New HNHS website goes live
Welcome to our fantastic new HNHS website which went live in mid-April. The site has been built by specialists Digital Routes to a design by Jack Fearnside of LTD Design Consultants. We aim to keep it up to date with information and news including the Wildlife Calendar of meetings of local natural history interest. The site is also a showcase for photographs of Hertfordshire?s wildlife and habitats, changing on a seasonal basis. So please keep those photos coming in to Jack.
HNHS Autumn Meeting and AGM - Bats, Butterflies and Crayfish
Over 70 people attended our autumn conference and AGM at Rothamstead in November 2008. We would like to thank Tim Hill for organising another successful event.
Well illustrated talks by county experts highlighted surveying, monitoring and recording in Hertfordshire. Speakers included, Sarah Jane Scott on the impact of riparian habitat quality on bats; Ronni Edmonds-Brown on breeding White-clawed Crayfish and John Murray on monitoring and managing butterfly and insect populations in Hertfordshire.
History of Hertfordshire Natural History
Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club was founded in 1875 as the 'Watford Natural History Society and Hertfordshire Field Club'. From that date to the present, there has been a continuous pursuit of natural history study across the County.
Herts Bird Club/BTO Conference
Saturday 28th March 2009, 2.00pm ? 5.30pm
Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, Herts
Birds in Towns and Cities
An afternoon meeting, with five illustrated talks highlighting how birds and birders are adapting to our increasingly urban environment;
Speakers include David Lindo ? the Urban Birder
Nominations for the HNHS 1875 Awards for 2009
You are invited to submit nominations for the 1875 Awards for 2009.
As announced at the AGM, up to two Awards will be given each year to recognise:
- an outstanding Hertfordshire naturalist and/or
- someone who has made an outstanding contribution to natural history in Hertfordshire.