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Supporting British & Irish #wildflowers & the #BSBImembers who record them. Tweets by louise.marsh @bsbi .org #PlantAtlas2020 #NewYearPlantHunt #WildFlowerHour
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Read about
@MichelineShSk
's time as lecturer in plant ecology at
@uniofgalwayBPS
, how she fought for gender equality, served on Ireland's Wildlife Committee, supported nature-friendly farming, became a
#BSBICountyRecorder
& researched Lusitanian flora!
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Many people today commenting on this colourful roundabout in Musselburgh: a good thing cos it's beautiful? Or a bad thing cos many of the flowers are non-native & out of a packet? Or a bit of both? We've listed pros & cons so you can make your own mind up!
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Aren't dandelions fab?
Where's the most unusual place you've spotted one growing? Biggest you've seen?
Have you noticed an abundance in your area this month?
Reply👇& let us know!
We're following
@wildlifetrusts
&
@The_RHS
's
#WildAboutGardens
campaign:
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We'd like to invite you all to take part in
#NewYearPlantHunt
2018. Help us build up a clearer picture of which wildflowers are blooming in midwinter across Britain & Ireland. 30th Dec-2nd Jan. Here's how to get involved: All welcome, beginner or expert:-)
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For your delight during
#lockdown
we bring you
#GardenWildflowerHunt
!
Please record the wildflowers in your garden using this app:
Fun for you (we hope!) & will yield valuable data which we'll share with you all.
More info here:
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#BSBIAtlas2020
is now live, so check out this fabulous website:
Find out which of these species👇 is doing well & which is declining - and why.
Read about the
#PlantAtlas
project & download summary reports about our changing flora:
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Wow, amazing news!
Huge congratulations to our friend, orchidologist & top plant spotter Richard
@thenewgalaxy
, who has refound Britain's rarest orchid after 30 years!
As its
#PlantAtlas2020
page says, this is 'the most arduously sought British plant'
2024 UK - Get in there! The Ghost
#Orchid
(Epipogium aphyllum) is one of our rarest species, and one that doesn’t need an introduction. After 30 years of searching I’m beyond delighted to have chanced upon one
@EuropeanOrchids
@Mariposa_Nature
@BSBIbotany
#wildflowerhour
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Today is
#PrideDay
! We're proud to stand together with our LGBTQ+ members, staff & supporters.
Our vision? A world where wild plants & the wildlife they support, thrive & are valued.
We'll get there by building & supporting a diverse botanical community where everyone is welcome
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Could we have a quick round of applause please for
@issybryonyh
who founded
#wildflowerhour
in 2015 & still shares her finds with us on Sunday evenings? Thanks Issy!
@wildflower_hour
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A year ago today we launched
#PlantAtlas2020
: the most in-depth survey ever undertaken of the British & Irish flora.
Website free to browse for info on 3,495 wild plant species:
Book published by
@PrincetonNature
Find out more:
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For
#VolunteerWeek
let's say THANK YOU to
@naturelark
,
@Botany2021
,
@BrianLaney2
.
@Jo_the_botanist
& everyone here on X who helps fellow plant-lovers with
#WildFlowerID
!
And a huge THANK YOU to
@botany_beck
who leads
#WildFlowerHour
& is interviewed here:
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Join
@BSBIbotany
#NewYearPlantHunt
between 30 Dec & 2 Jan to discover how our wildflowers are responding to a changing climate.
Register now 👇to find out what's happening where & for resources to help you find & ID the plants most likely to be in bloom.
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.Leek-coloured Hawkweed, thought globally extinct, has been refound in
@peakdistrict
by
@BSBIbotany
member Tim Rich:
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The long wait is almost over!
Our 3rd plant distribution atlas
#BSBIAtlas2020
goes live next month:
*2 print vols pub'd by
@PrincetonUPress
;
*
#PlantAtlas
website & online summary;
*Launches online & across Britain & Ireland.
More info here & to follow:
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Which wild & naturalised plants manage to bloom in the depths of winter?
Join our 10th
#NewYearPlantHunt
1-4 Jan 2021 & help us find out!
We're building up valuable data about how our plants are responding to changes in autumn & winter weather patterns:
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Lovely to see one of our most eminent
#BSBImembers
, Dr Margaret Bradshaw OBE (who joined the Society in 1951), on
@BBCCountryfile
, talking about the famous Teesdale Assemblage.
More about the Assemblage here:
Here's Margaret 👇 on Queenie, her Dales pony.
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We're very sad to mark the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the latest in a line of royal champions of nature - HRH the Queen Mother was our much-loved patron for many years.
Our condolences to the Royal Family on this sad day.
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We're hearing reports of Rowan, Horse Chestnut & Blackthorn bearing both fruit & flowers this autumn;
@IoloWilliams2
& others have observed the same phenomenon in Hawthorn; and
@donnarainey4
saw Wood Anemone in bloom last week.
Are you making similar observations in your area?
Flowers and berries on the same hawthorn bush at Snettisham this morning. Never seen this before
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April's
#WildfloweroftheMonth
is the Snake's-head Fritillary. This account by Kevin Walker, BSBI Head of Science
@BSBIscience
tells you where it grows, whether or not it's a UK native & which famous artist painted it while under lockdown during WW1!
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If you enjoy
#wildflowerhour
every Sunday evening may I ask you please to raise your glasses (metaphorical or literal) to the amazing
@botany_beck
who runs the
@wildflower_hour
account helped by the equally fab
@nervousbotanist
. Huge thanks to both of you & best wishes for 2020!
I was really happy to see this plant at
@ChirkCastleNT
naturalised in the woods, Butcher’s-broom, Ruscus aculeatus. This curious plant looks as though it’s flower is emerging directly from the leaf! However the ‘leaf’ is actually a flattened stem called a cladode
#wildflowerhour
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Wood anemones early for
#wildflowerhour
. Managed to escape for half an hour yesterday to local woods. Storing up those precious planty moments to see me through the days ahead :-)
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Drumroll please!
We've just made all 24 of our fabulous
#BSBIHandbooks
, from authors inc
@thorogoodchris1
& Fred Rumsey
@NHM_Botany
, available as eBooks!
Check out the eBook collection:
Find out more about our Handbooks:
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Early for
#wildflowerhour
:
Today a friend & I went off to see the Lizard, the wonderful Lizard of... Leicestershire!
He lives on a road verge.
I asked my friend, is it true that the Lizard smells like an old billy goat? Judging by her face, yes he does.
#ThatsWhatFriendsAreFor
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This week we wrote to
@ranil
expressing our concern at the
#AttackOnNature
.
We call on
#UKGovt
to honour its commitment to our wild flora, to reverse biodiversity loss & to recover nature for future generations:
@JuliaHanmer
@LFarrellBSBI
@BSBIscience
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Have you noticed people here on Twitter recently discussing the relative merits of traditional hay meadows and wildflower-rich verges vs pictorial meadows from "wildflower" seed mixes? The thread below from
@nervousbotanist
sets out the
#thisisameadow
arguments really clearly.
Whenever I see a post on here with a photo of a road verge, or other open space, covered in brightly coloured sown annual flowers, along with fulsome praise for whichever LA or other authority is responsible, for creating such a wonderful expanse of "wildflowers" or "meadow" ...
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@neilmcrowther
Well she's made an interesting observation and she's consulting the wider botanical community so please tell her well done, this is how scientific research starts! Re how unusual this discovery is: over to my colleague
@BSBIscience
!
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If Common Hogweed was as rare as Lady's-slipper Orchid, would we value it more highly?
It's gorgeous so I think we would!
Great pix by
@StripeySteph
for
#WildFlowerHour
I am obsessed with hogweed, it’s becoming a problem. I can’t walk past it without examining every flower head and taking a picture! It may be common but it really is a beautiful plant that keeps on giving. Not to mention it’s great for invertebrates too.
#Wildflowerhour
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Our 12th
#NewYearPlantHunt
runs from 31st Dec to 3rd Jan.
Last year, almost 2000 plant-hunters recorded 669 wild or naturalised plants in bloom.
Please join the 2023 Hunt & help us learn more about how our plants are responding to a changing climate:
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So many lovely botanists at today's
#BritishandIrishBotanicalConference
, our biggest Conference ever! This is a joint event with our friends
@NENature_
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Brilliant to hear
@IoloWilliams2
on
@BBCSpringwatch
right now encouraging people to sow
#native
#wildflowers
& spreading the word about
@Love_plants
's
#NoMowMay
. As Iolo says, if we all followed these suggestions it would be great for all our wildlife! Thank you
#springwatch
:-)
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Hand-lenses at the ready:
#NewYearPlantHunt
starts tomorrow!
For info on how to take part, where to get your hands on the new app, how to view results as they come in, support on offer & why the data you collect is so important for our
#wildflowers
, visit
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BSBI has just elected its new President-elect, Lynne Farrell. For only the second time in our almost 200 year history we will have a woman president as of next year. About blooming time!!!
#BSBIExhibitionMeeting
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On 8th March
#BSBIAtlas2020
website goes live, thanks to partners
@UK_CEH
@___BRC___
Sample page 👇 from
#PlantAtlas
online: interactive maps, graphics & text for 1000s of native & alien species, with info on distribution, phenology & time-trends.
More:
The long wait is almost over!
Our 3rd plant distribution atlas
#BSBIAtlas2020
goes live next month:
*2 print vols pub'd by
@PrincetonUPress
;
*
#PlantAtlas
website & online summary;
*Launches online & across Britain & Ireland.
More info here & to follow:
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Loving this focus on the Campion & ignoring the iconic bird behind!
After years of
#plantblindness
, is it naughty of me to enjoying seeing the tables turned just this once ;-)
#WildFlowerHour
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If you love
#wildflowerhour
we think you'll enjoy this interview with
@botany_beck
, the woman behind the
@wildflower_hour
social media accounts & challenges eg
#thewinter10
.
Read about how she got involved, future plans & how to find
#wildflowerID
help!
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For all our
#wildflowerhour
friends who also love their orchids, here's a Christmas treat for you from international orchid expert Prof Richard Bateman, all about orchids and er... sex. Bit naughty but it is Christmas ;-)
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Lovely to see all your pix of snowdrops, winter aconites & sweet violets for
#WildFlowerHour
, feels like spring is coming soon!
Have a great week plant-spotting, look forward to seeing pix of what you found next Sunday at 8pm!
@wildflower_hour
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Is this the first flowering Wood Anemone of the year? Has anybody else spotted this species in bloom?
#wildflowerhour
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OMG watching
#countryfile
&
@B_Strawbridge
just told everyone about
#wildflowerhour
& name-checked BSBI! Note that
@wildflower_hour
is run by a team of fab volunteers inc
@botany_beck
@nervousbotanist
@thenewgalaxy
@joshual951
@BrianLaney2
& our amazing founder
@issybryonyh
:-)
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There's a new Flora of Cornwall!
It covers 3018 flowering plant species, has 1700 photos & took 13 years of work!
See sample pages & read about some of the amazing finds & refinds reported in the book:
Save £10 by ordering now direct from the author.
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Applause please for
#wildflowerheroes
Bob Buck & his team who manage
#StGeorgesFlowerBank
near Bristol . Thanks to them it's full of orchids & other wildflowers, supporting butterflies & other wildlife all year round. Thanks
@lydia_massiah
for pic & headsup
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So you've tracked down that rare
#wildflower
but how do you capture it in a great photograph without damaging any of the plants growing around it?
Not always easy!
Check out the top tips used by ecologist
@Macgregor_Cal
& author/photographer
@dunnjons
:
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You are invited to join in BSBI's 6th
#NewYearPlantHunt
& help us find out what's in bloom across Britain & Ireland:
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@zippicamiknick
@Aristolochia
Neighbour is of course welcome to their own opinion but here at the Botanical Society, we would respectfully disagree. We all think your mini-meadow is lovely :-)
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We feared that fewer people would join
#NewYearPlantHunt
this year but Day 1 participation was almost double!
Read our summary of which species were in bloom across Britain & Ireland, who found them & what this tells us about how our plants are changing:
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Great to see so much media coverage in past 24 hours about one tiny rare fern who travelled from tropical cloud-forest to Killarney, was found by
@NimbosaEcology
, IDd by Fred Rumsey
@NHM_Botany
, pub'd in
#BritishandIrishBotany
.
All the links are here:
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.If you've seen
@Barbus59
's fab
#wildflower
photos or appreciated his ID help during
#wildflowerhour
you'll be surprised when you find out how recently he took up
#botany
! Part One of his story here:
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Ooh this must be the rarest plant we've ever seen on
#wildflowerhour
! At least until
@ukorchids
manage to find a
#GhostOrchid
;-)
Never-before-tweeted for
#wildflowerhour
: the rare, arctic-alpine Blue Heath (Phyllodoce caerulea) from the Highlands. Being 'chionophilous' (snow-loving), this plant has an uncertain future in Scotland's changing climate where it relies on sites with late snow-lie.
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Happy
#LunarNewYear
!
It's the start of
#YearoftheDragon
so check out this map to help you find Dragon's-teeth at locations across England:
This dragon is a plant so it's on our
#PlantAtlas2020
website😉
#ItWontBiteYou
Pix ©️Dr. Chris Gibson
@chrismothman1
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"For me, being surrounded by nature is a restorative, calming experience: paying attention to a daisy in the pavement or the song of a blackbird slows me down, keeps me in the moment & acts as a reminder of what's important in life"
@LeifBersweden
for
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Being with nature has proven scientific benefits to our
#mentalhealth
so this
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
we’re celebrating how we can all
#ConnectWithNature
& how
#wildflowers
can help.
Each day a member of
#BSBICommsTeam
will share their experiences. First up is
@LeifBersweden
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Watch out if you're in your garden: you might catch the
#dandelion
ID bug! Expert botanist & Taraxophile Tim Rich tells you what to do if you've already caught this contagious bug We hear that
@joshual951
has already caught the dandelion ID bug ;-)
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All change on
#BSBICommsteam
! Now
@Ciara_M_Dwyer
is writing up her PhD, she's handed over running the BSBI Instagram account to
#OrchidHunter
@LeifBersweden
. Welcome to Leif, huge thanks to Ciara. We're so lucky to have such amazing volunteer
#BSBImembers
!
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Great idea here from
@gingergairdner
! Less work, more wildflowers, more nectar for pollinators, more time to spend with family, no need to buy wildflower seed in a packet... but the fancy path cut through the lawn ensures nobody can accuse him of just not bothering. Very clever!
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Another correct ID & a nice find from
@issybryonyh
who is the founder of
#wildflowerhour
which we all enjoy so much. Huge thanks to the amazing Issy, let's send her some love :-)
@nervousbotanist
@botany_beck
@BrianLaney2
@DrTrevorDines
@kwid79
@PinkfootedGus
@donnarainey4
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A decade on, now it's here: 2nd edition of the ground-breaking Vegetative Key to the British Flora by Poland & Clement!
Pre-publication offer now open:
Interview with John Poland:
#VegKey
#BSBIpublications
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It's here at last! Poland & Clement's 'Vegetative Key to the British Flora' 2nd ed. left the printers yesterday. If you pre-ordered via BSBI, your copy should reach you later this week :-) Message here from John Poland:
#BSBIpublications
#WorthTheWait
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Huge thanks to everyone who took part in this evening's
#wildflowerhour
& flooded our screens with lovely flowers! Thanks also to everyone who shared buttercup pix for the
#Buttercupchallenge
! Have a fab week & keep an eye out tomorrow for the next
@wildflower_hour
challenge!
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As well as
#NamingandShaming
local councils who mow verges too soon so
#wildflowers
can't bloom/ set seed. let's try
#NamingandAcclaiming
councils who get it right, as below. Well done
@EastHerts
@dolly_and_dj
@ukorchids
@DrTrevorDines
@wildflower_hour
@Love_plants
@BSBIscience
I spotted these Bee Orchids some time ago with ID help from
@ukorchids
. So I contacted the local council to ask they were not mown.
@EastHerts
was very supportive and am thrilled with the result! ❤️ It’s definitely worth asking
#nomow
#orchidchallenge
#wildflowehour
@less_easy
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Results of
#NewYearPlantHunt
2021 have been analysed & there are some surprises!
Compared to 2020: 15% more species in bloom & almost 50% more lists/ records submitted!
Is this due to changes in autumn/winter weather patterns? Or Covid-19? Find out here:
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Since 1970, more than half of our flowering plants and bryophytes (mosses and related) in Great Britain have been lost from areas they used to thrive🥀
Read more in the
#StateOfNature
Report
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Do you love taking plant photos for
#WildFlowerHour
?
Want to pick up some helpful tips on how to take even better flower photos?
Check out this free webinar from our friends
@theNPMS
:
It's on 23rd January, led by the fabulous
@LeifBersweden
.
Book today!
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Find out how
@thorogoodchris1
created the artwork for the new
#BSBIHandbook
'Broomrapes of Britain & Ireland', how he got started as a
#botanist
& how you can order a copy of the new Handbook: it's all in our interview with Chris here:
It's been a long time coming, but the wait is almost over! The new
#BSBIHandbook
👇is 'Broomrapes of Britain & Ireland' by
@thorogoodchris1
& Fred Rumsey
@NHM_Botany
. Due out on 1st May:
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Over 60 organisations have come together to produce the UK's most comprehensive nature report.
#StateOfNature
uses the latest & best data, collated by thousands of incredible skilled volunteers, to provide a benchmark for the status of our wildlife
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Gorgeous new stamp issued today by
@RoyalMailStamps
celebrates re-introduction of Stinking Hawk's-beard at Rye
@SussexWildlife
& Dungeness using indigenous seed from
@CUBotanicGarden
. BSBI Chair
@ian_denholm
advised the artist on botanical accuracy. More:
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Throughout
#PrideMonth
& every single day of the year, we support & are proud of the LGBTQIA+ members of our botanical community.
We're all the richer for the contributions of the widest kaleidoscope of botanists🌈 in a safer, more welcoming & more equitable world.
#HappyPride
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If you're looking at Buttercups in your garden & wondering which buttercup you've got, you'll need this ultra-helpful ID crib sheet 👇 from
#dinkymoira
aka
@nervousbotanist
for
#wildflowerhour
!
@wildflower_hour
@Love_plants
@thenewgalaxy
@joshual951
@Haggewoods
@botanicalmartin
Are you ready?! It’s here! The guide to Buttercups from the fabulous
#dinkymoira
especially for Wildflowerhour! 🎉🌿
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Which wild or naturalised plants are able to bloom in the depths of winter? Join our
#NewYearPlantHunt
1-4 January 2020 & help us find out! Now in its 9th year. We're building up valuable data on how our plants are responding to changing weather patterns:
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We're hiring!
Do you have the skills & experience to become BSBI's new Ireland Officer now that Paul Green
@WexfordBotany1
@BSBI_Ireland
is retiring?
Details & application pack here:
Deadline to apply: 9am on 9th May.
Please RT & help us spread the word!
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Thanks to the lovely
@botany_beck
for setting this week's
#wildflowerhour
challenge, we're asking you to find
#plantsforpollinators
this week to tie in with
@WildlifeTrusts
#GreatBritishBeeCount
Here's the app so you can submit your bee records :-)
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So many great photos of
#dandelions
on Twitter this week: can we get this 'under-rated' plant trending?
#Bumblebees
love it and so (IMHO) should we!
@brianh4951
@donnarainey4
@IoloWilliams2
@WildBiophilia
@DrTrevorDines
@wildflower_hour
@B_Strawbridge
@Rebecca42041942
@Moiravelli
@WildBiophilia
@BSBIbotany
@wildreasons
@Rebecca42041942
@Sighs_Matters
@MortonNursery
@SunshineOnLeaf
@OoshOne
A very underated plant.
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We're hiring!
Do you have the skills, experience & enthusiasm to become our new England Officer?
To help support & nurture our wonderful botanical community across England?
Check out the job description & apply before 11th February:
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Huge thanks
@MarkAvery
for sharing this story of a lovely orchid new to Northern Ireland spotted by sharp-eyed
@bitheolaidhe
& his mum!
Just shows, it's always worth keeping an eye out, you never know what you might find!
@BSBICountries
@BSBI_Ireland
@ukorchids
@thenewgalaxy
NEWS: Autumn Lady's-tresses discovered in Northern Ireland. Story
@BSBI_Ireland
@BSBIbotany
@UlsterWildlife
@Love_plants
@RSPBNI
@dunnjons
📷Joshua Clarke
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Huge congratulations to the fabulous Joshua Styles
@joshual951
- of course he got a distinction!
We are so proud to have Josh as one of our amazing
#BSBImembers
!
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A fabulous
#WildFlowerHour
!
Huge thanks to everyone who shared pix of wild & naturalised plants in bloom across Britain & Ireland.
What will
@botany_beck
set as next week's challenge?
Follow
@wildflower_hour
to find out!
Have a great week, happy plant-spotting😊
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Never believe a botanist who says "It's not that steep, honestly". It's right up there with "We'll be back at the cars by lunchtime so you don't need to take your lunch with you".
#GreatBigFibs
@BSBICymru
@anniegriff1
@floralimages
@DrTrevorDines
@PlantlifeCymru
@WoodmanJulian
Get involved in botany, they said, it will be fun, they said. This was very steep!
@floralimages
@BSBIbotany
@BSBICymru
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Only one day left if you want to enter the 2023
#BSBIPhotoCompetition
!
Do you have fab photos of British & Irish plants in the categories 'Plants & People' or 'Plants in the Landscape'?
Raid your archives & submit those pix before midnight tomorrow!
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Our amazing
#BSBImembers
help support our wildflowers, the habitats they live in & the botanists who care for them.
There's never been a better time to join us!
Become a member in November & you'll enjoy up to 14 months of benefits for the price of 12:
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It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be
#WildFlowerHour
!
Please share pix of wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland, especially
#whiteflowers
.
Mystery plant? Use
#WildFlowerID
to summon help from friendly
@wildflower_hour
botanists!
One of of my favourite spring flowers Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) 24.3.24
#wildflowerhour
#whiteflowers
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June's
#WildfloweroftheMonth
as chosen by Kevin aka
@BSBIscience
is the Bee Orchid:
Find out about its sex life, the secrets of its success, how it's spreading north & coming into our gardens and why it might be the 'canary in the cage' for
#climatechange
!
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We've just published the latest issue of
#BritishandIrishBotany
, our
#OpenAccess
scientific journal!
6 great papers by Britain & Ireland's top botanists inc
@thorogoodchris1
& Fred Rumsey of
@NHM_Botany
fame.
Summary:
Full issue:
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Gosh! Still to be confirmed but it looks as though
@alisonlock25
has found Downy Hemp-nettle in her Scottish garden, poss arriving in a bird-seed mix. V exciting as this species is considered extinct in the wild:
@BSBIscience
@BSBIScotland
@wildflower_hour
@Love_plants
@wildflower_hour
@phoeb0
@pgreenfielduk
@Vic_Gill
@DrTrevorDines
Three years ago this appeared in my garden .. I wasn’t on twitter then but have always wondered if it was Downy hempnettle . ?
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Find out why Kev
@BSBIscience
chose Autumn Lady's-tresses as his August
#WildfloweroftheMonth
:
We've learned lots about ALTs thanks to annual monitoring at Knocking Hoe since 1962!
Thanks
#TeamOrchid
@LeifBersweden
@dunnjons
@thenewgalaxy
for fab photos👇
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So pleased that BSBI's
#NewYearPlantHunt
will be featured on
@BBCCountryfile
this Sun. 21st Jan 6.30pm & will include analysis by
@BSBIscience
+
#wildflowers
+ lovely botanists in the wind & rain + the fab
@itsanitarani
Check it out!
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We just published our biggest ever issue of
#BritishandIrishBotany
.
Find out more about the 8 papers & 3 short notes inc astonishing new addition to the European flora!
All free to view
#OpenAccess
or go direct to & start reading.
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A great Day One
#NewYearPlantHunt
!
Our amazing, intrepid botanists were out hunting across Britain & Ireland today, braving wind & rain to notch up almost 3000 records of >300 species in bloom!
Read our summary of what they found where on Day One:
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If you enjoyed tonight's
#springwatch
& are considering introducing native wildflowers into your own garden, check out useful advice from
@Love_plants
& this fab thread on native species from
@thenewgalaxy
!
@wildflower_hour
@issybryonyh
@LeifBersweden
@joshual951
@IoloWilliams2
Thread - What is a wildflower meadow and why are native species important?
Wildflower meadows contain flowering plants which were not sown or planted there & occur naturally. They're important because of how other species interact with them. These relationships are often complex
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As we go into autumn, it's time to revisit a glorious
#OrchidSummer
with naturalist & author
@dunnjons
Read his uplifting words & see his gorgeous photos in this guest blogpost:
#teamorchid
@BloomsburyBooks
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Has anyone else suffered from Winter Brain Drain & forgotten everything they ever knew about IDing Speedwells?
Happens to all of us but never fear,
@NatureLark
is here with her
#WildFlowerID
cribsheets!
Check out this one for Speedwells:
#WildFlowerHour
I seem to have forgotten everything about IDing Speedwells - well except for something about seeds, and there were none of those - so here's just a wet anonymous Speedwell possibly regretting opening to such a damp dreary world yesterday
#WildflowerHour
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Being with nature has proven scientific benefits to our
#mentalhealth
so this
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
we’re celebrating how we can all
#ConnectWithNature
& how
#wildflowers
can help.
Each day a member of
#BSBICommsTeam
will share their experiences. First up is
@LeifBersweden
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Huge thanks to everyone who shared pix for tonight's
#WildFlowerHour
, fascinating to see which wild & naturalised plants are coming into bloom across Britain & Ireland!
Keep an eye out for the next
@wildflower_hour
challenge set by
@botany_beck
.
See you next Sunday!
Quick, almost missed
#WildflowerHour
, busy looking for the aurora. Tiny Rue-leaved Saxifrage, from my run over Arnside knott this morning. Just in time?
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Huge thanks to everyone who took part in
#NewYearPlantHunt
& to 13 wonderful volunteers who promoted the Hunt & are working to process all your records (almost 20K) before the deadline!
Please submit all records by midnight on Fri 8th Jan.
Results so far:
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Spring has definitely sprung & there are lots of lovely plants to enjoy, huge thanks to all of you who shared photos for Easter
#WildFlowerHour
, great to see so many
#WoodlandPlants
.
Look forward to seeing what
@botany_beck
chooses for the next
@wildflower_hour
weekly challenge!
#WildflowerHour
#WoodlandPlants
A couple of months ago they would’ve been under 2ft of fast-flowing, icy water straight off the moors. Wood Anemones look fragile, but keep going!
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Gosh isn't this just the most amazing time of the year, so many wild plants coming into flower!
Huge thanks to all of you who shared photos for this evening's
#WildFlowerHour
.
Have a great week plant-spotting & remember to keep an eye out for the next
@wildflower_hour
challenge!
@wildflower_hour
@BSBIbotany
@4DWoodlands
cowslip challenge! Rathcoole Woodlands. Lovely late evening stroll through the woods.
#wildflowerhour
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BSBI is proud to be a contributor to the 2019
#stateofnature
report although it makes sobering reading. Download the full report here:
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A fabulous
#WildFlowerHour
!
Huge thanks to everyone who shared pix tonight and to the amazing
@botany_beck
who set this week's challenge & got us all looking at the
#GentianFamily
🧐
Have a great week and keep an eye out for her next
@wildflower_hour
challenge!
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3 cheers for
#BSBICountyRecorder
@1DavidElston
who found the rare & elusive Small Adder's-tongue fern at St. Cyrus NNR in Kincardineshire.
Find confirmed by Dr Fred Rumsey
@NHM_Botany
.
Thanks
@MissDawnRenton
for covering the story in
@TheScotsman
today!
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There are lots of
#plantID
apps available but how accurate are they?
Check out this review: pub'd in latest issue of
#BSBINews
. Then read an interview with reviewer Lyn Jones:
@visualflora
.
More about apps:
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If you enjoy spotting flowers in bloom for
#wildflowerhour
&
#thewinter10
we hope you will also take part in the next
#NewYearPlantHunt
running 28th Dec 2018 - 1st Jan 2019! All welcome & we can help you with ID of any mystery plants :-) Details here:
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It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be
#WildFlowerHour
! Please share pix of wild or naturalised plants esp
#YellowFlowers
you spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland. Mystery plant? Use
#WildFlowerID
to summon help from a friendly botanist: tonight it's
@nervousbotanist
!
One of the Hampshire Pasqueflowers decided to open by lunchtime! Early for
@wildflower_hour
#wildflowerhour
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Download
@BSBIscience
analysis of
#NewYearPlantHunt
results to find out how many of the 627 species you spotted in bloom are autumn stragglers vs spring specialists/ how many are natives vs aliens/ how our plants are responding to changing weather patterns
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