Amwell Quarry Nature reserve

Birdwatching at Amwell quarry Hertfordshire

One of a series of reserves in the Lee valley forming a valuable network of habitats. Amwell Quarry was owned by St. Albans Sand and Gravel Company Ltd, but is now a thriving nature reserve managed by the Hertfordshire & Middlesex Wildlife trust. 

Cassiobury Park Nature Reserve

Birdwatching at Cassiobury Park Nature reserve Hertfordshire

The land to the west of the River Gade in the park is a designated Local Nature Reserve managed by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. The nature reserve contains “parkland, scrubland, neutral and semi-improved grassland...

Kings Meads

Birdwatching at Kings Meads Hertfordshire

Kings Meads is the largest remaining grazed riverside flood meadows in Hertfordshire. It is managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, and with an area of 96 hectares it is the largest of the Trust's reserves...

Lemsford Springs Nature Reserve

Birdwatching at Lemsford Springs Hertfordshire

There are two bird hides, and birds which can be seen include water rails, snipe and green sandpipers (one of the best sites in Hertfordshire. ....

Maple Lodge Nature Reserve

Maple Lodge Nature Reserve Hertfordshire. Free birdwatching guide

Maple Lodge Nature Reserve is 40 acres of mixed habitat based around disused gravel workings. It is owned by Thames Water Utilities who lease it to the volunteer members...

Rye Meads

Rye Meads RSPB reserve in Hertfordshire. A Free guide to birdwatching sites

Rye House Marsh, managed by the R.S.P.B. through a lease with Thames Water, forms a major part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest (S.S.S.I.) at Rye Meads.....

Tring Reservoirs

Information about birdwatching at Tring reservoirs Hertfordshire

Tring Reservoirs is a group of four reservoirs forming a 106.5-hectare (263-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, and are managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Together they form one of the best birding sites in Southern England..

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The Birds of Rye Meads

This  book is a goldmine of information showing how the birdlife of Rye Meads has changed over the past 40 years, using data collected and analysed by the Group. It includes full species accounts, presenting the results from a variety of data collection techniques, including Common Bird Census style surveys, ringing data, specific studies and winter wildfowl counts, and will be of interest to the casual birdwatcher and the keen ornithologist alike.

The Birds of Hertfordshire

This book is a review of the status and distribution of all species recorded in the present administrative county since Bryan Sage's earlier work, "A History of the Birds of Hertfordshire", published in 1959. Each of 297 species are described in brief essays, giving details of all authenticated records for the county. The material is gleaned mostly from published and unpublished reports covering the 25-year period 1958-1982. The book also contains 112 breeding bird atlas maps from the work by Mean and Smith (1982). Includes 43 bird illustrations 60 tables 28 photos 24 diagrams 4 colour plates & 112 distribution maps. 360 pages

A history of the birds of Hertfordshire

Barrie & Rockliffe, 1st edn. 1959. Detailed survey of the birds recorded in the county of Hertfordshire. 245 pages b/w photographs.

Birds of Hertfordshire

Birds of Hertfordshire describes all the 301 species of birds ever recorded in the county. It is a full county avifauna with species accounts detailing the records and patterns of occurrence for all our common garden birds through to the most exotic Herts rarities. A4 format and fully illustrated in colour throughout, all the photographs were taken in Hertfordshire. The book presents the results of the most recent Atlas surveys of breeding and wintering birds, together with analysis and comparison with the two previous atlases. 

Birds at Tring Reservoirs

Rob Young, Jack Fearnside and David Russell.
Tring Reservoirs forms one of the most important wetland sites in both Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. There is a long history of ornithological observations dating from soon after their construction in the early 19th century. Historical milestones include Britain's first Marsh sandpiper, the first breeding in England of Black-necked Grebe and the first recorded nesting in Britain of Little Ringed Plover. This book describes the past and present status of all the species to have occurred at Tring Reservoirs.

Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas

Chris Mead and Ken Smith. This informative book provides the first detailed maps of the breeding distribution of birds in Hertfordshire. The 112 species maps are plotted using the tetrad system based on the National Grid which appears on all Ordnance Survey maps. Over 200 birdwatchers contributed more than 50,000 records of birds which have been pooled to produce the final maps. On average each of the county's 504 tetrads held more than 51 species of breeding birds !The Hertfordshire results for each species are compared with those for other local Atlas projects and with the National data for Britain and Ireland France and the Netherlands. In addition, for many of the common species, graphs are included showing fluctuations in the breeding population over the past 20 years...
Paperback;128pp.Slightly faded. Maps & line Drawings.1982

The Breeding Birds of Hertfordshire

This book is a landmark in Hertfordshire ornithology. It describes the distributions of breeding birds in the county and compares them with similar data collected 20 years ago. It is the result of over 7600 hours fieldwork by 250 local birdwatchers and it reveals the extent of the changes that have occurred in our breeding birds ,often un-noticed by even the most ardent birdwatcher. Each species is featured on a double page spread with two maps, giving the distributions in 1967-73 and 1988-92,accompanied by text describing the species and the reasons for any changes and a specially commissioned line drawing by a local artist. In addition a further 25 rare, extinct or colonising species are featured.

Where to Watch Birds in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire

One of a series of in-depth guides to birdwatching in different regions. Each book contains site accounts, plans, maps, lists of birds in the region and advice on planning birdwatching trips. This is a book on birds in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire counties, rich areas for birdwatching, each with a wide variety of sites. 

Birds of Hertfordshire 1969, and Notes on the bird life of Cassiobury Park

  • ASIN : B06XSM15H1
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  • Hertfordshire Natural History Society; 1st edition (1 Jan. 1970)

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