Tag: Wildlife
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With so many plant ID apps available, it can be hard to know where to turn when trying to identify that pesky plant. Here, we…
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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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A summary of a fantastic year spent watching, recording, and enjoying North East nature. often in great company.
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This weekend provided a nice opportunity for our new local botany group to visit Walker Riverside. Here’s what we encountered. Botany (and wildlife recording in…
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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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A quick account of a fruitful few days spend admiring orchids in Newcastle, featuring Bee Orchids, helleborines and more!
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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 so many plant apps out there to choose from, just where do you turn when trying to identify a troublesome plant? Update: since the…
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As I mentioned previously, biological recording is a bit of a minefield and there are plenty of organisations, groups, societies and schemes out there vying…
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Wildlife recording is quickly becoming a main passion of mine. The process of searching out interesting species, making notes, creating records and contributing in some…
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2021 has been a funny old year but despite the big c and the various restrictions it brought, it has also been a memorable one.
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Walker Riverside Park is a funny old place. Created in the 1980s, it sits atop former industrial land and boasts an intriguing mix of habitats,…
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Iris Brickfield Park sits fairly close to our home in Heaton, Newcastle, and as such, has been a mainstay of our local walks during the pandemic.…
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Of all of the places I regularly visit in Newcastle, Walker riverside has to be my favourite. Owing to a mix of abdanonment and neglect,…