Links
The RSPB
The website of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
RSPB Kids!
Have fun and learn about birds on the RSPB's youth website.
RSPB Images
Thousands of stunning images of birds and wildlife from around the world.
The RSPCA, SSPCA (Scotland), USPCA (Northern Ireland)
The RSPCA (England and Wales), SSPCA (Scotland) and USPCA (Northern Ireland) are the national charities that help and advise on sick and injured birds and animals. The RSPB does not run bird hospitals or a rescue service.
Hertfordshire Bird Club
Part of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, the Hertfordshire Bird Club organises bird surveys, produces an annual bird report, provides links to a broad range of other web sites and keeps a log of recent interesting sightings of birds seen within the county.
Royston Wildlife
A personal view of the natural history associated with the town of Royston, this site includes a page describing recent local sightings and a page dedicated to the Hitchin and Letchworth local group, which includes links to the group's programme for the current season (Word document) and recent trip lists (also Word documents).
Bedfordshire Bird Club
A mine of information about the birds of Bedfordshire, a county which incorporates some of our region.
Lee Valley Regional Park
Website of the Lee Valley regional park, which covers the 26 miles of the river Lea between Ware and the Thames. This is one of the most important sites in the UK for wintering bitterns.
Friends of Tring Reservoirs
Tring reservoirs lie on the border between Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, on the edge of the Chilterns. Wilstone reservoir is arguably Hertfordshire's premier birdwatching site, attracting a wide variety of passage migrants in spring and autumn, good numbers of wildfowl in winter and breeding birds such as hobby in the summer.
Kings Meads
Situated between Hertford and Ware, King's Meads is the largest remaining grazed flood meadow in Hertfordshire and is an excellent place to look for water birds in the autumn and winter and butterflies, flora and (especially) dragonflies in the spring and summer.
Paxton Pits
The website of the Friends of Paxton Pits. Situated near St Neots in Cambridgeshire, this site (which we visit each year in May) is famous for its breeding nightingales, but also holds huge numbers of wintering wildfowl and is excellent for wader passage.