Description

The Harrow Nature Conservation Forum is an entirely volunteer organization that supports the work of the volunteer wardens of nature reserves and wild open spaces in Harrow as well as encouraging surveying and biodiversity enhancement throughout the borough. All HNCF wardens note interesting species on their sites and report them to our central database. In addition we regularly perform more formal surveys covering many different taxonomical groups. We are in the process of forming a new group, “Harrow Wildlife Action”, to monitor and improve wildlife and biodiversity across the whole of Harrow. This group will survey areas such as cemeteries, parks and small undeveloped plots of land.

Metadata last updated on 2025-01-24 10:28:41.0

Resources

1. Census of singing birds at Bentley Priory
   During a census of singing birds at Bentley Priory on a single day in May 2011 by Fay Broome and Peter Peretti, highly experienced amateur ornithologists
2. Elizabeth Stainthorpe's records
   Elizabeth Stainthorpe's observations over many years
3. Fern records for Stanmore Common and Stanmore Country Park from Howard Matthews for the period 2012 through 2014
   Fern records for Stanmore Common and Stanmore Country Park in Harrow, London from Howard Matthews for the period 2012 through 2014. Howard was a keen amateur fern expert with a deep knowledge of fern distributions in Harrow.
4. HNCF BioBlitz and organized survey records from 2023 and 2025
   Data collected by the Forum in organized surveys and bioblitzes; includes plants, birds and invertebrates.
5. Moth and butterfly records for sites in Harrow, London by John Hollingdale 2012-2019
   Moth and butterfly records for sites in Harrow, London by John Hollingdale 2012-2019. John was a keen amateur moth expert and volunteer warden of Stanmore Country Park, from where the majority of these records come. Most of these records are from light traps at Stanmore Country Park and other nature reserves in Harrow.
6. Peter Peretti’s bird records for winter 2018 in Bentley Priory, Harrow, London
   A set of bird records from Bentley Priory, Harrow, London for the January and February 2018 by Peter Peretti, volunteer warden of the site and keen birdwatcher. All but two are from a handwritten list Peter gave me in June 2018; records 188 and 204 were told me over the phone on 14th January 2018.
7. Plant records by Denis Vickers
   
8. Records 2004-2022 by Rosemary Etheridge
   Records by Rosemary Etheridge, an extremely knowledgable and reliable local amateur naturalist.
9. Records by Russell Miller
   Records by Russell Miller. Those from Lady Gilbert's orchard were from a survey organized by the Orchard Project. Records from Wood Farm and Pear Wood were during one day courses run by HNCF at which Russell taught.
10. Records from Harrow by Russell Miller, mostly insects, 2015 through 2020
    Records by Huma Pearce, professional ecologist. Her company is "Mostly Bats".
11. Records from Harrow, London by Margaret Huitson 2014-2022, mainly from Stanmore Country Park where she is volunteer assistant warden
    Records from Harrow, London by Margaret Huitson 2014-2022, mainly from Stanmore Country Park where she is volunteer assistant warden. Margaret is an amateur expert on butterflies and flowering plants.

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