Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch
Saving butterflies, moths and our environment
Wednesday 4 March - Butterflies in 2025 and can we predict long term changes? by Andrew Wood
Sunday 15 February - Hedgerow Heroes - tree planting at the Woodhall Estate, near Watton-at-Stone
Sunday 22 February - Hedgerow Heroes - tree planting at the Woodhall Estate, near Watton-at-Stone
Tuesday 24 February - Duke of Burgundy work party by Pitstone Hill with volunteers from the Upper Thames branch
Tuesday 24 March - Hungry caterpillars and bountiful crops talk by Malcolm Hull at Lagley Meadow Hall, Douglas Gardens, Berkhamsted
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
Many important sites for butterflies exist in our branch area including our own Millhopper's Reserve
More on other sites can be viewed here
In conjuction with Hertfordshire County Council, help is needed to support nature recovery, so please volunteer if you can. Click here to find out more.
News Archive: 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018
14 Feb 2026: Valentine's Peacock
08 Feb 2026: Red Admiral - broxbourne school
06 Feb 2026: National Moth Recorders Day Recording
06 Feb 2026: Free Wildflower Seeds for Branch Members
05 Feb 2026: Pale Brindled Beauty at Southgate
04 Feb 2026: First sighting of 2026 at Stanwell Moor
02 Feb 2026: Large White pupating
01 Feb 2026: Merry Hill Brown Hairstreak egg search
29 Jan 2026: Completed Work for the Grizzled Skipper at Waterford Heath
29 Jan 2026: Enhancing Grizzled Skipper habitat at Waterford Heath
29 Jan 2026: Brown Hairstreak eggs near Heathrow
24 Jan 2026: Pale Brindled Beauty at Southgate
23 Jan 2026: Butterfly artwork in Hatfield
22 Jan 2026: Butterflies of Southern Mexico - Ian Small
20 Jan 2026: Millhoppers Reserve footbridge
19 Jan 2026: Ealing Beaver Project Brown Hairstreak egg hunt at Paradise Fields
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.
For Branch enquiries please email: elizabethgoodyear@talk21.com; for website enquiries please email peter.clarke4@ntlworld.com
