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A quick guide to orchid photography
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A quick guide to orchid photography

As part of Discovering Orchids, explore a short guide to orchid photography to help botanists identify your finds….

4 February 2022

Botany | Discovering Orchids

Will you join the New Year Plant Hunt?
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Will you join the New Year Plant Hunt?

Local botanist, Fiona Greenwold, shares five winter wildflowers to look for as part of this year’s BSBI New Year Plant Hunt….

17 December 2021

New Year Plant Hunt

Explore the Curious World of Plant Galls
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Explore the Curious World of Plant Galls

From Witches Broom to Silk Buttons, explore the world of plant galls and discover species you could encounter across the North East….

22 November 2021

ladybird | Nature in the North East | North East Ladybird Spot

A new study into Japanese Knotweed
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A new study into Japanese Knotweed

Horticulture Magazine have launched a new study and interactive map helping naturalists understand the spread of Japanese Knotweed in their area….

22 September 2021

Botany | Japanese Knotweed

Bees and botany on Lindisfarne
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Bees and botany on Lindisfarne

Last week, NHSN members headed for Lindisfarne in search of the elusive Moss Carder bee. Take a look back at what they discovered. …

6 August 2021

Bees | Holy Island | Lindisfarne | Moss Carder bee | North East Bee Hunt

Botany on the banks of the Tyne
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Botany on the banks of the Tyne

Take a look back at a recent NHSN botany trip to Wylam in a short blog by local naturalist, James Common….

28 July 2021

Botany | Chris Metherell | Wildflowers

Trek to rescue Teesdale’s rare flora
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Trek to rescue Teesdale’s rare flora

Dr. Margaret Bradshaw, renowned champion of Upper Teesdale’s rare plants for over sixty years, is set to start a new fundraising adventure. …

8 July 2021

Teesdale

Fern foray at Hareshaw Linn
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Fern foray at Hareshaw Linn

NHSN member, Jane Kysow, shares a short account of fern identification trip to Hareshaw Linn in Northumberland…

7 July 2021

Botany | Hareshaw Linn | Wildlife

Bees and Bee Orchids at Silverlink
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Bees and Bee Orchids at Silverlink

Last week, NHSN members set out in search of bees and Bee Orchids at Silverlink Biodiversity Park. Here, James Common takes a look back at what they discovered….

29 June 2021

Bee Orchids | Insects | James Common | Silverlink

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

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