About this Event
Event leads: James Common
Event specifics: 1 session, Thursday 31 December, 10.00 am-1.00 pm (approx)
Event cost: Free to all
Meet at: Outside the Goat cafe, Whitefield Terrace, Heaton, NZ 27580 65917, groom.quench.crew
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About this Event
The BSBI New Year Plant Hunt runs for four days each year and aims to track how our wild and naturalised plants are reacting to changing weather conditions.
Join NHSN Ouse Burn Naturalist, James Common, for a morning of urban wildflowers as we see together how many species we can find in bloom on the streets of Heaton. Wild species, garden escapes, urban invaders, we'll look for them all.
Please wear decent walking boots. Do feel free to bring a hand lens or handy field guide. Together, we'll explore urban areas of Heaton before moving east towards Heaton Park.
If you take any photos while attending the event, please do share them with NHSN by emailing [email protected].
About the event lead
James is NHSN’s Ouse Burn Naturalist and a local botanist passionate about biological recording. Away from work, he is a botanical Vice-County Recorder for North Northumberland. He blogs at Common by Nature and is the author of The Urban Flora of Newcastle & North Tyneside.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Goat, 28 Whitefield Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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