Checked out our shiny new website yet? bsbi.org New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID? We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area. Seasoned botanist? All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!

2025 British & Irish Botanical Conference #BIBConf25 takes place at Edge Hill University on Saturday 29 November. We have a fabulous programme lined up for plant-lovers! Exhibits & 8 talks inc. a keynote by Prof John Rodwell (of NVC fame). Programme & bookings: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social

Nice piece by @emilybeament.bsky.social in @the-independent.com today about #GBRedList, threatened plants & work carried out by @plantlifeuk.bsky.social to conserve Fen Orchid: www.indy100.com/news/beautif... More info about Fen Orchid on its #PlantAtlas2020 page: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

Huge thanks to @adamvaughan.bsky.social for his excellent article in today's @thetimes.com about #GBRedList. Wild plants inc Common Restharrow, Common Rock-rose & Common Milkwort all now classed as Vulnerable - so no longer common! Download the new Red List: britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...

Today BSBI published the #GBRedList for vascular plants, crucial new evidence to underpin nature conservation and help prioritise future action. Thanks so much to the amazing botanists, partners and funders who have made this possible.

Next talk at #NPMS10 online event is from Rachel Murphy @plantlifeuk.bsky.social. For the past 7 years, as @npms.bsky.social Support Manager, Rachel has been the 1st point of contact for #NPMSVolunteers, offering support & guidance. Talking today about volunteer roles, opportunities & accessibility

Do join us in celebrating the NPMS 10th birthday today! 🎂

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

Book now for our online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 October: https://ow.ly/jlRJ50X4fe4#NPMS10Rachel Murphy from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social (1 of 4 @npms.bsky.social partners) will be talking about #NPMSVolunteer roles, opportunities & accessibility & hosting an array of #VolunteerVoices.

Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter? We just launched our Winter Webinar programme! 7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb. Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend! Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

A fascinating talk from Sue McBean @organicbotanic.bsky.social illustrating through her beautiful wild plant photos how we can look with new eyes at the plants we study. Very inspiring. I’m now going to be looking at the underside of celandines! @bsbiireland.bsky.social #BSBIAutumnMeeting

Fantastic talks at @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BSBIAutumnMeeting: here is Cilian Roden describing the unique vegetation on the islands in #LoughCorrib. Thanks to @npwsireland.bsky.social and the National Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin for their support.

Interesting talk on Turlough ecology by Hannah Mulcany @npwsireland.bsky.social. 450 turloughs are known but there may be more like 850+ #BSBIAutumnMeeting

Looking forward to the Ireland #BSBIAutumnMeeting today, with a wide range of botany talks here at National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. @bsbiireland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social

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

Our fourth NPMS Annual Report is now available. This year we take a special look at the achievements of the scheme & our volunteers over the last decade, as the NPMS celebrates it's special 10th anniversary. Read the report here www.npms.org.uk/article/npms...

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...

Hope you can join us at one of these #NPMS10 events for talks, workshops and more. Find out how the NPMS is helping us to understand the health of UK plants and habitats and celebrate the volunteers who contribute.

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Fantastic find James! And a fascinating story of how you identified it. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely fabulous evening with friends, family, colleagues & botanists galore to celebrate the launch of Urban Plants at Philip Mould’s gallery last night. Thank you everyone that came along, it meant the world to me! #UrbanPlants

Hurrah, it's here at last! Urban Plants by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social is published today by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. If (like Trevor) you're one of our #BSBImembers, you can claim a whopping 25% discount when you order your copy. Find out more: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/06/urba...

Fantastic to join @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social and lots of botanists and others at the launch of his exciting new book Urban Plants. BSBI members get a 25% discount! bsbi.org/news-views

Delighted @bsbibotany.bsky.social could work with partners @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social & @naturalengland.bsky.social on this project to nurture Lady's-slipper Orchid back into the wild in Yorkshire!

Fascinating to hear the history of Lady’s-slipper Orchid conservation in Yorkshire!

Veronica chamaedrys, Germander Speedwell in Skye, nuallach (also for a howling cry) in Gaelic. #wildflowerhour

Lovely to meet @jonagar.bsky.social at yesterday's BSBI field meeting in the Chilterns, led by the fabulous @astridbiddle.bsky.social. Astrid is one of our amazing #BSBICountyRecorders, she showed everyone some gorgeous plants & passed on helpful #WildFlowerID tips. #WildFlowerHour

Great cartoon! And I love @pjdesno.bsky.social’s comment on this, contrasting the voices of entomologists and botanists!

Excited to find out more about how to identify Brambles (with gardening gloves on!) from this new BSBI Handbook. Thanks Angus Hannah for sharing your expertise on identifying Brambles in Scotland.

We have 3 fab #WildFlowerID webinars lined up for you this spring. Led by national experts. All absolutely free! 22 Apr: Mulleins with Mike Crewe 7 May: Mints with Ambroise Baker 10 June: Broomrapes with @christhorogood.bsky.social Details & booking links: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/shar...

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

The beautiful Wood Anemone, such a joyous wildflower, an ancient woodland indicator & one of the classic signs of spring. Have you seen a #WoodAnemone flowering this year? The challenge this week is to find one! Share your pics for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm!

This is excellent news.

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!

I think this is Sweet Violet (Viola odorata), with blunt sepals and stalks with down-turned hairs. #WildFlowerHour

Two #yellowflowers for #WildFlowerHour, Primrose, Primula vulgaris and Lesser Celandine, Ficaria Verna

Have you seen this amazing newsletter produced by the West Central Scotland Botany Network? Packed with ID & recording tips, & showcasing great people and places. Local #botany at its best! Their 2025 field meetings programme is coming soon... @bsbibotany.bsky.social bsbi.org/west-central...

Good to see the piercing blue flowers of Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, appearing again this spring. #WildFlowerHour

Fab fern find! And a brilliant video Matt!

Looking forward on catching up on these intriguing sounding #botany talks: @astridbiddle.bsky.social on a new English sedge, @fungiflowers.bsky.social on a new London red list, Ian Denholm on orchid comings and goings and Jonathan Shanklin on arable plants.

ICYMI - here's a link to my interview on @bbcradio4.bsky.social #Today this morning about #bats, #newts and #Brexit (At 6.53am, or 53mins 23secs) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

How delighted we are that Linden’s wondrous threads are now able to be here on BlueSky!!!!! Just the best news! 🥰

Amazed to see colt's-foot in full flower at 5.30pm on a really chilly evening! If insect pollination doesnt happen, flowers can self-pollinate when the blooms close, for example in dull or cold weather. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #Asteraceae #herbalremedies

#Botany matters! Really interesting webinar on why, with regulation shifting from species to habitats, botany skills are so important. Thanks RSK Ecology rskgroup.com/events/why-b...

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Such fantastic news! A critically important issue which must be tackled urgently - great to see UKTEPoP partners collaborating closely on this. #NatureForAll  #diversity #equity #inclusion #CitizenScience @jncc.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Every data point tells a unique story. Every volunteer adds a unique perspective. Together we’re building a more complete picture of biodiversity. #NatureForAll

Today’s launch of the Land Use consultation is an important step. Land is a finite resource, and we have multiple demands on it for biodiversity, ecosystem services, food, timber, minerals, housing, energy and infrastructure. A strategic plan is essential if we are to reconcile these different uses.

Wood Sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, in the village woods one spring. I'm toying with posting a different wild flower from Dorset every morning for a year, if I do, this is day 2 and there's 363 more to come.