Go wild in Watford at Wildfest 2024!
HNHS - Herts Bird Club is once again taking part in Wildfest, the annual family-friendly celebration of wildlife, on Saturday 13 July being organised by the Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust.
Come and find our stall at Cassiobury Park, Watford between 10am and 4pm and enjoy a wide range of activities including pond dipping, butterfly and bug hunts and bird watching.
Mammal, amphibian and reptile atlas – survey help wanted
Survey work on the new Hertfordshire Mammal, Amphibian and Reptile Atlas (Herts MARA) is now in its final year. And the organisers need help surveying a few localities from which an improbably low number of records has been received.
HNHS Awards for 2024
If you know an outstanding Hertfordshire naturalist or someone who has made outstanding contribution to natural history in our county consider nominating them for an HNHS Award this year.
Continuing concern over Broadwater Lake SSSI future
Despite receiving more than 1,200 objections to its plans the London Borough of Hillingdon still appears intent on creating a large watersports centre on the Broadwater Lake Site of Special Scientific Interest. The lake is part of the Colne Valley wetland system which extends into Hertfordshire and is nationally important for wintering wildfowl.
Optimow 2024 – citizen science to help garden pollinators
Scientists are inviting gardeners interested in helping bees, butterflies and other pollinators to take part in a study to discover how grass mowing can be timed to maximise their impact.
Participants in the Optimow 2024 project, organised by the Brown Lab at Royal Holloway, University of London will be asked to follow a mowing frequency plan, while submitting weekly counts of the key pollinators sighted in their gardens.