Below is a full list of the current Society officers and Recorders of the London Natural History Society. For details of how to contact the Society, please see our Contact Us page.
President and Honorary Vice-Presidents
President: Vacant
Honorary Vice-Presidents: Anthony J. Barrett; David Bevan FLS; Rodney M. Burton MA, FLS; John A. Edgington PhD, FLS; Jan F. Hewlett PhD; David J. Montier, Colin Bowlt PhD, FLS, Helen Baker MBOU, R. John Swindells and Maria Roberts
Council
The affairs of the Society are managed by Council, whose members are the President, Secretary and Treasurer, one representative from each section and ten elected representatives of members.
Society Officers for 2022
Vice-Presidents: Mark Burgess, Colin W. Plant BSc, FRES, Pat J. Sellar BSc (Eng), FRGS, MBOU, Edward Tuddenham MD and Michael Wilsdon MBOU
Secretary: Annie Wilson
Treasurer: Michael West
Assistant Treasurer (Membership): Robin Blades
Section Representatives of Council: Liz Andrews (London Bird Club), Maureen Parry (Botany), Anke Marsh (Ecology & Entomology), VACANT (Bookham Common Survey), Kat Duke (Hampstead Heath Survey)
Elected Member Representatives of Council: Jan Hewlett, Ian Woodward, Robin Blades, David Bevan, Joanne Maddox, Peter Mantle, Noel Brock and Wendy Knight.
Administration and Finance Committee
- Chair: Michael Wilsdon
- Secretary: Jo Hatton
- Members: David Howdon, Maria Roberts, Annie Wilson (LNHS Secretary), Michael West (LNHS Treasurer), Robin Blades, Mark Burgess, Kennedy Cruickshank
Independent Examiner: Meyer Williams
Conservation Officer: David Bevan FLS
Minuting Secretary (General Meetings): Angela Linnell
Library & Publications
Librarian: Leslie Bolsover
Library Committee
- Chair: John Swindells (Botany)
- Secretary: Julie Berk
- Members: Mike West (LNHS Treasurer), John Boorman (LBC), Tristan Bantock (E&E), Andrew Planet (Botany)
Publication Sales: Catherine Schmitt
Editor, The London Naturalist: Clive Herbert
Editor, Newsletter: Mark Burgess
Programme coordinator: Amy Muyi Liu
London Bird Report Editorial Board
Chair of Editorial Board: VACANT
Data Manager: Roger Payne
Editors, Birds of the London Area: Derek Coleman, Sally MIddleton & Ian Woodward
Editor, Papers: Liz Andrew
Editor, Photographs: Jonathan Lethbridge
Editor, Remaining Sections: Pete Lambert and Mike Trier
Production Manager: Gus Wilson
Secretary of the LBR Editorial Board: Annie Wilson
Other members: John Archer, Bob Watts
Designers: Nigel Partridge and Mike Trier
Rarities Committee: see London Bird Club section below
Bird Recorders: see London Bird Club section below
London Bird Club
Chair: Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne FLS
Committee Secretary: Cecilia Derrick
Treasurer: Nirma de Silva Wijeyeratne
Talks Organiser: Vacant (Contact chair)
Field Meetings Organiser: Amy Muyi Liu
Chair of London Bird Report Editorial Board: See London Bird Report Editorial Board above
Reading Circle Secretary: Angela Linnell
Ringing enquiries: Daniel Whitelegg and Paul Roper
BTO North London Contact: Ben Hillier
BTO South London Contact: Richard Arnold
Committee: Sally Middleton, Liz Andrew and John Boorman
Twitter Master (@londonbirdclub): Donna Zimmer
Instagram Editor (@londonbirdclub): Pippa Jacks
Rarities Committee
- Chair: Bob Watts
- Committee: John Archer, Richard Bonser, Rob Innes, Sean Huggins, Andrew Moon, Andrew Self
Recorders
- London Recorder: Roger Payne
- Buckinghamshire: Andrew Moon
- Essex: Roy Woodward
- Hertfordshire: Roger Payne
- Inner London: Richard Bonser
- Kent: John Archer
- Middlesex: Sean Huggins
- Surrey: Paul Goodman
Botany
Committee meetings chair: George Hounsome
Secretary: Andrew Planet
Meetings Secretary: Jon Agar
Committee: Mark Spencer, Andy Overall, John Skinner, Peter Howarth, Paul Bartlett PhD, Robin Blades, Annie Chipchase, Ian Kitching, Wendy Knowles, Mario Maculan, Maureen Parry, Saba Rokni, Mary Clare Sheahan and John Swindells
Recorders:
- Flowering Plants: Mark Spencer PhD FLS
- Vascular Cryptogams (Ferns & Allies): Mark Spencer PhD FLS
- Fungi: Andy Overall
- Lichens: John Skinner
- Bryophytes (Mosses & Liverworts): Peter Howarth
Ecology & Entomology
Chair: Keiron Derek Brown
Secretary: Nathalie Mahieu PhD
Indoor Meetings Secretary: Vacant
Field Meetings Secretary: Tristan Bantock
Treasurer: David Greeno
Committee: Mick Massie, Stephanie Skipp
Recorders:
- Mammals: Clive Herbert FLS
- Reptiles and Amphibians: Tom Langton BSc
- Isopoda (Woodlice & Waterlice): VACANT
- Chilopoda (Centipedes): Jaromir Papez
- Diplopoda (Millipedes): VACANT
- Araneae (Spiders): J. Edward Milner BSc
- Opiliones & Pseudoscorpionidae (Harvestmen & False Scorpions): VACANT
- Coleoptera - Carabidae & Coccinellidae (Ground Beetles & Ladybirds): Paul Mabbott BSc
- Coleoptera - Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles & Allies): Stephanie Skipp
- Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles): Michael Geiser
- Coleoptera (all other beetles): VACANT
- Hemiptera (True Bugs): Tristan Bantock
- Hymenoptera (Ants): Mike Fox
- Hymenoptera (Bees & Wasps): Tony Madgwick
- Diptera (True Flies): Linda Pryke
- Lepidoptera - Butterflies: Leslie Williams
- Lepidoptera - Moths: Colin W. Plant BSc
- Neuroptera (Lacewings & Allies): Colin W. Plant BSc
- Orthoptera (Grasshoppers & Crickets): Sarah Barnes
- Odonata (Dragonflies & Damselflies): Neil Anderson BSc
- Riverflies (Mayflies, Stoneflies and Caddisflies): VACANT
- Oligochaeta - Earthworms: Keiron Derek Brown
- Molluscs: VACANT
- Plant Galls: Tommy Root
Bookham Common Survey
Hampstead Heath Survey
Chair: Liz Andrew
Secretary: Jeff Waage
Committee: Prof. Jeff Duckett, Kat Duke, John Egginton, Jo Maddox and Pete Mantle
Virtual Talks
Committee: Maria Roberts, Anke Marsh and Keiron Derek Brown
Website management
Webmaster: Anke Marsh
Content editors: Anke Marsh and Keiron Derek Brown