What to look for in.......MAY
2025 Rookery Survey
Rooks nest early in the year and you may have noticed them preparing for the nesting season by rebuilding or starting new rookeries. We are again requesting the submission of Rook nest counts in Hertfordshire for 2025.
2025 Herts Bird Conference
A capacity audience enjoyed the 2025 Herts Bird Conference on Saturday 8 May, which included fascinating talks on Green Sandpipers and the Breeding Birds Survey (BBS).
Read about it here
Herts Bird Photo of the Year 2024 - WINNER
Congratulations to Paul Ward whose resplendent image of a Common Snipe at a frosty Lemsford Springs was voted Herts Bird Photo of the Year 2024 at the Herts Bird Conference on 8 March 2025.
View all ten finalists here > 2024 Bird Photo Finalists
Spring has Sprung!
Check out 'What to look for in.....March' and to keep tabs on our arriving migrants go to '2025 Spring Migrant Tracker'
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HNHS News
'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.
Wild About Hertfordshire – opening of the HNHS 150th anniversary exhibition!
'Wild About Hertfordshire' – our family-friendly exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of Hertfordshire Natural History Society – opened to the public on Friday 21 March.
Running until Sunday 6 July at St Albans Museum it celebrates our county's wonderful wildlife which the Society's volunteers have been recording since 1875.
Around 120 guests enjoyed the opening night preview, including the Mayor and Mayoress of St Albans, Jamie and Liz Day.