Lee Evans: Hertfordshire Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 162 of 162 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 26/03/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) A first-winter Dark-bellied Brent feeding with Greylag Geese in grass field east of jetty (photographed) 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake Two birds in overnight roost 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 23/03/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Two with Greylag Geese in field behind jetty (photographed) 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 07/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake All 3 flew off NW at 0750 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 19/12/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake Adult present (photographed) 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11/01/2019 Woodoaks Farm, West Hyde Long-staying pair by farm 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 09/04/2019 Rye Meads RSPB A pair from Draper Hide followed by a flock of 10 at Wilstone Reservoir in the evening 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Aldenham Country Park 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/08/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Eclipse drake by hide 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2019 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 17 Pintail Anas acuta 11/01/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 4 drakes 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2019 Lemsford Springs NR 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 11/01/2019 Bury Lake, Stocker's 25 feeding together 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 09/04/2019 Great Hardmead Lake, Amwell GP I watched 3 birds drop in during the afternoon - 2 drakes and a female (photographed) 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 24 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water An adult drake and 2 redheads present 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2019 Ashley Pit (Lee Valley Park) 10 present 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 09/04/2019 Great Hardmead Lake, Amwell GP A pair sleeping (photographed) (watched with Tony Hukin) 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 31/01/2019 Therfield Heath 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 11/01/2019 Woodoaks Farm, West Hyde 29 Quail Coturnix coturnix 16/06/2019 Wallington Cereal Fields 2+ males calling 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/01/2019 Little Wymondsley 31 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 3 seen 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2019 Sherrardspark Wood, Welwyn Garden City 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2019 Tewinbury NR 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2019 Turnford Brooks Car Park 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 11/01/2019 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 38 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2019 Wilstone Reservoir 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 41 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 05/03/2019 Hilfield Park Reservoir 5 back 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 10/02/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) First migrant of the year! 43 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 06/04/2019 Hilfield Park Reservoir An adult swimming about in the middle of the reservoir with Black-headed Gulls (photographed) 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/01/2019 Wilstone Reservoir 45 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 12/09/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 46 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 01/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 47 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 48 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 24/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Beautiful male feeding voraciously in front of Drayton Bank Hide (photographed) 49 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 26/07/2019 East Hyde Adult feeding on river by mill 50 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/01/2019 King's Meads, Hertford 51 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2019 King's Meads, Hertford 52 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 2 on bank 53 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2019 Lemsford Springs NR 54 Redshank Tringa totanus 18/03/2019 Startop's End Reservoir (Tring) 55 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/08/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Adult winter showing well from hide (photographed) 56 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 25/04/2019 Tyttenhanger GP On spit on main pit (photographed) 57 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 11/08/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Adult summer on Drayton Bank (photographed) 58 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/06/2019 Tyttenhanger GP Adult summer on spit (photographed) 59 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/09/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 60 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 20/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 2 present 61 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 3 arrived in the evening along with another batch of Little Gulls 62 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 5 present, plus 3 on neighbouring Startop's End 63 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 06/04/2019 Hilfield Park Reservoir An adult summer 64 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 10/02/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) An adult winter present from 1044-1110 hours (photographed) (seen with Ed Griffiths, Dave Bilcock, Ian Williams the finder and Steve & Vicky Rodwell) 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 66 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/03/2019 Stocker's Lake A 2nd-summer male displaying to Black-headed Gulls on the main island colony (photographed) (seen with Anna Marett) 67 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 68 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 04/02/2019 Fairlands Valley Park Stevenage German yellow-ringed 3rd-winter X307 (photographed) 69 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 70 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 24/06/2019 Tyttenhanger GP First-summer on main pit 71 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 11 present 72 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water 73 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 74 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 28/09/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Two juveniles present (photographed) 75 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 09/05/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake An adult summer roosting on the island 76 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 11/01/2019 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) Two roosted at dusk 77 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 15/11/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake A juvenile on the river in the SE corner of Great Hardmead Lake - flushed and flew into private fishing pit on opposite side of river 78 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 79 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11/01/2019 Cheshunt Two birds affording very close views in Penton Fields Public Open Space in the town centre (photographed) 80 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Roosted at 0742 hours with Little Egrets in Willows on the Drayton Bank (photographed) (watched with Dave Bilcock & Steve Rodwell) 81 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 82 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 06/09/2019 Panshanger Park Photographed 83 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/02/2019 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) 84 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 31/01/2019 Wallington Cereal Fields/Therfield Heath Two different ringtails seen - at Greys Farm 1345 then at Wallington 1400-1437 85 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2019 Tewinbury NR 86 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2019 Sherrardspark Wood, Welwyn Garden City 87 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/03/2019 Willows Farm (Tyttenhanger) At roost 0617 hours 88 Little Owl Athene noctua 18/01/2019 Cassiobury Park Watford Resident pair 89 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 20/01/2019 Hitchin Town Centre Usual bird hooting from town park 90 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2019 Tewinbury NR 91 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 14/02/2019 Cassiobury Park Watford Calling/drumming male at west end near Flamingo inclosure 92 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water 93 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water 94 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2019 Tewinbury NR 95 Merlin Falco columbarius 31/01/2019 Wallington Cereal Fields Female-type by crop 96 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/05/2019 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) 97 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2019 Little Wymondsley 98 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water 99 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2019 Ashley Pit (Lee Valley Park) 100 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 101 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2019 Lemsford Springs NR 102 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2019 Welwyn Garden City 103 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 104 Raven Corvus corax 30/01/2019 Northchurch Two birds flew high over the church 105 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 22/01/2019 Hertford Town Centre A flock of 12 commuting between Wickes' Car Park and Mead Lane Trading Estate (photographed) 106 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2019 Sherrardspark Wood, Welwyn Garden City 107 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/02/2019 Ashridge Forest (Monument Drive) Pair at the monument feeders 108 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2019 Ashley Pit (Lee Valley Park) 109 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2019 Ashley Pit (Lee Valley Park) 110 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/01/2019 Woodoaks Farm, West Hyde 111 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 22/03/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 35+ present 112 Swallow Hirundo rustica 22/03/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Two 113 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 3 in with a large arrival of Barn Swallows this evening 114 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 11/01/2019 Stocker's Lake Singles noted on the River Colne in the NW corner of Stocker's Lake and at Marsworth Reservoir 115 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water 116 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/01/2019 Tyttenhanger GP At extreme NE end, in ivy and canopy by bridge at fishing pit entrance (photographed) 117 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2019 Tumbling Bay Lake, Amwell Singing male in bushes by canal 118 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 11/01/2019 Tyttenhanger GP 119 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/04/2019 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) A singing male in canal reedbed 120 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/04/2019 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) Singing male in canal reedbed 121 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Reeling bird in Rushy Meadow 122 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 28/03/2019 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) 123 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2019 Stocker's Lake 124 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 07/05/2019 Tringford Reservoir 125 Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/04/2019 Dry Canal above Wilstone 126 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 01/01/2019 Sherrardspark Wood, Welwyn Garden City 127 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water 128 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 129 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2019 Ashridge Forest 130 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 11/01/2019 Stocker's Lake 131 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2019 Ashley Pit (Lee Valley Park) 132 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 133 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2019 King's Meads, Hertford 134 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2019 Ashley Pit (Lee Valley Park) 135 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 136 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 11/01/2019 Woodoaks Farm, West Hyde 137 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/04/2019 Norton Green, Stevenage Two males and a female at Norton Green and then two males near Wheathampstead in fields east of Leasey Bridge at TL 168 142 138 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/05/2019 Sandon Churchyard A pair back on territory 139 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water 140 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 25/10/2019 Cokenach near Barkway My first of 3 this autumn 141 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/09/2019 Nettledon Horse Paddocks 142 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/02/2019 Rye Meads RSPB Pair on the meadow from Lapwing Hide 143 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 02/04/2019 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Female on the jetty (photographed) 144 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/02/2019 Tyttenhanger GP 4 at the feeding station 145 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2019 Turnford Brooks Car Park 146 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 147 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 04/04/2019 Marsworth Paddocks Male photographed 148 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2019 Tewinbury NR 149 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2019 Hemel Hempstead Town Centre 2 birds 150 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 11/01/2019 Woodoaks Farm, West Hyde 151 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 152 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 03/01/2019 Ashridge Forest Monument Drive 153 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water 154 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2019 Ashley Pit (Lee Valley Park) 155 Linnet Linaria cannabina 07/01/2019 St Ippolytts near Hitchin A flock of about 20 birds 156 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 157 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/02/2019 Baldwin's Wood, Flaunden A party of 8 in the conifers 158 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2019 Bowyer's Water 159 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/01/2019 Amwell Great Hardmead Lake 160 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/01/2019 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) Just 21 came into roost 161 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 31/01/2019 Wallington Cereal Fields 162 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 11/01/2019 Woodoaks Farm, West Hyde