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Common Snipe tail displays at Lemsford Springs yesterday @hertsbirds.bsky.social #hertsbirds

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Slowly but surely...Spring migrants arrive I'd like to say that it's been a manic few weeks trying to keep up with all the arriving Spring migrants but the opposite is true!  Instead, in the face of high pressure weather systems, at time...

My latest sightings blog from Stanborough GPs #hertsbirds www.rupertevershed.com/stanborough-...

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Stopped off in the Baldock area (N Herts) for a few year ticks - Wheatears (my first spring migrants), 2 Grey Partridges & a few jangling Corn Buntings #hertsbirds #ukbirding #birds #ukbirds @hertsbirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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Oystercatcher and Maned Duck at Kinsbourne Green pit Harpenden today. I accept the latter might not have migrated from Australia….. #hertsbirds #ukbirding

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Finally some Spring action this morning with Little Ringed Plovers back at 2 sites locally. Also a Rock Pipit typically arriving in early March misty, damp weather. More to come in the weeks ahead! #hertsbirds

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Meeting | HNHS | Hertfordshire Bird Conference 2026

Herts Bird Club Conference tomorrow - all welcome www.hnhs.org/meeting/hert... #hertsbirds #ukbirding

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Went looking for a Grey Partridge year tick in the Wallington area at the weekend and a scope scan of fields Deadman's Hill, Sandon came up trumps with a female Merlin.
Four Grey Part's Wallington to Baldock Road and a couple of Corn Buntings with a 20+ Linnet flock.

#HertsBirds

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Siskin at Watercress LNR today #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds

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Bullfinch at Watercress LNR today #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds

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Wigeon at Stockers Farm #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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Oystercatcher at Stockers Farm yesterday #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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Black-necked Grebe

Black-necked Grebe

Red-crested Pochards

Red-crested Pochards

Common Gull

Common Gull

Great Cormorant with nesting material

Great Cormorant with nesting material

Then onto Amwell NR for the afternoon where the BLACK-NECKED GREBE showed well plus 6 RC POCHARD, CETTI'S WARBLER, SNIPE, 6+ RED KITES and lots of COMMON GULLS were the highlights. #hertsbirds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birds #birding #nature @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social

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Water Rail

Water Rail

Male Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Male Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Fighting Eurasian Coots

Fighting Eurasian Coots

Peacock Butterfly

Peacock Butterfly

Enjoyable day guiding in the Lee Valley yday. Morning around Fishers Green with PARAKEETS, WATER RAIL, KINGFISHER, SISKIN + first BRIMSTONE & PEACOCKS of 2026! #essexbirding #hertsbirds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birds #birding #nature @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Little Owl at Woodoaks Farm #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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Pre-Spring Update A whole month has gone past since my last update with no real excitement in the intervening period.  However, Spring is in the air and most noticeably in the form of returning wildfowl to the site....

A quiet past month at Stanborough GPs but the stage is set for Spring arrivals. 81 species recorded on site so far this year. Check out the latest sightings here: www.rupertevershed.com/stanborough-... #hertsbirds

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Out once again, checking if Swift bricks are installed as required by planning conditions in Hertfordshire.

Disappointing as usual, this time in Cheshunt:

Site 1: 1 out of 20 bricks installed
Site 2: none out of 15 bricks installed.

Have emailed both developers to try and resolve #hertsbirds

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Crossed the border into Herts to see the Smew at Tring Reservoirs this morning, with other sightings of note including R-c Pochard (4), Chiffchaff (2), Blackcap, Grey Wagtail and a few Redwings starting to sing #hertsbirds #lowcarbonbirding

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My morning visitor outside my boat. I think this is probably a Canada/Greylag goose hybrid but I would be grateful if someone could confirm this. Currently moored in Hertfordshire #addbirder #birdwatching #hertsbirds #goose

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Redhead Smew still on Marsworth Reservoir (4.15 p.m) & 43 Russian W-f Geese just outside Ivinghoe on flooded field (3.45 p.m) #hertsbirds #bucksbirds #ukbirds #ukbirding @hertsbirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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Ferruginous Duck at Maple Lodge #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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A few of a flock of 11 Crossbills I had at Coopers Green GP in December what beasts!! #hertsbirds #birds #ukbirding

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Female Smew at Marsworth Reservoir today #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #bucksbirds

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Stonechat at Woodoaks Farm today #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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Meadow Pipit at Woodoaks Farm #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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Kestrel at Woodoaks #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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Little Owl at Woodoaks Farm today #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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A photo taken yesterday at Lemsford Springs #hertsbirds

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Little Egrets and Stonechat in the sunshine at Willows Farm at the end of December #hertsbirds

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Out of the corner of my eye I saw a bird fly by and when I looked it was a female kingfisher on our mooring lines. Grabbed phone for a photo through the Perspex door. Really cheered up my rainy day stuck in the boat. #hertsbirds
#kingfisher #birds #birdoftheday #birdwatching

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Great Egret visited The Withey Beds again today. #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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