Nature can look so pretty in the winter 😍 ❄️ Happy #WinterSolstice, the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Whatever you’re doing today, take a moment to think about longer days to come. Spring will be here before we know it! 💚 #Winter #Wildflowers #Solstice

You did it! 🎉 #WaxcapWatch has had its best year ever — triple last year’s records! 🍄🤯 Every sighting helps protect species‑rich grasslands and their rare fungi. Thank you for being part of this amazing community 💚

How high would you climb for a rare wildflower? 🏔️ Our Senior Ecological Advisor Sam Jones, joined botanist mountaineers to survey 7 Scottish peaks, finding 347 Tufted Saxifrage plants – the most detailed checks in decades! 🧵 1/3

Recording plants and collecting data is really important for conservation. And none of it would be possible without volunteers. One special group helping us safeguard East Anglia’s rarest plants is the brilliant Breckland Flora Group, who are celebrating their 10th anniversary!!🥳

🌱 Help @plantlifeuk.bsky.social by joining in with Waxcap Watch until 31st December! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales makes up just 8.5% of the UK’s land, yet it hosts a staggering 55% of its grassland fungi species! 🍄

A rare wild orchid has been brought back from the brink of extinction!🥳🌱One of Britain’s most endangered orchids, Fen Orchid, is no longer considered threatened in the UK, according to the bsbibotany.bsky.social 's new GB red list. Find out how we did it👉 loom.ly/02JCV8w

🎥 Channel 4 News joined our former Conservation Manager, Tim Pankhurst, and Botanical Specialist Lizzie Cooke to celebrate a major win — the rare Fen Orchid is no longer considered threatened in the UK! 🌱👏 Missed the story? Catch up here 👉 https://loom.ly/GeBHPro

What could the future look like if more isn't done to save wildflowers?🌼 Great piece from the BBC's Martha Kearney on the dwindling number of wildflowers & planting a meadow. But there's hope...with more people joining the #NoMowMovement.🙌 Read here 👉 https://loom.ly/WUnru78#NoMowMovement#NoMowMay

We agree - the climate & nature crises are linked & must be addressed together. ⚠️But again, there's a species-rich 'grassland gap' in vital government strategies! To deliver, the UK government must commit to developing a Grassland Action Plan 👉 loom.ly/IGb6j_Q

This tiny rare moss was believed extinct in the UK, until its rediscovery in 2003. After recent ID training in the Cairngorms, volunteers, landowners & experts found Aspen Bristle-moss populations have doubled!🌿 Read the full story - https://loom.ly/V3tHfI8 📷Gus Routledge #NationalMossDay

It's been a late start this year with the dry weather but the grassland fungi are finally appearing. I'm going to post a waxcap species each day as we move through peak fruiting season, hoping to encourage folks to recognise and record this important group. @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

Grassland fungi are not as showy as usual this year. I had to do a lot of searching to find not many species today. A bit more rain should bring more out hopefully. Meadow Coral, an undetermined Earth-tongue (finger for scale, this is a big one), Blackening Waxcap. @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

🍄‍🟫FREE online waxcap training course🍄‍🟫 Whether you’re a beginner, regular citizen scientist for #WaxcapWatch, a land manager or simply someone who loves learning about nature - our free fungi course is for you. 🍄 Take your waxcap knowledge to the next level 👉 https://loom.ly/-W0_R_4#WaxcapWatch

Are you a National Plant Monitoring Scheme volunteer? 🌿 Don’t miss our online event on 18 Oct celebrating 10 years of NPMS and the amazing work of our volunteers! Our NPMS Volunteer Manager Rachel will be sharing insights into volunteer roles, opportunities, and accessibility. #NPMS10

Exciting news for our Irreplaceable meadows campaign! 📢 This year we asked for your help to call on the government to add irreplaceable meadows to the Irreplaceable Habitats list. 👏 Thank you to everyone who emailed their MPs. Now we've got some good news to share...(1/3)

We’re excited to be featured in The Guardian, shining a spotlight on the incredible discoveries made by our 850 volunteer citizen scientists during our annual Waxcap Watch. 🍄💜 Catch the story here: https://loom.ly/2hhFiYs

FREE online event: How to get involved in #Waxcap Watch🍄 Want to know more about grassland fungi & learn how to ID waxcaps? Take our training & join thousands of volunteers doing Waxcap surveys!🙌 📅6 October 🕢7pm 📍Online Book today👉 https://loom.ly/GfnOyjk

📢 Lugg Meadow, the UK’s largest remaining Lammas meadow, is under threat from housing plans. A rare habitat, rich in wildlife and tradition, could be irreversibly damaged. 🚫 We’ve objected to the proposal. Now it’s your turn. 👉 Have your say: https://loom.ly/-yNvG6g

Fungi we’ve found already this year! 🍄‍🟫 1. Matt Bolete 2. Horsehair Parachute 3. Marasmius sp 4. Chicken of the Woods What do you want to spot this season? For some ideas, take our September spotter sheet 👉 https://loom.ly/n_JtLLM 📷 Sarah Shuttleworth #FungiFriday #Autumn #Mycology

FREE fungus events!🍄 Want to know more about fungi & learn how to ID waxcaps before joining the #WaxcapWatch campaign? Good news! 🙌We’re running 10 training events across the UK & an online webinar! Spaces are limited so book tickets quickly👉 https://loom.ly/GfnOyjk#WaxcapWatch #WaxcapWatch #Fungi

We need help to #SaveCoulLinks!📢 One of Scotland’s last remaining undeveloped dune systems is under threat again. Plans to build a golf course would destroy this beautiful & vital ecosystem. Join us & send a message to Scottish Ministers 👉 https://loom.ly/rnKdZDw#SaveCoulLinks 📷Craig-Allardyce

Fungi season is here! 🍄 Join #WaxcapWatch — our citizen science project to help protect ancient meadows by recording waxcap fungi. No ID skills needed!

📢 It’s official: the Met Office has confirmed this summer as the hottest on record. But what could rising temperatures mean for our wildflowers?🌼🌡️👇 #Heatwave #ClimateChange #Wildflowers

Who’s excited for the dazzling display on offer this #autumn? 🍂 From Harebell to Bramble and Scarlet Waxcap to Honey Fungus - it’s going to be a good show!🍄 Lookout for these flowers and fungi this September - and download our FREE spotter sheet👇 https://loom.ly/n_JtLLM#autumn 🧵(1/6)

Autumn's on the way🍂 And the hedges are full of fruit! 🌱Blackthorn blossoms in spring and once withered the flowers are replaced with sloes - famously used to flavour gin! Keep your eyes peeled for these dark blue-purple fruits.🫐 #WildflowerHour 👉 https://loom.ly/HBFlaK0

One of the rarest plants in the world, is making an amazing comeback in Wales!🌿 Thanks to conservation efforts, 50 Snowdonia Hawkweeds are blooming in a secret location. 🏞️ #SnowdoniaHawkweed

Rare and radiant! 💙 The #AlpineGentian has brilliant blue, trumpet-shaped flowers. In the UK, it grows only high up in the Scottish Highlands and flowers each year from mid-summer to autumn. You might also spot it in the Alps, Pyrenees & Balkans! 📷Zdenek Macat #WildflowerHour #BloomScrolling

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside…as do many pretty plants 🏖️🌸 The salty sea air and sandy soil might prove a problem for some plants, but others love these conditions.🌊 Have you seen any of these 👉 www.plantlife.org.uk/plants-to-sp...

Have you seen carpets of purple on heathlands yet? 💜 August is perfect for spotting Common #Heather, which is packed full of nectar for bees! 🐝 DYK…Common Heather’s nectar has a chemical that helps protect bumblebees from parasites? 🤯 #BloomScrolling

British temperate rainforests are globally rare, with Europe’s highest concentration of oceanic lichens & mosses.🌳 We’ve been working across the South West to help 21 threatened lichen & moss species via the Species Recovery Project alongside @nationaltrust.org.uk & Woodland Trust.

It’s prickly, tough, and has been around for 10,000 years - meet #Juniper! Known for its blue-ish berries, but DYK... they’re actually seed cones with a fleshy exterior? 🤯 Learn more here - https://loom.ly/hWvubhk#Juniper 📷Valentina Bondarenko / Tim Wilkins

This #WildflowerHour, let’s celebrate not just the plants but the powerful pollinators who help our wildflowers, food crops and ecosystems to thrive. They may be small but they have a mighty impact! 🦋🌸 📷 Pip Gray, Hannah Maltwood, Ellie Baggett #BloomScrolling

This UK-wide citizen science scheme designed by @bsbibotany.bsky.social, UKCEH, @plantlifeuk.bsky.social & @jncc.bsky.social, surveys plant species across different habitats. Data collected allow us to look at the abundance and diversity of plants and understand habitat health 2/

Irreplaceable meadows need protecting📢📢 We wouldn’t let historic buildings like the Houses of Parliament get knocked down and built somewhere else. So why would we let ancient meadows? Join us in asking the government to safeguard these incredible habitats. #IrreplaceableMeadows

This week’s #WildflowerHour, we’re celebrating Thrift. This cheerful pink wildflower thrives in some of the UK’s most dramatic coastal landscapes. It's globe-shaped flower heads and long stems make it a standout sight on cliff edges! What have you spotted by the sea? 📷Pete Bemmer

What does nature conservation look like?💚👀 From lying on the ground to get a closer look at plants, hunting for lichens in a rainy rainforest, searching for fungi and bringing a plant back from extinction - no day is the same!🌱 #WorldNatureConservationDay

Do you know the link between dinosaurs and temperate rainforests?🦕 Temperate Rainforests are home to a vast array of species including mosses and liverworts. Mosses and liverworts are a living time machine to a land where dinosaurs walked the earth! 🌳

Let’s give it up for the grasses💚 Picturing a meadow, you might think of flowers…but today it’s all about the grasses.😍 🦋They provide resources for moth & butterfly larvae to grow 🌱& make great spots for wildlife to shelter over winter Watch👉 https://loom.ly/xCxxUw0

We're delighted Welsh Government has brought clarity for farmers about the Universal Layer of the upcoming SFS, but the scheme’s ambition doesn’t match the resources needed to drive change for nature. Wales risks failing to meet international commitments. Read our statement: https://loom.ly/6UAG1VU

Yellow Rattle is often referred to as ‘The Meadow Maker’ and it’s not hard to see why! If you’re planning on collecting seeds from your plants, now is the time! Read our blog for everything you need to know about growing it, including when to sow & how to prep the land - https://loom.ly/6132CdA

The plants don’t stop and neither does the #NoMowMovement💚🌼 Who’s still letting things grow in July?👀 A garden is a great place to do your bit for nature. Find out how with our No Mow calendar - https://loom.ly/CKzYggY #NoMowMay #Wildflowers #FlowerPower 📷Plantlife/Richard Howell

Have you been taking part in the #NoMowMovement?🌸🌱 If so, have you seen any of these wonderful wildflowers poking up through your lawn? A thread...starting with Ribwort Plantain👇 & check out the top 10 wildflowers to find!🌻 👉 loom.ly/OraI5YI #NoMowMay #FlowerPower

Did you know grazing goats are helping save two of Wales’ endangered bryophytes? 🐐🌿 As part of the Welsh Borders Project under Natur am Byth, goats have cleared overgrowth, restoring habitat for Upright Apple Moss & Black Crystal Lily. Read more: https://loom.ly/ASwivEI #WalesNatureWeek

We’re joining thousands at Westminster today for the #ActNowChangeForever Mass Lobby!🔈Climate change is one of the greatest threats to wild plants & fungi. We're calling for 2 key things for climate & nature: 🌸End peat sales for horticulture 🌱Create a grassland action plan https://loom.ly/bRnz7IY

Our irreplaceable meadows are bursting with vibrant wildflowers. Here are a few you might find: 1️⃣ Yellow Rattle 2️⃣ Wild Thyme 3️⃣ Common Spotted Orchid 4️⃣ Red Clover Have you spotted any? Let us know in the comments! 📷Ian Redding/ Joss Barratt/ Pip Gray #NationalMeadowsDay2025

This #NationalMeadowsDay, we're celebrating the UK’s irreplaceable meadows and how much they provide for us and for nature. But they need our help now more than ever. Find out more👉 https://loom.ly/2QdMwG8 📷 Joe Costley (1) Chris Harris (3)

For #NationalMeadowsDay pictures from Ashton Court in Bristol to show the glorious spectacle & biodiversity of the meadows here. A haven for butterflies, grasshoppers & other insects - as well as a special place for skylarks & feeding swallows & swifts.

This #NationalMeadowsDay, help us urge governments to protect our last irreplaceable meadows 📢. These vital ecosystems support both nature and us—but once lost, they’re gone forever. ✍️ Write to your MP or MSP today and demand their protection: https://loom.ly/ADenswU #IrreplaceableMeadows

WATCH: Incredible Plants & their Secret Worlds🌸 In case you missed it, Plantlife’s @‌MothMighty joined @‌theblkgardener & @‌frankiegardner_ to chat nature, gardening and lawnmowers @‌BristolLibrary. A great collab with @‌britishlibrary & @‌LKN_Libraries🌱 Catch up here 👉 https://loom.ly/0Gm5CFE