Chris Ruis has developed species plots showing peak occurrence for a number of our regular passage migrants. They are based on data since 1988.
Click each species below to see its plot.
HNHS News
The ups and downs of Hertfordshire's butterfly species
There was good news and bad when recorder Andrew Wood reported on the changing status of Hertfordshire's butterflies at the Society's Autumn Meeting on Saturday 16 November.
Enthusiasm for wildlife education links HNHS Award winners
Two expert naturalists with a passion for sharing their knowledge about wildlife with future generations are winners of the 2024 HNHS Awards
Stephen Lings, posthumous winner of the Trevor James Award for an outstanding Hertfordshire naturalist was county recorder for bees, wasps millipedes and centipedes before his sad death in March, aged 63. But his natural history achievements went far beyond that, as the Society's Autumn Meeting heard on Saturday 16 November.
Programme announced for Autumn Meeting and AGM (Saturday November 16)
The 2024 HNHS Autumn Meeting and AGM will take place on Saturday 16 November from 2 to 5.30pm at the offices of Affinity Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield. AL10 9EZ
The speakers include Andrew Wood, author of Butterflies of Hertfordshire and Middlesex, who will talk about species and population trends including the most recent, disappointing season for butterflies. Marc Wilcox of Hertfordshire County Council will speak on the county's Local Nature Recovery Strategy, currently being drafted.
The Society's awards for an outstanding county naturalist and an outstanding contributor to natural history will also be presented.