Broadwater Lake SSSI Under Threat Again
Broadwater Lake, Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), is under threat again from Hillingdon Council's revised proposal for a watersports and activity centre on this hugely important refuge for wildlife.
Find out more here >> Broadwater Lake
Submit objections and comments by Friday 9th January 2026 here >> Planning Application Hillingdon
Happy New Year – our anniversary celebrations are not quite over...
A Happy New Year to all our members and friends!
Hertfordshire Natural History Society held its first meeting in January 1875, which means that our 150th anniversary celebrations are sadly almost at an end.
Don't, however, miss the opportunity to visit our closing exhibition in North Hertfordshire Museum which runs until February 16th (Brand Street, Hitchin, SG5 1JE, not Mondays).
Hertfordshire's Local Nature Recovery Strategy Launched
Hertfordshire’s first Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) has now been published. Tim Hill, Trustee of HNHS, said: "This is a landmark step in restoring and enhancing nature across Hertfordshire and the wider restoration of nature across England. This "blueprint" for the county is designed to identify where and how to restore nature to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises."
The full details of Hertfordshire’s LNRS are available here.
Wild Orchids of Hertfordshire – the 2026 Gerald Salisbury Lecture
Join us in Welwyn at 8pm on Thursday 22 January for 'Wild Orchids of Hertfordshire' – the 2026 Gerald Salisbury Memorial Lecture.
Co-county flora recorder Prof. Ian Denholm will give a talk that he and Prof. Richard Bateman, a fellow orchid expert and enthusiast, have prepared. Together, they have half a century's experience surveying for orchids in Hertfordshire.
Visit our North Herts exhibition, starting 16 December in Hitchin
We are near the end of the Society's 150th anniversary year, but exiting in style with an exhibition at North Hertfordshire Museum (Broad Street, Hitchin SG5 1JE) from 16 December to 15 February.
'Wildlife – for the record' focuses on habitats, flora and fauna that are special to the north of our county, including chalk grassland, streams, and species such as White Helleborine orchids and Chalkhill Blue butterflies.