Author: James Common
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A quick round up of this week’s outings in Newcastle with visits to multiple urban sites across the city. City Centre A trip into the…
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Entry number four in our Plant of the Week series follows the unexpected discovery of Italian Toadflax growing in my local cemetery.
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A short round-up of a glorious Saturday morning spent botanising one of my favourite local sites. It is no secret that I am a big…
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A short introduction to a personal passion project mapping the diverse and fascinating flora of Newcastle As many of you will know, I have a…
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A breif and evolving list of great places to find and record ladybirds in North East England.
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Entry number four in our Plant of the Week series follows the unexpected discovery of Italian Toadflax growing in my local cemetery.
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From the city carparks and cemeteries to chalk mounds at Prudhoe, it has been a fantastic fortnight for local ladybirds.
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This week, I was delighted to record what appears to be the first Spotted Marsh Ladybird recorded in South Northumberland (VC67). Searching various local wetlands…
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Whether you’re Googling an exciting find or planning your next botanical foray, there are some fantastic botany blogs out there to discover.
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For the third entry in our ‘Plant of the Week’ series we take a look at Forked Catchfly, a rare arable weed from Eastern Europe
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A short guide to some of the black ladybirds you could encounter while ladybird spotting across the UK
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With visits to some of my favourite haunts and lots to see elsewhere, July has been a great month for ladybird recording.
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Nature is often better when shared with others and this week, it was great to welcome several local naturalists to the patch.
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Our next ‘Plant of the Week’ is the rare Lobed Maidenhair Spleenwort, an elusive subspecies of the familiar Asplenium trichomanes.