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
Email:
Amphibians and Reptiles
Dr Jenny Jones
Email:
Amphibian and Reptile records are of particular interest at present as we are currently conducting 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
Email:
Aquatic Beetles and Aquatic Bugs
Dr Stuart Warrington
Email:
Aquatic Crustacea and Fish
Ben Radbone and David Johnson
Email:
Bees and Wasps
Vacant
Beetles
Vacant
Birds
Chris Ruis & the Bird Club Records Team
Email:
The Herts Bird Club Records team includes, Chris Ruis (Bird Recorder), Mike Ilett (Herts Rare Birds Panel), Tom Speller (Data Manager) and a team of volunteer helpers
Bugs: Terrestrial Heteroptera
Vacant
Butterflies
Andrew Wood
Email:
Records via www.hertsmiddx-butterflies.org.uk/recording-new.php or iRecord.
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
Email:
Lacewings and allies
Vacant
Leeches and Flatworms
David Johnson
Email:
Lichens
Andrew Harris
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 from 2015 to the end of 2024 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
Email:
Records via: hertsmiddxmoths.uk/index.php
Spiders
David Carr
Email:
Stoneflies and Caddisflies
Ronni Edmonds-Brown
Email:
True Flies (Diptera)
Vacant
Vascular plants
Alla Mashanova
Email:
Records via iRecord
Vascular Plants
Astrid Biddle
Email:
Records via iRecord
Vascular plants
Ian Denholm
Email:
Records via iRecord
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
Invertebrate Project finds new Hertfordshire money spider
Discovering a tiny 'money spider' new to the county has delighted members of the Hertfordshire Invertebrate Project – even if it hasn't made them rich.
The female Trematocephalus cristatus was found by county spider recorder David Carr during a productive field trip by the group to the HMWT reserve at Danemead near Hoddesdon. In addition to being a new species for Hertfordshire it is nationally rare with most records coming from Sussex, Surrey and Kent. It lives on the leaves of various trees and bushes, including oak, birch and gorse.
'Discovering wild things' – anniversary lecture explored 150 years of HNHS history
Hertfordshire Natural History Society began 150 years ago, with Charles Darwin among its honorary members. But could its future take wildlife recording into an era more reminiscent of TV's science-fictional 'Star Trek'?
The question was posed by HNHS Secretary David Utting when he gave a lecture at St Albans Museum on 14 May to mark the Society's special anniversary.
School holidays: it's time for kids to go 'Wild about Hertfordshire'
St Albans Museum + Galleries and the HNHS have got together to arrange a great programme of Easter holiday activities to coincide with our 150th anniversary Wild about Hertfordshire exhibition.