PEOPLE can learn how to identify bogbean, moonwort and fairy flax during a workshop on the bogs and moors of North Yorkshire next month.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Yorkshire Coast Nature have teamed up to offer one-day discovery workshop aimed at those interested in learning more about the diversity of wild plants in Yorkshire.

During the event, people will attend a classroom session in a woodland before visiting the Hawk and Owl Trust’s Trust’s Jugger Howe Nature Trail on the North York Moors.

There, the workshop will explore moorland, limestone grassland, dry heath and bog which house a patchwork of plants including round-leaved sundew, bog asphodel, butterwort, rare moonwort, heathers and orchids. En-route, they may also see cranberry, marsh violet, haresfoot, cottongrass, bogbean, bog myrtle and fairy flax.

There is also a chance those taking part will see some of the varied wildlife of the moors, including adders, slow worms, common lizards, red grouse, peregrines, merlin, golden plover and golden-ringed dragonflies.

Richard Baines of Yorkshire Coast Nature said: ‘‘This is a wonderful opportunity to get out and about and explore a variety of upland habitats. We’ll be looking at key identification features which differentiate one plant species from others in the same family and describing how particular plants are adapted to the habitat and different soil types. Led by botanists, this really is the perfect day out for beginners and flower fans alike.’’

The Flowers of Bog and Moor course takes place on Saturday, July 19, starting at Cober Hill near Scarborough. It starts at 9am and lunch is included in the price. For more information and to book, call Yorkshire Coast Nature on: 01262- 851999 or visit www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk