pm. flew into tree, disturbed by a Magpie then flew overhead, white wing spots clearly visible.)

Rye Meads, 1 Marsh Harrier, Vicky Buckel

Sherrardspark Wood nr WGC, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Ken Smith (singing males holding territory in regenerating woodland areas)

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Common Sandpiper, R Best (on waterfall between lakes 6:30pm)

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Grey Wagtail, Tom Spellee (on waterfall between the lakes)

Stocker's Farm, 5 Egyptian Goose, Gordon Gentry (2 adults 3 young in flooded field.)

Thundridge, 2 Red Kite, Andy Brown

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Little Ringed Plover, A Gardiner/S Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Red Kite, A Gardiner/S Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Cuckoo, Alan Gardiner

Waterford Heath GP, 1 Grey Wagtail, Andy Brown

Watton at Stone, 2 Red Kite, Paul Oliver

Tue 28 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4 Hobby, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Wigeon, Jay Ward (still present)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Red Kite, Jay Ward

Colney Heath (village), 1 Red Kite, Steve Evans

Rye Meads, 1 Marsh Harrier, Luke Shenton (female at 12pm flying and landing in meadow)

St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Ian Capper (over Abbey Avenue)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Blake

Mon 27 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Dunlin, Ade Hall (from view point)

Clothall Common, 1 Hobby, Maureen Tindall

Hoddesdon, 1 Hobby, Steve Green (chasing a swift over house)

Holwell nr Hitchin, 1 Barn Owl, Lorraine Brailsford (over a field by Holwell church)

Kelshall nr Royston, 1 Marsh Harrier, Martin Johnson (Heath Farm)

Langley nr Stevenage, 1 Wheatear, Clive Brackenbury (female)

Leasey Bridge nr Wheathampstead, 1 Red Kite, Paul Unwin

Rye End nr Kimpton, 1 Cuckoo, Paul Unwin

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Hobby, John Pritchard

St Albans, 1 Grey Wagtail, Joe Gray (TL155054; feeding over river)

Stanstead Abbotts Lakes (N or S not specified), 3 Little Egret, Jane Free (flying towards Amwell)

Therfield Heath, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Martin Johnson

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 4 Hobby, L. Flower (Afternoon)

Upwick Green nr Bishop's Stortford, 1 Red Kite, Peter Steward

Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 1 Red Kite, David Wheatcroft

West Hyde, 1 Corn Bunting, Chris Bessant

Whempstead, 2 Grey Partridge, David Booth

Whempstead, 1 Yellow Wagtail, David Booth (in cereal field)

Sun 26 May 2013 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Cuckoo, Jenny Sherwen (male singing in tree next to James Hide.)

Benington, 1 Barn Owl, Kathy Sharman

Cheshunt GPs (exact water not specified), 4 Hobby, Jenny Sherwen

Chipperfield, 1 Firecrest, Ian Bennell (singing male still in garden of house with scaffolding on King's Lane opposite king's Close at 1.45pm)

Coleman Green nr Wheathampstead, 1 Little Owl, Ken Smith (on post near Hammonds Farm)

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 6 Hobby, Wendy Hatton (Sutton's Farm GP)

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 4 Mandarin, Wendy Hatton (Sutton's Farm GP)

Hertford, 1 Grey Wagtail, Amy Barker (river lee by folly island)

Redbournbury, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, David Lyons (near mill.)

Rye Meads, 1 Osprey, Roland Power (flying nw over rye meads at 11.45)

Rye Meads, 1 Hobby, Roland Power (seen from Stanstead Road)

Rye Meads, 1 Red Kite, Roland Power

Symondshyde Great Wood - exact location not specified, 1 Cuckoo, Wendy Hatton (male calling)

Wadesmill nr Ware, 2 Red Kite, Steve Akrill (mobbed by Buzzard)

Wallington, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, D Coates (in trees near the village hall)

Whempstead, 3 Hobby, David Booth (SW of village)

Sat 25 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Red Kite, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Cuckoo, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Common Sandpiper, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Dunlin, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Hobby, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Wigeon, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Common Snipe, Terry Smith

Benington, 1 Red Kite, Nigel Denison

Braughing, 1 Red Kite, Paula Moore (over my back garden!)

Chipperfield, 2 Red Kite, Ian Bennell (flew over the common.)

Chipperfield, 1 Firecrest, Ian Bennell (singing male)

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 4 Mandarin, David Wheatcroft (Sutton Farm GP)

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 1 Hobby, David Wheatcroft (Sutton Farm GP)

Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 2 Cuckoo, David Wheatcroft

Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 1 Barn Owl, David Wheatcroft (quartering fields 9.15-9.50am)

Stanstead Abbotts, 1 Cuckoo, Darren Bast (calling at 7am near Pretty Pit lake)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, L.Flower (SW shoreline, 10:30am)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Oystercatcher, L.Flower (pair, flyover 9:50am)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Mike Collard (pair)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Hobby, Andrew Tyets (hawking low)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 5 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Wareside, 1 Red Kite, Derrick Ling

Fri 24 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Hobby, Jay Ward/Laurence Drummond

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Wigeon, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Common Sandpiper, Jay Ward/Laurence Drummond

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Dunlin, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Laurence Drummond

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Cuckoo, Laurence Drummond

Braughing, 1 Hobby, Paula Moore (over field by Quinbury)

Hatfield Park, 1 Hobby, John Coleman

Wallington, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Graeme Reed

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 1 Whinchat, Mark Skelton

Wormley Wood, 1 Cuckoo, Linda Smith

Thu 23 May 2013 Bygrave, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Graeme Reed (one singing)

Bygrave, 1 Corn Bunting, Graeme Reed (singing male)

Chipperfield, 1 Hobby, Ian Bennell

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 3 Mandarin, Robin Pearson (Sutton Farm GP, all male)

Hertford - Bengeo, 1 Red Kite, John Hawkins

Hitchin, 1 Red Kite, Callum Peel

St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Steve Shand

Standon, 2 Red Kite, Dr Richard Melarange (one was carrying a right wing tag (red).)

Standon, 1 Cuckoo, Dr Richard Melarange (male)

Standon Lordship, 1 Kingfisher, Dr Richard Melarange (along river towards Standon.)

Walkern, 1 Red Kite, Graeme Reed

Watford, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Ian Bennell (over KGV playing fields)

Wed 22 May 2013 Amwell NR - Bittern Pool, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Maureen Lead

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Turnstone, Bill Last / Jay Ward (from watch point early afternoon)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Common Sandpiper, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Hobby, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Wigeon, Jay Ward (males)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Marsh Harrier, Ron Cousins (female flew South)

Fir & Pond Woods nr Potters Bar, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Robert Callf (singing male)

Hatfield Garden Village, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Ian Taylor

Heartwood Forest - Hillend Farm, 3 Corn Bunting, Ken & Linda Smith (singing males)

Rye Meads, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Stuart Harrison (Draper hide)

Rye Meads, 1 Hobby, Stuart Harrison (over the reedbed next to the river.)

Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Egret, Andrew Moon

Stocker's Farm, 2 Egyptian Goose, Andrew Moon (with 8 goslings)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, c20 Swift, L. Flower

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Redshank, L. Flower

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, c60 Swift, L. Flower

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Hobby, L. Flower

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Grey Wagtail, L. Flower

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Red-crested Pochard, L. Flower (Pair)

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Kingfisher, L. Flower

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Hobby, L. Flower

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, c20 Swift, L. Flower

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Oystercatcher, Alan Gardiner

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Weston, 1 Hobby, Clive Brackenbury (Between Weston and Letchworth Gate)

Tue 21 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Wigeon, Jay Ward (males)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Common Sandpiper, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Hollycross Lake, 1 Marsh Tit, Jay Ward

Cassiobury Park, 2 Little Owl, Ian Bennell (Calling near bowls club.)

Redbournbury, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Robin Pearson (pair in fields opposite mill)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 8 Hobby, Frank Manfield

Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross, 2 Goldeneye, Paul Lewis (pair)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Dunlin, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Red Kite, Steve Blake

Mon 20 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4 Redshank, Steve Akrill

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Akrill

Cassiobury Park, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Ian Bennell (flew SE at 9.30am)

Little Wymondley nr Stevenage, 1 Red Kite, Clive Brackenbury

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Cuckoo, John Pritchard

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Cetti's Warbler, G.Hinton

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 40+ Swift, G.Hinton

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Grey Wagtail, G.Hinton

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 25+ Swift, G.Hinton

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Kingfisher, G.Hinton

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Hobby, G.Hinton

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Grey Wagtail, David Booth (outside fishing lake entrance in works)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Sanderling, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Watford, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Ian Bennell (circling over town centre before dropping onto the roof of YMCA)

Sun 19 May 2013 Amwell NR - Hollycross Lake, 1 Cuckoo, David Booth

Amwell NR - Hollycross Lake, 2 Hobby, David Booth

Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner

Coleman Green nr Wheathampstead, 1 Cuckoo, Ernest Leahy (heard at 10 am)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Cuckoo, Hilary Weston (calling)

Hitchin, c10 Swift, Callum Peel

How Wood nr Bricket Wood, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner

London Colney, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner

Maple Cross, 6 Swift, Chris Bessant

Rye Meads, 2 Hobby, Maureen Lead

Rye Meads, 1 Marsh Harrier, Maureen Lead (female seen from Warbler Hide flying low over reedbed)

St Albans - Jersey Farm, 1 Siskin, Anthony Townsend (on garden feeders)

St Albans - Marshalswick, 1 Red Kite, Anthony Townsend

Tewinbury Reserve, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Oliver Marshall (heard reeling)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen (singing)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, c180 Swift, Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Osprey, Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen (flew thhrough to the south. Subsequently seen by other observers ( Including I.Williams ) going through Wilstone Res.)

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 4 Hobby, L. Flower

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Alan Gardiner

Watton at Stone, 1 Red Kite, Nigel Denison (over garden at Blue Hill.)

Watton at Stone, 3 Red Kite, Ray Hooper (2 adults & young)

Weston, 2 Red Kite, Frances Hurst

Sat 18 May 2013 Aldenham, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, S Warrington (at Queens Bushey School ground)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Shelduck, Jane Free

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Greenshank, Jane Free

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Wood Sandpiper, Jay Ward (from watch point)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Cuckoo, Lee G R Evans

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 100 Swift, Lee G R Evans

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Lee G R Evans

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Lee G R Evans (single male)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 3 Redshank, Lee G R Evans

Braughing, 1 Cuckoo, Paula Moore (calling in wood near Upp Hall)

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 1 Hobby, Steven Pearce (Sutton Farm GP early afternoon)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Cuckoo, Geoff Lapworth

Flamstead village, 1 Siskin, Connor McGrath

Hertingfordbury, 1 Grey Wagtail, David Wheatcroft (by Mimram)

Hertingfordbury, 1 Cuckoo, David Wheatcroft (calling)

Panshanger Park, 1 Hobby, Mark Waite

Panshanger Park, 1 Little Owl, Mark Waite

Redbourn, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Peter Tallantire (at Nicholls Fm)

Rickmansworth, 2 Grey Wagtail, Anna Marett (pair)

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, John Pritchard

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Grey Wagtail, Callum Peel

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Kingfisher, Callum Peel (Grand Union Canal)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, c120 Swift, Callum Peel

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Callum Peel

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 3 Hobby, Callum Peel

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 8 Hobby, Callum Peel

Tring Reservoirs - Tringford Res, 1 Kingfisher, Callum Peel

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, c60 Swift, Callum Peel

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red Kite, Callum Peel

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Oystercatcher, Steven Pearce

Watford Link Road, 1 Grey Wagtail, Hilary Weston

Fri 17 May 2013 Coopers Green GPs - main GP, 2 Hobby, David Wheatcroft (Sutton Farm GP)

Coopers Green GPs - main GP, 3 Mandarin, David Wheatcroft (Sutton Farm GP - males)

Gosmore Hill nr Hitchin, 70 Corn Bunting, Clive Harding (large flock settled in bushes at Madencroft Manor before flying off south.)

Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 1 Mandarin, David Wheatcroft (Male)

Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 1 Cuckoo, David Wheatcroft

Hertford - Bengeo, 1 Hobby, Simon Knott (River Beane)

Panshanger Aerodrome, 1 Little Owl, Keith Smith

Park Street nr St Albans, 1 Cuckoo, Steve Shand

Rye Meads, 1 Hobby, Maureen Lead

St Albans - Jersey Farm, c20 Swift, Jenny Sherwen

Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Owl, Paul Lewis

Stocker's Lake, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Geoff Lapworth (pair with 3 young)

Stocker's Lake, 2 Oystercatcher, Geoff Lapworth

Stocker's Lake, 2 Hobby, Geoff Lapworth

Stocker's Lake, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Paul Lewis (singing)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Hobby, Jeff Bailey

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 1 Little Owl, Steven Pearce (near Willow's Farm in rough,overgrown area where old tyres dumped)

Tyttenhanger GPs (exact GP not specified), 2 Yellow Wagtail, Steven Pearce

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Hobby, Alan Gardiner

Tyttenhanger GPs - Willows Farm Lake, 2 Oystercatcher, Ernest Leahy (on fishing lake)

Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 1 Osprey, Clifford Smout (perched near path 300m west of ford, at TL 199140)

Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 1 Osprey, D Booth / L Flower (present again 19:45 to 20:40 then flew SW. Wearing dark blue darvic ring inscribed FW)

Waterend nr Wheathampstead, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Darin Stanley (by Osprey location)

Thu 16 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 3 Hobby, Terry Smith (feeding over the lake)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Common Sandpiper, Terry Smith

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Red Kite, Terry Smith

Bygrave, 5 Corn Bunting, Lee G R Evans

Bygrave, 8 Yellow Wagtail, Lee G R Evans

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 3 Mandarin, Alan Gardiner (Sutton Farm GP)

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 1 Hobby, Alan Gardiner (Sutton Farm GP)

Fir & Pond Woods nr Potters Bar, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Robert Callf

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 1 Kingfisher, Joan Thompson

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 1 Grey Wagtail, Joan Thompson

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 2 Red Kite, Derek Turner

Hilfield Park Reservoir, c200 Swift, Derek Turner (over high)

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1+ Water Rail, Derek Turner

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Hobby, Derek Turner

Hitchin, c15 Swift, Callum Peel (over Ashbrook Farm)

Rye Meads, 9 Hobby, Toby Spall (feeding together over meadows)

St Albans - Jersey Farm, 1 Cuckoo, Anthony Townsend (Heard only)

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, c20 Swift, Tom Speller

Stocker's Farm, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Mark Skelton

Thorley Wash nr Bishop's Stortford, 1 Cuckoo, Jenny Sherwen (heard only)

Tring, 1 Peregrine Falcon, J Taylor (male flying through back garden)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Cuckoo, Richard Czapski (calling from the far side of the resevoir to the causeway.)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Oystercatcher, Chris Hoggan

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 6 Hobby, Chris Hoggan (over reed-beds)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Osprey, Neale Hider (at 5.30pm, flying SE direction, low at first over NW corner of main pit then gaining height, harassed by gulls on its way through)

Wed 15 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Marsh Harrier, Ron Cousins (female type flew south at 5pm)

Benington, 1 Barn Owl, Kathy Sharman

Bovingdon, 1 Red Kite, Lee G R Evans

East Hyde, 100+ Swift, Robin Pearson (over mill.)

Flamstead village, 2 Siskin, Connor and David McGrath (male and female on niger seed feeders.)

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Hobby, Derek Turner

Hilfield Park Reservoir, c400 Swift, Derek Turner

Hitchin, 1 Red Kite, Chris Woodham

Hitchin, 2+ Swift, Chris Woodham

Picotts End nr Hemel Hempstead, 2 Little Owl, Dan Forder (calling to one another)

Rye Meads, 1 Little Egret, Maureen Lead

Stocker's Lake, 1 Osprey, Tony Hulls

Trims Green, 1F Montagu's Harrier, Mike Harris (flew SE at 17:23 today. Initially seen quartering, bird rose over Tharbie's and was not relocated)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Mike Wallen (singing.)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Jeff Bailey/ Lee Evans (in paddocks)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 5 Hobby, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Grey Wagtail, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1000 Swift, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Common Sandpiper, Mike Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Redshank, Mike Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Mike Wallen (2 pairs)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 55 Swift, Lee G R Evans

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Lee G R Evans (male)

Tue 14 May 2013 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Red Kite, Maureen Lead

Baldwin's Wood/Flaunden Grove, 1 Crossbill, Anna Marett/Joan Thompson

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Kingfisher, Geoff Lapworth (Pair)

Hilfield Park Reservoir, c300 Swift, Derek Turner

Hitchin, 1 Swift, Chris Woodham

Leasey Bridge nr Wheathampstead, 7 Swift, Diane Unwin (over house inspecting nest site)

Redbournbury, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Ernest Leahy (near mill)

Redwell Wood Farm nr South Mimms, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Rupert Evershed

St Albans - Jersey Farm, 1 Siskin, Anthony Townsend (on garden feeders)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Coursers Farm, 10+ Yellow Wagtail, Rupert Evershed (in oil seed rape field between Coursers and Redwell Wood farms)

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Oystercatcher, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Cuckoo, Alan Gardiner

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Alan Gardiner

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Rupert Evershed (on ploughed area by Tree Sparrow hedge)

Mon 13 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Shelduck, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Hobby, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Wigeon, Jay Ward

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Dunlin, Ron Cousins

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 5 Curlew, Ron Cousins (flew north high over viewpoint)

Hitch Wood nr St Paul's Walden, 1 Red Kite, Ken & Linda Smith

Hitchin, 1 Swift, Chris Woodham

Maple Cross, 7 Swift, Steve Carter (Denham Way, near nest site)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Red Kite, S Blake/S Pearce

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Yellow Wagtail, S Blake/S Pearce (male)

Welwyn Garden City, 1 Wood Warbler, Mike King (male heard calling in Sherrardspark Wood)

Sun 12 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Hobby, Alex Lewis/Thami Ndunge (feeding low over lake.)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Dunlin, Jay Ward

Chiswell Green nr St Albans, 2 Swift, Alan Gardiner (at nest site)

Hitch Wood nr St Paul's Walden, 1 Red Kite, Ken & Linda Smith

Kings Langley Lake, 5+ Swift, Ephraim Perfect (over the canal.)

Poplars Green nr Tewin, 6 Hobby, Tim Hill (hawking over river at 1pm)

Redbournbury, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Francis Dowley (in cow field by mill)

Rye Meads, 1 Cuckoo, Maureen Lead

Rye Meads, 1 Grey Wagtail, Maureen Lead (flew into sewage farm)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Cuckoo, Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen (calling.)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen (singing)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Hobby, Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, c500 Swift, Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen (pair.)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Mike Walllen/ Ted Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Firecrest, J Taylor (adult female)

Sat 11 May 2013 Brookmans Park, 1 Barn Owl, rpyrah

Brookmans Park, 1 Red Kite, rpyrah

Cassiobury Park, 1 Little Egret, Hilary Weston

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 1 Mandarin, David Booth (Sutton Farm GP)

East Hyde, 6 Swift, Francis Dowley

East Hyde, 20+ Swift, Roger Payne (between East Hyde and Batford)

East Hyde, 1 Little Egret, Roger Payne

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, Joan Thompson

Latchford nr Standon, 1 Cuckoo, Simon Knott

Radwell nr Baldock, 2 Grey Partridge, Mark Reynolds

Radwell nr Baldock, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Mark Reynolds (in main (large) field)

St Albans - Jersey Farm, 1 Siskin, Anthony Townsend (on garden feeders)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Whinchat, Ian Williams (male on hedge near dry canal early morning moved into Bucks)

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Grey Wagtail, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Red Kite, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Steven Pearce/David Booth (Pair on horse field by main pit.)

Wildhill nr Hatfield, 1 Barnacle Goose, rpyrah

Fri 10 May 2013 Batford, 2 Swift, Darin Stanley

Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans, 2 Mandarin, David Wheatcroft (Sutton Farm GP - males)

Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 1 Cuckoo, David Wheatcroft

Hertford, 2 Swift, C Glanville (over Tesco's)

Hilfield Park Reservoir, c350 Swift, Derek Turner (including the symmetrically white-rumped presumed partial albino still)

Hitchin, 1 Grey Wagtail, Callum Peel/Chris Woodham (town centre)

Hitchin, 1 Red Kite, Chris Woodham

Picotts End nr Hemel Hempstead, 1 Hobby, Dan Forder

St Albans, 1 Red Kite, Anthony Townsend (Clarence park)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Hobby, Tony Hulls

Stocker's Lake, 2 Common Sandpiper, Tony Hulls

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Hobby, Peter Brazier

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Dunlin, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Neale Hider (horse paddock)

Tyttenhanger GPs - Tyttenhanger Farm, 1 Wheatear, Neale Hider (single male)

Verulamium Park, 50+ Swift, Steve Shand

Thu 9 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Jane Free

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4 Redshank, Jane Free

Batford, 1 Hobby, Darin Stanley

Cheshunt GPs - Bowyers Water, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Timothy Dick (male heard reeling in scrub at top end of Bowyers, called Thistly Marsh)

Goldings Wood nr Hertford Heath, 1 Little Egret, Steve Akrill (on river opposite Great Molewood)

Great Gaddesden, 1 Grey Wagtail, L. Flower (cress beds, male)

Great Gaddesden, 1 Red Kite, L. Flower (cress beds.)

Hilfield Park Reservoir, c250 Swift, Derek Turner

Stanstead Abbotts Lakes (N or S not specified), 1 Hobby, Jane Free

Stanstead Abbotts Lakes (N or S not specified), 1 Oystercatcher, Jane Free

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Common Sandpiper, G.Hinton

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 50+ Swift, G.Hinton

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red Kite, Ernest Leahy

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Hobby, Ernest Leahy

Watton at Stone, 1 Red Kite, Steve Akrill

Wed 8 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Little Tern, Barry Reed (07:00 - 07:25)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, Barry Reed (1st winter/1st summer)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Hobby, Jane Free

Batford, 2 Grey Partridge, Darin Stanley (on manure heap)

Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Anna Marett/Joan Thompson

Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, 1 Cuckoo, Anna Marett/Joan Thompson

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 1 Wheatear, Joan Thompson (Brightwells Fm per farm manager)

Hilfield Park Reservoir, c400 Swift, Derek Turner (including one white-rumped presumed partial albino)

Hitchin, 1 Swift, Callum Peel and Chris Woodham

Hitchin, 4 Swift, Robert Chapman

Puckeridge, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Andy Catchpole (East Herts Golf Club)

Rye Meads, 1 Garganey, Alan Harris

Rye Meads, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Maureen Lead

St Albans, 1 Black Redstart, Rupert Evershed (singing male on rooftops in Maltings shopping centre. Heard from Bread Shop cafe!)

Stocker's Lake, 1 Kingfisher, Anna Marett/Joan Thompson

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Jeff Bailey

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Grey Wagtail, Jeff Bailey

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 1 Black Tern, Jeff Bailey

Tyttenhanger GPs - Coursers Farm, 1 Red Kite, Alan Gardiner

Ware, 50+ Swift, Ian Edwards

Tue 7 May 2013 Amwell NR - Bittern Pool, 1 Cuckoo, Darren Bast (8pm,)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Common Snipe, Barry Reed

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Barry Reed

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Wigeon, Barry Reed

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Darren Bast

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Tom Speller

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Teal, Tom Speller

Ashwell, 6 Swift, Andrew Coates

Ayot St Lawrence, 1 Cuckoo, Steve Akrill

Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 2 Swift, G.Hinton (checking out their normal nesting site)

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 2+ Hobby, Chris Moore (over fields NE of lake.)

Hatfield Garden Village, 3 Swift, John Moss

Hatfield Park, 1 Red Kite, Kathy Sharman

Hatfield Park, 1 Cuckoo, Kathy Sharman

Hertford, 2 Swift, Jenny Sherwen

Hitchin, 2 Cuckoo, Gerallt Morgan (Bury Mead Springs. Both together)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Common Snipe, Simon Knott (Stockade Mead)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 20 Swift, Simon Knott

Letchworth, 7 Swift, Andrew Coates

Potters Crouch Plantation, 1 Red Kite, Rupert Evershed

Potters Crouch Plantation, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Rupert Evershed (Centurion Golf Course TL107050)

Stanstead Abbotts Lakes (N or S not specified), 2 Oystercatcher, Jane Free

Stanstead Abbotts Lakes (N or S not specified), 1 Common Sandpiper, Jane Free

Stevenage - Pin Green, 1 Red Kite, Steve Akrill (over Webb Rise)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Little Ringed Plover, A Gardiner/S Blake

Ware Park, 1 Osprey, Simon Knott (11:45am-11:50am circling and mobbed by a buzzard)

Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross, 6 Hobby, Paul Lewis (hawking at altitude)

Mon 6 May 2013 Aldenham Reservoir, 1 Common Sandpiper, Ian Ellis

Baldwin's Wood/Flaunden Grove, 1 Raven, Anna Marett/Joan Thompson (heard only)

Baldwin's Wood/Flaunden Grove, 1 Firecrest, Anna Marett/Joan Thompson (possibly 2, heard and seen)

Baldwin's Wood/Flaunden Grove, 1 Crossbill, Anna Marett/Joan Thompson (heard flying overhead)

Batch Wood nr St Albans, 1 Cuckoo, pete waldron (Heard twice,from direction of R.Ver and later towards Batchwood Drive.)

Boxmoor nr Hemel Hempstead, 1 Swift, G.Hinton

Bushey, 1 Cuckoo, Patty Briggs

Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Greenshank, Kevin Hornby (flying over calling at 10am)

Coopers Green GPs - main GP, 1 Cuckoo, Wendy Hatton

Coopers Green GPs - main GP, 1 Oystercatcher, Wendy Hatton (over)

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Kingfisher, Geoff Lapworth

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Cuckoo, Geoff Lapworth

Croxley Green, 1 Common Crane, Carolyn Pashby (flying towards Rickmansworth)

East Hyde, 1 Little Egret, Roger Payne

Essendon, 1 Cuckoo, Kevin Hornby

Hertingfordbury, 2 Red Kite, Amy Barker

Knebworth Woods - Cannock's Wood, 2 Marsh Tit, Tom Speller

Markyate, 5 Swift, Tony Birch (feeding over the village this evening)

Redbournbury, 1 Cuckoo, John Fisher

Rye Meads, 1 Garganey, Alan Harris

Rye Meads, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Stuart Harrison (from the Draper hide)

Rye Meads, 1 Garganey, Stuart Harrison (from both Tern and Draper hides)

Shafford Farm nr St Albans, 1 Little Owl, John Fisher

St Albans - Bernards Heath, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Simon Stebbings

Stocker's Farm, 2 Egyptian Goose, Anna Marett/Joan Thompson

Stocker's Lake, 1 Cuckoo, Anna Marett/Joan Thompson (male heard)

Sun 5 May 2013 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Turtle Dove, Ron Cousins (singing in dead tree from gravel area opposite Nature Reserve gate on path to Holly Cross)

Amwell NR - Hollycross Lake, 1 Kingfisher, Ian Edwards (from wooden bridge over the old Lea)

Berkhamsted, 3 Swift, Mike Spittles

Charlton nr Hitchin, 7 Corn Bunting, Callum Peel (6 different singing males in the area)

Charlton nr Hitchin, 1 Hobby, Callum Peel

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Hobby, Simon Knott

Letchworth, 3 Swift, Andrew Coates (first few to get back to colony)

Letchworth, 1 Cuckoo, Don Gregory

Redbourn, 2 Swift, John Fisher (evening)

Rye Meads, 1 Cuckoo, Jane Free (calling)

Rye Meads, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Maureen Lead

Stanstead Abbotts Lakes (N or S not specified), 1 Common Sandpiper, Jane Free

Stevenage, 4 Swift, R Best (over the Old Town High Street)

Stevenage - Chells Manor, 1 Common Crane, Ray Hooper (Circling high over garden. Seen well in scope, found by Phil Green)

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Raven, Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen (over)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen (3 males, 1 female.)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 60 Swift, Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen (Approx.)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 3 Common Sandpiper, Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Dunlin, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Greenshank, Steve Rodwell

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 White Wagtail, Steve Rodwell

Welwyn Garden City, 1 Cuckoo, Keith Smith/Keith Dean (Commons lnr)

Sat 4 May 2013 Amwell GP/NR (exact water not specified), 1 Nightingale, Clive Harding (heard but not seen along woodland walkway)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Dunlin, Ade Hall (from view point @ 16.50)

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 2 Hobby, Jay Ward

Ashwell, 1 Red Kite, Clifford Smout

Bygrave, 2 Corn Bunting, Roger Broadie

Colney Heath (village), 2 Tree Sparrow, Steve Blake

East Hyde, 1 Little Egret, David Lyons

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Wheatear, Tony Blake (looked to be Greenland - long legs, deep peachy below.)

Lilley Bottom, 8 Red Kite, Mike ilett

Mobbs Hole nr Ashwell, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Clifford Smout (pair on muckheap)

Mobbs Hole nr Ashwell, 1 Corn Bunting, Clifford Smout

Royston, 1 Nightingale, Richard Bircham (singing from thick vegetation bordering the Tesco petrol station Old North Road, Royston, 4pm)

Rye Meads, 1 Garganey, Alan harris

St Ippollitts nr Hitchin, 4+ Yellow Wagtail, Callum Peel (sewage treatment works)

St Ippollitts nr Hitchin, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Callum Peel (St Ibbs Park)

St Ippollitts nr Hitchin, 2 Mistle Thrush, Callum Peel

St Ippollitts nr Hitchin, 1 Red Kite, Callum Peel

St Ippollitts nr Hitchin, 2 Grey Wagtail, Callum Peel (sewage treatment works)

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Wheatear, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Kingfisher, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 2 Redshank, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Oystercatcher, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Shelduck, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Whitwell, 3 Raven, Mike ilett

Fri 3 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Red Kite, Darren Bast

Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Hobby, Ray Hooper

Cole Green Tip (disused), 1 Red Kite, Chris Beach

Cole Green Tip (disused), 2 Common Tern, Chris Beach

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Kingfisher, D Briggs

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 1 Cuckoo, Joan Thompson

Hampermill Lake nr Watford, 1 Hobby, Joan Thompson

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 1 Common Tern, Derek Turner

Hitchin, 2 Wheatear, Callum Peel

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1 Wheatear, Ray Hooper (female)

Rusling End nr Langley, 1 Cuckoo, Julie Wise (calling)

Rye Meads, 3 Swift, Vicky Buckel

Rye Meads, 2 Hobby, Vicky Buckel

Stanstead Abbotts, 1 Oystercatcher, Jane Free (Sailing club lawn)

Stevenage - Fairlands Valley Park - exact location not specified, 1 Common Tern, Tom Speller

Stocker's Lake, c7 Ring-necked Parakeet, L. Flower

Stocker's Lake, 2 Red-crested Pochard, L. Flower (males)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Mike Wallen (2 pairs)

Tring Reservoirs - Startop's End Res, 18 Common Tern, Mike Wallen

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Kingfisher, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Rupert Evershed (pair in horse paddock)

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Steve Blake

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Common Tern, Steve Blake

Welwyn Garden City, 2 Siskin, Anthony Dorman (pair still regularly visiting sunflower heart feeder in garden.)

Thu 2 May 2013 Amwell NR - Tumbling Bay Lake, 1 Turtle Dove, Barry Reed (flew west)

Hatfield Aerodrome (disused), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, John Coleman

Hertford - Bengeo, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Simon Knott (St Leonards Church)

King's Meads nr Hertford, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Simon Knott

Letty Green, 1 Woodcock, Oliver Marshall (flew over wood late evening)

Loudwater nr Rickmansworth, 1 Grey Wagtail, S.Topham

Maple Cross, 4 Red Kite, Paul Lewis

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 1F Wheatear, Mike Harris

Panshanger Aerodrome, 1 Hobby, Keith Smith

Reed, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Martin Johnson (Hatchpen Farm)

River Lee at Ware, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Simon Knott

Rusling End nr Langley, 1 Lesser Redpoll, Julie Wise (on Nyger feeder in garden)

Rusling End nr Langley, 2 Marsh Tit, Julie Wise (in garden)

Rye Meads, 1 Garganey, Jan Swan (Drake seen from Gadwall hide)

Stanstead Abbotts, 1 Oystercatcher, Darren Bast (flew over)

Thorley Wash nr Bishop's Stortford, 1 Wheatear, Andy Brown (just to the west of the HMWT reserve)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 2 Oystercatcher, G Hinton

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Wood Warbler, G Hinton (behind hide, just off main path singing 10.10)

Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Res, 1 Red Kite, G Hinton

Tyttenhanger GPs - fishing lake, 1 Red Kite, David Booth

Tyttenhanger GPs - main GP, 4 Common Tern, David Booth

Wed 1 May 2013 Amwell NR - Great Hardmead Lake, 1 Shelduck, R Hart

Coopers Green GPs - Beech Farm GP, 1 Cuckoo, Alan Gardiner (calling)

Coopers Green GPs - Beech Farm GP, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Alan Gardiner

Croxley Common Moor, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Chris Moore

Croxley Common Moor, 1 Little Egret, Chris Moore

Hilfield Farm nr Bushey, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Paul Unwin

Hilfield Park Reservoir, 3 Common Tern, Derek Turner

Hilfield Park Reservoir, c100 Swift, Derek Turner (over high at 10:30)

Knebworth Woods - Watery Grove, 1 Marsh Tit, Darrel Bryant

Loudwater nr Rickmansworth, 1 Little Egret, S Topham

Maple Cross, 1 Swift, Chris Bessant (Woodlands Road)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Garden Warbler, Anna Marett (singing)

Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth, 1 Cuckoo, Anna Marett (Male calling)

Norton Green nr Stevenage, 3 Wheatear, Darrel Bryant

Redbournbury, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Robin Pearson

Redbournbury, 2 Grey Wagtail, Robin Pearson

Rye Meads, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Maureen Lead

Rye Meads, 1 Garden Warbler, Maureen Lead

Sawbridgeworth Marsh (Herts/Essex), 1 Common Snipe, Alex Quig

Sawbridgeworth Marsh (Herts/Essex), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Alex Quig

South Mimms, 1 Garden Warbler, T.Wood

St Albans - Jersey Farm, 1 Little Egret, Anthony Townsend

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 1 Red-crested Pochard, Jeff Bailey

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 43 Common Tern, Jeff Bailey

Tring Reservoirs - Marsworth Res, 5 Yellow Wagtail, Jeff Bailey

Water End nr Great Gaddesden, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Martin Parr

Water End nr Great Gaddesden, 1 Grey Wagtail, Martin Parr

Welwyn Garden City - Panshanger, 1 Hobby, Roger Jones