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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
