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:
Bees and Wasps
Stephen Lings
Email:
Beetles
Trevor James
56 Back Street, Ashwell, Baldock, Herts SG7 5PE
Email:
Beetles: Aquatic (assistant recorder)
Dr Stuart Warrington
8 Redwoods, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 7NR
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: Aquatic
Dr Stuart Warrington
8 Redwoods, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 7NR
Email:
Bugs: Terrestrial Heteroptera
Joe Gray
Contact Joe here
Butterflies
Andrew Wood
93 Bengeo Street, Hertford, Herts SG14 3EZ
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
Death of Pryce Buckle
With sadness, we have learned that Pryce Buckle – a former HNHS Treasurer and Secretary as well as county recorder for molluscs – died on 9 November after a prolonged illness.
Pryce was HNHS Treasurer from 1983 to 1988 and then Secretary until 1990. He became molluscs recorder in 1987 and continued in the role until 2010.
Poodunnit? How droppings identification aids practical conservation
Otters live in encouraging numbers along the Lee Valley in Hertfordshire. But it is only by surveying for their tracks and droppings (or "spraint") that anyone can be sure, since the animals themselves are rarely seen. Graham White, the RSPB's Head of Reserves Ecology, made this his first practical example of the conservation value gained from studying animal excreta when he gave the 2019 Gerald Salisbury Memorial Lecture on Wednesday 27 November at Welwyn Civic Centre.
He described how his involvement in establishing the HMWT reserve at Amwell in the 1990s started his specialist interest in identifying and monitoring animal droppings that has since been put to good use all over the country.
Have we got Poos for You!
Do not miss this year's Gerald Salisbury Memorial Lecture to be given by Graham White, RSPB Head of Reserves Ecology
Graham, last year's winner of the Society's 1875 Award for an outstanding contribution to Hertfordshire natural history, is an enthusiastic ‘coprologist’. He will be speaking about the role of scat, spraint and dung identification in wildlife conservation.
The lecture takes place at 8pm on Wednesday 27 November in the Civic Centre, Prospect Place, Welwyn, AL6 9EN.