Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch
Saving butterflies, moths and our environment
Wednesday 21 January - Butterflies from Southern Mexico by Ian Small
Wednesday 11 February - Hedges and hairstreaks - butterfly ecology of the hedgerow by James Lunt from CPRE Hertfordshire
Sunday 18 January - Hedgerow Heroes at the Woodhall Estate, near Watton-at-Stone
Sunday 25 January - Hedgerow Heroes at the Woodhall Estate, near Watton-at-Stone
Sunday 1 February - Brown Hairstreak egg hunt and training morning at Merry Hill off Merry Hill Road, Bushey
Tuesday 24 February - Duke of Burgundy work party by Pitstone Hill with volunteers from the Upper Thames branch
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
News Archive: 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018
14 Jan 2026: Welsh Harp Brown Hairstreak egg hunt
04 Jan 2026: Branch Event- Brown Hairstreak Egg Hunt at Ruislip Gardens
19 Dec 2025: Red Admiral in St Albans
19 Dec 2025: Sighting from Stanwell Moor.
18 Dec 2025: Butterflies Boom in New St Albans Wildflower Meadows
17 Dec 2025: Brown Hairstreak egg hunting
15 Dec 2025: Another Winter Red Admiral
11 Dec 2025: Winter Red Admiral
10 Dec 2025: Planting hedges for butterflies and moths
10 Dec 2025: Saving our Insects - Dave Goulson
10 Dec 2025: Brook Farm Open Space & Dollis Brook Greenway
10 Dec 2025: Sighting from Stanwell Moor
03 Dec 2025: Sightings from Stanwell Moor
03 Dec 2025: Hertfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy
02 Dec 2025: Butterfly Conservation National AGM and Members Morning
02 Dec 2025: Sightings from Stanwell Moor
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
