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Lockdown on Kilhope Fell
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Lockdown on Kilhope Fell

Local botanist, Lizzie Maddison, shares lockdown notes from the rolling feels above Allenheads, Northumberland….

2 March 2021

Lockdown Naturalists

An Italian Window in the Pandemic
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An Italian Window in the Pandemic

Phil Hanmer explores the wilds of Abruzzo, Italy, sharing the interesting finds made on a recent NHSN members tour with NatureTrek….

26 January 2021

Abruzzo | NatureTrek | Phil Hanmer

The Hidden World of Bryophytes in the North East
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The Hidden World of Bryophytes in the North East

Naturalist, Ryan Clark, explores the hidden world of Bryophytes in the North East, sharing the species you could find on your walks across the region….

25 January 2021

Botany | Bryophytes | Liverwort | Moss

Wildflowers To Look For This Winter
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Wildflowers To Look For This Winter

Ahead of the New Year Plant Hunt 2021, Charlotte Rankin shares ten wildflowers to look out for this winter in the North East….

21 December 2020

Botany | New Year Plant Hunt | Wildflowers

Worlds Collide on a Newcastle street
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Worlds Collide on a Newcastle street

Ahead of the New Year Plant Hunt 2021, naturalist, James Common shares some of the non-native species encountered on a Newcastle street….

16 December 2020

Botany | New Year Plant Hunt

Abundant acorns on the forest floor – is 2020 a mast year?
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Abundant acorns on the forest floor – is 2020 a mast year?

With autumn in full swing, naturalists across the North East are noticing an unusual abundance of seasonal fruits. Polly Stevens asks an important question: is 2020 a ‘mast year’?…

21 October 2020

Ivy: an autumnal magnet for pollinators
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Ivy: an autumnal magnet for pollinators

While most wildflowers have finished for the year, Autumn is the time when Ivy bursts into life. Explore the value of this underappreciated plant for flower-visiting insects in a new article by Charlotte Rankin…

24 September 2020

Botany | Invertebrates

Are Foreign Flowers the Future?
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Are Foreign Flowers the Future?

Explore the urban insect pollinator and learn how non-native flowers could help reverse their decline with postgraduate researcher, Shannon Goldberg…

18 August 2020

Bees | Botany | Invertebrates | Pollinators

Botany at Epiacum
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Botany at Epiacum

Recently, NHSN botanists visited the Roman fort of Epiacum to produce an inventory of the plants growing at the historic site. Angus Lunn shares their finds below….

3 July 2020

Botany | Epiacum | Northumberland | Northumbria

Marsh and Spotted Orchids (Dactylorhizas) in the North East
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Marsh and Spotted Orchids (Dactylorhizas) in the North East

Explore Marsh orchids and Spotted-orchids in the North East with botanical Vice-county Recorder for South Northumberland, John Richards…

24 June 2020

Common Spotted Orchid | Dactylorhiza | John Richards | Nature | Northern Marsh orchid | Orchid

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