Category: Field Notes
-

Entry number four in our Plant of the Week series follows the unexpected discovery of Italian Toadflax growing in my local cemetery.
-

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…
-

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…
-

A breif and evolving list of great places to find and record ladybirds in North East England.
-

Entry number four in our Plant of the Week series follows the unexpected discovery of Italian Toadflax growing in my local cemetery.
-

From the city carparks and cemeteries to chalk mounds at Prudhoe, it has been a fantastic fortnight for local ladybirds.
-

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
-

A short guide to some of the black ladybirds you could encounter while ladybird spotting across the UK
-

With visits to some of my favourite haunts and lots to see elsewhere, July has been a great month for ladybird recording.
-

Nature is often better when shared with others and this week, it was great to welcome several local naturalists to the patch.
-

Our next ‘Plant of the Week’ is the rare Lobed Maidenhair Spleenwort, an elusive subspecies of the familiar Asplenium trichomanes.
-

An account of a fantastic day spent exploring fern identification at the glorious Hareshaw Linn.
-

With summer in full swing, there has been lots to enjoy on the local patch including a fantastic array of plants and insects.
-

Entry numer #1 in our new Plant of the Week series It is not every day you encounter an endemic species, nevermind one found exclusively…