What a privilege to be able to help professionals gain additional botanical skills for their ecological surveys and habitat type classification ! #teessideuniveristy #botany #plantidentification #habitat #shortcourse #CDP #masterclass

The studentship that supports PhD candidate Ed Hearn is now featuring the latest good news for the University and the BBC! This work falls within my interest in monitoring change during rewilding and will strengthen existing research in this area. #rewilding #phd #research #bird #ecosystem #ecology

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Great to see our collaborative work about #bird resources during #rewilding picked up by the BBC today @rspb.bsky.social Saltholme and @teessideuni.bsky.social Biodiscovery Research Centre Congrats to @ehtees.bsky.social #phd #studentship #ecology

A wonderful bunch of keen botanists took part to the 2026 #bsbigrasswalk yesterday! we are still counting and cross checking... about 50 species observed and lots and lots of learning! @wonkyeggs.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @whitbybotanist.bsky.social and others Thanks all for coming!

Few places left in June: • 13th Poaceae Walk @bsbibotany.bsky.social • 20-21st Botany for ecologists @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social • 24-26th Plant and habitat @teessideuni.bsky.social • July 4-5th Grass, rush and sedge (FSC) Booking links: plantsbiodiversityecosystems.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/b...

New paper: Whole System Ecohydrological Change Following Beaver Reintroduction Smith et al. 2026 Ecohydrology https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.70238 Wonderful collaborative #research based on Forestry England's beaver trial. #beaver #floodprevention #biodiversity #monitoring change during #rewilding

#pint26 @pintofscience.uk @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social @teessideuni.bsky.social

Pint of Science 2026 – Middlesbrough, UK: “Why are we speaking about rewilding?” 18.05.2026 I am still buzzing from this opportunity for Austine and I to present some of our research work on rewilding to such a lovely and enthusiastic audience. It was so nice to see a diverse crowd, including past…

While my @bsbibotany.bsky.social Poaceae walk is fully booked now 🤔, ... 🤫there remains places for 🌿 3-day course based at @teessideuni.bsky.social and 🌿 @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social courses held at @rspb.bsky.social Saltholme - 😍 looking forward to it. #botany #training #plantID #habitatID

We are pleased to announce that tickets are finally released for this year’s BES Rewilding SIG PhD Conference in Edinburgh. We have two tickets available: •Conference only- (5th May) •Conference and Field Trip to Carrifran- (5th + 6th). Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rewilding-...

Rewilding Britain’s monitoring guidance for rewilding projects is now published Covering ecological, social & economic aspects & reflecting the dynamic, open-ended nature of rewilding I’m pleased to have helped develop this www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/about-us/wha...

DEADLINE TOMOROW ! PhD opportunity: I am looking for someone with a passion for the natural environment and an interest in developing applied research collaboratively with the RSPB. #phd #ecology #rewilding #naturerecovery #bird #plant #invertebrates #biodiveristy #research #teesside

PhD opportunity: I am looking for someone with a passion for the natural environment and an interest in developing applied research collaboratively with the RSPB. ONly two weeks left to apply! #phd #ecology #rewilding #naturerecovery #bird #plant #invertebrates #biodiveristy #research #teesside

Always a highlight of winter... Finally landed on doormat! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Indicative Content to 3-day course: plant and habitat identification skills, June 2026, Middlesbrough, Northeast England As the we are nearing spring and the sun is finally showing itself, I thought I'd provide a more information about the 3-day course I am offering in June. Full details and…

PhD opportunity: I am looking for someone with a passion for the natural environment and an interest in developing applied research collaboratively with the RSPB Please spread the word! @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social @bes-conservation.bsky.social @rewildingbritain.org.uk @rspb.bsky.social

Fully Funded PhD Opportunity – J Denis Summers-Smith Research Studentship: How to promote abundant and diverse bird resources during transition to rewilding | Research | Teesside University J Denis Summers-Smith Research Studentship: How to promote abundant and diverse bird resources during…

It was great to see you at the workshop on Tuesday @jmbecologist.bsky.social , I wish there had been more time to catch up in full. It was pleasure to help shape this work and looking forward the report

Forestry England and Forest Research workshop about measuring herbivore impacts on nature recovery, held 20th January 2026, Worcester College, Oxford This was an extremely productive and refreshing workshop, a true opportunity to brainstorm with a range of practitioners. Organised by Forestry…

BSBI New Year Plant Hunt Our dream team of Ambroise, Barry, Martin and myself searched through Saltburn on the 2nd of January. Despite the bitter wind we did find an amazing 63 species in flower our highest total yet. We are currently in the top 20 in the UK.

Had a lovely long and random amble around Saltburn-on-Sea today doing the #NewYearPlantHunt with @ambroisebaker.bsky.social @wonkyeggs.bsky.social and Dave Barlow with much discussion of plants seen last year. Felt v. lucky to walk back to the carpark by the light of a full moon

Saltburn on Jan 2nd anyone? @colintheconroy.bsky.social @botanicalmartin.bsky.social @wonkyeggs.bsky.social @botanyman.bsky.social

Plant and habitat identification skills, 3-day plant identification course, June 24-26 2026, Middlesbrough, Northeast England. I am thrilled to offer a new 3‑day botany course from Teesside University. The Plant and Habitat Identification CPD Masterclass is an in‑person course taking place in the…

Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt! From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom. Resources to help us: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.

Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2025! We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course Identiplant & courses from external providers), for Plant Study & Research. Our Grants page also lists other grants that we think might be of interest to botanists: bsbi.org/grants

Thanks to all my plant friends, old and new, for making time at the #BIBConf25 so much fun! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social

British & Irish Botanical Conference 2025 organised by the BSBI: Edge Hill University, November 29 2025 Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun…

Botanical training offered in 2026 In 2026 I am offering an even greater range of opportunities to skyrocket your botanical skills: Plant and Habitat Identification Skills short course at Teesside University: Three-day Course / 24th-26th June 2026. Sharpen your botanical expertise with our CPD…

Am I allowed a bit more shameless self-publicity? Available for pre-order! 💚 @pelagic.bsky.social pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...

Looking for a botanical webinar to brighten up a dark winter evening? We've got loads of them! 25th November - 10 years of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme 2nd December - Clubmosses of Ireland and Britain 9th December - Plant ID apps: how useful are they? Book here: bsbi.org/take-part/pr...

20 years on from the first #GBRedList for vascular plants - what's changed? 285 taxa have become more threatened. Critically Endangered up from 35 to 55 taxa, Endangered up from 90 to 117 taxa, Vulnerable up from 220 to 261 taxa 😱☠️ Action needed now! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and partners

😍 Hang on a minute... is this Japanese Anemone (Anemone × ⁠hybrida Paxton) growing on top of the wall? 🙋 Is it not a sterile hybrid? 🤔how did it make it up there over 2 meter up this wall? 🤯The magic of rare alien dispersal! 🤯 #UrbanPlants #WallPlants @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social

A fantastic initiative to be part of - Read the Forestry England's Beaver Trial report!

Our annual membership special offer opens today! Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12. Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi... Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us

Coming soon: 'Wild Roses of Great Britain and Ireland'. This latest title, no.26 in the series of #BSBIHandbooks for tricky plant groups, has just gone to the printers! Available for #BSBImembers to pre-order now at the discount price of £16 (vs RRP £25). Sample pages here: bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...

Back from the fantastic @bsbibotany.bsky.social Mentha workshop run by @ambroisebaker.bsky.social. I learnt a lot, mints can be so variable. On the field meeting we found a number of different species. First photo is M. x gracilis, second is M. x smithiana and third is M. x verticillata.

2025 Poaceae walk on the North Yorkshire Coast – as close to 50 species as ever! While in 2023 and 2024, we came very close to observing 50 species of grasses during the walk, this year, we came even one inch closer to 50 mark! Here is a link to the species that have been observed this year and in…

Full CIEEM Membership Awarded Very proud to report that my application for full membership of CIEEM, the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, has been accepted. Full membership is awarded to "senior professionals with a high degree of knowledge, experience, skills and…

FSC 2-day Courses Delivered: Botany Skills for Ecologist (2x) and Priority Open Lowland Habitats (1x). Over the summer 2025, I was fortunate to meet and train about 30 professional ecologists during Field Studies Council courses. We focussed on plant and habitat identification as well as discussed…

Back at base, and we looked at the hairs in the throat of the calyx tubes. This was fascinating. Mentha pullegium (right) compared with M. x gracilis. Both had hairs within the calyx tube, but M. pullegium had a clear cone-shaped, ring of hairs.

Thanks Alex for coming to the workshop and for posting these pictures - There are other double and triple hybrids that have not been found in Britain and Ireland to date, so the mint quest continues....

Thank you Astrid for coming along the workshop, this was a tremendous weekend. Fair to say that we have all learnt a lot! And still so much to learn!

Above ground biomass sampling at Wild Saltholme This drone footage shows PhD student Austine Otabor and supervisor Dr Ambroise Baker collecting a Above Ground Biomass sample from rewilding site Wild Saltholme, managed by RSPB Saltholme, Northeast of England. This field work is part of a research…

Exploring the Science of Rewilding workshop – 10-11 July 2025, Hauxley Nature Reserve and West Chevington – BES Rewilding SIG I attended this excellent workshop led by Rebecca Senior from Durham University, the local Wildlife Trust and the British Ecological Society's Rewilding SIG . Excellent…

Thanks for a bril workshop - truly enjoyed listing from and speaking to a range of practitioners and academics

Tom Jameson from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social kicks off our #ExploringTheScienceOfRewilding @britishecologicalsociety.org event, organised by @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social & @northwildlife.bsky.social. Exciting couple of days coming up!

to pull or not to pull? one plant of Yellow Buttonweed Cotula coronopifolia last week in @rspb.bsky.social's Wild Saltholme, in the Tees Valley. Dilemma for #rewilding and #invasives management @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social typical habitat on CFGM - Coastal floodplain and grazing marsh

Gutted that you missed our recent #WildFlowerID webinars? Mulleins (with @anaturalistabroad.bsky.social) Mints (with @ambroisebaker.bsky.social) Broomrapes (with @christhorogood.bsky.social) No problem, we recorded them & the videos are on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Article in CIEEM’s In Practice: Brownfields in the Tees Valley are golden assets for nature recovery Baker, A. (2025). Brownfield in the Tees Valley are golden assets for nature recovery. In practice : bulletin of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. Issue 128, pp…

Still working on list but pictures of the day here photos.app.goo.gl/HeEp452m1Fn3... And now thinking of 2026 Poaceae Walk for @bsbibotany.bsky.social