Tag: Botany
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This week, I was both suprised and delighted to recieve the NBN Newcomer Award for Wildlife Recording.
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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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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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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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Our next ‘Plant of the Week’ is the rare Lobed Maidenhair Spleenwort, an elusive subspecies of the familiar Asplenium trichomanes.
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An account of a fantastic day spent exploring fern identification at the glorious Hareshaw Linn.
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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…
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Not only are brownfield sites phenomenal for wildlife but offer a rare look at what would happen if nature was permitted to reclaim larger tracts…
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Bee Orchids (Ophrys apifera) are like hen’s teeth in the North East. Sure, they’re fairly reliable at a few more calcareous sites in the near…
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Hankering for a trip into the uplands, last Saturday, Matt and I set off for Alnwick Moor in North Northumberland. Walking West from Alnwick first…
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With my Natural History Society of Northumbria hat on, yesterday I had the pleasure of leading a small group of students from Newcastle University to…
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With so many plant apps out there to choose from, just where do you turn when trying to identify a troublesome plant? Update: since the…