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Wildflowers To Look For This Winter
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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….

21 December 2020

Botany | New Year Plant Hunt | Wildflowers

Bee Diversity on Viper’s Bugloss
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Bee Diversity on Viper’s Bugloss

Viper’s Bugloss is widely considered to be one of the best native plants for pollinators. Local naturalist, Christopher Wren, highlights bee diversity on this beautiful and beneficial plant…

16 July 2020

North East Bee Hunt | Pollinators | Viper's Bugloss | Wildflowers

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

A Botanical Success Story at Gosforth Nature Reserve
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A Botanical Success Story at Gosforth Nature Reserve

Last year, on a day marked by blissful weather and the song of woodland birds, NHSN volunteers planted 2000 native…

3 March 2020

Botany | Flora | Gosforth Nature Reserve | Wildflowers

A welcome boost to biodiversity at Gosforth Park Nature Reserve
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A welcome boost to biodiversity at Gosforth Park Nature Reserve

NHSN are incredibly grateful to the ladies of the Gosforth Park Ladies Club, a strand of the Northumberland Golf Club,…

27 March 2019

Gosforth Park Nature Reserve | Northumberland Golf Club | Wildflowers

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