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
2020 Festival of Wildlife cancelled
We are sorry to report that the 2020 Festival of Wildlife, due to take place on 25 and 26 July at Panshanger Park, has been cancelled as a consequence of the continuing Covid-19 emergency.
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and Tarmac plc, who organise the annual festival in association with HNHS, have decided that a mass-participation event would not be appropriate at the end of July even if the current lockdown has been partially or wholly lifted by then.
Pioneering monitoring methods explained at Bird Conference
Pioneering ways to monitor bird movements, including their frustrations as well as achievements, featured at the 2020 Hertfordshire Bird Conference on Saturday 29 February.
A capacity audience at the Affinity Water offices in Hatfield, heard how a sound dish electronically capturing the calls of overflying night-time birds in a garden near the M25 has yielded records of unexpected species such as Black-necked Grebe, Common Scoter and Lapland Bunting as well as mass seasonal movements of Redwings and other thrushes.
BBC 'Winterwatch' features Herts butterfly expert
Fans of BBC TV's Winterwatch will have enjoyed this year's film on an intriguing study of butterfly hibernation that Malcolm Hull, Chair of Herts and Middlesex Butterfly Conservation, has been conducting at his home in St Albans.
After four years of monitoring scores of Small Tortoiseshell and Peacock butterflies that seek 'winter' shelter in a brick shed extension, Malcolm has discovered that the former in some years start hibernation as early as late June, with a major influx at the start of July. This is far earlier than 'the end of summer' suggested by field guides.