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Getting Started with Grasses: Meadows and Neutral Grassland
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Getting Started with Grasses: Meadows and Neutral Grassland

Discover the common grass species associated with neutral grassland and start identifying your own with NHSN Senior Naturalist, James Common….

7 May 2025

Botany | Grass ID | Grasses | James Common

Getting Started with Grasses: Waysides and Rough Ground
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Getting Started with Grasses: Waysides and Rough Ground

Discover the common and widespread grasses of North East England and start identifying your own in a new series of…

1 May 2025

Botany | Grass ID | Grasses | James Common

Five Ferns Thriving in City Walls
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Five Ferns Thriving in City Walls

The sight of ferns gracing our garden walls provides a reminder of the tenacity of nature but did you know there are more than one out their to be discovered?…

6 June 2023

Botany | Ferns | James Common | Nature

Five Snowdrops to Spot this Season
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Five Snowdrops to Spot this Season

The sight of Snowdrops strewn across the woodland floor is one of the iconic sights of late winter, but did you know that there is more than one out there to be discovered?…

22 February 2023

James Common | Snowdrops | Spring | Wildflowers

Ladybird Field Skills: Cemetery Ladybirds
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Ladybird Field Skills: Cemetery Ladybirds

With the launch of a new course on North East ladybirds, NHSN members recently set off to explore those found…

1 February 2023

James Common | Jesmond | Ladybirds | North East Ladybird Spot

The Ladybirds of Gosforth Nature Reserve
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The Ladybirds of Gosforth Nature Reserve

Explore the diverse and beautiful ladybirds of Gosforth Nature Reserve in a new blog by NHSN Senior Naturalist, James Common…

20 July 2022

Insects | James Common | Ladybirds

A short guide to the North East’s grassland ladybirds
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A short guide to the North East’s grassland ladybirds

In Spring and Summer, many ladybirds become much easier to spot across the North East. Can you find and record…

21 April 2022

James Common | Ladybirds | North East Ladybird Spot

Meet the North East’s Inconspicuous Ladybirds
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Meet the North East’s Inconspicuous Ladybirds

As part of the North East Ladybird Spot, you’ve been observing a number of small, unusual and altogether inconspicuous ladybirds…

28 March 2022

James Common | Ladybirds | North East Ladybird Spot

Bees and Bee Orchids at Silverlink
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Bees and Bee Orchids at Silverlink

Last week, NHSN members set out in search of bees and Bee Orchids at Silverlink Biodiversity Park. Here, James Common takes a look back at what they discovered….

29 June 2021

Bee Orchids | Insects | James Common | Silverlink

Bees on a Newcastle street
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Bees on a Newcastle street

Discover bee diversity in the city as James Common highlights the bee species observed on his street in Heaton, Newcastle…

15 June 2020

Bees | James Common | North East Bee Hunt | Pollinators

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