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Comparing Insect ID Apps for Budding Entomologists
With so many insect apps out there to choose from, just where do you turn when trying to identify a confusing critter?
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Identifying Oxalis
Get started identifying the widespread Oxalis you are most likely encounter in a new, simplified crib.
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Bullate Leaved Cotoneasters with Red/Orange Fruits
A closer look at some cotoneasters with bullate leaves and red-orange fruits.
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Walks Through the Flora of Newcastle – Lower Ouse burn
Next up in this new series sharing Newcastle’s best botanical walks, a wander through the up and coming Lower Ouse Burn Valley with its industrial…
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Walks Through the Flora of Newcastle – Big Waters & Brenkley
Next up in this new series sharing Newcastle’s best botanical walks, a wander through the historic mining sites of Big Waters and Brenkley Colliery, with…
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Walks Through the Flora of Newcastle – The Streets of Heaton
Next up in this new series sharing Newcastle’s best botanical walks, a walk through the terraces of Heaton with their eclectic neophyte flora.
Current Fascinations
By my own admission, I am prone to falling down rabbit holes from time to time. Typically, this involves deep-diving into a particular subject and learning as much as possible before, inevitably, another topic comes along to take its place. Regardless, below you’ll find my current areas of interest…
Botanical Bits
Botany is a major passion of mine, and whether it’s ferns, snowdrops, grasses, ancient woodland plants, or even humble pavement weeds, I spend much of my spare time seeking out and learning about our remarkable wild flora.
North East Botany
Here you’ll find musings on plant identification, trip reports, sightings from walks and courses and just about anything else relating to botany in North East England.
Coming Soon: An Urban Flora of Newcastle
For the last few years, I’ve been working on what I hope will soon become the first ‘urban flora’ covering Newcastle and North Tyneside. With surveying complete, and writing well underway, the finished book should come to fruitition very soon. Until then, a few updates can be found below.
Meet James
Born and raised in North East England, James is a botanist, general naturalist and biological recorder with a passion for sharing the joys of North East nature with others.
He currently works as Senior Naturalist for the Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN) and volunteers as a vice-county recorder for the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI), both of which allow him to spend ample time outdoors leading trips, courses, surveys and guided walks.
Contact
Please use the adjacent form to get in touch if you have any queries about plants, places or content mentioned on this blog. Enquiries about talks, training opportunities or media are also most welcome.
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