Herts Bird Club Conference 2023

More than 80 people attended the Herts Bird Cub/BTO Conference on Saturday 4th March, the first in person event since March 2020.

Talks included: how the BTO is supporting efforts to halt the alarming decline in Curlew and other wading birds in UK; the bird life of Stocker's Lake; an update on 2012's Birds of Hertfordshire; and a review of 2022 birding highlights in Hertfordshire.

Read more and watch videos of the presentations here >> 2023 Bird Conference

Herts Bird Photo of the Year 2022 - WINNER

Congratulations to Ian Williams whose photo of the Hinxworth Hoopoe was voted Herts Bird Photo of the Year 2022 at Herts Bird Conference on 4 March 2023.

Ian's stunning photo captured in beautiful light received the most votes of the ten photos on display at the conference.

View all ten finalists here > 2022 Bird Photo Finalists

Changes to records published on website

The Herts Bird Club Committee has reviewed records which are published on the website front page and are making the following changes effective 1st November 2022.

  Current Publication Publication from 1st Nov
Red Kite * All Records  10 or more birds
Common Buzzard No Records 10 or more birds
Bullfinch No Records All Records
Lapwing No Records All Records

All records including those not published on the website are gratefully received and are included in the Herts Bird Club Database.

*Red Kites are now widespread throughout the county

Focus on...Little Egret

A recent episode of the BBC's Countryfile featured Hertfordshire's River Mimram as part of a segment on chalk streams. During the piece a colour ringed Little Egret - '9/9' - made an appearance.

This bird was ringed at HMWT's Lemsford Springs as an adult on 3 November 2015 and has been re-sighted on 513 days since then making him the 'most observed' Herts ringed Little Egret!  

Most of the re-sightings have been around Lemsford Springs but also quite a few have been received from the Hertford area between April and June suggesting he may be breeding at the Amwell NR colony. 

Quite a local celebrity!
 

Here are a few other Hertfordshire Little Egret facts & figures:

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