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1st May

Lords Avenue, BS - 2 Hobby over this afternoon slowly heading south.- Andrew Palmer

28th April

St Michael’s Mead lake - Two Common Tern fishing this morning, plus 1 male Bullfinch - Tony Moverley

Trims Green - male Yellow Wagtail still vocal around Blount's Farm Stone pile opposite entrance to paintballing at Mathams Wood, increase in Whitethroat along Sacombe ash Lane with six males noted compared to last weeks single - Graeme J. Smith

SAL - 1 Little Grebe, 2 broods Mallard (4 & 5), 5 (2m) Tufted Ducks, 2 Common Buzzards, 1f Kestrel, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwings (m&f - the local breeding pair), 2 BAR-TAILED GODWITS (m&f), 13 Sand Martins, 3 House Martins, 1 Meadow Pipit (probable nester), 2m Reed Warbler, 5m Lesser Whitethroats, 3m Whitethroats, 3m Blackcaps, 2m Willow Warblers, 3m Reed Buntings - Stephen Patmore

27th April

SAL - Mallard (3 broods 6, 7 & 9), 2 BAR-TAILED GODWITS, 1 Green Sandpiper, 25 Sand Martins, 40 Swallows, 20 House Martins, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Willow Warblers, 12 Linnets - Stephen Patmore

26th April

SAL - Bar-tailed Godwit 2, Little Ringed Plover 2

Trims Green - male Wheatear at Blounts on stone pile. not seen or heard Corn Bunting in a while - Graeme Smith

Coploe Hill - 70 Corn Buntings, plus 30 Yellowhammers - Stephen Patmore

25th April

SAL (0745-0835) - 1 Cormorant (S), 1 Grey Heron (N), 11 Mallard (with broods of 15 + 7 ducklings), 5 Tufted Duck (3M & 2F, includes injured bird, now on largest lagoon), 14 Coot, 2 w/p BAR-TAILED GODWIT (feeding on lagoon banks), 1 Lapwing, 2 B H Gull (both 1st Sum), 2 Stock Dove, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2FF WHEATEAR (on centre causeway), 2 Blackcap (singing M's), 3 Whitethroat (ditto), 2 Willow Warbler (ditto), 2 Jay, 1 Goldfinch, Pr Bullfinch, 2MM Reed Bunting

SLRS (0850-0940) - Pr Canada Goose, 11 Mallard (+ 3 broods but no sign of Cayuga brood), 8 Coot (1 on nest), 6 Lapwinp, 1 Skylark, 3 Pied Watail (Pr + M), 2 WHEATEAR (M & F on field east of lay-by), 3 Whitethroat (singing males), 1 Chiffchaff (ditto), 1M Reed Bunting

Trims/Allens Green (1030-1100) - 2 Grey Partridge (Cow field at Shingle Hall), 3 LBB Gull (S), 5 Swallow (N), 2MM Yellow Wagtail (both Blounts)

1 Brown Hare Large hatch of St.Mark's Flys

Stortford Park Farm, West only (1105-1130) - 1 Green Woodpecker, 1M Whitethroat - Mike Harris

Stortford Park Farm(east side of bypass): - Lesser Whitethroat 1, Linnet 7, Blackcap 1 male, Starling 61, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Green Woodpecker 2 (3), Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 over South-West, Stockdove 1

Stortford Park Farm (west); - Common Whitethroat 2, Garden Warbler, Yellowhammer 3 (2 males), Linnet 4 (2 prs?), Skylark, Sparrowhawk - male over North - Graeme J. Smith

24th April

Trims Green - Yellow Wagtail 1 - singing from the trees at Blounts farm opposite the entrance path to Mathams Wood just after 0700 this morning. After song flew into the rape on the Mathams Wood side of the road.

Buzzard - now daily between Spellbrook, Thorley Church and Mathams Wood with one or two birds seen on five occasions this week but never seemed to be covering any ground. Only 4 kestrel sightings and one sparrowhawk over the same period could start pushing Buzzard to the top of my regular Spellbrook/Trims BoP count. It may not seem like many sightings but these are from my teabreaks and lunchtime only totalling a meagre 40 mins a day. - Graeme J. Smith

Newport - Hobby Newport garden this morning - Stephen Patmore

23rd April

Trims Green - A 2 hour survey for Corn Buntings produced just on singing bird about 200yards SW of Shingle Hall plus 2 Yellow Wagtails near Blounts Farm. Tony Moverley

Spellbrook (west) - Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1 my first of the year - Graeme J. Smith

21st April

Patmore Heath - Redpoll on seed feeder, ringed on R leg - Mick East

Thorley Wash from 0520 hrs - Grasshopper Warbler 3 (4), Sedge W 6, Whitethroat 9, Cuckoo 1 in flight - Graeme J. Smith

20th April

Moor Hall - 3 Yellow Wagtails in the rape field north of the track joining Moor Hall with Mathams Wood at noon today. Tony Moverley

Hatfield Forest - Common Tern, Coot pair with 3 young on decoys, Common Whitethroat, Cuckoo, Buzzard, Mute Swans building nest, House Sparrows in many perimeter hedges as usual - David Arch

Trims Gree - R-l Part 2, Linnet 7+ lysander park building roof, Yellowhammer 5, Common Buzzard 1

Spellbrook west: - Swallow 2 resident, Chifchaff 2 mm, Blackcap 3 singing

Orange Tip 3, Large White 2, HOLLY BLUE 1, GVWhite 2, Sml white 1, (white sp. 6), Peacock 1 - Graeme J Smith

Sawbridgeworth Marsh - Reed Bunting (2), Sedge Warbler (5), Whitethroat (1), Lesser Whitethroat (1), Blackcap (1), Chiffchaff (1), Swallow (1). - Chris Swan

Tednambury Marsh (19:00-20:00) - 3 Cormorants, 1f Mute Swan, 8 Canada Geese, 1 RED KITE 19:05, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (S), 1 Great Black-backed Gull (N), 4 Swallow, 2 Meadow Pipits (in?), 5m Sedge Warblers, 1m Lesser Whitethroat, 2m Whitethroat, 1m Blackcap, 2m Willow Warblers, 2m Chiffchaffs

Thorley Wash (20:00-20:45) - 3m GRASSHOPPER WARBLERS (2 at southern end, 1 in central section) 1m Sedge Warbler - Stephen Patmore

19th April

Patmore Heath 15:00 - Common Buzzard 1 Redkite 1 - Mick East

Stort Park Farm and woods/fields to NW - Green Woodpecker 1, Buzzard 2 - at least one there on most visits recently, Sparrowhawk 1 male, Blackcap 4, Chiffchaff 3, Willow Warbler 2, 1 Yellow Wagtai1 over NW, Skylark - lots, Yellowhammer - unbeleivably only a single noted - Graeme J Smith

Harps Farm - Skylark, Yellowhammer and Green Woodpecker - David Arch

Spellbrook Lock to Thorley Wash (1415-1540) - 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 RED KITE SE @ 1503, 1M Kestrel, 3 LBB Gull (2Ad, 1 3rdS), 7 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 6 Swallow (5N, 1 singing M), 3 Whitethroat (all singing M's), 3 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 1 Goldfinch (N), 3 Reed Bunting (Pr + M)

4 Orange Tip, 7 GV White (inclu joined pr), 1 Small White, 6 White (spp.), 11 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoishell, 1 Comma

Spellbrook Lock to Tednambury Lock (1540-1650) - 2 Cormorant (using a mobile phone mast as a roost!), 7 Canada Goose, 1 Common Buzzard (high NE, migrant?), 10 LBB Gull (9Ads N, 1 1stS E), 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Swallow (N - all appeared to be males), 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Sedge Warbler (singing M), 2 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay, 3 Reed Bunting (all M's)

2 Orange Tip, 1 Large White, 3 GV White, 1 Small White, 1 White (sp.), 4 Peacock

1 Grass Snake (about 2' long, swam across river) - Mike Harris

18th April

Hatfield Forest Lake - Tufted Duck 7, Teal 2, GCGrebe 6 min (2 on nests), Greylag 11 - A decent count, Mute, Swan 2, Common Tern 0, Swallow 1 - only a single today!, Tawny Owl - male at females usual spot, female has been heard to call against male but we think that she may be sitting somewhere as she's not been seen in usual roost spot for some time, Blackcap/Willow Warbler/Chiffchaff - plenty, Garden Warbler 0 yet, Common Whitethroat 1 - on edge of overflow carpark close to sheep, Marsh Tit 1 - heard while driving in through wood - GraemeJSmith

SAL (0715-0750) - 1 Mute Swan, 7 Mallard, 1F Tufted Duck (the injured bird now on the smallest lagoon), 14 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Swallow (N), 2 Sand Martin (N), 3 Song Thrush (1E, 2 singing), 3 Willow Warbler (all singing males), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay 3 Goldfinch (singing M + Pr N), 1 Linnet (N), 4 Bullfinch (2 prs), 2 Reed Bunting (pr)

SLRS (0805-0845) - 3 Cormorant (in corm tree), 3 Prs Canada Goose, 1 Pr Grey-lag Goose, 6 Mallard (the F at the South end is down to six ducklings), 1 Pr Shelduck, 2 Prs Lapwing, 3 Coot, 1 Skylark singing), 1 Swallow (N), 1 Willow Warbler (singing)

Rushy Mead (1440-1510) - 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 G S Woodpecker, Pr Long tailed Tit, 2MM Blackcap singing, 1M Chiffchaff singing

1M Brimstone, 1M Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood

Sawbridgeworth Marsh (1515-1625) - 1 Common Buzzard, 2FF Sparrowhawk, 1 G S Woodpecker, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Sedge Warbler (4 singing), 1M Blackcap, 2MM Chiffchaff, 1M Goldfinch, 3 Pr Reed Bunting

1F Brimstone, 3 Small White, 5 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoishell, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Mike Harris

Blounts Farm - Yellow Wagtail 1 over, Wheatear 1 m on the Pill box - John Slee

Bollington Hall area - large numbers of Rook and Jackdaw at rubbish dump, two Red-legged Partridge in fields and two Willow Tit.

Spellbrook Lock to Tednambury Lock - Two Grey Wagtail, two Grey Heron - David Arch

17th April

Beggar's Hall Fishing Lake - no Grebes but 2 pairs of Moorhen and also Coot. 6 drake Mallard. Two separate Great Spotted Woodpecker. House Martin back over the house. Reed Bunting, and then the usual Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Goldfinch and Robin going about their non forest business. Starling and House Sparrow at the old Post Office.

Bush End - Mistle Thrush, Greenfinch 8, Goldfinch, Chaffinch and Collared Dove.

Fishing lake east of Bush End on Harcamlow Way - plenty of fish. 7 Grey Lag Geese and two Canada Geese. 2 pairs of Mallard and 2 drakes. Skylark, Swallow, Robin, Great Tit, Chiffchaff and Moorhen.

Water at Hatfield Park - Nesting Canada Goose, Moorhen and Coot. Two small Mallard young. Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker.

Hatfield Forest Lake - Mute Swan pair at chosen nest site facing bird hide. Grebes of course. Both Woodpeckers, 16 Swallow, 6 Sand Martin and a House Martin. Three Grey Lag and 8 Canada Geese including one with a head much like a Grey Lag. Tufted Duck but no Teal. All the usual corvids. No winter thrushes but at least 5 Mistle Thrushes and many calling/singing Song Thrush. Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap.

Stansted Airport lagoons - Common Sandpiper moving between all three lagoons. Mallard with 8 young. Four pairs of Mallard. Drake Gadwall until it flew off. Eight Teal until they flew off. 1 Mute Swan, 17 Coot, few Moorhen. Stock Dove, Blackcap, Wren, Jay. Swallow 5 plus a few Sand Martin later. Skylark, Robin, Chiffchaff, Blackcap. No Grebes. Tufted Duck not found. - David Arch

Sawbridgeworth Marsh - 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling from the sedgebeds in the centre of the marsh - Andy Sapsford

16th April

A pair of Sparrowhawks calling over town centre. Blackcap singing in Newtown Road - Mike Franklin

Thorley Lane East - 1 Common Whitethroat - Tony Moverley

14th April -

River Stort at Town Centre - two Mute Swans

Bishop's Stortford - five Cormorants over this morning - David Arch

13th April

Parsonage Lane, - 5 Buzzards(five) rising on a thermal at 1.30 pm - Ellen Franklin

Hatfield Forest Lake - two Mute Swans, three Great Crested Grebes on the water, three Grey Lag Geese on the water, One Canada Goose pair with nest. Plenty of Coot and Moorhen at the moment. - David Arch

River Stort at Spellbrook - two Cormorants paid a short visit - David Arch

12th April

Birchanger Wood - Treecreeper, Sparrowhawk, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff + 1 deer! - Ellen Franklin

Lords Avenue BS - Female Brambling this morning 09.30am - Andrew Palmer

SAL (0850-0920) - 1 Mute Swan, 11 Mallard, 1F Teal, 16 Coot, 2 Skylark (singing M's - distant), 1 Pied Wagtail, 1M Blackcap, 2MM Willow Warbler, 1M Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 1 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting (pr + M)

SLRS (0935-1010) - 2 Cormorant (in Corm tree), 6 Mallard, 6 Gadwall, 5 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 1 Skylark (singing Male), 4 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2MM Willow Warbler, 1M Reed Bunting

Sawbridgeworth Marsh (1725-1740) - 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 2 Reed Bunting

SLRS(1820-1845) - 5 Canada Geese, F Mallard with eleven ducklings., Pr Shelduck (Scrape tick!) 11 Ad LBB Gull (came in from S, washed and returned - to McDonalds & Burger King?), 5 Lapwing (2prs + challenging M), 2 Pied Wagtail, 12 Starling, 8 Goldfinch - Mike Harris

Hatfield Forest Lake - Swallow 15+, House Martin 6 minimum, Cuckoo 2 - Graeme J. Smith

Hatfield Forest Lake - Grey Heron as dusk fell - David Arch

11th April

SLRS - House Martin 30- 40, Swallow 10+, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, male, Song Thrush, Bullfinch, female, then a male, Shelduck, Snipe 3, Reed bunting 2, Gadwall 6, Greenfinch 3, Pied Wagtail 4, Green Woodpecker, Lapwing 5, Kestrel, Cormorant 2 flying 3 in dead tree - Steve and Cliff (SVW)

Hatfield Forest - Cuckoo and Common Tern - per Stort Valley Wild

between Albury End and Albury in field (4 miles NW of Bishop's Stortford) - WHITE STORK at 1540 Hrs - per RBA

Wallbury - single Sedge Warbler at North end

Thorley Wash - Common Whitethroat, one singing from around centre and sometimes crossing the river

Swallow 25 in total today with 19 heading North - Graeme J. Smith

Dane O Coys - Swallow, Green Woodpecker 2, Yellowhammer 3, Goldfinch 5, Pied Wagtail pr, Song Thrush - singing, Chiffchaff. - Mike Ashworth

10th April

Stansted Road - Sparrowhawk over - David Arch

9th April

Cricketfield Lane - Red Kite over woodland to north of cricket field, green woodpecker, pair of bullfinch on feeder. - Mike Ashworth

Much Hadham - Tawny Owl and Buzzard

Little Hadham - young Mallard of the year, nesting Canada Geese Rookery at Bridgefoot with 10 nests - David Arch

8th April

Furneux Pelham - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker over Main Street near Whitebarns Lane

Stocking Pelham - Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, no Buzzard in two hours! Rookery with 10 nests and another with 11 nests

East End - Nesting Canada Geese, Collared Dove

Maggots End - Buzzard, 2 Guinea Fowl in open field - David Arch

7th April

Manuden - Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 6 Linnet, 12 Fieldfare, 13 Yellowhammer - David Arch

6th April

Thorley Street - Wheatear in arable field (Grid ref: TL481189) bounded by Thorley Street to the E, St James Way to the S and Obrey Way to the W - 4pm on top of footpath marker post. - Tony Moverley

SLRS - Gadwall 15, Teal 2 (pair), Lapwing 2, LBBG 4, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed tit, Blackcap

Trim's Green - Sparrowhawk 1f, Yellowhammer c15, Stock Dove 10 - John Slee

5th April

Hatfield Forest (0745-0905) - 6 G C Grebe (2 on nests), 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Grey Lag Goose (1 on nest), 6 Canada Goose, 35 Mallard, 2 Teal (pr), 6 Coot, 32 Golden Plover (N @ 0916 as I left the forest southwards), 2 Herring Gull (E, Ad + 2nd S), 1 Tawny Owl (usual spot), 5 Green Woodpecker, 7 G S Woodpecker, 3 Wren (singing - only?), 7 Song Thrush (5 singing males), 1 Redwing, 11 Mistle Thrush (5 singing + 3 other pairs), 2 Blackcap (singing males), 1 Willow Warbler (singing from top of Silver Birch, East side of Reedbed), 5 Chiffchaff (singing males), 4 Long tailed Tit (2prs), 2 Nuthatch (pr), 6 Goldfinch (pr + charm of 4), 2 Greenfinch (displaying males - only?), 4 Bullfinch (2prs), 2 Reed Bunting (pr), 1M Yellowhammer (south of carpark entrance)

Good numbers of the Common birds singing, Blackbird, Dunnock & Chaffinch. Notable 'no shows' (silent) included Marsh & Coal Tit, Treecreeper and Starling.

SLRS (0925-0950) - 1 Grey Lag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, 24 Gadwall, 7 Coot, 3 Snipe (encouraging?), 1M Lapwing, 1 Goldfinch (NE), 2MM Yellowhammers (singing either side of the Layby), 2 Reed Bunting (pr) - Mike Harris

Stansted Road - singing separately in various tree and bush tops at the same time. Siskin, Dunnock, Greenfinch, Blackbird, Wren, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Robin and Chaffinch. Collared Dove just sitting. Jackdaw squabbling over chimney pots - David Arch

4th April

Trims & Allens Greens (1140-1200)- 2 Grey Partridge , 1 Golden Plover (coming into full Summer plumage), 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellowhammer

SAL (1215-1300) - 13 Mallard, 20 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 19 Coot, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff (singing), 2 Jay, 1 Linnet

SLRS (1315-1345) - 10 Mallard, 33 Gadwall (still in big numbers here?), 6 Coot, 1F Kestrel, 1 Lapwing, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff (singing)

1M Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 White (sp. - GV?), 1 Peacock

There were also 2MM Brimstone and 1 Green veined White at Hatfield Heath in a brief stop. - Mike Harris

3rd April

Trims Green + surrounding land from 0700 Hrs - Mist very thick this morning YELLOW WAGTAIL 3 - One flew up from close to the road at Lysander Park entrance and flew low over my head heading east. A pair grounded amongst Mipits left east along trims South field just off Sacombs Ash Lane but were close to the ground and didn't look to be going anywhere, Corn Bunting 1, Yellowhammer singing all around, three large flock of linnet plus a few straglers totalling around 130 birds, grounded mipit all around with numerous birds on fences, trees etc. REED BUNTING 9 two sang the whole time they were within ear-shot. This is easily my highest site count as i've only had a handfull on this ground in the last 5 years, Hares 7, Pied Wagtail 13 feeding on the flooded NE edge of trims North Field. Tufted Duck 11(12) on fishing lake closest to Thorley Church, Greylag 2 heading towards Michaels Mead Pond over Moor Hall Barn, Swallow 1 - resting for a moment on wires next to Moor Hall Barn - Graeme J. Smith

Little Hadham area - 2 drake Mandarin, Buzzard - David Arch

2nd April

Merck, Sharp and Dohme, Harlow at river - male Blackcap singing; also Treecreeper - David Arch

SAL - 20 Teal, 3 Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, no Little Grebe - David Arch

Twyford Lock - Swallow seen at Twyford Lock approx 12.40pm. David Sampson

Start Hill roundabout - Red Kite seen calling over at 1400 hrs - Ellen Franklin

1st April

Pig Lane - 3 Chiffchaff calling along the river approx 100 yards from road - Mike Franklin

Wallbury at 0610 Hrs - Chiffchaff 4, BLACKCAP 1, Treecreeper 2

Tednambury Marsh - Greylag 1, Chiffchaff 1

Trims Green - Buzzard 3 seen at lunch (all three again over wood at 1610 Hrs), Kestrel 2, SWALLOW 1 over North at 1615 Hrs, many single calling Meadow Pipit passing over on high ground mostly heading E or NE - Graeme J. Smith