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This page will be updated periodically to bring you news of what is going on in Hertfordshire including forthcoming events, some of the more unusual sightings and other items of interest.
The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Hertfordshire
by Alan Reynolds, Tom Gladwin and Christine Shepperson
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Hertfordshire will be published by HNHS on 23 April.
The book will cover all 19 species breeding in the county, with distribution maps and flight charts based on the results of the six-year countywide survey carried out by the Herts Dragonfly Group, all rare migrants recorded since 1975 with colour photos and a history of all species recorded in Hertfordshire from 1835-2006.
'Where to watch dragonflies' gives details of all sites with 14 or more breeding species, the 'Top 10' sites to visit in Herts with colour photos and access maps and a gazetteer of all sites surveyed.
At 140 pages 145 x 170mm the book will be printed in colour with photographs.
We are grateful for financial support for publication of this book from:
The Environment Agency
The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust.
The Moths of Hertfordshire by Colin W Plant
Many thanks to everyone who has ordered a copy of the Moths of Hertfordshire through our pre-publication offer. The Moth book is now with the printers at the typesetting stage. We hope it will be distributed in May.
The pre-publication offer is now closed. Click here for order form & further details.
You can order a copy of the book by post direct from HNHS for the special offer price of £33 (including P&P to UK addresses), send your contact details and a cheque (payable to HNHS) to Linda Smith, HNHS, 24 Mandeville Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JU.
Full price after publication £45 (inc P&P)
We are very grateful for generous financial support for the Moth book from:
The Environment Agency;
Hertfordshire Biological Records Centre, Hertfordshire County Council;
Butterfly Conservation, Herts and Middlesex Branch and Upper Thames Branch;
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority;
London Natural History Society;
Ecological Planning & Research Ltd, Micheldever, Winchester;
Bioscan Environmental Consultancy, Little Baldon, Oxford;
Ecology Consultancy, London;
Liz Lake Associates; Bishops Stortford
And many individual moth enthusiasts.
The book will be approx 500 pages, A4 format, hardbound and illustrated in colour throughout. Written by Colin Plant and members of the Herts Moth Group, it will include all the 1523 species of both macro- and micro-moths recorded in Hertfordshire. The species accounts will include 1248 distribution maps with colour to distinguish old and new records, analysis of status, conservation, food plants, flight periods and 595 flight charts. Introductory chapters cover geology, habitats, conservation management and a Hertfordshire Red Data List.
NEWS
Latest publications
- Hertfordshire Bird Report 2005, published December 2007 see also [link to bird club website]
- Hertfordshire Naturalist 2007, published October 2007
Copies are available from HNHS Secretary, Linda Smith.
Field Notes 12 has been added to the Publications/Newsletter page.
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