
Welcome to the Herts Bird Club website. We promote the study and recording of birds in Hertfordshire and encourage a wider interest in natural history including the conservation of wildlife habitats.
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Yellowhammer at Easneye Woods on 20th February 2021 © Stuart Fox

Linnet at Easneye Woods on 20th February 2021 © Stuart Fox
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Latest news
Herts Bird Photo of the Year 2020 - Vote Now!

The voting for Herts Bird Photo of the Year 2020 will be done via email this year with the winner announced at the online HBC-BTO 2021 Conference on March 20.
The Herts Bird Club Committee have selected their favourite ten from over 600 photos published last year: to view the final ten please go to Herts Bird Photo of the Year 2020 - Finalists
Online Herts Bird Club / BTO Conference – March 20 2021

We are delighted to announce that the annual Herts Bird Club / British Trust for Ornithology conference will go ahead this year – as an online event on the morning of Saturday March 20.
Go to HBC/BTO Online Conference 2021 for more details including the programme and zoom link to join the conference.
Herts 24-hr Garden Winter Watch - Winner
St Albans’ Gardens Do it Again!
Following yesterday’s Herts 24-hr Garden Bird Watch we are pleased to announce the winner as John Pritchard of Shafford Farm, St Albans. Congratulations to John who wins a personalised notebook.
John scored an impressive 115 points with 56 species recorded from his garden over the 24 hour period. Hot on his heels was Rupert Evershed with 100 points and 51 species and Chris Ruis with 99 points and 48 species, both from gardens in St Albans.
The competition proved very popular with 20 observers recording their
Tyttenhanger GPs Bird Report 2019

The Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits Bird Report for 2019 is now available.
Edited and produced by Ricky Flesher and Peter Christian the excellent 70 page report includes a review of the year, accounts for all of the 133 species recorded at Tyttenhanger in 2019, many photos, tables and graphs, and finders' accounts for the three new birds added to the Tyttenhanger list that year: Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Crane and Cattle Egret.
Download a copy HERE, it's well woth a read.
Go to Tyttenhanger Site Guide to download reports back to 2011.
Latest Hertfordshire Bird Report
Hertfordshire Bird Report 2019
The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2019 was published and circulated to HNHS/Bird Club members in November 2020 (Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, Vol. 52 (2), pp. 89-176.)
The report reviews each of the 198 species recorded in Hertfordshire in 2019 (up five from 2018) including Little Bittern, White-tailed Eagle, Melodious Warbler and Richard's Pipit. There is also news of a belatedly accepted 'first' for the county: a Falcated Duck seen at Wilstone Reservoir in 1999.
Latest HNHS publication
Supplement to the Hertfordshire Naturalist 2020
2021 subscriptions due now
Please renew your membership of HNHS and Herts Bird Club, details here.
Birds of Hertfordshire
Our new avifauna - Birds of Hertfordshire by Ken Smith, Chris Dee, Jack Fearnside and Mike Ilett was published on 24 February 2015.
Read the review in British Birds, here. Buy now direct from Herts Bird Club for only £34 (or £39 by post).
Herts Invertebrate Project
Read here about how to join this new recording initiative.
Herts Atlas of Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles
Please submit sightings and field signs of mammals, amphibians and reptiles to our countywide survey, full details at the Herts MARA website.
Hertfordshire Bird Atlas
All the results from the most recent Atlas (2007-12) and both previous atlas surveys available here.
Bird records
Please send us your Herts bird sightings through the records submission page. Use the Breeding status dropdown where applicable and Comment field to add notes of interest.
Latest sightings of interest are published on the right hand side of this page, once they have been checked by a moderator. Search for older published records by month/site/species in Sightings Archive.
See details of some great places to visit in Hertfordshire at this time of year.
Take part in our projects and surveys.
Buy a book, most HNHS books are now for sale at half price or less.
The success of the site depends on you, the users, entering your records and sending in interesting information, not only sightings which can be entered online but also reports on trips and additional site guides. We also welcome feedback on what you would like to see on the site: email birdweb@hnhs.org
Injured or orphan birds ? advice here.
The Herts Bird Club is part of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and our websites are integrated. We hope this will encourage those of you who have not investigated other aspects of wildlife in Hertfordshire to have a look around the HNHS website, discover what is available. Please submit your records of other wildlife, including mammals, amphibians, reptiles and dragonflies through the HNHS website.
Who's who in the Herts Bird Club.
Taken a good photograph?
Please send us your Herts bird photos for display on the website, email them to the Bird Club photos team at Herts Bird Photos. with a note of where and when they were taken. A selection will be displayed on this page, added to the photo gallery and/or chosen to illustrate the annual Hertfordshire Bird Report.

Green Sandpiper at Whitwell on 12th February 2021 © Simon West

Blackcap at a Garston garden on 16th February 2021 © Stephen Kitchen

Siskin at a Welwyn Garden City garden on 15th February 2021 © Huw Lewis

Siskin at a Welwyn Garden City garden on 15th February 2021 © Huw Lewis

Goldcrest at Gaddesden Row on 15th February 2021 © David Hutchinson

Egyptian Geese at Amwell NR on 15th February 2021 © Robert Kitchen

Lesser Redpoll at Gaddesden Row on 15th February 2021 © David Hutchinson

Lesser Redpoll at Gaddesden Row on 15th February 2021 © David Hutchinson

Goldfinch at a Welwyn Garden City garden on 13th February 2021 © Huw Lewis

Song Thrush at a Welwyn Garden City garden on 13th February 2021 © Huw Lewis

Tree Sparrow at Tyttenhanger on 14th February 2021 © David Hutchinson

Tree Sparrow at Tyttenhanger on 14th February 2021 © David Hutchinson
For more photographs, visit the gallery.