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16 April

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

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