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Lockdown on Kilhope Fell
Local botanist, Lizzie Maddison, shares lockdown notes from the rolling feels above Allenheads, Northumberland….
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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’?…
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A Focus on Ivy
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…
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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…
Bees | Botany | Invertebrates | Pollinators
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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….
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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…
Common Spotted Orchid | Dactylorhiza | John Richards | Nature | Northern Marsh orchid | Orchid
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The umbellifer plants – family Apiaceae
Local botanist, Mark Welfare, introduces umbellifer species to look for on your North East walks…
Botany | Plants | Wildflowers
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Online Talk: Cocwudu – ancient woodlands in Northumberland
Discover the forgotten evolution of a landscape as you take a tour of Northumberland’s ancient woodlands with Max Adams…
Ancient Woodland | Botany | Friday Night Talks | History | Max Adams
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Online Talk: Plants Behaving Badly
Join botanist, Chris Metherell, for a tour around some of the taxonomic terrors and sulky teenagers of the plant world…
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The North East New Year Plant Hunt-Off – The Results
The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland’s (BSBI) New Year Plant Hunt is an annual event in which botanists, expert and amateur…
Botany | BSBI | Lindisfarne | Nature | New Year Plant Hunt