Thank you @bsbibotany.bsky.social! Looking forward to the rest of my #Identiplant journey and hopefully more Eureka moments!

An absolute visual feast yesterday in Alexandra Gardens, Cardiff yesterday thanks to stunning flowering cherry literally dripping from the trees! #CherryBlossom #Sakura #Spring

Great article by @donnalferguson.bsky.social in today's @theguardian.com about Darwin & Henslow's plant specimens & illustrations and the fab new @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social Certificate in Botany: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Links for this course & many others here: bsbi.org/learn/traini...

🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌴🍂🌳🐝🪳🧪 Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026 - UK and Ireland's quiz and festival for degree students enthusiastic about plants. Currently seeking financial support!

Wood anemone, Greater woodrush and Wood spurge found today in the Wye Valley. Did you know that Wood Spurge produces a toxic milky white sap that has been used to tip poisoned arrows? #WildflowerHour #WildPlants #botany #StoryPlants #LovePlants

Ooh first Early Purple Orchid just spotted in Monks Wood near Flaxley, Gloucestershire, plus beautiful Golden Saxifrage. #Wildflowers #Flowers #AncientWoodland

A host of golden daffodils here in the Golden Triangle of the magnificent Forest of Dean. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David’s Day everyone!

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David's Day! Here are some Cennin Pedr (Wild Daffodils) I found yesterday in the Conwy valley…

I just emailed my MP through the #CleanWaterNow campaign 🌊 calling for a new water law to stop pollution and restore rivers, lakes and seas. Every voice matters – will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/clean...

Spotted this wonderful flying display in the Forest of Dean yesterday but not sure if they’re buzzards or goshawks. Can any good birders out there help? #BirdID #Birds #WhatBird

Lots of flowering gorse yesterday at Staple Edge, while this evening I just popped out for a quick sunset walk to see plenty of snowdrops still in flower, and primroses showing signs of spring. #wildflowerhour

Delighted that @bsbibotany.bsky.social have shared my first #Identiplant blogpost - Musings of a Botanical Beginner: My Botanical Journey Begins… Currently at the "how many different leaf shapes can there possible be?" stage, but so far so good.

An hour to kill? Is it possible that the fabulous @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social doesn't know that his #UrbanPlants talks are #AppointmentViewing, just like #TheTraitors? Such modesty! The video is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC... And here's Trevor's #UrbanPlants book: bsbi.org/blog/2025/06...

Thoroughly enjoying venturing into the world of urban plants with @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social on this fascinating webinar with @bsbibotany.bsky.social #urbanplants #wildplants #wildflowers #botany #BSBI

We're delighted that our friends @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social have made #NewYearPlantHunt a #12DaysWild activity! Find out how to take part & learn more about how our wild plants are responding to a changing climate & what this means for all our wildlife: www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/guest/j...

Not long now until #NewYearPlantHunt starts! Everything you need is here: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Spotter sheets, Top Tips for successful hunting, info about group hunts, guidance on taking photos for #WildFlowerID, links to the #BSBIRecordingApp for uploading your finds & info on how to get help.

Help @bsbibotany.bsky.social reach their target to unlock the Plants of the Past by supporting this important campaign!

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!! What a *huge* honour to be named #bookoftheyear by Mark Avery. With such awesome company I never imagined such an accolade. Absolutely chuffed to bits! Thank you 😊

Congrats to @bsbibotany.bsky.social on launching their new website! Huge thanks to everyone who put in the hard work behind the scenes. The site’s now clearer, easier to use and full of great botanical info. If you’ve not yet seen it, go check it out! #botany #wildflowers #plantscience #nature

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...

Achillea and Trifolium pratense 3/3 #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Wood Avens, Dandelion (?), Herb Robert, Gorse 2/3 #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A nice selection on Ruardean Hill, the highest point in the Forest of Dean at 290m high. Shepherd’s Purse, Ivy, Creeping Buttercup and Evening Primrose 1/3 #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Yesterday, the UK’s leading insect conservation charities launched the Declaration on the UK Insect Declines Crisis at the @WildSummitUK🚨 This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @savebutterflies.bsky.social 1/5

A few flowering gems alongside an industrial estate in Cinderford. And it’s wonderful to see so many bees, bugs and butterflies enjoying the sunshine. #WildflowerHour #ForestOfDean @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A duo of pyramidal orchids spotted on the roadside verge of an industrial estate in Cinderford #WildflowerHour #orchid #BSBI

More from Wigpool including Celandine, Violet, Bluebell and Wood Sorrel. #WildflowerHour #WoodlandFlora #AncientWoodland #ForestOfDean

Came across this wonderful large patch of toothwort in Wigpool Nature Reserve. Also in flower were violet, wood sorrel, bluebell and wild garlic but I got rather carried away with the toothwort! #WildflowerHour #WoodlandFlora #ForestOfDean #AncientWoodland

This Tulipa elegans rubra has caught the tulip breaking virus hence the beautiful flame-like stripes. Back in the 17thC this ‘broken’ bulb could fetch more than the price of a house in Amsterdam. For us it’s just a lucky surprise in the garden🌷 #TulipFever #BrokenTulip #GardenHistory #SpringInBloom

On the highest point of the Forest of Dean at Ruardean Hill - Lesser Celandine, Veronica Persica, Bittercress and Gorse #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social #ForestOfDean

A great opportunity to get involved with this wonderful charity and help make a difference.

This scrap of blanket bog nr Callander has nationally scarce Tall Bog-sedge, locally scarce Few-flowered Sedge, and rarely recorded fungus Exobasidium oxycoccii. But Sitka Spruce is invading from the adjacent plantation - action needed whilst the trees are still small! @bsbiscience.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

It certainly felt like the start of spring this weekend with bursts of colour from primroses, snowdrops, daffodils and purple dead nettle #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Just a forlorn looking daisy at Linear Park in Cinderford #Wildflowerhour

Lovely to see the dam that beavers in the Forest of Dean have built. Such remarkable little animals 🦫😍 #beavers #ForestofDean #rewilding #nature #wildlife

Not the best photo but just wanted to share the importance of keeping your garden untidy during the winter so that birds like goldfinches and bullfinches can forage for food. Well that’s my excuse anyway! #gardenbirds #wildlife #nature #naturefriendly #gardening

A gorgeous day for a walk in the mossy woodland around Speech House before the snow hits us tomorrow ❄️

So #NewYearPlantHunt is over for another year. Please send in all your records by Sunday so we can analyse them & report back. Meanwhile here's our Day 4 round-up: what we know so far, messages from the Hunt founders & a shout-out to the fab Support Team! bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/01/new-...

Great to see the results of this #NewYearPlantHunt from our friend @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social. Trevor is a #BSBItrustee & the mastermind behind #NoMowMay. Watch out for his new book on Urban Plants coming soon & check out this fab taster video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2-p...

A much better haul of wild plants today on the last day of the @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt - Daisy; Periwinkle; Yarrow; Gorse; Primrose; Herb Robert; Ranunculus, Purple Rock Cress & Viburnum. We also spotted these 2 plants but not sure on their ID. Could anyone help?

Wow! A fantastic 15,757 unique plant records for @bsbibotany.bsky.social's #NewYearPlantHunt submitted to date, huge well done all! 🎉 The top 5 most frequently spotted are the same as the 2024 results, however some changes thereafter, such as Petty Spurge in 6th: nyph.bsbi.org/results.php?...

A tremendous 4417 plant records submitted so far, well done all! Daisy, Dandelions & Groundsel are the top 3 most frequently spotted to date. Interestingly, Ivy-leaved Toadflax has made the top 10 this year so far (not in 2024 top 10), whereas Yarrow hasn't. #NewYearPlantHunt @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A much better haul on day 2 of the @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt. Wood Avens, Herb Robert, Buttercup, Ragwort, Bittercress, Dog’s Mercury plus strangely, a Foxglove. It was in flower and intact but lying on its side. Does that count?

Huge well done to all who took part on Day 1 of @bsbibotany.bsky.social's #NewYearPlantHunt! 🌼 Explore the data of wild or naturalised plants in flower reported across Britain & Ireland via the interactive results map - click on the markers to view the plant records: nyph.bsbi.org/results.php?...

Thankfully the fog lifted at last and the sun came out in Cinderford for day 1 of the @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt

A lovely morning walk through Edgehills Nature Reserve in the Forest of Dean where there’s quite a lot of gorse in flower, and the resident Highland cattle seem to be enjoying some much needed sunshine. #ForestOfDean #NatureReserve #HighlandCattle #FloweringGorse

Great talk at @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference on the wild plants of our towns and cities Dr Trevor Dines!

Can’t wait for my first @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference today at the @nhmla.bsky.social!😀

Autumn meets winter on this crispy, sparkly day in the Forest of Dean!