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English Perennial Flax, by June Cleal
Local naturalist, June Cleal, shares a delightful poem inspired by the discovery of English Perennial Flax on the Hartondown Hills….
Botany
Botany ›
The Hidden World of Bryophytes in the North East
Naturalist, Ryan Clark, explores the hidden world of Bryophytes in the North East, sharing the species you could find on your walks across the region….
Botany | Bryophytes | Liverwort | Moss
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Wildflowers To Look For This Winter
Ahead of the New Year Plant Hunt 2021, Charlotte Rankin shares ten wildflowers to look out for this winter in the North East….
Botany ›
Worlds Collide on a Newcastle street
Ahead of the New Year Plant Hunt 2021, naturalist, James Common shares some of the non-native species encountered on a Newcastle street….
Botany ›
Ivy: an autumnal magnet for pollinators
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…
Botany ›
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
Botany ›
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….
Notes from a Lockdown Naturalist ›
Lockdown Botany in the Garden
For botanist and gardener, Jane Wrigley, lockdown provided an opportunity to more closely inspect the wild plantlife of her Fallowfield garden….
Botany ›
The umbellifer plants – family Apiaceae
Local botanist, Mark Welfare, introduces umbellifer species to look for on your North East walks…
Botany | Plants | Wildflowers
Gosforth Nature Reserve ›
Your Sightings from Gosforth Nature Reserve
From rare raptors to diminutive orchids, gain inspiration for your next visit with a summary of your sightings from Gosforth Nature Reserve…
Badger | Botany | Coralroot Orchid | Gosforth | Hobby | Kingfisher | Nature | Newcastle | Roe Deer | Wildlife Sightings