Hertfordshire Natural History Society: Species groups

Species groups

Birds

Herts Bird Club – making the most of local birdwatching.
Date for your diary, Saturday 24 March - Herts Bird Club/BTO conference at Rothamstead Research, Harpenden, all welcome, do come along.
Submit your Bird records
Barn Owl at Heartwood Forest photographed by Geoff Horn.

Mammals

Please submit your mammal records through our online system.
Send your photos for the Mammals page to Steve Chilton
More information on Hertfordhire mammals here.
Information on the Herts & Middx Bat Group – here.

Photo of Water Vole by Roger Cave.

Amphibians and Reptiles

This grass snake was photographed in Balls Wood on 23 March by Andy Brown. Please send your photos to Steve Chilton

Follow the link above for more informationon the latest sightings.

Dragonflies

Click the link above to find out the latest news on dragonflies and damselflies in Hertfordshire.

There are lots of beautiful photographs in our Photo Gallery, – well worth a look. Please send your photos for the Gallery to Steve Chilton

Photo of Common Darter by Chris Holtby.

Moths

All the latest news on Hertfordshire moths.

Photo shows the Jersey Tiger, a first for the county in 2009.

Butterflies

Find out which butterflies are on the wing in the county.

Link to Butterfly Conservation, Herts and Middlesex Branch.

Flora

Our county flower – the glorious Pasque Flower blooms at Therfield Heath, near Royston in early spring.

Follow the link to the Herts Flora Group pages for all the latest news and events and the Flora photo gallery.

Send your photos to Steve Chilton for display in the gallery.

Latest sightings

Interesting recent records submitted through the website are listed here, older records are in the sightings archive.

3RD FEB: Harpenden Sewage Farm, 3 Muntjac Deer, 2 adults and a juvenile (Robin Pearson)

1ST FEB: Kimpton, Brown Hare (Robin Pearson)

29TH JAN: Stanstead Abbotts, 3 Brown Hare, Findlays Farm (Jane Free)
Stanstead Abbotts, Muntjac Deer, Findlays Farm (Jane Free)
Welwyn Garden City, Badger, Dead on Digswell Road just north of Town Centre at 6.30am (Ken and Linda Smith)

22ND JAN: Rusling End nr Langley, 20 Fallow Deer (Alan Ford)

21ST JAN: Brookmans Park, Hedgehog, foraging in garden at 19.00 (rupert.pyrah)
Rusling End nr Langley, 5 Sika Deer, Antlered Male pluss three does and immature grazing between woodland, ex Knebworth Park ?. (Clive Brackenbury)

20TH JAN: Brookmans Park, Fox, eating cat food in garden (rupert.pyrah)

19TH JAN: Stanstead Abbotts, Fox, crossing Roydon Road (Jane Free)

Enter your wildlife records here.
Earlier records are in the sightings archive.
Sightings are listed by month starting in January 2010.
Please send your photos for the gallery to our photo editor Steve Chilton

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