Botany ›
A quick guide to orchid photography
As part of Discovering Orchids, explore a short guide to orchid photography to help botanists identify your finds….
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Birds ›
Volunteers needed – help observe birds cache from your feeder
Discover how you can get involved in a new study monitoring caching behaviour in a range of familiar garden birds…
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A year of North East ladybirds
Local naturalist, Chris Barlow, looks back over a successful year spent recording and enjoying the North East’s ladybirds I’ve been…
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Finding ladybirds in winter
Local naturalist, James Common, provides a short guide to ladybird spotting across the North East this winter….
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Identifying Invertebrates
Explore a range of helpful online resources to help you identify your North East invertebrate finds….
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Beetles and Bugs before the Storm
North East Ladybird Spot volunteer, Daphne Aplin, shares her unexpected invertebrate discoveries during a winter visit to Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park….
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Uncover the hidden life of Newcastle’s ponds
The Natural History Museum are seeking pond samples from Newcastle for GenePools, an exciting new project using novel techniques to uncover the hidden life of urban ponds….
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North East Ladybird Spot: 2021 Results
Together you shared over 1,400 sightings with the North East Ladybird Spot in 2021. Take a closer look at your discoveries and the difference your records make for these exquisite insects….
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North East Citizen Science: Coastal and marine
Want to help protect coastal and marine wildlife? Discover citizen science projects that you can join while by the sea….
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North East Citizen Science: Mammals
Keen to help track the trends of North East mammals? Discover mammal citizen science projects that you take part in across the region….