Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch

News 2023

The Whippendell & Cassiobury butterfly report 2023 by Rick Vickers and Pete Fewell is available to view

Congratulations to Liz Goodyear for winning the Hertfordsire Natural History Society 1875 award for her outstanding contributiion to natural history in the county (Photo: © HNHS)



Long-tailed Blue in Ickenham garden on 7 October

Press Release of the Big Butterfly Count Results in 2023



Press Release of Butterfly Report in 2022

**** IMPORTANT Please read the latest guidance on Lyme Disease

Today's (12 June) Country Diary in the Guardian features the Small Blue at the Hexton Chalk Pit. Click here for details

Who are the winners of the photo competition? Click here to find out

The hot dry summer in 2022 impacts butterfly populations according to a study by the UKBMS. For details click here

Andrew Wood's talk on butterflies and moths in Herts and Middx in 2022 can be viewed here



Press Release of Butterfly Report in 2022



View Roger Gibbons' video of A Meander through the Alps


Watch the video for the latest on the Big City Butterflies Project 2021-2025



80% of butterflies have declined in the UK. Read the The State of the UK's Butterflies 2022 Report

Know your butterflies outside our area? Check out Roger Gibbons' informative video of UK's Butterflies you won't see in Herts & Middx


Read the latest update on Millhoppers Reserve

Well done to Lucy Claxton for reporting our first butterfly of the year (13 January) - Peacock in Ickleford

Watch Ian Small's excellent video of Ghana's Forest Butterflies


**** IMPORTANT **** If you have not done so already, please submit your 2022 butterfly records to Andrew Wood. For details how read the following instructions