Bird Report Editor
Clifford Smout
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Bird Recorder and Webmaster
Alan Gardiner
199 Watford Road, St Albans, Herts AL2 3HH
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Herts Bird Club Events Organiser
Tim Hill
Herts Bird Club Rare Birds Panel Secretary
Mike Ilett
Hertfordshire BTO Regional Representative
Martin Ketcher
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Hertfordshire BTO Assistant Regional Representative
Murray Orchard
Bird Records Team member
Graham Knight
Lee Valley Regional Park representative
Cath Patrick
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Bird Ringing
Jenny Sherwen
Data Management
Tom Speller
Latest news
Survey and Project updates
Go to the Survey and Projects page for updates on several surveys - planned, ongoing, and closed - including this year's upcoming survey of Urban Nesting Gulls: attached is a list of selected squares to cover.
Please contact murray.orchard@live.co.uk if you would like to take part!
Herts Bird Club / BTO Conference 2019
The 2019 Herts Bird Club/BTO Conference took place in Hatfield on Saturday 2nd March. It was well-attended and kindly hosted and supported by Affinity Water at their headquarters.
Go to Bird Conference 2019 to read all about it!
Herts Little Egret recorded in the Azores!
Since 2014 Little Egrets have bred within the heronry at Verulamium Park with one nest then increasing to four nests there in 2018. Barry Trevis and his team have been ringing and colour-ringing the young there during this time with 34 birds ringed. A further 10 Little Egret chicks have been ringed at Stanborough Lakes since 2016. Also some full-grown Little Egrets are ringed at Lemsford Springs. The main purpose of the ringing is to monitor the movements, distribution and survival rates of this recently colonized species to the UK.