Don’s walk, Yellow Star-of- Bethlehem Gagea lutea. Leader Falgunee Sarker. Sunday 20th of March, time 2-00 pm, at Low Coniscliffe village, Darlington. Enter the village from A67 and continue until the road divides. Here we will take the left-hand road and park at the end. The path is uneven. We will be following the River […]
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The crocus is flowering now and I was exploring the position of the ovary in the crocus flower. This radially symmetrical flower has sepals, not petals. This was what I did to find the ovary. Lift the whole plant out of the ground including the corm. Then gently dissect longitudinally the perianth with the long […]
January 2021 has been an unusual month for wildlife recording as for the majority of the month the whole nation has been in lockdown due to the Corona virus pandemic. This has meant that the Club’s recorders have been limited to the areas around their homes, allowing them to concentrate entirely on their local birds […]
Report – Eston Moor – Sat 13 July 2019 – Leaders Jill Cunningham and Fleur Miles The weather was largely sunny, breezy and it had been raining in the early hours. We parked up in the Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park carpark. We walked across Flatts Lane to the University NHS Health Clinic. […]
Baydale Beck Field Trip Tuesday July 9th 2019 : Grid Ref NZ 254143 12 members met in the Layby west of the Baydale pub on A67 in light drizzle. We first looked at the wildlife beside the hedge near the layby. This site is south facing. Numerous plant species were seen and some insects We […]