The Hertfordshire Bird Report 2018 was published and circulated to HNHS/Bird Club members in November 2019 (Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, Vol. 52 (2), pp. 85-172.)

The report reviews each of the 192 species recorded in Hertfordshire in 2018 (down six from 2017), including Pallid Harrier and Penduline Tit, both new to the county.

Thanks go to everyone who contributed to the report not least  850 observers who submitted records.

Copies are classed as a benefit of Herts Bird Club or full HNHS membership. Non-members interested in obtaining a copy should contact the HNHS Secretary.

Contents

Editorial (Clifford Smout)

Guidelines for observers ? a checklist of the birds of Hertfordshire

Review of the year (Clifford Smout)

Systematic list (The 2018 report follows the taxonomic decisions and list of the International Ornithological Congress, also now adopted by the British Ornithologists' Union.)

Mute Swan to Shelduck (Vicky Buckel)
Mandarin to Tufted Duck (Clifford Smout)
Common Scoter to Cormorant (David Booth)
Osprey to Common Buzzard (Roy Hargreaves)
Water Rail to Bar-tailed Godwit (Martin Searle)
Turnstone to Greenshank (Dan Fletcher)
Kittiwake to Arctic Skua (Tom Speller)
Feral Pigeon to Hoopoe (Phil Butson)
Woodpeckers (Ken Smith)
Kestrel to Ring-necked Parakeet (John Yates)
Crows (Graham Knight)
Coal Tit to House Martin (Steve Hughes)
Cetti's Warbler to Grasshoper Warbler  (Peter Tallantire)
Blackcap to Goldcrest (Jenny Sherwen)
Wren to Starling (John Yates)
Ring Ouzel to Wheatear (Paul Lewis)
House Sparrows to Dunnock (Peter Delaloye)
Finches and buntings (Murray Orchard)

Errors and omissions

Appendix 1 ? WeBS counts for Hertfordshire in 2018 (Cath Patrick)

Appendix 2 ?Records relating to birds considered to be of captive origin (Clifford Smout)

Herts Rare Birds Panel Report (Mike Ilett)

List of Observers

Bryan Leonard Sage (1930-2018) (Trevor James)

Bird ringing in Hertfordshire in 2018 (Lynne Lambert)

The Breeding Bird Survey in Hertfordshire in 2018 (Martin Ketcher)

The BTO Garden BirdWatch in Hertfordshire in 2018 (Philip Butson)

Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus at Therfield, September / October 2018 ? a first for Hertfordshire (Stuart Cossey)

Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus at Tyttenhanger GPs, 16-17 April 2018 ? a first for Hertfordshire (Steve Blake)

Herts Bird Photo of the Year competition 2018 (Tom Speller)

Herts Bird Club committee and HNHS contacts