James Common, Senior Naturalist, NHSN and BSBI joint County Recorder for North Northumberland, talks us through his experiences of recording plants in urban Newcastle.
Delighted to see 'The Plants of Nottingham' featured! I'm doing a volunteer project as a committee member of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust City Local Group. It's '25 Years of The Plants Of Nottingham' and is looking at the changes in the flora since the book was published in 1998. I'm learning a lot about plant data! We also did 8 public plant walks in the city at a range of locations, including one where Peter Shepherd and others involved in the original book came and shared their knowledge of Nottingham's flora at one of the iconic sites. Also interested in Newcastle's flora as this is where I did my Plant Biology degree - but unfortunately urban flora wasn't on most people's radar back in the 80's!
Fascinating to hear this Karen! There's a new urban botany group just starting up down the road from you in Leicester - maybe worth comparing data & visiting each other's patches? Email enquiries@bsbi.org if interested, we can help facilitate that for you!
Delighted to see 'The Plants of Nottingham' featured! I'm doing a volunteer project as a committee member of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust City Local Group. It's '25 Years of The Plants Of Nottingham' and is looking at the changes in the flora since the book was published in 1998. I'm learning a lot about plant data! We also did 8 public plant walks in the city at a range of locations, including one where Peter Shepherd and others involved in the original book came and shared their knowledge of Nottingham's flora at one of the iconic sites. Also interested in Newcastle's flora as this is where I did my Plant Biology degree - but unfortunately urban flora wasn't on most people's radar back in the 80's!
Fascinating to hear this Karen! There's a new urban botany group just starting up down the road from you in Leicester - maybe worth comparing data & visiting each other's patches? Email enquiries@bsbi.org if interested, we can help facilitate that for you!