25th May

SLRS - 3 Gadwall, The Hybrid Goose pair have refound the third ugly Gosling!, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 30 Barn Swallow, 20 House Martin

SAL - 2 LR Plover, 15 Sand Martin, - Mike Harris

24th May

SAL (06:00-06:45) - 1 Grey Heron, 41 Mallard (+ broods of 11, 2 & 2), 8 Tufted Duck, 14 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 2 L R Plover, 1 Swift (NE), 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark (singing males), 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Reed Warbler (singing males), 1 Garden Warbler (ditto), 4 Willow Warbler (ditto),
1 Reed Bunting (ditto) , 2 Yellowhammer (ditto), 3 Linnet

SLRS (07:00-07:30) - 3 Gadwall (MMF), 2 Canada Goose (S), 1F Canada + 1M Greylag and two  hybrid Goslings. 3 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, M Cuckoo, M Whitethroat, M Reed Bunting - Mike Harris

Millennium Wood, Bury Green - bullfinch 2, willow warbler 3+, chiffcaff 3+, blackcap 1, common whitethroat 2, reed bunting 2, green woodpecker 2,
great spotted woodpecker 1, great black backed gull 2 north east, 2nd yr herring gull 1 south, linnets 2, swallows 8+, swifts 10+, usual corvids, finches and tits - Jono Forgham

23rd May

Hand Lane - Spotted Flycatcher catching insects at Hand Lane, opposite the entrance to Pishiobury Park carpark this evening at 17:00 - Mike Harris

20th May

Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard - Mick East

Amwell - Great Reed Warbler, James Hide

18th May

Hatfield Forest - Kite sp over - John Slee

SLRS - Breeding: 4 Mallard broods 8 - about a week old, 4 - about 2 weeks old (including Whitey), 4 - day olds, 4 - day olds, 1 Canada brood 3 goslings (3 adult birds too), 1 Coot brood 2 young, Also: Pair Gadwall, 1 Grey Lag, 1 Herring Gull (1st Sum flew N), 2 LBBG (N), 40 Stock Dove (on chaff dump)

Trims Green - 1 Hobby

Blounts Farm - M Kestrel, M Yellow Wagtail, M Pied Wagtail - Mike Harris

Coploe Hill,(15:15-16:15) - 10+ Common Buzzards, 6 Hobby (1 lingering, 2 singles N and party of 3), 27 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NE), 391 Swifts (N/NE in 1hr), 2m Lesser Whitethroats - Stephen Patmore

17th May

SAL (08:00-09:00) - Wader lagoon water level now high again. 21 Mallard (+ broods of 5 & 2), 3 Tufted Duck (MMF), 8 Coot (big decrease in breeding pairs - no Little Grebes either), 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 Swift, 10 House Martin, 1 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 7 Reed Warbler (all singing males), 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler (all singing males), 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer

SLRS (09:10-09:30) - 2 Cormorant (in Corm tree), 11 Mallard (+ broods of 6 & 3 - includes the white duckling), 1 Canada Goose, 1 Grey lag , 6 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 3 Stock Dove, 1M Cuckoo, 20 Swift 10 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Whitethroat, 50 Starling (Flock made up mostly of 1st brood 'Brown Sqawkers'), 1 Linnet, - Mike Harris

16th May

Henley Herne spring - corn bunting 1 singing just south east of spring c. 0640 hrs - Graeme J Smith

A120 - Black Kite today at around 14:30 flying east along the A120 north of Bishop's Stortford town centre.- Anita Harris

Birchanger Green Services - Goshawk? only a possible seen poorly & fairly briefly from the car but a buzzard-sized stocky, powerful greyish raptor heading directly away over the services. Drove round but couldn't relocate it. - James. A. Hanlon

15th May

Mathams Pit - Common Sandpiper, 10.10am - 10.30am Common Sandpiper, Swallows, Kestrel, Skylarks, Willow Warbler. No sign of tern. -

Amwell - Hobbies, 7 Hobbies, Cettis heard, Reed Warblers, Cuckoo. - Keith Watts

14th May

Stansted Airport - Montagu's harrier (1st sum f) present for 3 days around the runways (per rarebirdalert.com)- James. A. Hanlon

Mathams Pit . A superb summer plumaged Black Tern was seen at Mathams Pit (near Trims Green) from about 11.50 this morning. I viewed it from the (so called) public access immediately before the display saying no public right of way next to the Paint Balling place in Mathams Wood; the lake is perfectly viewable from here, and good views of the bird were had as it whisked constantly back and forth occasionally diving - for about an hour before I left, fully sated! Stephen was already on his way and he was able to view it after me. Presumably it will stay around a while - but no other terns present. Also in the area: Common Buzzard being harried by crows over Mathams Wood (possible breeding suspected as this is the second recent sighting here); a pair of Turtle Doves at Trims Green; 3 Yellow Wags; 2 male Corn Buntings; 2 Grey Partridges. - Dave Sampson

Newport SW - 1 Hobby, 2 Spotted Flycatchers (by railway line)

Matham's Wood - 5m Garden Warblers

Trimm's Green - 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Turtle Doves (1 near Blount's Fm, pair opposite Morris's Fm) 2 Yellow Wagtail

SLRS - 1 Little Ringed Plover (flew through calling)

SAL - 3 Common Sandpipers Also several Four-spotted Chasers and a single male Broad-bodied Chaser on the wing. - Sephen Patmore

Patmore Heath - Cuckoo

Fowlmere Airfield - Barn Owl 00:30 - Mick East

13th May

Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard, Red Kite,(11:03), Sparrowhawk, Mistle Thrush. - Mick East

SAL - 2 Common Sands, 10+ Swallows, 20+ House Martins, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1+m Reed Warbler, 1m Lesser Whitethroat, 2m Garden Warblers - Stephen Patmore

Little Hadham - hobby, 2 bullfinches, 3 robins, 5 yellowhammers, 1 pheasant, 6 common whitethroat, 3 blackcap, 1 lesser whitethraot, 1 wren, 2 greenfinch, 2 chaffinch, 50+ wood pigeons, 20+ rooks, great tits, 2 blue tits, 1 blackbird, 1 song thrush, plus 6 orange tips, 4 small whites, 2 large whites, 3 speckled wood, 1 peacock, plenty of rabbits (hence 3 foot chicken wire fence around my patch), 1 hare, 1 fox cub - Jono Forgham

11th May

Patmore Heath - Hobby

Albury TTV - Common Buzzard X3, Cormorant - Mick East

10th May

Trimm's Green 4:40-5:30 - Yellow Wagtail - 3, Red-Legged Partridge - 3 pairs, Grey Partridge - 1 pair, Corn Bunting - 2 singing, Linnet - 10+, Swallow, Stock Dove 1, Yellowhammer 1,

Allen's Green - Whitethroat 1, Hare 1 - John Slee

Rye Meads - Hobby 7+, Red Kite, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Turtle Dove 2, Cetti's Warbler,Grasshopper Warbler - Mick East

8th May

Patmore Heath - Pallid Swift heading south - Mick East

7th May

An early start at Thorley Wash failed to produce anything more exciting than a pair of Common Terns .......... and once again no Groppers!! Same at Tednambury. I was out in the field so to speak for 6 hours but had very little to show for it. And I'm STILL without a Yellow Wag so far this year!! - Dave Sampson

Little Hadham - lesser whitethroat, 2 green woodpeckers, 3 common whitethroat, 1 blackcap, 2 yellowhammers, assorted tits and finches, 2 dunnock, 2 robin, 2 blackbird., Also:7 orange tips, 2 peacocks, 5 speckled wood, 3 swifts over on 8th - Jono Forgham

5th May

Thorley Wash - A garden Warbler; a Blackcap; several C.Whitethroats and Sedge Warblers;several Chiffs and a couple of Wiilow Warblers; a Cuckoo; a Kestrel; a Water Rail screamed; a pair of Linnets (surprisingly uncommon here); several Reed Buntings. Butterflies represented by several Orange Tips; a few Green-veined Whites and Small White; a Holly Blue (my first for the year); and a Peacock or two. - Dave Sampson

Sawbridgeworth church tower - 8 swifts screaming around tower last night about 8.30pm - Jono Forgham

SLRS - Sedge Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, Blackcap, and over in the fields by Pishiobury Park/Bonks Hill a Lesser Whitethroat singing from the top of a hawthorn bush, a Garden Warbler in the next hedgerow, and Blackcap, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff singing loudly. Otherwise a Greylag with 4 Canada Goose, 3 Gadwall, Swifts, and a Skylark.- John Slee

Debden Park Lake - 1 Little Egret (flew off W at 05:15am)

Coploe Hill - 1m Marsh Harrier (lingering mid-morning), 11+ Common Buzzards, 3+ Hobby, 26 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (N), 55 Swallows (N), 4 Yellow Wagtails

Chrishall Grange area - 6 Yellow Wagtails, 1m Reed Warbler

Howe Wood, Strethall - 2 Hobby

Newport - 1 Hobby (N) - Stephen Patmore

Thorley Wash, spellbrook (north): - • kestrel 2 (M+F both hunting seperately), Great black backed gull 3 - over north, cuckoo 1 - male on east side of river, swallow 4 - checking out the buildings west (across the road) from the wash, sedge warbler 9 (1 north edge of wallbury, 3 south wash, 3 north wash + 2 more just south of wallbury), whitethroat 12 - minimum. seemingly everwhere! garden warbler 2 (1 singing 50 yards south-east of the railway foot-crossing and another 30 yards south from wallbury footbridge on the herts side) blackcap 6 (5 males, 1 female), chiffchaff 4(5), willow warbler 4, treecreeper 2 - essex side of river, north of Wallbury, linnet 2 - flew out from the trees at the foot-crossing and put down on the grass c.60 yards south-west. - Graeme J Smith

4th May

Bishop's Stortford - Ring-necked Parakeet in my garden for about 30 seconds this evening (approx 6.30 pm; seemed fairly flighty. - Dave Sampson

Thorley - common buzzard 1 - soaring over - Graeme J Smith

Grass marsh opposite SLRS scrape - Whitethroats erupting all over - Kevin Hanrahan

3rd May

Bishop’s Stortford - Three Swifts seen over my house this morning - Tony Moverley

Patmore Heath - House Martins checking Nest sites, Swift 2, Cuckoo - Mick East

Hatfield Forest - Marsh Harrier 1 2nd year male flying north - Jan Hein van Steenis

Trimms green - Grey partridge 1, Yellow Wagtail 7 (6 at morris farm, 1 tharbies), meadow pipit 3, stockdove 7 - east, lesser whitethroat - singing at tharbies - Graeme J Smith

2nd May

north of Much Hadham - Sparrowhawk, Lesser Black-backs (5), 2 Mallard and 2 Canada Goose - all over Swallow, Whitethroat and Blackcaps galore, Cuckoo, GSW, Yellowhammer and a galore number of Dunnock and Skylark all round. 2 Muntjac, Rabbit, Hare - David Arch

Thorley Wash - Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Cuckoo, GSW, Green woodpecker, Kingfisher, Moorhen, Reed Bunting, Mallard, Long tailed Tit, Water Rail - Mick & Brenda East

1st May

Common Buzzard seen soaring over/near my house (Thorley) approx 10.30 a.m. Dave Sampson

Hadham walk (5.00 - 7.30pm) - 2 tawny owls conversing across a field little owl (on wires opposite entrance to Ash Valley G.C.), swallow 1, common whitethroat 3, chiffchaff 4, blackcap 2, RLP 2, grey heron 1 (south)- Jono Forgham

Trims Green area (tetrad TL41T) - Hobby flying south. Plus 5 Yellow Wagtails, good numbers of Yellowhammer, Linnet & Skylark noted & a pair of Little Grebe seen on Tharbies pond.- Tony Moverley

Chrishall/Coploe - 1ad f Marsh Harrier, 1imm m Hen Harrier (same 1CY bird as Tuesday), 6 Common Buzzards, 1 Turtle Dove, 2 Meadow Pipits (late passage birds), 9 Yellow Wagtails, 1m Nightingale (singing), 2m & 4f Greenland Wheatears - Stephen Patmore

25th April

Moor Hall, B/S - 2 Grey Patridge just west of Thorley Church, together with Yellowhammer (2), Linnet (2), Reed Bunting (1) and Common Whitethroat (1). - Tony Moverley

18th April

Moor Hall/Mathams Wood - 1 Swallow (flying East), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Linnet & 2 Yellowhammer - Tony Moverley

17th April

Coploe Hill,(06:00-07:45am) - 1 Cormorant (E),1 Grey Heron (NE), 1 Greylag Goose (N), 1 Golden Plover, 2 Green Sandpipers (grounded, then flew E), 30 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NE/E), 4 Herring Gulls (NE/E), 1 Swallow (N), 15 Meadow Pipits (N/NW), 1 alba Wagtail (N), 1m TREE PIPIT (singing on ridge early morning), 1f RING OUZEL (in hedge S of viewpoint), 94 Fieldfares, 7 Redwings (N), 1m Whitethroat, 3m Blackcaps, 1m Willow Warbler, 20 Linnets - Stephen Patemore

Hollingson's Mead - 4 G C Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Mute Swan (on nest), 2 Gadwall, 12 Tufted Duck, 1M Kestrel, 2 Lapwing (1 on nest), 1 L R Plover (heard), 9 L B B Gull (all adults bathing, retired to Harlow's northern Industrial estates), 1 B H Gull (1st Sum), 10 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 1M Grey Wagtail, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackcap (all males), 1 Willow Warbler (singing), 3 Chiffchaff (all singing) - Mike Harris

Spellbrook - Wallbury - Thorley church - Michaels Mead pond - Swallow 1 - just south of thorley church. feeding over fields, Yellow wagtail 3 - 100 yards north of Thorley church, treecreeper 3 - Wllbury, chiffchaff - everywhere, Willow warblers - still not as many as chiff's, Blackcap - there were 4 singing males on the wallbury edge of the river (only got 2 last week), Michaels mead pond: over an hour in wait for JS with no sightings - Greaeme J. Smith

Stort Valley - Buzzard, Buzzard flying between Kecksy's & Tednambury. GS Woodpecker, N of Spellbrook Lock. Kingfisher, S of Pig Lane. - Keith Watts

St Michaels Mead Lake - Little Grebe, Little Grebe in the reeds (0830) - no signs of snipe nor rail. Reed Bunting, Sparrowhawk, Swallows, GS Woodpeckers - Keith Watts

16th April

Patmore Heath - Goldcrest

Patmore Heath north - Common Buzzard

Little Hormead 06:45 - Tawny Owl - Mick East

Mathams Pit - 1 Little Grebe, 4 Mallard, 7 Tufted Duck (5M, 2F), 2 Coot, 4 Ad LB B Gulls, 1 Swallow

Mathams Wood - 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 G S Woodpecker, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff

Trims Green - 20 Stock Dove, 5 Linnet, 1 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer

Tharbies Farm - 1M Kestrel, 2 Swallow, - Mike Harris

Coploe Hill - 3 Sparrowhawks, 2 Common Buzzards, 17 Golden Plovers, 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NE), 2ad Great Black-backed Gulls (NE), 5 Swallows, 1 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail (N), 1 Grey Wagtail, 75 Fieldfares, 1m Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warblers, 25 Linnets - Stephen Patmore

SLRS - Garganey 1m asleep at the top (N) end best viewed from the S end.Wigeon pair on the far bank. Shoveler 1m, Gadwall, Mallard, , Swallow c5, Lapwing 1

Muntjac 2 on the far side of ths scrape, then later screaming from near the allotments. - John Slee

15th April

Trimms Green 07:20 - Yellow Wagtail 1 male - Greaeme J. Smith

SLRS - 1 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant (S), 12 Mallard (+ brood, now down to 6) Also drake Aylesbury type and drake Cayuga type, both paired with female Mallards. Who left the farmyard gate open? 9 Gadwall, 1 GARGANEY (M), 1 Kestrel, 10 Coot, 2 Lapwing, 1 WHIMBREL (N calling at 18:00),1 Ad Herring Gull (SSW), 1 Ad L B B Gull (NE), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 G S Woodpecker, 3 Sand Martin 15 Swallow (minimum count, birds continually passing through, could probably double this figure), 1 House Martin, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff - Mike Harris & Stephen Patmore

SAL - 1ad Great Crested Grebe, 2 Shelduck, 3 (2m) Tufted Ducks, 1ad Little Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwits (flew NE @ 17:25pm), 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Bullfinch - Stephen Patmore

Little Hormead 19:20 - Tawny Owl

Pheasant Hall - Barn Owl 22:50 - Mick East

14th April

Little Hormead 06:40 - Tawny Owl

Furneux Pelham W 06:30 - Barn Owl

Flint Cross South 22:20 - Barn Owl

Barley North 22:33 - Barn Owl

Barkway North 22:38 - Barn Owl

Barkway South 22:42 - Barn Owl

Hare Street North 22:52 - Barn Owl - Mick East

GT.Plantings Wood and Little Plantings Wood - Common Buzzard A Buzzard was seen soaring over Gt.Planting Wood (along the A120 towards Little Hadham); a few hours later another sighting (presumably the same individual)at adjoining Little Planting Wood. - Dave Sampson

13th April

SAL (08:15-09:15) - 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Mallard, 4 Tufted (1F,3M), 18 Coot, 1 Common Snipe, 4 B H Gull, 2 Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Willow Warbler (all singing males), 4 Chiffchaff (ditto), 3 Jay ,6 Reed Bunting (3 pairs), 1 Yellowhammer

SLRS (09:25-10:00) - 6 Mallard (+ brood of ducklings), 9 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon (pair), 1 GARGANEY (M), 8 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 4 Ad L B B Gulls (N), 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 G S Woodpecker, 1 Willow Warbler (singing), - Mike Harris

Coploe Hill,(09:20-11:30am) - 1 Red Kite (circling N of Hill at c.10:30am before gaining height and moving NE), c.17 Common Buzzards, 5 Black-headed Gulls (W), 1ad Herring Gull (S), 3ad Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NE), 2 Sand Martins (N), 74 Meadow Pipits (N/NE), 1 Yellow Wagtail (N), 3 alba Wagtails (N), 42 Fieldfares (flock on fields), 1 Redwing (E), 1m Blackcap, 16 Goldfinches (N), 1 Reed Bunting, - Stephen Patmore

12th April

Hudshill Wood - Common Buzzard

Patmore Heath North - Common Buzzard X2 - Mick East

Hatfield Forest Lake - Great Crested Grebe 8 on lake, one had stripey headed baby hitching a ride. Naff picture on thequacksoflife.blogspot.com. Swallows over lake. Willow Warblers singing - Pete Duxon

St Michaels Mead pond - Jack Snipe - Greaeme J. Smith

SLRS - Sparrowhawk 1f, 2m Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Lapwing, 2 Jay, 1 Meadow Pipit N, 2 Swallow through, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammers, 8 Gadwall on the pond. - John Slee

11th April

Little Hormead 06:45 - Tawny Owl - Mick East

10th April

St Michaels Mead Pond 16:10-16:30 - Jack Snipe 3 (2 left south)- Greaeme J. Smith

St Michaels Mead Pond - Water Rail at 09:10am but no sign of Jack Snipe. Tony Moverley

Church Lane (off Obrey Way) B/S - 5 Bullfinch feeding on blossom (3 females & 2 males). Tony Moverley

St Michaels Mead Pond 06:10 - Jack Snipe - Graeme J. Smith

Little Hormead 06:40 - Tawny Owl - Mick East

Sawbridgeworth - 2 Blackcaps in bushes in front of my house. - Kevin Hanrahan

SAL - 2 Little Grebe, 9 Mallard, 9 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Kestrel, 14 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Snipe, 1 L B B Gull (Distant!), 1 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 1 Alba wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Long tailed Tit, 2 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting , 2 Yellowhammer - Stephen Patmore & Mike Harris

Mathams Wood and Thorley Wash - Willow Warblers with a Corn Bunting on farm buildings at Trims Green - Dave Sampson

9th April

Amwell (AM) - 1M Shelduck (S), Pr Teal, 4 Common Buzzard, 3 L R Plover, 6 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 3 B H Gull, 1 Swallow (N), 35 Sand Martin (N) (4, 3, 2, 2, 15, 9), 2 Blackcap (MM), 1 Cetti's (M), 1 Willow Warbler (M), 3+ Chiffchaff - Mike Harris

8th April

Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Wheatear F, Meadow Pipit on pile.

Upwick Common - Marsh Tit X2 - Mick East

7th April

Patmore Heath - Reed Bunting M, Mistle Thrush X2 - Mick East

6th April

Coploe Hill - juvenile/1w Iceland Gull flew North amongst a light passage of Lesser Black-backed Gulls at 12:55pm - Stephen Patmore

Hatfield Forest Lake - 1House Martin with 1 Swallow and 1 Sand Martin. Also 50 Fieldfares.

Sawbridgeworth - 1 House Martin over my house l . Whilst watching this, a male Sparrowhawk went over and plunged claws first towards the Queen's Head. - John Slee

30th March

Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard X 4 2m 2f one pair displaying - Mick East

SAL(11:15-12:15) - 6 Little Grebe, 11 Mallard (5 pair + 1M), 5 Teal (2 pair + 1M), 2 Gadwall pair), 3 Tufted Duck (pair + 1M) The female was the resident injured bird. Buzzard (sp.) Probably Common, 1 Pheasant, 16 Coot (8 pairs), 2 Common Snipe, 5 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark (singing), 8 Meadow Pipit (N), 2-3 Redwing, 28 Fieldfare, 2 Long tailed Tit, 2 Goldfinch, 1-2 Greenfinch, 2-3 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting (singing), 2 Yellowhammer

Allens Green (12:30-13:00) - 1M Kestrel, 5+ Fieldfare, 2+ Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff, Several Skylark singing 1M Brimstone - Mike Harris

29th March

Allen's Green - Starlings 350+ 'doing the swarm' also 20c Fieldfare - Mick East

28th March

Mathams Wood - chiffchaff 3, buzzard 1, reed bunt 1

Micheals Mead Pond - jack snipe 2, water rail 1 (all out in the open) - Graeme J Smith

Patmore Heath - Reed Bunting male - Mick East

27th March

Patmore Heath - Siskin 1 M 1 F, Common Buzzard X 2, Sparrowhawk

Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 1 M 1 F.- Mick East

Extended walk Hadham east and north - magpie 3, jackdaw 200+, chaffinch, blue tit, great tit, blackbirds, starlings, greenfinch,long tailed tit, robin, wren (all many), LBBG 1, common buzzard 1 (over East Wood), redwing 75+ (Hoecroft Lane), Fieldfare 50+ scattered near Green Street, cormorant 1, chiffchaff 1, herring gull 1, pheasant 5+, sparrow hawk 1, grey partridge 2, house sparrow 25+ (Hadham Ford), linnet 56 on wires (between East Wod and Tescos), yellowhammer 15+, corvids (plenty), wood pigeon (numerous), dunnock 4, marsh tit 1 (calling near Green Street), skylark 11+, green wodpecker 4, GSW 1 (drumming in East Wood), LTT 12, pied wagtail 2 (Hadham Ford horse field) - Jono Forgham

25th March

Patmore Heath - Siskin 1 M

Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 3 M 1 F, Reed Bunting 2 M

Clapgate just north of Nino Wood - Common Buzzard X 2 - Mick East

Plashes Wood (A10)- Common Buzzard on post by road - Brenda East

Spellbrook (west)- treecreeper 1, coal tit 2, marsh tit 1 - Graeme J Smith

24th March

Sawbridgeworth Marsh - 1 Imm MERLIN Flew East at 17:10, 1 Cormorant (S), 2 Grey Heron (N), 1 Mute Swan (N), 12 Mallard (max 6 in air together), 1F Sparrowhawk (W), 1M Kestrel (E), 5 Pheasant (in) 2 Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 7 B H Gull (4E, 3S), 6 Common Gull (4S, 2E), 3 Herring Gull (E), 3 L B B Gull (W), 1Ad G B B Gull (E), 2 Stock Dove, 660 Wood Pigeon (Roosted in Kecksy's Bridge Wood), 2 Green Woodpecker, 96 Meadow Pipit (in - a sharp increase - Spring passage), 24 Redwing (1N, 23S), 43 Fieldfare (13E, 30 in), 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Long tailed Tit (2 pairs), 1 Jay, 237 Jackdaw (S), 1 Starling (NE), 3 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch (W), 79 Greenfinch (NNE to roost - a sharp increase - Spring passage), 42 Reed Bunting (in), 1M Yellowhammer (singing at North end of Marsh). - Mike Harris

Folly Gorse - Common Buzzard mobbed by 2 Carrion Crow

Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 1 Male 2 Female

Patmore Heath - Siskin 2 Male 1 Female

23rd March

Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 3 Male 2 Female

Albury (South) - Fieldfare 300+ in field south of village hall - Mick East

SLRS - BHG (c 10) coots (c 8) Mallard pairs, GSW drumming, Starlings sitting it out (c 75) 5 Yellowhammer on chaffdump, Chaffinchs, Dunnocks, Robins, Magpies, Pheasant (h) many Wood pigeon in trees all over, LTT (h) Great Tit 3, Moorhen 2, Redwing 2, Corvids about but no calls.- Kevin Hanrahan

22nd March

Hatfield Forest Lake - great crested grebe 12, tufted duck 11, gadwall 13, teal 7, canada goose c.15, bullfinch 2, great spotted woodpecker 1, green woodpecker 2, mistle thrush 2, coal tit 1, nuthatch 1, redwing c.15 - Graeme J Smith

21st March

Ash Valley to Much Hadham and then back along the river to Hadham Ford.- 300+ golden plover in bean field. LBBG 2 north,Herring gull 2 north, Black headed gull 1 north, kestrel 2 (1 female with very pale head), skylarks 4, yellowhammers 3, Green woodpecker 2, stock dove 1, pied wagtail 1. - Jono Forgham

SLRS - Gadwall 22 today plus a White-Cheeked Pintail. Treecreeper, 4 Lapwing, c30 Stock Dove over the chaff-dump field, singing Chiffchaff and still a few Fieldfares and Redwings - John Slee

18th March

Spellbrook West - Marsh Tit 1 - Graeme J Smith

Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 3 male 1 Female - Mick East

17th March

Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat male - Mick East

16th March

Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat male - Mick East

15th March

SLRS - Cormorant 3 in the Cormorant tree, Mute Swan 6  juveniles/immature I various stages of greyness NE, Greylag Goose 1 over, Gadwall 9!, Teal 5, Mallard 4, Kestrel 1, Moorhen 6, Coot 4, Lapwing 4 – 2 pairs calling over the scrape, BHG 3, Common Gull 1, Stock Dove 5, Wood Pigeon c50+, Collared Dove 3, GSW 2, Pied Wagtail 1, Wren 2, Dunnock 5, Robin 4, Blackbird 7, Fieldfare 1, Song Thrush 3, Redwing 5, Stonechat 1 in the scrape field, Chiffchaff 1 singing – just a few snatches of song, Blue tit 1, Great tit 2, Jay 1, Magpie 7, Jackdaw 4, Crow c5, Starling 15, House Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 4, Greenfinch 2, Goldfinch 7, Bullfinch 3, Reed Bunting 2m. - John Slee

Rush Green (nr. Baker's End) - 7 Common Buzzards at 13:40 today. Three obvious pairs at height and a single bird lower down. - Mike Harris

Birchanger Wood - Brambling 1 in birches with Goldfinches

South of Farnham Green - Buzzard (2), Stonechat (f) Along the road from Stortford to Upwick

Lower Sheering - Sparrowhawk 1 over the village - Jan Hein van Steenis

               

Patmore Heath - Siskin Male on Niger - Mick East

14th March

Thorley Park Road, B/S - 2 Siskin on niger seed feeder. - Tony Moverley

10th March

Trimms Green - golden plover c.70, fieldfare 80+ - Graeme j Smith

9th March

Little Hadham south east walk (9.30 - 11.00) - common buzzard 2, linnet 2 (new sp for 2008), green woodpecker 3, GSW drumming, skylarks several
yellowhammer lots, mallards 3 pairs on River Ash, moorhens 2

south west walk (2.00 - 3.30pm) - bullfinches 3, jays 2, magpies 7, wood pigeons 500+, yellowhammers 6, green woodpeckers 4, goldfinch party of 9 - Jono Forgham

Hatfielf Forest Lake - great crested grebe 7, bullfinch 7, jay 6(7), gadwall 15+, tufted duck 10, green woodpecker 3, tawny owl 1 - in exactly the same place i've seen him before.  roosting on the north-west marshy side (photo on blog later), redwing c.200 into trees from east side of forest - Graeme j Smith

Sawbridgeworth 15:30. - c50 Golden Plover circling south of West Road - Mike Harris

SLRS 9:30-10:30 - : 5 Snipe, 3 Lapwing, 4 Coot (the first for me here this year), 15 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing,  a GSW drumming loudly next to the river at the boat yard. - John Slee

8th March

Little Hadham Round of golf at Ash Valley Club:(8.30 - 1.00) - kestrel 1, skylarks 15+, green woodpecker 2, fieldfare 7, yellowhammers 5, rooks and jackdaws frequently joined me in the rough and out of bounds areas! - Jono Forgham

Thorley Park Road, B/S - 1 male Reed Bunting in rear garden. Mary Moverley

7th March

Little Hormead - Grey Partridge X3

Wyddial - Grey Partridge X2 - Mick East

6th March

Thorley Wash - 4 Little Grebe and 1 Stonechat - still good numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing around. Tony Moverley

Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost(16:08-17:50) - 3 Cormorant (2S, 1N), 1 Grey Heron (S), 3 Mallard (MMF), 3 Pheasant (in), 48 Golden Plover (20W, 28 circling in East), 1 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 20 B H Gull (SSW), 12 Common Gull (SSW),1 2ndW G B B Gull (SSW),15 Stock Dove (2 prs displaying, 9 and two singletons to roost), 1860 Wood Pigeon (Roosted in Kecksy's Bridge Wood),2 Green Woodpecker, 1 G S Woodpecker, 1 L S Woodpecker (Flew from Spill Timbers to Kecksy's Bridge Wood), 4 Meadow Pipit, 63 Redwing (61S, 2 in), 25 Fieldfare (in), 1 Magpie, 162 Jackdaw (S), 1 Starling (S), 1M Chaffinch, 1M Goldfinch (singing), 43 Greenfinch (22NE, 21SW!!! The NE birds were double the height of the birds moving in the opposite direction.. Confusing or what?), 34 Reed Bunting, Absolute minmum figure. Two recalcitrant male birds, one singing and the other answering with "siu" all evening, did not help in counting the in-coming birds!) - Mike Harris

5th March

Thorley Park Road, B/S - 2 Siskin (male & female) on niger seed feeder - Tony Moverley

4th March

Patmore Heath - Siskin M+F - Mick East

3rd March

Great Hyde Hall - Two Common Buzzards soaring and 70 Rooks in a ploughed field up West road - John Slee

2nd March

North West Little Hadham - bullfinches 3 (2 males), kestrels 4, fieldfares 100+, redwings 60+, skylarks 3, yellowhammer 1, green woodpecker 2
GSW 1 drumming, - Jono Forgham

1st March

Little Hadham - Grove Wood - grey wagtail 1 at the Ford by the Nags Head, kestrel 1, corvids 100's, sparrow hawk 1, meadow pipits 15, redwing 7, coal tit 1, yellwhammer 9, skylark 2 - Jono Forgham

 

 

2008