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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

The umbellifer plants – family Apiaceae
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The umbellifer plants – family Apiaceae

Local botanist, Mark Welfare, introduces umbellifer species to look for on your North East walks…

22 June 2020

Botany | Plants | Wildflowers

Online Talk: Cocwudu – ancient woodlands in Northumberland
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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…

14 April 2020

Ancient Woodland | Botany | Friday Night Talks | History | Max Adams

Online Talk: Plants Behaving Badly
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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…

20 March 2020

Botany | Ecology | Plants

The North East New Year Plant Hunt-Off – The Results
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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…

7 January 2020

Botany | BSBI | Lindisfarne | Nature | New Year Plant Hunt

On 20 years of NHSN’s Mid-Week Botany Group
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On 20 years of NHSN’s Mid-Week Botany Group

The Midweek Botany Group started twenty years ago in 1998 when we (Janet Angel and Chris Irvine) had been going on the botany…

8 October 2018

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August is a purple month
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August is a purple month

As we crest the hill of high summer and look down the slope towards autumn changes are occurring daily. This…

10 August 2018

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