Brent Birders

“Brent Birders” is a loose description used when reporting sightings at Brent Reservoir (commonly known as the “Welsh Harp”) of birds seen by several birders. When only one or two birders are involved they are normally named individually.

Brent Birders are mainly members of the Welsh Harp Conversation Group, which was formed in 1972 to help preserve the status of the reservoir and its surroundings as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and an important breeding site for wildfowl. The WHCG works closely with British Waterways, which owns the reservoir, and the London Boroughs of Brent and Barnet, which own the surrounding land.

Regular Brent Birders in recent months include Roy Beddard (WHCG chairman), the “three Andrews” (Andrew Self, Andrew Verrall and Andrew Haynes), Leo Batten, John Colmans, John Gravatt, Patrick Hagglund and Bob Husband. [Please add your own name if you have been left out of this list.]