
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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Common Snipe & Jack Snipe at Lemsford Springs on 23rd January 2023 © Mark Joy
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Latest news
Herts Bird Club Conference Saturday 4 March 2023 - 'In person event!'

The Herts Bird Club - British Trust for Ornithology conference makes its welcome return as a 'live' event this year.
When : 2pm to 5.30pm on Saturday 4 March
Where : Offices of Affinity Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield (AL10 9EZ)
There is a packed and exciting agenda of talks, competitions and more. Go to HBC Conference 2023 for further details.
BTO National Woodcock Survey 2023
This summer the BTO are organising a national Woodcock survey. For more details about how to contribute in Hertfordshire please click here where a list of priority sites can be found along with a link to the BTO and the interactive map displaying the survey sites. Details of other ongoing national surveys can also be found by clicking the survey tab on the left-hand side of the website
Herts Christmas Bird Count 2022
Species Total : 104 (records as at 2-Jan 0745)
Subject to late records, we finished the 2022 Christmas Bird Count on 104 species, 7-8 species below the average of the past four years.
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
Latest Hertfordshire Bird Report
The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2021
The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2021 was published and circulated to HNHS/Bird Club members in November 2022 (Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, Vol. 54 (2), pp. 89-176.)
Latest HNHS publication
Supplement to the Hertfordshire Naturalist 2020
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.

Common Snipe & Jack Snipe at Lemsford Springs on 23rd January 2023 © Mark Joy

Common Snipe & Jack Snipe at Lemsford Springs on 23rd January 2023 © Mark Joy

Bearded Tit at Rye Meads on 22nd January 2023 © Dave Newbold

Goldfinch at a Welwyn Garden City garden on 22nd January 2023 © Huw Lewis

Pheasant at a Barkway garden on 23rd January 2023 © Jan Brown

Hawfinch at Bramfield on 22nd January 2023 © Allan Burrows

Peregrine at Hertford on 21st January 2023 © Andy Day
For more photographs, visit the gallery.