Visit our North Herts exhibition, starting 16 December in Hitchin
We are near the end of the Society's 150th anniversary year, but exiting in style with an exhibition at North Hertfordshire Museum (Broad Street, Hitchin SG5 1JE) from 16 December to 15 February.
'Wildlife – for the record' focuses on habitats, flora and fauna that are special to the north of our county, including chalk grassland, streams, and species such as White Helleborine orchids and Chalkhill Blue butterflies.
Christmas Book Offer - Land Beneath the Waves
Hertfordshire Guardian Country Diarist and HNHS member, Nic Wilson, is offering discounted, signed copies of her nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, to HNHS supporters this Christmas, sent by post to the address of your choice for £15 (RRP £18.99) + P&P.
Natural history experts honoured at 150th anniversary meeting
A leading geologist and a bird identification expert were honoured at the HNHS Autumn Meeting on Saturday 18 October as the Society continued celebrations marking its 150th anniversary.
Haydon Bailey, a national authority on chalk strata and fossils, received the Trevor James Award for an outstanding Hertfordshire natural historian. Haydon is Chair of Hertfordshire Geological Society which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
Photo of Dr Bailey receiving his award from the High Sheriff, Nicholas Buxton (© David Utting)
HNHS 150th Annual General Meeting and Autumn conference
Join us at the Autumn Meeting and AGM on Saturday 18 October to celebrate our 150th anniversary!
The conference is taking place from 2pm to 5.30pm at the offices of Affinity Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield AL10 9EZ.
The programme includes a chance to learn more about the Society’s Victorian founders and their rather different approaches to studying natural history. And there will be a special guest, Hertfordshire’s High Sheriff Nicholas Buxton, who will present the HNHS annual awards and talk about his approach to wildlife conservation on the Easneye Estate, near Ware.
New watersports plan expected for Broadwater Lake SSSI
After a long period of uncertainty, a revised planning application for the Hillingdon Water Sports and Activity Centre (HWSAC) at Broadwater Lake is awaited later in August.
Our colleagues at Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust understand the proposals have changed significantly since it launched a major campaign to protect the Lake's important Site of Special Scientific Interest from harm. Although located just outside Hertfordshire, the lake is part of the nationally important Colne Valley wetland system.