We're trialling something new this year at the BSBI - an activity designed to support absolute beginner botanists with identifying *and* recording their first ever 100 plants in 2026 🌿 If you know anyone that might like to take part then please spread the word: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

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

Flowering in the village woods yesterday, Primroses, Dog's Mercury, Toothworth, Lesser Celendine and Barren Strawberry.

Narrow-leaved Lungwort, Pulmonaria longifolia, at a local rewilding site a few years ago & possibly the best blue in the world.

Snowdrops in the village church yard.

This morning I discovered that when the village is flooding there are people that will steal your sandbags in the dead of night.

Can you find, identify & record 100 wild plants in 2026? BSBI is confident that (with our support) yes, you can! Beginner botanists, will you accept the challenge? Sign up today for #100Plants2026 challenge: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Check out the webinars & #WildFlowerID help we've prep'd for you!

A Snowdrop, in the village church yard.

Takeo Takei (Japanese, 1894-1983) Bird Series No 12, 1976 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper 52.1 × 36.2 cm (20 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.) Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

A new study has found microplastics in greater quantities in a rural woodland than a nearby city. It estimated up to 500 airborne particles were deposited on a sq metre of ground every day in Wytham Woods nr Oxford – almost twice as many as in the city centre. www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪 1/

Snowdrops I met one winter's day.

The National Trust is halfway to their appeal to buy Giant Hill, one of the UKs top butterfly sites, also rich in insects and flowers. The last good habitat for Duke of Burgundy in Dorset. Please donate if you can @nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...

A Winter Cherry, braving the frost and flowering yesterday.

A Witch Hazel, Hamamelis x intermedia, in the sun yesterday morning.

Sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium, in the sun yesterday morning.

A #winter10 for #wildflowerhour; Yarrow, Oxeye Daisy, Field Pansy, Field Speedwell, White Dead Nettle, Red Dead Nettle, Daisy, Greater Celendine, Hazel & Smooth Sowthistle.

At least 48 spp today on a small #BSBI #NewYearPlantHunt at Blandford Forum, including Hazel, Field Pansy, Greater Celendine and Oxeye Daisy.

Pretty silver on this Silver-studded blue, from Edmund Sandars, ‘A Butterfly book for the pocket’ (1939).

We're looking forward to the #BSBI #NewYearPlantHunt and there's 3 group hunts registered in Dorset if you'd like to join us. bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

I thought I’d share a few of my favourite photos by other people that I’ve seen on this platform in 2025. A slowly evolving thread. 🧵

From a carpark in Blandford Forum this morning, Red Dead Nettle, Smooth Sow Thistle, Common Field Speedwell, Yarrow, a Daisy & White Dead Nettle.

Be aware! I didn't know this... "With one of those treatments you could remove every single invertebrate out of 25 Olympic swimming pools of water". So a polite request to dog owners... Please be careful what anti-flea treatments you use on your pets. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environ...

Silver Birches at Arne. Peace & Joy etc. X

'The Running of the Deer' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart

Sphagnum divinum, austinii and beothuk #moss #bryophyte

A 'Tuesday Trio' for day 16 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar Left: Anacamptis fragrans Middle: Anacamptis x kallithea (hybrid of fragrans & sancta) Right: Anacamptis sancta #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Postcard live from the field, from our intrepid tour leader Michele Viganò, currently wintering somewhere in the Sahara... And what a stunning image it is too! A beautiful portrait of a Red-necked Nightjar. Some more daytime denizens of the desert coming up next week...

Wandering in the woods this morning.

Have you checked out our 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland yet? Free to download in 3 digital formats!

Golden-eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on an apple tree in the village orchard.

The dunes at Studland last week.

Help us unlock the Plants of the Past, by supporting volunteers to digitise decades of paper records & inform C21st science! @biggive.bsky.social From #GivingTuesday to 9 Dec, we have £10K in matched funds to unlock: every donation, however small, will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

It was misty and cold in the woods this morning but the sun was trying to break through ❄️

Black Friday Sale!!! Christmas Charity Prints only £15 each. Or 3 for £40. Or 4 for £50. Every penny goes to supporting two organisations helping vulnerable children. circa35mm.com/art-store/p/...

November. The village woods.

A few fungi from some favourite local haunts in Dorset.

These calendars are an inexpensive way to own some of Jo's beautiful multi-exposure layered compositions.

Beech masts, late autumn in a north Dorset woodland.

A mosaic of lichen on a Sussex fencepost #lichens #lichenGBI

Jackdaws by the north Winterborne chalk stream.

Devil's Fingers, Clathrus archeri, on a Dorset heath today. #wildfungihour

Golden-eye lichen, Teloschisties chrystophthalmus, from a wander in a local wood pasture this morning.

#lichenGBI Unexpected on Larch twigs covered with Physcia tenella and Xanthoria parietina - a solitary Teloschistes chrysophthalmos! #lichen

Sorbus torminalis, Wild Service, Invertebrate Associates Often seen in wood pasture. Late spring–early summer flowers are insect pollinated. Fast growing, light demanding, timber v. durable, lifespan c 100–200 yrs. Supports c.30 spp. inverts. 📷Reitter & Abel, Württembergische Landesbibliothek 🌱

My 2026 calendar is now available, if you'd like one, or to take a look, please follow this link: lovefromtheartist.com/Home/ArtistC... thanks x

A tiny and carnivorous, Pale Butterwort, Pinguicula lusitanica, flowering on Stoborough Heath on Wednesday.

Sycamore leaves in a local wood

Yellow-horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum, on Brownsea Island #wildflowerhour

Common Mouse-ear, Cerastium fontanum #wildflowerhour