27th December - 1 Water Rail, 2 Stonechat, 1 Green Woodpecker
26th December - 85 Wigeon, 100 Teal, 2 Stonechat, 1 Green Woodpecker
12th December - 102 Teal, 2 Shelduck, 60 Wigeon, 18 Shoveler, 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull
5th December - 250 Lapwing
3rd December - 2 Stonechat Mill Mead and 2 Water Rail calling Hertford Cut
28th November - 2 Yellow-legged Gulls and 3 Stonechat
27th November - The November 2004 issue of the Herts Dragonfly Group newsletter is now on-line at www.geocities.com/hertsdragonflies
26th November - 1 pair Stonechat Mill Mead, 25 Fieldfare, 240 Lapwing
21st November - 1 Goldcrest Chadwell Bank
19th November - 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 pair Stonechat east end of Mill Mead, 1 Goldcrest
13th November - 1 late Common Darter
12th November - 1 Water Rail calling in Hertford Cut and 30 Fieldfare
7th November - 1 SHORT-EARED OWL flying around west of the flyover being mobbed by corvids (1st record since April 2002)
5th November - 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Snipe, 97 Teal, 200 Lesser Black-backed Gull
31st October - 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Snipe, 4 Stonechat
29th October - 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 49 Wigeon, 5 Stonechat, 30 Fieldfare
24th October - 22 Wigeon, 3 Little Egret flying over to roost at Amwell
16th October - 1 Green Sandpiper, 20 Snipe, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest and 2 pairs of Stonechat
14th October - 1 Stonechat Broad Mead, 1 Swallow, 2 House Martin
10th October - 2 Dunlin, 29 Snipe, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat
9th October - 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, 3 Stonechat
4th October - 23 Snipe
3rd October - 2 Green Sandpiper, 19 Snipe
27th September - 13 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Green Sandpiper, 17 Snipe
26th September - 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Linnet
25th September - 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 10 Snipe
23rd September - 1 LITTLE GULL ( 1st record since April 2002), 1 Garganey, 2 Green Sandpiper
19th September - 35 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 80 Meadow Pipit, 50 Goldfinch, 2 Green Sandpiper
17th September - 1 Garganey, 2 Green Sandpiper, 20 Wigeon, 1 Bullfinch
12th September - 1 Garganey, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Whinchat
10th September - 1 Garganey, 4 Whinchat, 1 Shoveler/Blue-winged Teal hybrid
9th September - 1 Stoat
7th September - 1 Common Sandpiper
5th September - 1 Pintail (1st record since April 2002), 1 Green Sandpiper, 50 Shoveler and 30 Meadow Pipit
3rd September - 1 Little Owl, 1 Common Sandpiper,1 Whinchat and 50 Goldfinch
30th August - 1 Hobby and 2 Common Sandpiper
29th August - 1 Little Owl (1st record since April 2002), 1 Common Sandpiper
28th August - 3 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat
27th August - 1 Garganey, 2 Common Sandpiper
26th August - 1 Garganey, 2 Common Sandpiper and the first 2 Wigeon of the winter !!
22nd August - 1 Garganey, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Whinchat and 1 Yellow Wagtail
21st August - 1 Garganey, 2 Common Sandpiper and 1 Willow Warbler
20th August - 1 Garganey and 1 Common Sandpiper
18th August - 1 Garganey and 3 Common Sandpiper
17th August - 1 Garganey and 1 Common Sandpiper
15th August - 1 pair Bullfinch, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Brown Argus and 2 Painted Lady Sweet Mead, 30 + 1 pair Emerald Damselfly in new colony in Manifold Ditch
14th August - 1 Garganey, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Common Sandpiper
13th August - 1 Garganey, 8 Teal and 4 Common Sandpiper
10th August - 4 Common Sandpiper, 18 Shoveler, 2 Teal and 5 Migrant Hawker
8th August - 10 Small Red-eyed Damselfly + 2 pairs West Pool, 1 Brown Argus nectaring on Fleabane on Sweet Mead (1st record for the site), a female Southern Hawker (1st record for the site) and 6 Emerald Damselfly Manifold Ditch west of the flyover and 4 Emerald Damselfy + 1 pair east of the flyover, 3 Snipe flushed from Stockade Mead ditch
7th August - 2 Common Sandpiper and 1 Spotted Flycatcher
6th August - 2 Small Red-eyed Damselfly on northeast corner of West Pool and 7 Emerald Damselfly in Manifold Ditch, east of flyover
2nd August - 1 Emerald Damselfly New River
1st August - The first ever King's Mead record of the Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum, bringing the total of dragonfly species recorded at King's Mead to 17. See the Herts Dragonfly Group website for more details of this damselfly that was recorded in the UK for the first time in 1999.
30th July - 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Emerald Damselfly Manifold Ditch
23rd July - A good day for butterflies with 15 species recorded including 10 Green-veined White, 46 Small White, 3 Large White, 2 Comma, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted lady, 10 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Holly Blue, 6 Peacock, 3 Ringlet, 62 Meadow Brown, 60 Gatekeeper, 55 Small Skipper, 4 Essex Skipper and 1 Small Copper
16th July - 1 Emerald Damselfly Manifold Ditch, 2 Essex Skipper (1 King's Mead, 1 Sweet Mead)
15th July - 120 Swift, 10 Common Tern
13th July - 10 Common Tern, 1 Stock Dove, 1 pair Bullfinch
10th July - 1 Bullfinch, 200 Lapwing
3rd July - 1 Grass Snake Park Mead, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 150 Banded Demoiselle Sweet Mead
2nd July - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank, 1 pair Bullfinch, 1 pair of Spotted Flycatcher on fence by Chadwell Spring hawking freshly emerged Ruddy and Common Darters
25th June - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove, 1 pair Bullfinch and an Emperor Dragonfly catching and eating a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly
20th June - First Ruddy Darter in Manifold Ditch
18th June - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Stock Dove, 9 Heron
13th June - 4 Hairy Dragonfly in Manifold Ditch East and 2 Four-spotted Chaser on the Little Mead pools.
11th June - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 pair Bullfinch
6th June - 4 Hairy Dragonfly in Manifold Ditch East and 1 in Little Mead pools, 1 Small Copper, 3 foot Hawthorn on King's Mead totally defoliated by the Hawthorn Moth ( see the new Moth Page)
4th June - Male Teal, 1 Garden Warbler
31st May - 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Stock Dove, and 1 Small Copper
23rd May - 3 Hairy Dragonfly in Manifold Ditch west of flyover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 1 Garden Warbler
21st May - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
16th May - 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Shelduck, Cuckoo, 2 Stock Dove. This the first Willow Warbler record since April 2002. Also, a large new colony (7sq metres) of Water Violet along the King's Mead/Hollow Mead fence.
15th May - 1 WHITE STORK circled being mobbed by a corvid between 6.00 - 6.30 pm, before drifting off towards Ware
8th May - 1 Stock Dove
7th May - Water Violet in flower in Manifold Ditch
3rd May - 1 Common Sandpiper, first 30 Swifts and 2 Reed Warblers
2nd May - Hobby
1st May - 1 Common Sandpiper
25th April - First Cuckoo, Hobby, Meadow Saxifrage in flower Little Mead
24th April - 1 Green Sandpiper, first Whitethroat, Orange Tip, Holly Blue
20th April - First Sedge Warbler
18th April - 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling
16th April - First Sand Martin, House Martin, Common Tern, Peacock, Brimstone, Comma and Small White, 2 Stock Dove
13th April - First 2 Small Tortoiseshell
10th April - 1 WHITE STORK circled high from 11.05am - 11.25am before landing on Little Mead. Flew off high to the south at 11.40am after being disturbed by corvids, first Blackcap, 2 Jay, 3 Stock Dove
8th April - Lady's Smock in flower on King's Mead, first 3 Swallow, 1 Green Woodpecker, 40 Meadow Pipit on Park Mead, 1 Stock Dove
2nd April - 7 Water Vole in Hertford Cut from flyover to Tansy Mead, 1 Water Rail in Hertford Cut by flyover, 1 female Great Spotted Woodpecker
28th March - 1 Water Vole in Hertford Cut by flyover, 1 Water Rail by railway crossing by White House Sluice, first 2 Chiffchaff
26th March - 1 Water Vole in Hertford Cut by flyover
21st March - Common Whitlow Grass in flower on Little Mead
9th March - 1 Dunlin, 4 Shelduck
7th March - 1 Dunlin, 20 Meadow Pipit
3rd March - 1 Dunlin, first White Dead-nettle in flower
28th February - 4 Stock Dove, 1 Jay
21st February - 1 MALE MERLIN chasing flock of 40 Meadow Pipits on Little Mead, 1 Green Woodpecker
15th February - 2 Water Rail calling
7th February - 1 Green Woodpecker
1st February - 1 Jack Snipe
30th January - 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Jack Snipe
24th January - 1 Green Woodpecker
17th January - 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove
9th January - 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Water Rail calling
4th January - 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker