Ricky Flesher: Hertfordshire Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 235 of 235 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/05/2003 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 15/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 16/05/2004 Coopers Green 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 12/03/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 26/11/2011 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 04/02/2006 Stockers Lake 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15/03/2008 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 25/11/2001 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15/01/1994 Amwell Gravel Pits 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 22/01/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 08/01/1995 Amwell Gravel Pits 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/08/1996 Wilstone Reservoir 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20/09/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20/09/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 04/10/1993 Amwell Gravel Pits 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20/09/1993 Rye Meads 18 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/1994 Amwell Gravel Pits 19 Teal Anas crecca 20/09/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26/03/2022 Tring 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 07/01/1996 Stockers Lake 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 20/09/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 25/10/2008 Amwell Gravel Pits 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27/10/2013 Wilstone Reservoir 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20/09/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 26 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/1999 Amwell Gravel Pits 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 14/04/1996 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/05/2000 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13/05/2006 Wilstone Reservoir 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24/10/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/1994 Amwell Gravel Pits 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 20/03/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 17/11/2018 Tyttenhanger GP 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 23/01/1994 Stockers Lake 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 20/03/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19/11/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 13/06/2009 Baldock 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22/01/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 39 Swift Apus apus 08/05/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 28/04/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 29/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 26/03/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12/06/1996 Pegsdon Hill 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 24/10/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 15/01/1994 Amwell Gravel Pits 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 48 Coot Fulica atra 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 49 Crane Grus grus 22/04/2008 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 20/09/1993 Rye Meads 51 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 15/10/2005 Wilstone Reservoir 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 20/09/1993 Wilstone reservoir 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 27/10/2012 Wilstone Reservoir 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 13/11/1994 Wilstone Reservoir 55 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 14/04/2007 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 26/04/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/03/2005 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 19/11/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 60 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 29/04/2017 Therfield 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 20/09/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/03/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 64 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 01/05/2017 Pitstone Quarry 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/04/1997 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 21/04/1998 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/05/2006 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/09/1995 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 21/12/1997 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 70 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/06/1996 Broxbourne Woods 71 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 01/10/1996 Rye Meads 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/10/1993 Amwell Gravel Pits 73 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 29/10/2003 Wilstone Reservoir 74 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 24/05/2020 Wilstone Res 75 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 29/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 76 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15/10/1993 Lemsford Springs 77 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 14/09/2002 Rye Meads 78 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/08/1996 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 79 Redshank Tringa totanus 12/03/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 80 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 20/10/2002 Amwell Gravel Pits 81 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/09/1996 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 82 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20/09/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 83 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/04/2000 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 84 Knot Calidris canutus 29/09/1996 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 85 Ruff Calidris pugnax 04/05/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 86 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/05/1996 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 87 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 20/05/2014 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 88 Sanderling Calidris alba 17/04/1996 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 89 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/05/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/09/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 91 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 06/08/2003 Startops Reservoir 92 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/09/2011 Wilstone Reservoir 93 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 03/05/1997 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 28/04/1996 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 95 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 31/07/1999 Wilstone Reservoir 96 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 02/05/1998 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 97 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 09/05/1994 Cheshunt Gravel Pits 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 03/05/2004 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 99 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/01/1996 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 100 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 30/11/1997 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 101 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 05/07/2012 Startops Reservoir 102 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 09/01/2016 Wilstone Reservoir 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/07/2005 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 105 Common Gull Larus canus 19/11/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 23/01/2016 Amwell GPs 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 15/01/1994 Amwell Gravel Pits 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 07/08/2005 Sandon 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 30/12/1994 Hilfield Park Reservoir 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/1994 Amwell Gravel Pits 111 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 24/04/2017 Tyttenhanger GPs 112 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 14/10/1998 Wilstone Reservoir 113 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 12/05/2012 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 20/09/1993 Rye Meads 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/04/1998 Sleapshyde Gravel Pits 116 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 09/11/2013 Rye Meads 117 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/01/1996 Stockers Lake 118 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 16/06/2012 Rickmansworth 119 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 21/05/2023 Hilfield Castle Pond 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2005 Wilstone Reservoir 121 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 27/08/1995 Hartford Heath 122 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/11/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 123 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 124 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 22/04/1998 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 125 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 20/03/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 126 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 12/04/1998 Prea Wood 127 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/08/2005 Sandon 128 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 16/11/2008 Reed 129 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 22/09/2018 Therfield 130 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 07/08/2005 Sandon 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/05/2005 Prea Wood 132 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 16/11/2008 Reed 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo 23/08/1995 Foxholes Farm 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba 30/12/1997 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 135 Little Owl Athene noctua 29/08/1994 Wilstone Reservoir 136 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 12/02/2000 Beech Farm 137 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 29/09/1996 Beech Farm 138 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 16/07/1997 Kimpton Mill 139 Hoopoe Upupa epops 15/05/2007 Bishops Stortford 140 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 20/09/1993 Rye Meads 141 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 04/09/1999 Stockers Lake 142 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 21/04/1998 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 143 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 24/10/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 144 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/11/1993 Cheshunt Gravel Pits 145 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 20/09/1993 Rye Meads 146 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 26/05/2010 Wilstone Reservoir 147 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/11/2001 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 148 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/08/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 149 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 24/11/2007 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 150 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 27/12/1999 Post Wood 151 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 14/02/1999 Lower Sheering 152 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 23/07/2006 Croxley Common 153 Jay Garrulus glandarius 29/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 154 Magpie Pica pica 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 155 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 11/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 156 Rook Corvus frugilegus 11/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 157 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 158 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 17/04/2017 Tyttenhanger GP 159 Raven Corvus corax 17/04/2005 Whitwell 160 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/01/1996 Ware 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 19/03/1995 Broxbourne Woods 162 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 14/01/1995 Wormley Woods 163 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 20/07/1997 Wheathampstead 164 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 165 Great Tit Parus major 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 166 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 23/01/2016 Amwell GPs 167 Skylark Alauda arvensis 27/02/1994 Hilfield Park Reservoir 168 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 169 Swallow Hirundo rustica 28/04/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 170 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/05/1994 Amwell Gravel Pits 171 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 12/10/2018 Tyttenhanger GP 172 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 173 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 21/05/2006 Redbourn 174 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 12/01/2019 Tyttenhanger GP 175 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/04/1994 Rye Meads 176 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/03/1995 Wilstone Reservoir 177 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/1994 Rye Meads 178 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/05/1994 Amwell Gravel Pits 179 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 21/06/2009 Amwell Gravel Pits 180 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 04/07/1998 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 181 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/04/1994 Rye Meads 182 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 09/05/1994 Cheshunt Gravel Pits 183 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 29/08/1994 Wilstone Reservoir 184 Whitethroat Curruca communis 29/04/1994 Cheshunt Gravel Pits 185 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 01/01/2006 Essendon Golf Course 186 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 02/03/2007 Wilstone Reservoir 187 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/10/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 188 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 189 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 23/01/1994 Cassiobury Park 190 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 29/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 191 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 192 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 13/11/2005 Northaw Great Wood 193 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 194 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 15/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 195 Redwing Turdus iliacus 24/10/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 196 Blackbird Turdus merula 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 197 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 11/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 198 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 28/04/1998 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 199 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 29/08/1994 Wilstone Reservoir 200 Robin Erithacus rubecula 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 201 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 01/05/1999 Sleapshyde Gravel Pits 202 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 14/12/1996 Wheathampstead 203 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21/04/2000 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 204 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/04/1998 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 205 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 03/09/1995 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 206 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 20/09/1993 Rye Meads 207 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 04/05/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 208 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 28/01/1996 Welwyn Garden City 209 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 17/12/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 210 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 211 Dunnock Prunella modularis 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 212 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/04/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 213 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 11/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 214 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 08/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 215 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 19/11/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 216 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 07/06/2006 Berkhamsted Common 217 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 26/09/2004 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 218 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/10/2008 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 219 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 15/10/1993 Lemsford Springs 220 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 02/04/1994 Rye Meads 221 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 08/04/1995 Post Wood 222 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 15/10/1993 Lemsford Springs 223 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 24/10/1993 Wilstone Reservoir 224 Linnet Linaria cannabina 22/01/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 225 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 13/03/2004 Cassiobury Park 226 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 21/11/1994 Amwell Gravel Pits 227 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 23/12/2017 Broxbourne Woods 228 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 06/07/1997 Broxbourne Woods 229 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 11/10/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 230 Siskin Spinus spinus 17/12/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 231 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 30/11/1996 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 232 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 07/12/1997 Coursers Road 233 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 17/12/1993 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits 234 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 02/02/2007 Amwell Gravel Pits 235 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 12/03/1994 Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits