Dad had a morning pass as did I so we headed out early to arrive in St Albans just after 8am. We had all sorts of problems paying for parking but eventually sorted it out and walked out to the area we'd been told was favoured by the overwintering Yellow-browed Warbler. The warbler took some finding but eventually Rupert E. the original finder called to say he had it and we all managed decent views in what was difficult light. I think this is a Hertfordshire tick for me as well as a year tick for 2025.
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| Yellow-browed Warbler in difficult light conditions |
Having watched the bird for a while and thanked Rupert for the find we moved on to the Cathedral where we first spotted a Peregrine on the roof and then a Black Redstart feeding in the vented area of the top windows. We were told the bird had found a cluster of hibernating Ladybirds and was feasting on them getting into the abbey through a small break in the stained glass window.
As we were close to Lemsford Springs we dropped in there, paid the warden a small donation and walked down to the hides were we found five Snipe Four Green Sandpipers a Grey Wagtail, Little Egret and after a lot of searching a single Jack Snipe brought into the reserve by the freezing weather locally.
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| Snipe |
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| Snipe |
So a couple of hours and three year ticks which takes the tally for 2025 to 130 (including the plastic Black-winged Stilt at Titchwell)
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