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:
Bees and Wasps
Stephen Lings
Email:
Beetles
Vacant
Birds
Alan Gardiner & Bird Club Records Team
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
Vacant
Butterflies
Andrew Wood
Email:
Caddis Flies
Ronni Edmonds-Brown
Email:
Crustacea and Fish
David Johnson
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
Email:
Lacewings and allies
Revd. Tom Gladwin
Email:
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 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
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
Exhibition celebrates 'The Remarkable World of Trees'
St Albans Museum and Gallery is hosting an exhibition on 'The Remarkable World of Trees' for the next four months.
It is the work of Kate Bretherton, a member of the Heartwood Monitoring Group, and is the culmination of many years of work and planning. Her exhibition explores the world of trees from the soil they grow in to the insects, birds and animals that call them home.
Yellow-headed Woodwasp: new to Herts
County ant recorder Phil Attewell was excited to photograph and video what he thought was a female Giant Woodwasp Urocerus gigas, in woodland near Radlett during August. But he was even more delighted when Sawfly UK group organiser Andrew Green responded to his posting on iRecord by identifying it as the much rarer Yellow-headed woodwasp Urocerus augur.
Nominations invited for 2021 HNHS Awards
Do you know an outstanding Hertfordshire naturalist or someone who has made an outstanding contribution to natural history in our county? If so, consider nominating them for one of this year's prestigious HNHS Awards.