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Plants of the Ouse Burn Way: The Lower Ouseburn
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Plants of the Ouse Burn Way: The Lower Ouseburn

Explore the plant life of the Ouse Burn Way in a new series by Ouse Burn Naturalist, James Common. This…

14 August 2026

Botany | Plants

Looking Back at the 2023 British and Irish Botanical Conference
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Looking Back at the 2023 British and Irish Botanical Conference

NHSN Student Naturalist, Aimee Shovlar, shares her experience at the annual BSBI conference, held in Newcastle for the first time in December…

10 January 2024

Botany | BSBI | Plants

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

Celebrating Nature Journaling Week: Plants
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Celebrating Nature Journaling Week: Plants

For today’s theme, we’re featuring botanical illustrations as inspiration for your journal notes and sketches…

1 June 2020

Art | Botany | Nature Journaling Week | Plants

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

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