We are near the end of the Society's 150th anniversary year, but exiting in style with an exhibition at North Hertfordshire Museum (Broad Street, Hitchin SG5 1JE) from 16 December to 15 February.
'Wildlife – for the record'  focuses on habitats, flora and fauna that are special to the north of our county, including chalk grassland, streams, and species such as White Helleborine orchids and Chalkhill Blue butterflies.

Hertfordshire Guardian Country Diarist and HNHS member, Nic Wilson, is offering discounted, signed copies of her nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, to HNHS supporters this Christmas, sent by post to the address of your choice for £15 (RRP £18.99) + P&P.

A leading geologist and a bird identification expert were honoured at the HNHS Autumn Meeting on Saturday 18 October as the Society continued celebrations marking its 150th anniversary.

Haydon Bailey, a national authority on chalk strata and fossils, received the Trevor James Award for an outstanding Hertfordshire natural historian. Haydon is Chair of Hertfordshire Geological Society which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Photo of Dr Bailey receiving his award from the High Sheriff, Nicholas Buxton (© David Utting)