NHSN New Year Plant Hunt

Event leads: James Common

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

Event cost: Free to all

Meet at: Outside the Goat Cafe, Heaton, NZ 27581 65918, groom.quench.crew

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The BSBI New Year Plant Hunt runs for four days each year and aims to track how our wild and naturalised plans are reacting to changing weather conditions.

Join NHSN Senior Naturalist, James Common, for a morning of urban wildflowers as together, we see 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 and nearby Iris Brickfield Park before heading towards Heaton Park for coffee and a look at what is blooming on nearby streets.

If you take any photos while attending the event, please do share them with NHSN by emailing [email protected].

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. Away from plants, he is an enthusiastic recorder of insects, especially ladybirds.

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