richardhockin35Apr 53 minAshes Quarry Stanhope, 12th March 2022Ten of us from the Durham Wildlife Trust Botany Group assembled at Ashes Quarry above Stanhope to look at the mosses and liverworts that...
DWT Botany GroupSep 23, 20213 minGreatham Creek, 13th September 2021The Botany Group visited Greatham Creek today, a Local Nature Reserve close to Teesmouth National Nature Reserve in an area of high...
lisa.fountainSep 10, 20212 minLow Barns, Witton-le-Wear 08/09/2021With summer coming to a close and Autumn waiting to begin, we were lucky to be greeted with blue skies and 25 degrees heat, it was a...
DWT Botany GroupJul 15, 20211 minRainton's dragons, hovers and 2 new plants?I go to Rainton Meadows a good bit, well certainly before lockdown, and I popped over there this week. To be honest I go either for a...
DWT Botany GroupJun 25, 20212 minBrownfield bluesUnlike many of you I seem to do much of my botany, not on desolate moors or in ancient woodland but in more exotic places. One place I...
lisa.fountainMay 17, 20212 minWhitehall, Waskerley Way in May 13/05/21 Straight from the car park we were all raring to get going, we identified 86 plant varieties today, some of which hadn't been recorded in...
DWT Botany GroupApr 30, 20212 minWaldridge Wanderings - Late April 2021Back in the woods today but this time in Felledge Wood along the South Burn at Waldridge. Footpath above the wood This is a very damp...
lisa.fountainApr 20, 20213 minTunstall Reservoir - 19/04/21Today was my first outing with the botany club and everyone’s first group trip of the year since Covid19. It was lovely to meet everybody...
DWT Botany GroupApr 18, 20212 minWaldridge Wanderings - Mid April 2021My wanderings this week showed how quickly spring rushes through. Last week the Blackthorn was just starting to flower, now the hedgerows...
DWT Botany GroupApr 8, 20212 minWaldridge Wanderings - Early April 2021With the wind dying down it was time for a walk in the woods. I'm lucky as the woodland around here contains wonderful displays of the...
DWT Botany GroupMar 30, 20212 minWaldridge Wanderings - March 2021Waldridge today, despite the warm weather there was not a great deal in flower, but it is still March I suppose. The Cherry Plum is in...
lesleychristinehodgsonNov 18, 20203 minUp close and personal with slime.Many years ago, while hiking in Hamsterley Forest, I used to see strange pink and orange blobs on the dead conifer stumps, and wonder...
DWT Botany GroupNov 10, 20203 minWaldridge Wanderings - November 2020The Blog has been rather quiet of late but with the amount of daylight fading and lockdown on us again I thought I’d do some entries of...
lesleychristinehodgsonSep 2, 20202 minLooking Forward to FungiAs summer draws inevitably to an end, and autumn creeps ever closer, my thoughts turn from flowers to fungi. It's an exciting time, you...
DWT Botany GroupAug 25, 20202 minYellow Asteraceae at Fence HousesAs a contribution to the Botany Group Yellow Asteraceae project I took my recording sheet down to the old Cosyfoam works at Lambton Lane,...
DWT Botany GroupJul 15, 20202 minPine Plantation at Long Edge, Burnhope From time to time over the last few years I’ve cycled a route which takes me onto Long Edge, a minor road near Burnhope. I pass two...
DWT Botany GroupJun 28, 20201 minOrchid TalkThere's been a lot of great photos of orchids on our Facebook pages but I realise not everybody has access to this so I thought I would...
DWT Botany GroupJun 28, 20201 minThey taste gorgeous Emma Smith sent the following on our sister Facebook page. Found these wild strawberries in Bollihope (Washpool) Quarry yesterday whilst...
DWT Botany GroupJun 15, 20201 minA non-spiky thistleStill thrashing about my patch of Waldridge Fell looking for nice plants and the hard work has paid off again with a new species for...
DWT Botany GroupJun 12, 20203 minA short Low Barns recce The reserve is open and in order to support social distancing you have to walk one way around the main lake. No access to hides or other...