Many thanks to the Mayor & Mayoress of St Albans, Jamie & Liz Day & 100+ other guests who joined us @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social last night for the preview of Wild About Hertfordshire'. Lots of positive comments & look forward to welcoming many more visitors between now and 6 July! Photos ©Toby Hill

Don't miss tomorrow's evening of talks highlighting the wildlife & habitats of Panshanger Park with the opportunity to find out more about how you can get involved at the Park, at this open evening event on Thursday 6 February. #PanshangerPark #Herts #Hertfordshire

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Come along to an evening of talks highlighting the wildlife and habitats of Panshanger Park with the opportunity to find out more about how you can get involved at the Park, at this open evening event on Thursday 6 February... #PanshangerPark #Herts #Hertfordshire

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Insect expert @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social gave a fascinating talk this week on Hertfordshire's world-class beetles that depend on dead and rotten wood. His survey at Panshanger Park revealed the site's international importance. We've posted his lecture here: shorturl.at/UpQXU #beetles #coleoptera

Hello to @hertsbirds.bsky.social who have joined Bluesky. Do check out their profile, find out about the upcoming Herts Bird Club Annual Conference and use the hashtag #HertsBirds in your posts.

Don't miss our celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of Hertfordshire Natural History Society in 2025! Visit the website for news about upcoming events: www.hnhs.org/news/happy-n... #naturalhistory #Hertfordshire

Tomorrow (12 Jan) the Green House are starting up Herts Young Birders group. The event will run 10:30-12:30 & will be open to drop ins if you are just interested in saying hi!

If you’d like any more information pls email tricia.gibbons@thegreenhousestalbans.org

Can’t wait to see you there! 😊

Season's Greetings to all our members & friends!

We've been studying & documenting the natural history of our county for 150 years. We have specialist birds, moths & flora groups. Membership is open to anyone, whether or not you live in the county. Do come along & join us: membermojo.co.uk/hnhs

SAVE THE DATE! SAT 8TH MARCH 2025 - THE HERTS BIRD CLUB CONFERENCE: Our annual get-together will feature informative talks, a review of the birds of 2024 and the Herts Bird Photo of the Year Competition.

More details: www.hnhs.org/news/2025-he...

Can we beat the 2019 highest count of 113 species in The Herts Christmas Bird Count? Just a few hours remaining!

Keep your records coming and submit them here: www.hnhs.org/herts-bird-c...

Make a New Year date with the annual Herts Bird Conference, 2pm - 5.30pm, Sat 8 March 2025, Affinity Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield AL10 9EZ.

Topics include Green Sandpipers at Lemsford Springs & looking back over 30 years of the national Breeding Bird Survey: www.hnhs.org/news/2025-he... #UKBirding

Ready, steady, GO! 🎄Merry Christmas🎄everyone - the Herts Christmas Bird Count 2024 has begun! Enter your sightings here over the Christmas period to see how many species we can collectively record: www.hnhs.org/herts-bird-c...

Full info here: www.hnhs.org/.../herts-ch...

Christmas is coming... and so therefore is the annual Herts Christmas #Bird Count! How many birds can we collectively count from 25-31 Dec?

Since our first in 2018 we've received nearly 30,000 festive records from 400+ observers who've counted 280,000 birds! More here: www.hnhs.org/herts-bird-c...

2025 Gerald Salisbury Memorial lecturer announced! Entomologist Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social will give the lecture on Wed 22 Jan in #Welwyn Civic Centre at 8pm, on his recent survey work on saproxylic #beetles in #Panshanger Park, #Hertfordshire. #entomology