We have a network of volunteer recorders, who are experts on specific groups of species and collate and co-ordinate records and are willing to assist with identification of the more unusual species. Their contact details are below:
Chair of the Recorders? Committee
Ronni Edmonds-Brown
Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB
Email:
Amphibians and Reptiles
Dr Jenny Jones
23 North Road, Hertford, Herts SG14 1LN
Email:
Amphibian and Reptile records are of particular interest at present as starting in 2015 and continuing until 2019, we are running a countywide survey of Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians with the aim of updating the distribution atlas published in 2001. For further information please contact the atlas team.
Ants
Phil Attewell
69 Thornbury Gardens, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 1RD
Email:
Aquatic Beetles and Aquatic Bugs
Dr Stuart Warrington
8 Redwoods, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 7NR
Email:
Bees and Wasps
Stephen Lings
Email:
Beetles
Trevor James
56 Back Street, Ashwell, Baldock, Herts SG7 5PE
Email:
Birds
Alan Gardiner & Bird Club Records Team
199 Watford Road, St Albans, AL2 3HH
07966 983 033
Email:
The Herts Bird Club Records team includes, Alan Gardiner (Bird Recorder), Mike Ilett (Herts Rare Birds Panel), Tom Speller (Data Manager) and a team of volunteer helpers
Bugs: Terrestrial Heteroptera
Joe Gray
Contact Joe here
Butterflies
Andrew Wood
93 Bengeo Street, Hertford, Herts SG14 3EZ
Email:
Caddis Flies
Ronni Edmonds-Brown
Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB
Email:
Crustacea and Fish
David Johnson
c/o Environment Agency, Apollo Court, 2 Bishops Square, St Albans Road West, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9EX
Email:
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Roy Woodward & Darren Bast
62c High Street, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Herts EN8 0AH
Email:
Fungi
The Herts and Beds Fungi Group
Email:
A team of volunteers and experts from the Herts and Beds Fungi Group maintain the data and records for Hertfordshire fungi and respond to mycological enquiries.
Geology
Mike Howgate
Email:
Grasshoppers, Crickets, Cockroaches and Earwigs
Ian Carle
c/o Herts & Middx Wildlife Trust, Grebe House, St Albans, Herts AL3 4SN
Email:
Lacewings and allies
Revd. Tom Gladwin
99 Warren Way, Digswell, Welwyn, Herts AL6 0DL
Email:
Leeches and Flatworms
David Johnson
Environment Agency, Alchemy House, Bessemer Road, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1HE
Email:
Lichens
Andrew Harris
136 Trowley Hill Road, Flamstead, St Albans, Herts AL3 8DZ
Email:
Mammals (including Bats)
Jenny Jones & Chantal Helm
23 North Road, Hertford, Herts SG14 1LN
Email:
Mammal records are of particular interest at present as starting in 2015 and continuing until 2019, we are running a countywide survey of Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians with the aim of updating the distribution atlas published in 2001. For further information please contact the atlas team.
Mayflies
Patrycja Meadows
c/o Environment Agency, Apollo Court, 2 Bishops Square, St Albans Road West, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9EX
Email:
Moths
Colin Plant
14 West Road, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 3QP
Email:
Spiders
David Willis
Email:
Stoneflies
Dr Ronni Edmonds-Brown
Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB
Email:
True Flies (especially Syrphids)
Dr Malcolm Aldridge
Clunie Cottage, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts AL6 9BX
Vascular plants
Alla Mashanova and Ian Denholm
Email:
Other groups
Herts Environmental Records Centre
c/o HMWT, Grebe House, St Michael's Street, St Albans, Herts AL3 4SN
Email:
Please send records of any groups or species not listed above to the Hertfordshire Environmental Records Centre.
Recent News
New book celebrates 'backyard' wildlife
Congratulations to Joe Gray, the Herts recorder for terrestrial bugs, whose first-published natural history book takes the overlooked wealth of 'backyard' wildlife as its theme. Titled Thirteen Paces by Four – the size of Joe's urban garden – it draws on encounters during the Coronavirus pandemic from invertebrates to mid-sized mammals.
Not only does Joe provide practical pointers on how gardens can be made more wildlife-friendly but he also explores topical issues with abroader environmental scope, such as sustainable agriculture and wiser use of water.
AGM warning over Hertfordshire's lost heath and grasslands
Hertfordshire has lost more than 70 per cent of its neutral, unimproved grasslands in the past half century, HNHS members were told in an online presentation on Saturday 28 November following the AGM.
New 1875 Award winners announced
Warm congratulations go to this year's winners of the Society's prestigious 1875 Awards. The announcement that they have been made to county ant recorder Phil Attewell and to Steve Blake, a key contributor to the work of Herts Bird Club, was made online following the Annual General Meeting.