Recording Area Annual Totals

97 Species in 2013, 99 in 2012, 94 in 2011, 108 species were recorded in 2010;



Tuesday 23 October 2012

Huge flocks of both CHAFFINCH and STARLINGS

Whilst delivering this afternoon in FLAUNDEN, I came across a huge flock of CHAFFINCHES in the large ploughed field SE of the hamlet at TL 018 007. I stopped and 'scoped them and click-counted no less than 702 birds........staggering. Feeding voraciously with them were no less than 50 BRAMBLINGS.


Nearby, still 4 Little Egrets in the Chess Valley and in my garden at Chaffinch House, a phenomenal flock of 225 Common Starlings - by far the largest flock I have ever seen here

In Hemel Hempstead town centre earlier, I had 2 Little Egrets by the river

Monday 8 October 2012

Lots of Jays

Still lots of JAYS in the Chess Valley and Chesham area, mirroring a massive influx in Britain as a whole

Meanwhile, 4 LITTLE EGRETS present this morning on the Chess - in the usual meadow east of Bois Mill