Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler
Mandarin Duck
Whitethroat
A few from Croxley Common Moor (Hertfordshire) 19/4/26 #hertsbirds #ukbirds #birds #ukbirding @hertsbirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social
Grasshopper Warbler - Croxley Common Moor (Hertfordshire) 19/4/26 #hertsbirds #ukbirds #birds #ukbirding @hertsbirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social
Virtue (mildly) rewarded on my BBS survey today - a Lesser Whitethroat heard and (for once) seen well at Redbourn. #hertsbirds #ukbirding #bto
A good early morning walk on Croxley Common Moor (Hertfordshire). Gropper seen very well & a surprise Nightingale singing by the river. Plenty of Sedge Warblers, Blackcaps, Whitethroats, a few Chiffchaffs, Cetti’s Warblers & single Willow Warbler #hertsbirds #ukbirds #ukbirding #birds
Fortunately, after working away all week, the Lesser Scaup at Wilstone Reservoir stayed long enough for me to catch up with it today = Herts ✔️ #hertsbirds #ukbirding #ukbirds #birds @hertsbirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social
Nothing like a quick leap in the air to shake off the excess water after bathing. Green Sandpipers know! Lemsford Springs. @hertsbirds.bsky.social #hertsbirds
This beautiful Red Kite dropped in for a drink at Lemsford Springs yesterday. @hertsbirds.bsky.social #hertsbirds
Great to pickup 2 White Storks this morning over Stanborough GPs. Drifted NE & I wonder if the same 2 that were seen along the N Norfolk coast this afternoon? Distant views by the time I had the camera out. #hertsbirds @norfolkbirds.bsky.social
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
Oystercatcher and Maned Duck at Kinsbourne Green pit Harpenden today. I accept the latter might not have migrated from Australia….. #hertsbirds #ukbirding
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
Herts Bird Club Conference tomorrow - all welcome www.hnhs.org/meeting/hert... #hertsbirds #ukbirding
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
Black-necked Grebe
Red-crested Pochards
Common Gull
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
Water Rail
Male Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Fighting Eurasian Coots
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
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
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
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
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
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
