Join NHSN Ouse Burn Naturalist, James Common, for a morning of urban wildflowers as you take part in the BSBI's New Year Plant Hunt.

Event leads: James Common

Event specifics: 1 session, Saturday 2 January, 10.00 am-1.00 pm (approx)

Event cost: Free to all

Meet at: Outside the Star and Shadow Cinema, Warwick Street, NZ 26041 65052, dance.crate.falls

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About this Event

The BSBI (https://bsbi.org/) 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 in the Lower Ouseburn Valley. 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 james.common@newcastle.ac.uk.

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 (https://commonbynature.com/)and is the author of The Urban Flora of Newcastle & North Tyneside.

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