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Two new books published by the Herts Natural History Society can be ordered through this website.

The Herts Natural History Society are celebrating the publication of two fantastic new books. In the best traditions of British natural history, both books have been produced on a voluntary and non-profit basis. The Moth book was co-sponsored by Butterfly Conservation, Hertfordshire and Middlesex Branch.

The Moths of Hertfordshire by Colin W Plant

The history, status, distribution and phenology of the micro- and macro-Lepidoptera of a south-eastern English county
ISBN 978-0-9521685-7-7 Published by Hertfordshire Natural History Society on 3 July.
544 pages, with many colour photos, distribution maps and flight charts
Hardback, A4 size, 295 x 210mm, spine 36mm, weight 2480g, HNHS price £45

The book is the result of ten years of survey work by volunteers, led by the Herts Moth Group and compiled and edited by Colin Plant. The 1548 species accounts summarise current knowledge, including first and last years, number of records, status and distribution, conservation status and caterpillar foodplants. A distribution map is presented for all species ever recorded as resident and showing historical changes as well as modern day distribution. For 595 species there are standard week flight charts for adults, specific to Hertfordshire. Introductory sections discuss the influence of geology, habitat, climate and man's activities and include a contributed chapter by experts Ian Woiwod and Phil Gould on the long term moth studies at Rothamstead Research in Harpenden. Final chapters give an overview of Hertfordshire's moth fauna, assess conservation management needs and present a Red List of Hertfordshire moths. From this, formal recommendations are made for species to be included in the county's biodiversity action plan process.



Moths of Hertfordshire

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Hertfordshire

Authors: Alan Reynolds, Revd Tom Gladwin and Christine Shepperson
ISBN 978-0-9521685-6-0, Published by Hertfordshire Natural History Society on 23 April
Paperback, B5 size, 144 pages, colour photos, maps and flight charts. HNHS price £9.50

The book covers all 19 species of Dragonfly that live in the county. Each is described and illustrated with a colour photo, distribution map and the time of year when it can be seen in Hertfordshire. The information is based on a survey over six years by volunteers who visited almost every pond and stream in the county looking for dragonflies. The 'Top Ten' sites to visit in Hertfordshire, where 16 or more breeding species can be seen, are described in detail with maps and colour photos. So for the first time you will have accurate up to date information on where and when you are likely to see a particular species. Also included are details of all rare migrants dragonflies found in Hertfordshire since 1975, with colour photos and a history of all species recorded in the county from 1835-2006.

Dragonflies & Damselflies of Hertfordshire

Prices include free postage and packing, cheques payable to HNHS please

You can order either of these books by post by sending your name and address with a cheque, payable to HNHS, to Linda Smith (Butterfly Conservation), 24 Mandeville Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JU, or phone 01707 330405. [Alternatively contact Malcolm Hull at the address at the foot of this page.]


The following goods are available from the branch by post. The list changes from time to time and we cannot guarantee availability. Please allow up to 2 weeks for delivery.

All profits go directly to help the work of Butterfly Conservation. Why not help your favourite charity by buying a butterfly gift? You may help a friend or relation build their interest in butterflies and moths.

DVD selection NEW
Better Butterflies by Butterfly Conservation - £5.00 (71 minutes). Explains the work of the society, with stunning images of many of our rarer butterflies and moths. Features David Attenborough and Alan Tichmarsh

Butterfly Days by Kaye and Sandy Harman - £8.00 (90 minutes). Contains images of the 58 species of butterfly that can be found in Britain. Some are shown in all four life-cycle stages. Made in aid of Butterfly Conservation.

Butterflies of Europe in their natural habitats by Clive Burrows - £12.99 (35 minutes). Features over 75 of Europe's butterflies filmed in their natural surroundings. All footage shot by HMBC member Clive Burrows.

Note Cards - approx card size 15x10 cm plus envelope - 2 cards for £1 (3 examples displayed) - - Attractive colour photo montages of butterflies on plants, designed by branch member Charles Smith using his own photos. Choose from different designs - Brimstone, Comma, Common Blue, Dark Green Fritillary, Heath Fritillary, Holly Blue, Marbled White, Painted Lady, Peacock, Red Admiral, Silver-washed Fritillary, Small Copper, Small Tortoiseshell, Specled Wood, Swallowtail, White Admiral.

Brimstones

Brown Hairstreak

Common

Brimstones Brown Hairstreaks Common Blues

Greetings Cards by Elizabeth Debenham ~ A6 folded card with full colour photo & envelope. £1.25 each. Choice of two designs. Speckled Wood on Cistus (greeting message - Happy Birthday); Painted Lady on Buddleja (greeting message - With Best Wishes)NEW

Postcards from CB Picture Postcards 8 designs, from local butterfly photographer and member Clive Burrows.  Clive grew up in Abbots Langley where he still lives and many of his photos are taken in the nearby Hertfordshire countryside.  Continental species have been photographed on his walking trips in Greece and Spain. Clive as also a prize winner in the last BC national photo competition.  Designs include Brimstone, The Clipper,  Clouded Yellow, Comma, Eastern Festoon, Hairstreak (6 species on one card), Orange Tip and Orchids (3 species on one card).  All cards 35p each, SPECIAL PROMOTION: 10 for £2.50

Hairstreaks

Orchids

Hairstreaks Orchids

The Clipper

Brimstone

Comma

The Clipper Brimstone Comma

Eastern Festoon

Clouded Yellow

Orange Tip

Eastern Festoon Clouded Yellow Orange Tip

Butterfly Postcards from CB Picture Postcards First Series  - 5 different cards,  Postcards based on photos by HMBC member Clive Burrows, prize winner in the last BC national photo competition.  Designs include Peacock, White & Red Admirals (2 species on 1 card ~ not illustrated), Black-veined White, Butterflies of Andalucia (6 species on 1 card) and Papillons de Alpes Maritimes (6 species on 1 card) - 35p each.  SPECIAL PROMOTION: 10 for £2.50

Butterflies of Andalucia Papillons de Alpes Maritimes Black-veined White

Following the success of his postcards, Clive Burrows has launched a range of greetings cards featuring his own stunning butterfly photographs. Each card, is A6 size, folded & blank inside for your greeting. There are 5 different designs each with one photo on the front. Designs include Marbled Fritillary, Small Tortoiseshell, Scarce Swallowtail, Blue Morpho and Spotted Fritillary. A card with envelope costs SPECIAL PROMOTION: £1 each (original price £1.50

Small Tortoiseshell Marbled Fritillary

Spotted Fritillary Blue Morpho Scarce Swallowtail

Bugbox - £2.50 - 4x magnification, suitable for identifying caterpillars, moths, ladybirds and a host of other insects. Great for kids

Concise Guide to Moths of Great Britain & Ireland by Martin Townsend and Paul Waring - £12.95 All resident and immigrant macro-moths described and illustrated in a handy east-to-use format. With illustrations by Richard Lewington. The book is in full colour with illustrations of all 880 species.

The State of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland by Richard Fox, Jim Asher, Tom Brereton, David Roy & Martin Warren. (Softback 112 pages) Butterfly Conservations latest nationwide atlas with the best published distribution maps showing how different species are expanding or (more often) contracting their UK range. Detailed accounts of each species and recomendations for new priority species - Price £12

Philip's Guide to Butterflies of Britain and Ireland by Jeremy Thomas - £9.99. A new edition of this classic guide. I first developed an interest in butterflies when my wife bought me an earlier edition Saving Butterflies by David Dunbar -  A practical guide to the conservation of butterflies, suitable for larger gardens with sections on how to start & manage a wildflower meadow.  Also much practical advice on managing the countryside for butterflies (hardback, 80 pages).  HMBC price £4.99 (original price £ 9.99)

Butterflies of Hertfordshire by Brian Sawford - Classic Guide to locations and species in Herts, the most comprehensive account ever published (hardback, 195 pages)- £15.00

The Butterflies of the London Area by Colin W. Plant - Guide to the butterflies of Greater London, incuding all of Middlesex and south Hertfordshire.  Location maps (hardback, 199 pages) HMBC price £7.50 (original price £15.95)

Herts & Middx Branch Butterfly Report 2008 by John Murray and Andrew Wood. NEW
The comprehensive report on butterflies in the two counties with distribution maps covering the period 2008 - £5.00

Set of 12 Herts & Middx BC Annual Reports 1996-2007 by John Murray & others.  A complete set of previous branch reports since the current high quality format was introduced in 1996.  The original price for a full set is £46.50. HMBC price - £23.00 -   Individual years before 2008 are also available for £2.00 each   
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The State of Britain's Larger Moths by Butterfly Conservation, with a forward by Sir David Attenborough 34 page A4 paperback which summarises the current status and trends in macromoth populations, highlighting species of current concern. Price - £5.00

FSC Identification Guide to Butterflies - Fully laminated folding guide showing all UK butterfly species in full colour.  This publication from the Field Studies Council is our single best selling item, an invaluable guide.  HMBC Price - £3.25

FSC Identification Guide to Day Flying Moths - Featuring four pages of full colour illustrations of over 100 moths which fly or are easily disturbed in the day.  HMBC price - £3.25

FSC Identification Guide to Caterpillars - Fully laminated folding guide showing the caterpillars of all UK butterfly species.  HMBC price - £3.25

FSC Identification Guide to Hawkmoths - Superb colour guide and includes both moths & caterpillars .  HMBC price - £3.25

FSC Identification Guide to Ladybirds of the UK - Fully laminated folding guide which includes four forms of the new Harlequin Ladybirds   HMBC price - £3.25

FSC Identification Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies of the UK - Fully laminated folding guide showing all UK butterfly species.  HMBC price - £3.50

Skipper identification chart - A handy chart to help distinguish between Large, Small, Essex and Silver-spotted Skippers by Charles Smith, HMBC branch member - 70p NEW Click here for more details of a reduced version

Pocket Field Notebook - Ideal for recording butterfly sightings, with attractive covers containing butterfly pictures. 60 pages blank, lined, spiral bound - 40p

FREE LEAFLETS

'Woodlands for Butterflies and Moths' - guide to the woodland butterflies and moths of Hertfordshire.  Covers both rare and common species with advice on habitat management and good locations to visit. A5, eight sides full colour with superb photos many taken by branch members, produced by HMBC branch 

Gardening for Butterflies Leaflet (A4 folded) - BC publication, completely rewritten to provide advice for all seasons & including moths.

Moths, an introduction   - BC leaflet with information and advice on moth lifecycles, habitats and myths.  Eight sides of A5 (folded), including many full colour photos

Welcome to Butterfly Conservation - introduced by David Attenborough about conservation success stories (Large Blue, Welsh Clearwing, Heath Fritillary, Dark Bordered Beauty) and other aspects of the Society's work.  16 sides of A5, full colour with superb photos

Butterflies and Farmland (A5 folded, A2 when unfolded) includes A2 poster of farmland butterflies & text useful for those interested in management of farmland

Hedgerows for Hairstreaks (A5 folded) Contains tips on hedgerow and woodland management to conserve the Brown Hairstreak

Day-flying Moths an aid to identification - double sided, five sheets of A5 with full colour images of many British species and informative text. Includes advice on recording.

Brownfields for Butterflies - 4 sides of A5. Explains the merits of brownfield sites for butterflies.

Butterflies in Towns and Cities - 16 sides of A5. Includes guidelines for managing urban habitats for butterflies.

Millhoppers Reserve - A4 folded into thirds - A handy guide to Herts & Middx Butterfly Conservation's own nature reserve at Wilstone, near Tring, Herts. Includes information on how to get there and the history of the site.

For the last few years the branch has been building a seed bank from plants known to be high quality butterfly attractants, primarily nectar sources, but also including an array of larval food plants. .

A new stock of seeds for butterfly attracting plants is now available to branch members. Offering a range of caterpillar food plants and valuable nectar sources, our seeds are all packed by branch members and available by post in return for a suggest voluntary donation of 50p per pack. The current list of available species is set out below and this will expand as more seeds ripen during the autumn.


Seeds currently in stock

» Aquiliegia (Red & Maroon) » Asclepias Incarnata (White and Dark Pink)
» Betony » Birds Foot Trefoil
» Black Medick » Broad Bean (The Sutton)
» Cosmo Daisy (Mixed Colours) » Dahlia (single, mixed)
» Dahlia (Apricot) » Devil's Bit Scabious
» Evening Primrose (biennial) » Fleabane
» Forget me knot  » Foxglove 
» Garlic Mustard » Globe Thistle
» Greater Knapweed » Helichrysum
» Hemp Agrimony » Hollyhock (Single(
» Honesty (Purple and White) » Honesty (Lunaria - mainly White)
» Ice Plant »
» Iponea (Magenta) » Knautia - mixed
» Lavender - Dwarf Munstead Blue and Hidcote » Lesser Knapweed
» Lychnis Coronaria (Rose Campion) » Mirabilis (Marvel/Wonder of Peru)
» Nicotina Sylvestris » Purple Toadflax
» Red Campion » Red Valerian
» Red Valerian - pink » Red Valerian - white
» Runner Beans » Scabious (Tall pale lilac)
» Scabious Drakenbergensis (white) » Sedum/Ice Plant
» Silene Fimbriata   » Sweet Pea - perenial
» Sweet Pea - mixed scented » Sweet Rocket - white
» Sweet William mixed   » Teasel  
» »

You can order all of these items by post, by contacting Malcolm Hull by letter - 11 Abbey View Road, St. Albans, Herts, AL3 4QL, or phone: 01727 857893 (evenings & weekends).  Please add 10% for postage (minimum 0.30p).  All cheques to be made payable to Butterfly Conservation Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch
 
A full list of forthcoming dates & locations for the sales stall is available on the branch website at 
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