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Home Updates from NHSN

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Best field guides to use at home: Birds
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Best field guides to use at home: Birds

We’ve asked NHSN members to tell us about their favourite field guides for the garden or on walks close to home. In this post, Neil Pont suggests guides for identifying birds….

28 May 2020

Birds | Birdwatching | Books | Field Guides | Library

Discover bee field guides
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Discover bee field guides

We’ve asked NHSN members to tell us about their favourite field guides for the garden or on walks close to home. In this post, Rinke Vinkenoog suggests guides for identifying bees….

28 May 2020

Bees | Books | Bumblebees | Field Guides | Library

Bring Back the Silence
Notes from a Lockdown Naturalist ›

Bring Back the Silence

For Alan Charlton, lockdown brought many surprises but none more enjoyable than the silence in his back garden…

28 May 2020

Lockdown Naturalists

Mavis and Maverick: fearless thrushes
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Mavis and Maverick: fearless thrushes

Tune in to ‘Thurshwatch’ as naturalists, Philip Jordan and Jane Gray, share their lockdown wildlife observations…

28 May 2020

Lockdown Naturalists

Smart phone apps to help you enjoy nature
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Smart phone apps to help you enjoy nature

As technology develops, natural history apps are helping many people come closer to nature. Discover seven apps you can use at home to identify, study, and enjoy wildlife….

26 May 2020

Apps | Birds | Citizen Science | Ecology | Natural History Apps

A Bioblitz from my Bedroom Window
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A Bioblitz from my Bedroom Window

NHSN Student Award Scheme participant Hanna Tamminen describes her #LockdownNaturalist experience in Gateshead…

21 May 2020

Lockdown Naturalists

North East Bee Hunt 2020 Update #4
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North East Bee Hunt 2020 Update #4

You have now shared a fantastic 600 records as part of the North East Bee Hunt. Charlotte Rankin summarises your records and observations over the last two weeks….

21 May 2020

Bees | Invertebrates | North East Bee Hunt

Identifying White-tailed Bumblebees
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Identifying White-tailed Bumblebees

White-tailed bees can be a confusing bunch. Learn to identify some of the most frequently encountered species in a new post by Charlotte Rankin….

19 May 2020

Bees | Insects | Invertebrates | North East Bee Hunt

The North East Bee Hunt: A Naturalist’s Refuge During Isolation
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The North East Bee Hunt: A Naturalist’s Refuge During Isolation

Local naturalist, Cal Ritchie, provides a personal take on bee recording in the North East during lockdown….

19 May 2020

Bee Hunt | Bees | Citizen Science | North East Bee Hunt

Online Talk: Marine Mammals Off the Northumberland Coast
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Online Talk: Marine Mammals Off the Northumberland Coast

Explore the mysterious underwater world of marine mammals off the Northumberland coast with seal-diver, Ben Burville…

12 May 2020

Ben Burville | Diving | Grey Seals | Marine Wildlife

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