We have a network of volunteer recorders, who are experts on specific groups of species and collate and co-ordinate records and are willing to assist with identification of the more unusual species. Their contact details are below:
Chair of the Recorders' Committee
Ronni Edmonds-Brown
Email:
Amphibians and Reptiles
Dr Jenny Jones
Email:
Amphibian and Reptile records are of particular interest at present as we are currently conducting a countywide survey of Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians with the aim of updating the distribution atlas published in 2001. For further information please contact the atlas team.
Ants
Phil Attewell
Email:
Aquatic Beetles and Aquatic Bugs
Dr Stuart Warrington
Email:
Bees and Wasps
Stephen Lings
Email:
Beetles
Vacant
Birds
Alan Gardiner & Bird Club Records Team
Email:
The Herts Bird Club Records team includes, Alan Gardiner (Bird Recorder), Mike Ilett (Herts Rare Birds Panel), Tom Speller (Data Manager) and a team of volunteer helpers
Bugs: Terrestrial Heteroptera
Vacant
Butterflies
Andrew Wood
Email:
Caddis Flies
Ronni Edmonds-Brown
Email:
Crustacea and Fish
David Johnson
Email:
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Roy Woodward & Darren Bast
62c High Street, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Herts EN8 0AH
Email:
Fungi
The Herts and Beds Fungi Group
Email:
A team of volunteers and experts from the Herts and Beds Fungi Group maintain the data and records for Hertfordshire fungi and respond to mycological enquiries.
Geology
Mike Howgate
Email:
Grasshoppers, Crickets, Cockroaches and Earwigs
Ian Carle
Email:
Lacewings and allies
Revd. Tom Gladwin
Email:
Leeches and Flatworms
David Johnson
Email:
Lichens
Andrew Harris
Email:
Mammals (including Bats)
Jenny Jones & Chantal Helm
23 North Road, Hertford, Herts SG14 1LN
Email:
Mammal records are of particular interest at present as starting in 2015 and continuing until 2019, we are running a countywide survey of Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians with the aim of updating the distribution atlas published in 2001. For further information please contact the atlas team.
Mayflies
Patrycja Meadows
c/o Environment Agency, Apollo Court, 2 Bishops Square, St Albans Road West, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9EX
Email:
Moths
Colin Plant
Email:
Spiders
David Willis
Email:
Stoneflies
Dr Ronni Edmonds-Brown
Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB
Email:
True Flies (especially Syrphids)
Dr Malcolm Aldridge
Clunie Cottage, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts AL6 9BX
Vascular plants
Alla Mashanova
Email:
Vascular Plants
Astrid Biddle
Email:
Vascular plants
Ian Denholm
Email:
Other groups
Herts Environmental Records Centre
c/o HMWT, Grebe House, St Michael's Street, St Albans, Herts AL3 4SN
Email:
Please send records of any groups or species not listed above to the Hertfordshire Environmental Records Centre.
Recent News
HNHS / Herts Bird Club Autumn Meeting & AGM
HNHS members and non-members are warmly invited to join us from 2 to 5.30pm on Saturday 7 October for the Autumn Meeting and AGM. We are once more grateful to Affinity Water for agreeing to host the meeting at their offices in Tamblin Way Hatfield AL10 9EZ
This year's programme of wildlife talks includes news of the positive part that anglers are playing in nature conservation in the Colne Valley and a landscape-scale assessment of Water Voles along the River Lea. A popular community approach to conservation being applied in St Albans will be described by its founder.
Please note that AGM papers, including proposed constitutional amendments, were emailed to members on Tuesday 12 September (or posted to those not on email). There will be a £5 entry charge for the whole meeting, but no charge for members attending the AGM only.
Celebrating the life and achievements of Trevor James (1947 - 2020)
The many natural history achievements of outstanding Hertfordshire naturalist, Trevor James, were celebrated at a conference on Saturday 9 September.
Despite exceptionally hot weather, an audience of more than 50 HNHS/Bird Club members and friends enjoyed a day of talks at Redbourn Parish Centre. These related to Trevor's national contribution to biological recording and his particular areas of wildlife interest.
For those who were unable to attend, links to video recordings of the tributes paid and the main presentations can be found below.
Hertfordshire 'Wild Snaps' wanted!
Calling HNHS / Herts Bird Club photographers. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is inviting entries for its 2023 Wild Snaps competition for anyone who has captured a special wildlife moment on camera this year.