Looking forward to @bsbibotany.bsky.social's #NewYearPlantHunt which starts tomorrow! 🌼 Here in #Leicestershire, the #Leicester Botany Group has organised a group hunt on Thursday 1st January, meeting at 11am. Everyone is very welcome! Further details: bsbi.org/take-part/ev...

Not sure whether to take part in #NewYearPlantHunt? Worrying that your #WildFlowerID skills won't be up to scratch? No problem: just use one of our spotter sheets for your area: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Download & print it, or find all the spotter sheet plants on a ticklist on the #BSBIRecordingApp!

This week’s #TheWinter10 - Ragwort, Red Deadnettle, Daisy, Common Field Speedwell, Dandelion, Smooth Sowthistle, Groundsel, Primrose, Periwinkle & Yarrow #WildflowerHour

A Cambridge-Ely #TheWinter10. Feverfew, Petty spurge, White dead nettle, Groundsel, Shepherd’s purse, Sweet violet, Common chickweed, Dandelion, Yarrow, Winter heliotrope and Daisy. #WildflowerHour

The tiny female flowers on the hazel tree as the catkins open to release pollen #WildflowerHour

Gorse flowering in heath grassland, Leicestershire, on the shortest day of the year. #wildflowerhour

So, what do we do with the #NewYearPlantHunt data that 1000s of #BSBImembers & supporters have collected over the past decade? 1 example: we joined forces with @metoffice.gov.uk to investigate correlations between rising temperatures & your plant records. Initial results: bsbi.org/about/news/l...

Lovely to see Meadow Coral Clavulinopsis corniculata Birkrigg Common. Grows just 4cm in short cropped Habitat. Branches split dichotomously into blunt antlers. Important Unimproved Grassland Indicator species of Biodiversity-rich environments. Pretty Lemon Disco Calycina citrina too! #fungifriends

I am leading a New Year Plant Hunt for Cornwall Botany Group on 03/01/26. Meet at Seaton car park (free) at 1015 hours, park at SX304544. All welcome, see ALT

Oblong Woodsia is perhaps Britain's rarest fern, and Day 16's species for my botanical #adventcalendar It suffered big declines due to Victorian collecting, and the national population now consists of <200 individuals with little evidence of recruitment, despite conservation actions

Are you interested in learning more about identifying plant pathogens in the wild? Come along to my webinar at 7pm on the 27th of January! bsbi.org/take-part/ev... #FungiFriends #WildPlantDisease

Want to find out if there's an organised #NewYearPlantHunt happening near you 1-4 January? Here are the ones we know about so far: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Details of the Lincs Hunt led by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social will be posted there tomorrow! Organising a Hunt? Let us know, we can help promote!

A distinct dearth of flowers round Peterborough this week - let's hope there'll be more for the Lincolnshire Flora Group NYPH in Lincoln on 2nd January 2026. Meet at 10.30 a.m. on the bridge over the River Witham, NGR SK97307102, w3w///cakes.vague.makes @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Local, near my garden in Coleraine for #thewinter10 for #WildFlowerHour Just TWO (Periwinkle & Quaking Grass with anthers!!) but fingers crossed for the New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI at #RoeValley Friday 2nd Jan 10-12 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Winter Heliotrope (Petasites fragrans) by a pond on today's Leicester Botany Group meeting at Leicester Botanic Gardens. #wildflowerhour

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.

🚨Hoylake beach update🚨 After a LONG six years, we’re finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel!! An agreement has finally been reached between @NaturalEngland and @WirralCouncil which means around 2% of the 41ha of vegetated foreshore at Hoylake will be cleared.

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm, so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted from across Britain & Ireland in the last week. It’s been pretty chilly and wet so well done if you managed to spot #thewinter10! 😀

White Dead-nettle still flowering along rural lanes, Leicestershire. #wildflowerhour

Dionysia esfandiarii Primulaceae Endemic of Iran Fars province, Iran April 2024 Elevation: 3060 m #Primulaceae #botany #ecology

Day 3 of my Botanical Advent Calendar - the gorgeous Alpine Speedwell, pinpricks of vivid blue in flushed grassland high in the mountains that get the heart racing #wildflowerhour This was a new site for this species in the Grey Corries, Lochaber - lots still to learn about our Scottish flora!

Kicking yourself that you didn't make it to #BIBConf25 yesterday? Don't worry! We recorded the talks for you & they'll be up on our YouTube channel very soon. We also have some great online winter talks & webinars lined up for you in the coming months! Check them out: bsbi.org/take-part/ev...

Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) in an arable field margin, Leicestershire. #wildflowerhour

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!

A lovely day yesterday seeing some of my favourite waxcaps 🥰 It was wonderful to see them again even though some weren’t looking quite their best because of the recent dry weather. Also saw Earthy, Snowy, Slimy, Blackening, Golden & Pale. 17 waxcaps in a day is not bad!! #FungiFriday #MushroomMonday

I'm delighted that we have a whole range of talks from our Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project taking place this winter on Tuesday evenings. Want to learn more about conifers? Rushes? Clubmosses? Hawthorns? Plant Pathogenic Fungi? ROBOTS?? See them all here: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

Dandelion, Yarrow, Ladies Bedstraw, Herb Robert, Common Toadflax & Common Knapweed seen in a local churchyard this week. #WildflowerHour

Autumnal shades of Catsear, Buttercup, Daisy and Hawthorn berries. #WildflowerHour

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...

Papery Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris) always looks spectacular, even when it's gone over (hmm, it always looks a bit like it's gone over!) Lots on the dunes at #Strandhill, #CoSligo @bsbibotany.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #seedheads (just!)

Lovely to spot Red Campion and Wood Avens flowering in the woods, providing an autumnal food source for pollinators. #wildflowerhour

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

📢Speaker Announcement: CARGO Movement 🧾Panel: The Journey of Plants through Black Botanist CARGO is a not for profit organisation founded in 2016 by creative director Charles Golding and Poet Lawrence Hoo. Learn more about CARGO Movement and register here: buff.ly/jWhjAei

What wonderful news, and what a wonderful plant! Holly Fern is the best fern 😍

Registration for this fantastic event closes tomorrow, Sun 28th! Please share widely. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

On the castle walls. Castle Acre, Norfolk, yesterday. Common Calamint and Common Ragwort still in flower. Rosebay Willowherb on the castle mound. #WildFlowerHour

Well done @ka7enj.bsky.social on finding Slender Tare, new for Leicestershire! #WildFlowerHour

Yarrow, Common Knapweed and Hogweed still flowering this week along rural verges, Leicestershire. #wildflowerhour

It’s Sunday and it’s 8pm so it must be time for #WildflowerHour! 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild and naturalised blooms you’ve spotted from across Britain and Ireland in the last week!

Great opportunity. Please share/repost with anyone with a botany, ecology or environmental science qualification! #botany #wildflowerhour #science #ecology

It’s time for women and allies to speak up. To say ‘not in our name’ to the discrimination and exclusion of trans people. Are you with us? ✍️ If you are a woman and agree please sign @nionwomen.bsky.social 's open letter https://goodlaw.social/wu1u

Herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia, in a local woodland #wildflowerhour #favouriteplant

I hadn’t seen it for a couple of years so it was extra special in early June to catch up with my #FavouritePlant! The gorgeous Mertensia maritima, commonly named Oysterplant, as the leaves taste like the fruits of the sea! Caithness #Wildflowerhour

A highlight this year was these beautiful Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia L.) in acid grassland, a species in strong decline due to drivers such as habitat loss and nitrogen deposition. #FavouritePlant #wildflowerhour

The #BigButterflyCount results are in and it's official... 2025 was an average year for butterflies. See the full results and what can be done to help butterflies and moths 👇 https://butterfly-conservation.org/big-butterfly-count-results-2025

For the last weekly challenge, we want to know what was your favourite plant that you’ve spotted from across Britain and Ireland this year? Share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #favouriteplant and we’ll celebrate it with you! 🥳🌿🌸

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...

The utterly ridiculous seed pods of Yellow Horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum, at Rye Harbour. One plant still had a flower tenaciously hanging on in there. #Wildflowerhour #SeedHeads

For the #seedheads challenge for #wildflowerhour Strawberry Clover, Trifolium fragiferum. Seed pod is enclosed by the swollen, downy, net-veined calyx tube

Hedge Woundwort and Meadowsweet #SeedHeads in Leicestershire this week. #wildflowerhour