Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it. Yes, they might. And he should wear it as a badge of honour. Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet. Where's the hazard in that?

VACANCY: Trainee Lichenologist @n-t-s.bsky.social Not seen one of these advertised before! www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...

Some berries for #WildFlowerHour dogwood, rosehips, sloe and hawthorn @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Marestail (Hippuris vulgaris)- a flowering plant unlike the similar looking horsetails. Plus, bog pimpernel taken at a stretch while trying not to fall into a ditch! #BSBI local field meeting in North Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Borage, meadow cranesbill and field bindweed in East Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Harebells at Loch Vaa #Cairngorms #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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White Bryony #HairyPlants and member of the cucumber family, found in London so also #UrbanPlants #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Just two of the hundreds of pyramidal orchids plus a broad-leaved evergreen pea on the Yorkshire Wolds #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Late again for #WildFlowerHour! Common water crowfoot in unseasonably dry wet pasture and river water-dropwort from recent local group @bsbibotany.bsky.social field meeting for #AquaticPlants @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Slightly late for #WildFlowerHour! Bee orchid for #UrbanPlants One plant appeared in the lawn last year. This year four plants, three survived and two flowering 🙂

Three yellow #PeaFamily members - birdsfoot trefoil, gorse and broom in the #Cairngorms National Park #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

Harestail cotton-grass #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Cairngorms National Park @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

Insectivorous butterwort #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Cairngorms National Park @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

The village of Blatten in Switzerland is partly buried by the collapse of a glacier which melted because our greenhouse gas emissions warmed the climate. Another reminder that choosing to not invest enough today to reduce emissions means far greater costs for society in the long term.

Meadowsweet just coming into flower #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Not a flower this week (although it looks a bit like a green plantain) but a fern - Adderstongue #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Come and explore the gardens and glasshouses at the Friends of Thwaite Gardens Open Day @uniofhull.bsky.social this Sunday 18th May, 11am-4pm thwaite-gardens.hull.ac.uk/events-diary/

Cow parsley, germander #speedwell and ribwort plantain #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Ransoms and cuckoo pint in East Yorkshire woodland #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Honesty #cabbagefamily plus bluebells and comfrey #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Herb Robert, red dead nettle and ground ivy #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Sweet violet (rounded sepal tips), East Yorkshire #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Join us in London for an exciting workshop looking at #peatland resilience More information in the link below. Any questions just reach out.

Field forgetmenot and red dead nettle #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Nice to see some signs of spring although we've just had three frost in a row to make it feel wintery again! Lesser celandine #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Surprised to see there are cowberries left uneaten this far through winter! #wildflowerhour #cairngorms @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

Snowdrops in Rothiemurchus #Cairngorms #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

Catkins #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Think this will be white butterbur when fully opened, near the Spey, Aberlour #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

After a slow start to my #BigGardenBirdwatch there was a sudden flurry just before my hour was up! @rspb.bsky.social

Results of our 14th #NewYearPlantHunt are out! >3K hunters, 647 wild & naturalised species in bloom, c25K records: plans afoot to extend the Hunt across rest of year. Huge thanks to all plant hunters! Summary/ press release here: bsbi.org/download/45297 Longer report here: bsbi.org/download/45290

A few for #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social from New Year's Eve @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt including Cyclamen, red dead nettle, groundsel and hogweed

Just a few #stillflowering for #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social white dead-nettle, hogweed and daisy

We can announce Kerry Harrison as the Green Party candidate for the Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral contest next year. More here: hullandeastriding.greenparty.org.uk/news/

Autumn @Dalby_Forest with miniature forest of moss and Cladonia cups @northyorkmoors.org.uk

Amazing colours on spindle trees by the #Humber #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Teasel #Seedheads by the Humber @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #WildFlowerHour

Grass of Parnassus #UNESCO PlantLife Munsary Peatlands #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Rosebay, hawthorn, sloes, rosehips by the side of the Humber for seeds and #fruits #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Chicory, white form, on the Yorkshire Wolds Way #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Two climbers in the Kent Downs: hop and black bryony @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Thistledown #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Hare's-foot clover, field scabious and cornflower on the Yorkshire Wolds Way #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Sea plantain, common toadflax, sea campion, sea thrift, and unfortunately Himalayan balsam #ByTheSea last week near Bow Fiddle Rock Moray Coast #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Ragged robin in Glenconglas #cairngorms #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Time for tea(sels)! #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Enchanter's nightshade in ancient woodland #wildflowerhour @wildflower_hour

Pyramidal orchid in an unmown verge, Yorkshire Wolds #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social