Herts Bird Club

Kestrels bred this year at the Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust's reserve at Lemsford Springs. They used a nestbox erected by volunteers at Lemsford some six years ago and with Jackdaws nesting in a box just two metres above it made for some interesting observation!

Read Lemsford Springs' warden Barry Trevis' account below and watch Peter Finney's wonderful wildlife film, capturing the birds from nesting to hatching and fledging. Go to YouTube link: https://youtu.be/noQbz2QgC2U or search YouTube 'Lemsford  Kestrels'.

Photo: male Kestrel at Lemsford Springs © Peter Finney

The Breeding Kestrels of Lemsford Springs – by Barry Trevis

This year we have been fortunate to have a pair of Kestrels take up occupation of one particular large nestbox that our volunteers erected some six years ago, especially designed for the species. This spring, photographer Peter Finney and myself have filmed and photographed their breeding activities. An article on this, with some images, has just been published in the Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust’s summer edition of ‘Wildlife Matters’ magazine. Also a short film has been produced by Peter and can now be viewed on YouTube.

Kestrels, hovering over our countryside and road verges, were once

In 2017 two pairs of Peregrines bred in Hertfordshire with two fledged young from each pair. These were the first confirmed instances of Peregrines successfully breeding in the  county.....

Herts ecologist and conservationist Jenny Sherwen has recently set up a Hertford Swift Group. Read about it below including details of their first Hertford Swift Walk on Tuesday 16th July:

Do you love watching screaming swifts over our town? Perhaps you’ve seen these birds but you’d like to know more about them

Join us on our first Hertford Swift walk on Tuesday 16th July

Meet at 8pm at the Stag, Parliament Square. We hope to see you there!

Swift photo © Andy Johnson