We're proud to announce the winners of the 2025 BSBI Photo Competition! 3 categories - intrepid, inquisitive & inclusive - reflecting our Society's values. Winning pix 👇 by Ian Francis, Catriona Matheson & Edward Burden: congratulations! Full details & links to all entries: bsbi.org/photographic...

A lovely gift for Simon Milne, the outgoing Regius Keeper @thebotanics.bsky.social, to thank him for his years of support for botany in Scotland. The full eBook collection of 24 #BSBIHandbooks is a great resource, available to purchase for £160: bsbi.org/publications... @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

Best time to join the growing ranks of #BSBImembers? In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined! 2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...

The irony of working for plants is that often keeps you sat at a desk 🫠 a fantastic time at the #NPMS10 celebrations today, but topped off by running round Harewood in the twilight to see some lovely autumn sights (and so much bloody Himalayan Balsam, I can still smell it 😣) 🍂🍄

Join us online tomorrow to celebrate 10 years of the National Plant Monitoring scheme. Hear from the volunteers who take part. Talks 11-4pm (or pick & mix). Booking link below. Looking forward to celebrating 10 years amongst the wildflowers with you! #NPMS10 @bsbibotany.bsky.social

It's the best time to join! We have so much in the pipeline, and the plants are as incredible as always. Join annually and get 15 months for the price of 12!

We're hiring! Could you help us support & grow the community of botanists across Northern Ireland? Manage our @daera-ni.gov.uk-funded Botanical Skills Training Project? Help boost participation in @npms.bsky.social across NI? Please apply by midnight this Sunday, 21 Sept: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

We invite all #BSBImembers & supporters to take part in our 2025 survey & help inform our future direction! All responders receive a 60% discount code on our eBooks until the end of September & there's a prize draw to win a year's free membership. Start the survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A new neat damp discovery today, what I think is Dog Stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus) beside Lindley Wood Reservoir, looking as bizarre and crabstick-like as it might be want to do 🤯🍄

If you're ever having an ambivalent day, head outside and let nature give you a little slap in the face for such silliness 🤩

Out now, Brambles of Scotland by Angus Hannah, #BSBICountyRecorder for Clyde Isles. This is the latest title in our #BSBIHandbooks series, essential resources for #WildFlowerID on tricky plant groups. Special offer (£7 off!) for #BSBImembers ordering the book. Find out more: bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...

Some other lovelies from the walk, including this coconut alleyway 🤌😍

A nice *404 plant not recognised* moment for me this Good Friday, coming across Common Stork's-bill, Erodium cicutarium, for the first time just below John of Gaunt's castle. A refind of David Braughton's 2011 record, clearly brought in with dam build in 90s #BusmansHoliday @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Enjoying sunny lunch in my micro garden and all the things I didn't plant 💚 inc Hyacinthoides in the drain, Myosotis happy as Larry in a hole in sleepers, Oxalis in paving crack and Violas that decided a tin bucket was the place, under a birch that I also did not plant 😅 #LowEffortHorticulture

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Top @nhm-london.bsky.social botanist @sandyknapp.bsky.social is calling on all UK botanists to help your local #herbarium join the digitisation journey! Read Sandy's blogpost: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/help... Find out why herbaria are so important & deserve your support: bsbi.org/herbaria

Great to get along to @scotnsconf.bsky.social this week - two great days at RBGE talking to student naturalists about wild plants and their interests. We talked skill levels, training, data, recording, Sticky Catchfly and arctic alpines (obviously inspired by @sarahwatts.bsky.social!)

A great couple of days at #SNSC2025! My colleagues @bsbiscotland.bsky.social & @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social really enjoyed chatting with the students about #PlantAtlas2020 & hearing the brilliant talks. Huge thanks to the @scotnsconf.bsky.social team on a great event & many thanks for inviting us!

My colleagues @bsbiscotland.bsky.social & @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social are at the Student Nature Conference @thebotanics.bsky.social today, talking to next generation botanists about what BSBI can offer them & finding out what more we might do. If you're there today, go up & say hi to Matt & Sarah!

This! Give them the gift of caring for *every* wild flower they see for the rest of the year - give me ALL the Dog Roses and Maiden Pinks and Lily of the Valleys 💐 but just leave them in the ground 💚 Donations also a possibility! 👇 bsbi.org/donations

We have 2 staff vacancies right now, so 2 great opportunities for you to come & work with us! 1. Become our new Admin Officer👇 2. Become our new Training Officer (Northern Ireland). More info, job packs & deadlines here: bsbi.org/vacancies Please apply &/or spread the word! #SpoiltForChoice ;-)

It's official, I'm the most aggregate batter in the West 🤠🏏🥳 @wywgcl.bsky.social

Can't wait to work alongside this person - come and join a brilliant team and make a real impact on wild plant conservation 🌱📣

We're proud to be 1 of 10 UKTEPoP partners who today published a joint statement pledging our commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion in UK species monitoring schemes: jncc.gov.uk/our-work/ukt... We need to better understand how biodiversity loss is impacting under-recorded areas & communities.

Free money for botany!!! Got a research project, training need or study desire that you could use some funding for? Make sure you are applying to our grants programmes 👇📣 Tell your networks, friends and colleagues before the deadline (31st) - a short application is better than nothing!

I've wrapped up on the other place and will now just be here (and insta) henceforth 😊 as a celebration, here are some recent adventure pics from the start of the year - Arthur's Seat, Yorkshire 3 Peaks, the drifts!, and Scafell Pike 🏞🏔⛰️

Exciting to get a sneak peek at upcoming book on Urban Plants by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social! Trevor's talk 'Untangling the Urban Jungle' at British & Irish Botanical Conference last Saturday gave us a taste of what we can expect from the book. Recorded talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2-p...

Peter Marren's 'Rare Plants' is out now, published by Bloomsbury @chiffchat.bsky.social Peter is one of our amazing #BSBImembers! Fellow members can claim a 20% discount when ordering their copy. For sample pages of the book & info on how to claim, go to: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2024/11/rare...

Want to turn #BlackFriday into #GreenFriday? Why not look for #wildflowers blooming in your local area & share pix during #WildFlowerHour on Sunday 8pm! Still fancy a discount? Code GreenFriday50 gets you 50% off any of our eBooks or bundles until Monday night! Check out our titles: bsbi.org/ebooks

Great to hear how @crankycorvidae.bsky.social is using #NewYearPlantHunt to support woodlands, autistic young people AND wildlife! How will you use your Hunt? A relaxing walk with friends/family/solo or join a group Hunt? Register now for spotter sheets, ID tips & more: bsbi.org/new-year-pla...

Over the Easter bank holiday, myself and two friends set out on a fantastic adventure using @slowwaysuk.bsky.social Our experience became a film and a written piece and you can find them both below - walking can be such an invaluable avenue for connection and exploration, inside and out. Enjoy! 🥾

Fantastic range of flash talks at @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference at the @nhmla.bsky.social

Great to be at the @nhmla.bsky.social today for our @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference - complete full house, brilliant number of new faces and experienced speakers. All talks going up on the BSBI YouTube channel in the coming days, so no need to feel you're missing out 🌱