Not long to go now until the Birds in Greenspaces survey starts on 1 April! Sign up to take part at www.bto.org/greenspaces
This is a UK-wide survey open to all, whether you are an experienced birder or new to nature!
🦅✨ The Peregrine Live Cam is back!✨🦅
We’re thrilled to announce that the Peregrine Live Cam is online ready for the new breeding season!
🔗 Watch live: https://www.stalbanscathedral.org/peregrine-live-cam
#StAlbansCathedral #Peregrines #PeregrineFalcons #NatureLiveCam
📸 Patrick Wainwright
Yellow-legged Mining Bee, 16-Spot ladybirds and Gorse Shieldbug in Panshanger Park, Hertford, 18/03/2026
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I listened to a fascinating talk by Graham Knight last Saturday at the Herts Bird Conference about Swifts (amazing birds!) and how to help their numbers recover. Now available to watch on the @hnhsoc.bsky.social YouTube site. @hertsbirds.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/@hnhs8111
Field margin with wildflowers that can support butterflies in arable farmland
Livestock grazing is essential to maintaining grasslands in the mountains of Europe. Extensive cattle grazing has been shown to be the most beneficial but any extensive system is good
Grassland butterflies are declining across Europe, but how do we reverse that trend? We have just produced a report with some simple guidance to land managers and policy makers on how to 'Bend the curve' and help increase butterflies and other pollinators. www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
Nice walk in Panshanger Park, Hertford, 02/03/2026.
Tachinid fly-Gonia picea, Queen Early Bumblebee, Dark-edged Bee-fly and Brimstone.
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Did you miss our Zoom talk last night? Andrew Wood discusses predicting long term changes to butterfly and moth flight times in this really interesting talk based on branch data. Now available on YouTube! youtu.be/jsFvmdfiq5M @savebutterflies.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker on the reserve. Photo taken by member Iain Nibbsy.
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This fantastic exhibition has been extended for a fortnight, so you can still catch it if you're quick...
Do you know anywhere in Hertfordshire where there might be a suitable spot to plant a black poplar? If so, please get in touch with Nicholas Buxton - email below. Thanks.
Common Snipe @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social. Photo by Daniel Ellerby.
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#birds #waders #snipe
Parrot waxcap fungi. Image credit Ellyn Baker
UK Fungus Day 4/10/25
British Mycological Society aims to inspire preservation of native fungi and improve scientific knowledge of these unique organisms.
Check out Gary Easton blog www.ukfungusday.co.uk/isthataballerinaoraparrot which you can also find on our CfGA website.
#fungi #ukfungusday #CFGA
Do come along to the @cprecountryside.bsky.social Countryside Day @knebworthhouse.bsky.social on Saturday for nature, fun, local conservation charities and a guided tour of Knebworth House Estate gardens. Plus I'm giving the keynote speech on nearby nature and local landscape. #Herts #Hertfordshire
To mark #UKFungusDay, we've updated a blog post from a favourite location in Hertfordshire, with new photos of various fungi we have spotted there.
River Mimram, Hertfordshire
Watercolour 8x14”
#river #hertfordshire #chalkstream #countryside #watercolour #art
Close-up photograph of a Nuthatch on a tree in a typical Nuthatch pose.
Nuthatch at the reserve yesterday. Photo by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Iain Nibbsy.
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Black Redstart near Baldock, Herts. #birds
A picture of bumblebees pollinating purple geraniums with details about the wildlife trust nature writing workshop session - follow link for more information.
Have you always wanted to write about landscape and nature, but never quite known how to get started? Then come and join me at this friendly @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social session on 15 Sept in #Hitchin #Hertfordshire. Everyone welcome!
www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/events/15sep... #booksky
On the off-chance that there's anyone who's not tired of Clouded Yellow photos, here's a male from a north Hertfordshire clover field yesterday. Surely one of our hardest butterflies to photograph, this one was relatively docile in a cloudy spell @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
A lovely Dewick’s Plusia. A first for me. Found in my Hertfordshire garden this evening. An immigrant moth & possible recent colonist #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
A new set of signs for our hides! Produced and installed by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social volunteer, Paul Marshall. @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social
So where did the time go? After fifteen fantastic weeks the 'Wild about Hertfordshire' exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of @hnhsoc.bsky.social is over. Huge thanks to everyone who helped make it a success @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social!
protect wildlife Wild about Hertfordshire
Even though 'Wild about Hertfordshire' exhibition has now closed, we asked our visitors to make their own pledges to support our local wildlife - here's just a few to inspire you!🦊🐦⬛🦋🦉🐛🐝
What's your wildlife pledge?
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Silver Washed Fritillary, female
White Admiral
Common Blue, male
Brown Argus
Nice selection from HMWT Balls Wood, Hertford, 29/06/2025
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Taxidermy badger nose
Victorian slides
Microscope slides
Wild about Hertfordshire includes objects from St Albans Museums collection which link to @hnhsoc.bsky.social .
Look out for microscope slides from the 1800s or our fantastic fox and badger leading building wildlife trails 🦊
www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/wild-about-hert...
Just a few days left to catch this fantastic exhibition!
I've got a feature in @britishwildlife.bsky.social on my nature memoir #LandBeneaththeWaves and how vital natural history records (like the @hnhsoc.bsky.social's journals going back to 1875) are in identifying shifting baseline syndrome.
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This patch of bright, fluorescent blue is the pupa of a Purple Emperor butterfly, photographed in Herts using ultra-violet light. Visit www.hnhs.org/news/discove... to find out what happened next... @hnhsoc.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social Photo©Andrew Neild