Are you doing #NoMowMay? 🌼 In the thick of it? Not started yet? No garden? No problem. Letting grass grow helps wildflowers bloom — giving bees & butterflies the food they need. Find out how to get involved: https://ow.ly/Nene50YVtr9#NoMowMay? #WildlifeGarden #SaveTheBees #PlantLife

Hoverfly-Eristalis tenax, Wasp Beetle, Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug and micro-moth Alabonia geoffrella in Panshanger Park, Hertford, 10/05/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social

This Birds in Greenspaces artwork 😍 Huge thanks to Will Rose for bringing to life this survey with his incredible designs. Have you signed up to the Birds in Greenspaces survey yet? Discover how to get involved at www.bto.org/greenspaces

For #DeafAwarenessDay - Sarah Playforth updates us on how birding with a cochlear implant is helped by using the Merlin app https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/experiencing-nature-differently-birding-with-a-cochlear-implant-with-sarah-playforth 📸 Dave Kilbey

Photos of the Wood Sandpipers, Park Mead, Hertford, 29/04/2026 @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social

A real surprise...nesting Red-tailed Mason Bee, Osmia bicolor on HMWT Waterford Heath, Hertford, 24/04/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @sjbknott.bsky.social

If, like me, you love watching birds, do come along to my wild writing workshops in May at #Waresley Park in #Cambridgeshire. On 12 May, we'll be focusing on how to bring the birds that visit the spring-fed lake to life on the page: waresleyparkestate.co.uk/wild-writing... #naturewriting

There's a mini jobs bonanza just now at BTO! 🐦 Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via www.bto.org/jobs Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination – will you be part of it?

Pair of Small Coppers (FOY) Norton Green Stevenage - female pictured @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #SmallCopper

@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social

Grizzled Skippers on HMWT Waterford Heath, 24/04/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social

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 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social

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

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. @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social

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. @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

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. @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social #birds #waders #snipe

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

Nuthatch at the reserve yesterday. Photo by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Iain Nibbsy. @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #nuthatch #birds

Black Redstart near Baldock, Herts. #birds

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!

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? With @hnhsoc.bsky.social

@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social @gwksouth.bsky.social @chilternoam.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @thesoilassociation.bsky.social

Nice selection from HMWT Balls Wood, Hertford, 29/06/2025 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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 🦊 https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/wild-about-hertfordshire

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. @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @globalbirdfair.bsky.social

@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @chilternoam.bsky.social @rickmansworth.bsky.social @chorleywood.bsky.social

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

Privet Hawkmoth - photo by Paul Davis. @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #moths

These 3 gentleman are book illustrators, for a book published 483 years ago. This book was written by Leonhart Fuchs on medicinal herbs. Each woodcut pictures has been hand-coloured. With @hnhsoc.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk  https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/wild-about-hertfordshire

SCARCE CHASER at the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal near Wilstone, Herts, this afternoon… @chilternsnature.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social #dragonfly #dragonflies #nature #wildlife

We have a full programme of butterfly walks in 2025. Many are now listed on our branch website & are open to all - non-members are welcome. Some will require pre-booking - details are on each entry. @savebutterflies.bsky.social Link: www.hertsmiddx-butterflies.org.uk/events.php

I'll be talking about #LandBeneaththeWaves at the Book Nook in #Ware (sold out) on Tuesday and David's Bookshop in #Letchworth this Thursday. Lots of local nature, plus deadly plants, snickets and Hitchin's lost nightingales. Do some along and join us if you're nearby... #booksky #naturewriting

New lakeside nature reserve opens to the public #Herts #Hertfordshire #BedsBucksHerts 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

Guest Blog: How Nature Dies by Alistair Gammell https://markavery.info/2020/12/02/guest-blog-how-nature-dies-by-alistair-gammell/ @EnvAgency @NaturalEngland @HMWTBadger @NorthHertsDC @Feargal_Sharkey @WildTroutTrust @AffinityWater #hitchin #herts #abstraction #aquifer #chalkstream...

A selection of colourful moths from the reserve - Lime Hawkmoth, Burnished Brass and Small Elephant Hawkmoth. Photos by Paul Davis. @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #moths

Today I spotted a book about #Hertfordshire wildlife (among other topics) in @waterstones.bsky.social. Pls let me know if you see it in the wild & do share with other nature lovers. Thank you🙏💚 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social