Botany ›
Worlds Collide on a Newcastle street
Ahead of the New Year Plant Hunt 2021, naturalist, James Common shares some of the non-native species encountered on a Newcastle street….
Botany
Botany ›
A Focus on Ivy
While most wildflowers have finished for the year, Autumn is the time when Ivy bursts into life. Explore the value of this underappreciated plant for flower-visiting insects in a new article by Charlotte Rankin…
Botany ›
Are Foreign Flowers the Future?
Explore the urban insect pollinator and learn how non-native flowers could help reverse their decline with postgraduate researcher, Shannon Goldberg…
Bees | Botany | Invertebrates | Pollinators
Botany ›
Botany at Epiacum
Recently, NHSN botanists visited the Roman fort of Epiacum to produce an inventory of the plants growing at the historic site. Angus Lunn shares their finds below….
Notes from a Lockdown Naturalist ›
Lockdown Botany in the Garden
For botanist and gardener, Jane Wrigley, lockdown provided an opportunity to more closely inspect the wild plantlife of her Fallowfield garden….
Botany ›
The umbellifer plants – family Apiaceae
Local botanist, Mark Welfare, introduces umbellifer species to look for on your North East walks…
Botany | Plants | Wildflowers
Gosforth Nature Reserve ›
Your Sightings from Gosforth Nature Reserve
From rare raptors to diminutive orchids, gain inspiration for your next visit with a summary of your sightings from Gosforth Nature Reserve…
Badger | Botany | Coralroot Orchid | Gosforth | Hobby | Kingfisher | Nature | Newcastle | Roe Deer | Wildlife Sightings
Archive & Library ›
Celebrating Nature Journaling Week: Plants
For today’s theme, we’re featuring botanical illustrations as inspiration for your journal notes and sketches…
Archive & Library ›
Best field guides to use at home: Plants
We’ve asked NHSN members to tell us about their favourite field guides for the garden or on walks close to home. In this post, Julia Black suggests guides for identifying plants….
Books | Botany | Field Guides | Library
Botany ›
Online Talk: Cocwudu – ancient woodlands in Northumberland
Discover the forgotten evolution of a landscape as you take a tour of Northumberland’s ancient woodlands with Max Adams…
Ancient Woodland | Botany | Friday Night Talks | History | Max Adams