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Wednesday 3 December - Saving Our Insects by Dave Goulson

Sunday 4 January - Brown Hairstreak egg hunt and training morning at Stafford Road Open Space, Ruislip Gardens

Sunday 11 January - Brown Hairstreak egg hunt and training morning at Paradise Fields, Horsenden Hill

Welcome to the Hertfordshire & Middlesex branch of Butterfly Conservation

Butterfly Conservation is a registered charity dedicated to the conservation of butterflies and moths
Butterflies


There are 37 resident butterfly species in our branch area including the recently colonised Adonis Blue in the Royston area.

More information on species can be viewed here

Moths


Around 1600 moths can be found in the two counties. An introduction is provided here on our website.

The Hertfordshire and Middlesex Moths Group website can be viewed here


Sites


Many important sites for butterflies exist in our branch area including our own Millhopper's Reserve

More on other sites can be viewed here


News Archive: 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018


27 Oct 2025: Sightings from Stanwell Moor

27 Oct 2025: Sightings at Trent Park

26 Oct 2025: A few more Brown Hairstreak eggs at South Oxhey Playing Fields.

26 Oct 2025: Sightings from Stanwell Moor

25 Oct 2025: South Oxhey Playing Fields egg search

25 Oct 2025: Sightings from Stanwell Moor

25 Oct 2025: Red-green Carpet at Southgate

24 Oct 2025: Wildflower seeding in St Albans - Rewilding an old golf course

24 Oct 2025: Sightings from Stanwell Moor

24 Oct 2025: Leavesden Country park and The Horse field Leavesden.

24 Oct 2025: Red Admiral at Trent Park

23 Oct 2025: Herts Hedgerow Heroes

22 Oct 2025: Sightings from Stanwell Moor

22 Oct 2025: Brown Hairstreak egg at Borehamwood

21 Oct 2025: Red Admiral at Trent Park

21 Oct 2025: Brown Hairstreak at Croxley Moor

20 Oct 2025: Roxbourne park Harrow.

18 Oct 2025: Prestwick Road Meadows egg rescue

18 Oct 2025: Speckled Wood at Enfield

17 Oct 2025: Hummingbird Hawk-moth

The Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch has over 1500 members and covers the administrative county of Hertfordshire and the Watsonian Vice-county of Middlesex (VC21).

The London Boroughs included within the Branch area are Barnet, Brent, Camden, City of London, City of Westminster, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Richmond (north of the Thames), Tower Hamlets and the Surrey District Council of Spelthorne.

Download a copy of our 'Welcome to the Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch of Butterfly Conservation' leaflet for more information

For Branch enquiries please email: elizabethgoodyear@talk21.com; for website enquiries please email peter.clarke4@ntlworld.com