Public consultation on Hertfordshire's Nature Recovery Strategy
Public consultation is taking place on Hertfordshire's draft Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) with Monday 8 September set as the closing date for comments.
Nominations sought for the 2025 HNHS Awards
If you are an HNHS member and know an outstanding Hertfordshire naturalist or someone who has made outstanding contribution to natural history in our county please consider nominating them for one of our two awards this year.
The Trevor James Award for an outstanding Hertfordshire naturalist and the 1875 Award for an outstanding contribution to natural history in Herts will be presented at the Society's Autumn Meeting on 18 October.
Last chance to see HNHS 150th anniversary exhibition
Don't miss the chance to take a last look at our popular 150th anniversary exhibition 'Wild about Hertfordshire', now in its final week.
The doors are open every day from 10am to 4pm at St Albans Museum + Gallery (free entry), but the last viewing date is Sunday July 6.
Discovering Purple Emperor in a new light
Herts-based lepidopterists Andrew Neild and Mark Sterling have made impressive use of a recent discovery that the pupae of Purple Emperor butterflies glow in the dark using ultra-violet light.
Invertebrate Project finds new Hertfordshire money spider
Discovering a tiny 'money spider' new to the county has delighted members of the Hertfordshire Invertebrate Project – even if it hasn't made them rich.
The female Trematocephalus cristatus was found by county spider recorder David Carr during a productive field trip by the group to the HMWT reserve at Danemead near Hoddesdon. In addition to being a new species for Hertfordshire it is nationally rare with most records coming from Sussex, Surrey and Kent. It lives on the leaves of various trees and bushes, including oak, birch and gorse.