Hitchin Nature Network

Hitchin Nature Network We are a community group who want to work with you to make Hitchin a more nature-friendly town.

Whether you have a big garden, a window box and/or you're passionate about your local greenspace, you can help us! We are a group of Hitchin folk who want to bring wildlife back to our town by making space in our gardens for nature, creating a network of mini nature reserves across our gardens and parks. Did you know that all the gardens in the UK cover a total area of around 1 million acres? This

is greater than all our nature reserves combined and that's before you include parks and greenspaces. Nature is declining alarmingly in our countryside and urban and suburban areas are increasingly becoming refuges for once come wildlife such as the hedgehog. All this means that the way we garden and manage our greenspaces matters and that's where you come in! We want to work with you to make Hitchin richer in wildlife by creating a network of nature-friendly public and private spaces. No matter how small your little piece of England is, you can help us make Hitchin a more nature-friendly town.

Spectacular spiders on Ransom's Rec!
07/08/2026

Spectacular spiders on Ransom's Rec!

North Herts Council are gathering views on the green spaces they manage & to have your say hopefully this is the appropr...
23/07/2026

North Herts Council are gathering views on the green spaces they manage & to have your say hopefully this is the appropriate link

This is heartening!
19/07/2026

This is heartening!

Butterflies are booming in our area 🦋. Have you spotted more lately?

Great turnout and some fabulous fliers at our annual Moths & Breakfast event. Thank you to everyone who came 😊
19/07/2026

Great turnout and some fabulous fliers at our annual Moths & Breakfast event. Thank you to everyone who came 😊

I'm giving my favourite talk in the Hitchin Festival: Four and Twenty Blackbirds - how to create a bird-friendly garden ...
29/06/2026

I'm giving my favourite talk in the Hitchin Festival: Four and Twenty Blackbirds - how to create a bird-friendly garden that sings in every season, beautifully illustrated with my dad's bird photography.

If you'd like to attract more birds to your garden, see the wonder that is a long-tailed tit's nest, discover the best plants to provide natural food for a range of species or find out how to identify common garden birds by their songs, then do come along on the evening of 21 July and join us at the North Herts Museum at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £5 and proceeds go to the Triangle Garden Hitchin. 😊

https://www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/hitchin/hitchin-town-hall/four-and-twenty-blackbirds-a-presentation-by-nic-wilson/2026-07-21/19:30/t-kdydzvg

Hitchin Nature Network was set up after we read about about an amazing project: Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve in...
28/06/2026

Hitchin Nature Network was set up after we read about about an amazing project: Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve in the RSPB members' magazine. We thought, wow we should do something similar in Hitchin. And look how many other projects they've inspired 💚

We want to offer a massive 'Thank you!' to our amazing friends at the Felixstowe Citizen Science Group for creating this beautiful map of our influence across the UK :D It's hugely encouraging! And as more communities feel inspired by what we began, the map will develop! So this is a map about People Power and what can be achieved when like-minded people work together! :D
Naturestimeline StandUp4Nature Furtherfield Sustainable Suffolk

We are towards the end of and this final suggestion is to find a new location to explore, there are some hidden gems n...
28/06/2026

We are towards the end of and this final suggestion is to find a new location to explore, there are some hidden gems not far away. Burymead Springs between Hitchin and Ickleford provides a walk for the intrepid traveller: you can follow The Hiz from Watersmeet through to Ickleford (this route is only for those steady on their feet and willing to duck low under some pipes), keep an eye out for Lizards basking on a log. Alternatively take a walk by The Hiz at Ickleford Common: maybe see some swans.

Wildlife MonitoringThe wildlife trusts are promoting in June, here are some more ideas of what you can do in Hitc...
20/06/2026

Wildlife Monitoring

The wildlife trusts are promoting in June, here are some more ideas of what you can do in Hitchin to engage with wildlife…

Monitoring wildlife can help scientists understand more about our environment and how it is changing and it also helps us learn about what is growing, flying and otherwise sharing our locality.
My favourite citizen science project is a “Flower Insect Timed Count” organised by the UK Pollinator Monitoring scheme. This involves sitting quietly for 10 minutes maybe in your garden or a park and inspecting a 0.5m square area of flowers and writing down how many bees/beetles/butterflies etc visit. This survey provides me with one of those “mindfulness moments” as I slow down and connect with nature (and maybe admire some 'bonking beetles').

Other wildlife monitoring schemes include:
- bird surveys (for instance the “Birds in Green Spaces” runs until the end of the month).
- “100 Plants in 2026 Challenge”, organised by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland encourages you to identify 100 plant species
- Use “IRecord” for any wildlife sightings throughout the year

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