Botany at Hareshaw Linn

Essential Information

Event lead: NHSN Senior Naturalist, James Common

Event length: 1 session, Saturday 23 August, 10.00 am -2.00 pm (approx)

Event structure: Informal walk

Level: Beginner/Enthusiast

Meet at: Hareshaw Linn Carpark, NY 84029 83489, symphonic.sleepy.backpack

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Event cost: £5 NHSN member / £7.50 non-member

About this event

Join NHSN Senior Naturalist, James Common, for a botanical field trip to Hareshaw Linn, a beautiful sight famed its diversity of ferns. Along the way, we'll look for elusive species such as Oak Fern and Beech Fern, as well as the rare Lobed Maidenhair Spleenwort, a fern found nowhere else in Northumberland.

Other species likely to be seen along the way include:

Male-fern, Borrer's Male-fern, Golden-scaly Male-fern, Hart's-tongue, Lady-fern, Broad Buckler-fern, Hard Shield-fern, Lemon-scented Fern & Polypody.

This will be a relaxed, explorative walk. Please wear clothing suitable for the weather and sturdy footwear, and bring a hand lens if you have one.

About the tutor:

James works as Senior Naturalist at NHSN. Outside of work, he is a passionate wildlife recorder with a focus on botany and invertebrates. As a botanist, he is a joint BSBI Vice-County Recorder for North Northumberland and an iRecord verifier for South Northumberland.