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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our annual membership special offer opens today! Join us this month to start enjoying 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12. Benefits to you: social/training/access/opportunities & more Benefits to our wild plants: in a changing world, your support is vital! bsbi.org/blog/2026/10...

A group of inclusive botanists stands near the edge of a lake in Aberdeenshire, pointing at some of the aquatic plants and sharing ID tips. Image: Ian Francis

A wet meadow in the Yorkshire Dales, full of Ragged Robin and other wild flowers. Image: Ken Readshaw

Julia Hanmer, BSBI Chief Executive. look up and smiles, surrounded by colleagues on an orchid-hunting trip in the Peak District. Image: Sarah Woods

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We just published our Annual Review 2025/26. It provides a round-up of the amazing achievements of #BSBImembers over the past year: our research, training, outreach & publications. It shows who we are & what we do. Includes a Message from our President + a financial report: bsbi.org/about/who-we...

A Grass-of-Parnassus flower, white with distinctive veining on the petals, photographed by Rebecca Cheape, graces the cover of the BSBI Annual Review.

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On a rare trip south, I was thrilled to be given a tour of the Cotoneasters of Cherry Hinton by #BSBIViceCountyRecorder Lucy Wilson! Learnt so much about this intimidating group of non-native shrubs (see alt-text), and actually looking forward to my next encounter with a weird one for a change 😂

Photo collage of Cotoneasters in Cherry Hinton chalk pits - four rows of three photos, described from top to bottom (each row left to right):
C. lacteus (Late), C. bradyi (Brady's), C. insculptus (Engraved)
C. salicifolius (Willow-leaved), C. x watereri (Waterer's), C. amoenus (Beautiful)
C. dammeri (Bearberry), C. divaricatus (Spreading), C. x suecicus (Swedish)
C. hjelmqvistii (Hjelmqvist's), C. simonsii (Himalayan), C. sternianus (Stern's)

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is the *final day* to submit your entries for the Botanical Photographer of the Year competition. It's easy to send us your photos - if you aren't sure on the identification for a plant, simply tell us that on your entry. Make sure you are in the running! Go, go, go! bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

The BSBI is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Based in Ireland? Booked yet for this autumn's big event for all Irish plant- lovers? Taking place this Saturday 3 October in Enniskillen. Small registration fee includes lunch/tea/coffee & all workshops. Don't miss out, it will be a great day! www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

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Irish Autumn Meeting & AGM

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Still lots of wild plants in bloom for #WildFlowerHour and we cherish them more as the days shorten & we head into autumn. Have a great week, remember to get your Botanical Photographer of the Year entries in by 30 September and hope to see you again next Sunday! bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A 5 mile transect walked the length of my island home yesterday was surprisingly productive for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social material - though no shocks until the very last, a Sea Pink running extraordinarily late in the year. #WildflowerHour

A collage of wildflowers (and an autumnal interloper) from a walk in Shetland yesterday

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

BSBI Scotland Officer Matt Harding gets excited about making new plant discoveries in the Scottish mountains! 😍😂 Despite having one of the best studied floras in the world, there is so much left to learn and discover about Scottish plants! #intrepid #BSBIMembers #100Plants2026 #WildFlowerHour

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Exciting refind on Ben Lomond: Alpine Meadow-grass, last seen here in 1995, its southernmost Scottish site. 17 plants high on the crags in the northern corries, access was, umm, a little tricky... plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

Alpine Meadow-grass (Poa alpina) growing horizontally out of a rock wall, with its viviparous flowerheads dropping down against a backdrop of rolling moors and mountains

Alpine Meadow-grass (Poa alpina), demonstrating the viviparous flowerhead and broad, grey-green basal leaves

The location of this population - high on the north face of Ben Lomond, growing out of the left-hand wall of this cleft in the crag line. Not the most straightforward of plants to find...

A somewhat wide-eyed BSBI Scotland Officer mid cleft on the north face of Ben Lomond, surrounded by gorgeous plants (and with water running down his back!)

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join us for the BSBI's Scotland AGM online - Tuesday 29th September, 7:30pm! #BSBIMembers Find out what has been happening in Scotland, vote for next year's Committee members, and enjoy a talk on Scotland's endemic wildlife from @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

Photo by Sam Buckland, Durrell Wildlife Trust.
A group of botanists high in remote mountains in East Perthshire, recording aquatic plants at the edge of a beautiful lochan with mountains and blue sky reflected in it.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dr Stuart Desjardins, current Editor-in-Chief of #BritishandIrishBotany is looking to stand down at the end of 2026. The search is on to find a successor: could that be you? There will be lots of support on offer: bsbi.org/blog/2026/09... Details of the role & how to apply: bsbi.org/about/people...

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Changing of the guard at British & Irish Botany

The BSBI is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Keen to support the next generation of botanists? Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, is the gateway for many beginners. We'd like to offer more student spaces we but need more tutors to support them: could you be one? Join us 7pm next Tues to find out www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

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Identiplant Tutor recruitment information evening – Zoom, Tue 22 Sep 2026 - Join us for an introduction to the Identiplant Tutor role on Zoom. If you are considering applying to become a tutor or simp...

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We just published a new issue of #BritishandIrishBotany, our Open Access online scientific journal. Find out about the 10 papers from authors inc @astridbiddle.bsky.social, Jo Jones from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social, Tim Rich, John Richards, Andy Amphlett, Chris Preston & more: bsbi.org/about/news/l...

The purple flowers of Limonium britannicum subsp. celticum, one of the Sea-lavenders, in their typical coastal habitats. Images: Jennifer Wilkinson

The bright blue flowers of the tiny Spring Speedwell (Veronica verna) which grows only in the Brecks. Image: Jo Jones

The bright yellow flowerhead of the Vatersay Dandelion, photographed by Paul Smith on the Hebridean island of Vatersay

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We have a vacancy for a Trustee to join our Board & contribute towards the future direction of our charity. Interested? You'd join friendly fellow Trustees such as @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social & @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social in making a real difference for plants & people bsbi.org/about/people...

BSBI Trustees Trevor and Nicola looking very happy at the 2025 British & Irish Botanical Conference, with copies of Trevor's 'Urban Plants' book

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

No dog owners, we don’t find it amusing when we come across poo bags hanging from trees. And neither do these awesome kids from Liff Primary School…! 🦸🦸‍♀️🎖️🏆🐶🌷☘️🌎

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Calling all plant photographers (and anyone with a camera phone and a bit of a sense of aesthetics): The 2026 Botanical Photographer of the Year competition is open for entries! bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Relaunched with a 16-strong judging panel, plus Young BPotY categories as well! Get snapping 📷😁

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

No #ClimbingPlants here but the #Shetland Northern Marsh orchids are still standing tall, as is the Cottongrass and Ragged Robin, and the wild thyme and Yarrow are out #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Northern Marsh Orchid in grassland in the Shetland Isles

Common Cottongrass and Ragged Robin in grassland in the Shetland Isles

Wild Thyme growing on a grassy bank in the Shetland Isles

Pink Yarrow growing on a road verge in the Shetland Isles

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Joanie McNaughton @joaniemcnaughton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A fave wild flower, Wood Vetch (Ervilia sylvatica). Ancient woodland indicator. Better recording since 60s shows losses across much of its range & local declines. I've seen it in two @scotwildlife.bsky.social reserves. There are other locations in Lothians. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Spaces still available on this FISC in Northumberland - might be of interest to ecologists based in southern Scotland... bsbi.org/take-part/ev...

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FISC E3 Ecology - Northumberland

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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Juncus balticus Baltic Rush found with @ghostofdatura.bsky.social in lovely fen beside a loch in Caithness. A tidy 76-year refind on the @bsbibotany.bsky.social Scotland recording week :) #wildflowerhour

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Botany takes you to some wild places! #Intrepid High on the north face of Beinn Lair, Wester Ross, with a newly discovered population of Alpine Lady-fern below and nothing but wilderness beyond... 😍

Happy but tired botanist bridging across the top of a gully on the north face of Beinn Lair, with a populaion of Alpine Lady-fern (Athyrium distentifolium) growing beneath him. Behind a loch and another mountain are visible through the gully slit.
This nationally scarce plant is found in areas of late snow lie, hence the top of this north-facing gully at around 800m above sea level. This was the first record of the species for the hectad.

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Some of the specials from Ben Lawers 😍 #wildflowerhour @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

Alpine Forget Me Not (Myosotis alpestris)

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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Nordic Moonwort Botrychium nordicum in lovely lycophyte-rich montane heath in Glen Shee. Frilly divisions, and a shorter stem than lunaria, and GB plants tend to have a lax fertile frond too.

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Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

21/6/26 #Highland - Some lovely examples of Heath Fragrant #Orchid (Gymnadenia borealis) on show in the submontane meadows of the Scottish uplands. Note the shape of the flowers, with the labella greater in length than width and shorter, acute-tipped sepals #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🌺 Invasive Rhododendron ponticum is choking Scotland’s native woodlands & costing taxpayers millions. 🌱 But it’s still sold in garden centres & used as rootstock. ☣️ We want a ban. Send pics to scottishcampaigns@woodlandtrust.org.uk if you see it on sale. 🙏 #MairTreesPlease #INNSweek #BePlantWise

A table showing that R ponticum is highly damaging to the environment and still available to buy in the UK. It sits alongside an image of a R ponticum label in a garden centre. Credit WTML.

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Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

21/6/26 #Highland - It was great to meet up with a good friend of mine and visit some of the fine sites South of Inverness, where some very fine plants grow - such as Moneses uniflora, Single-Flowered Wintergreen #wildflowerhour

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Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

21/6/26 #Highland - I was just saying how unusual that intergeneric hybrids are, so here's another one - and that's reflective of the rich diversity of the site it was found at. x Dactylodenia varia a hybrid between Heath Fragrant and Northern Marsh #Orchids #wildflowerhour @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

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Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

21/6/26 #Highland - A Lesser Butterfly (Platanthera bifolia) and Small White #Orchid (Pseudorchis albida) growing side by side in a submontane meadow; such a fine sight is always going to be up there with my favourite moments of the year so far #wildflowerhour @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This year's @blackinplantsci.bsky.social Conference should be a great event! Want to find out more about BiPS? Check out this talk by Professor @yoselin.bsky.social, the network founder: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKSu... Save the date & location: 30 October, Guildhall, York

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Winter Talk: Black in Plant Science

YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

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Alison L @alisonlock25.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Was NOT expecting to find this fine specimen of a common twayblade in a Sainsburys car park this morning !😳 💚 - east central Scotland @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

21/6/26 #Highland - Mountain Everlasting (Antennaria dioica) in both male and female forms, growing in huge numbers at this fine site in Northern #Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Today is the start of #INNSweek. Find out how you can help by learning about & recording invasive non-native plant species: bsbi.org/blog/2026/06... Check out the GB Non-native Species Secretariat website for webinars, resources & more ways to get involved: www.nonnativespecies.org/what-can-i-d...

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Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

21/6/26 #Highland - #Orchid hybrids aren't particularly unusual, especially among some genera. However, hybrids between genera are rather special - such as this fine example of x Dactylodenia evansii between Heath Fragrant and Heath Spotted #Orchids #wildflowerhour @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

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David Elston @1davidelston.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Heath fragrant-orchid and alpine bistort, two of the more attractive plants recorded in the grassland above the Den of Pitlurg, Huntly, yesterday

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Chuffed to spot these Two-flowered Rush (Juncus biglumis) in flower - still little more than an inch high! High altitude flush, Beinn Ghlas, Lawers range

Two tiny but flowering plants of Two-flowered Rush (Juncus biglumis) in an open high altitude basic flush. Identifiable by the two stacked flowers in the inflorescence, with a bract developing that will overtop them

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This ridiculously colourful boulder is plastered in two of my favourite mountain plants - Moss Campion (pink) and Cyphel (green). Ben Lawers range. Wonderful!

A boulder carpeted in flowering Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) and Cyphel (Cheleria sedoides), forming a gorgeous pink and green turf

Close up of the Moss Campion flowers, with their delightful vivid pink petals with ‘pinked’ tips

The subtler but no less beautiful Cyphel flowers, small green petals with a crown of anthers

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Last few spaces available on this Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) running near Aberfoyle, Scotland on Friday 26th June! Book now or miss out til next year... www.field-studies-council.org/courses-and-...

A poster advertising the last few spaces on a Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) run by Field Studies Council, being held on Friday 26th June 2026 10:00am-5pm at Dounans Centre, Aberfoyle, Stirling, FK8 3UT. This is the only Scotland-based FISC available in 2026.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Our members volunteer in so many wonderful ways! They're inclusive: running workshops, events & conferences They're intrepid: recording wild plants across Britain & Ireland They're inquisitive: studying plants & sharing #WildFlowerID tips Celebrating them in #VolunteerWeek! bsbi.org/about/people...

Volunteer member Ryan at an outreach event, showing a child how to identify a wild flower

3 volunteer members record wild plants on a windswept Hebridean island

Examining the inner part of a Geranium flower through a handlens (an essential botanical tool!) - this is necessary for accurate plant identification

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A timeless early-summer palette, typical of Scotland’s meadows just now and humming with pollinators. 🌸 A (pink) red campion 🧈 Yep we do like butter (& bee-laden dandies) 🩵 The shifting blue of speedwell A life without wildflowers is a poor one indeed. #WildflowerHour #lawnflowers #NoMowMay

Multiple flower heads of a delicate red campion in a grass meadow. Credit JillD / WTML

Close up image of the tiny blue flower heads of speedwell in a grass meadow. Nettles and other dense green plants are visible in the background. Credit JillD / WTML

A bumblebee with a red tail is feeding from a bright yellow dandelion flower. Credit JillD/WTML

A large group of flowering buttercups rise up from a grassy meadow floor. Two tiny insects are visible on their flower heads. Credit JillD/WTML

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#Shetland flowers are really doing their thing now. Marsh Marigold (Blugga), Tormentil, Spring Squill and Cuckooflower all in fine fettle #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Yellow Marsh Marigold growing in wet ground in the Shetland Isles

Yellow Tormentil growing in heathland in the Shetland Isles

Blue shades of Spring Squill growing in heathland in the Shetland Isles

A gorgeous very pale pink Cuckooflower (Lady’s Smock) growing in grassland in the Shetland Isles

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#Shetland has finally caught up with last week’s #OrchidChallenge A few Early Marsh ssp. Coccinea and lots of Heath Spotted #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Bright red Early Marsh-Orchid in grassland in the Shetland Isles

A pale pink Heath Spotted-Orchid with yellow Tormentil in grassland in the Shetland Isles

A sugar pink Heath Spotted-Orchid growing in the Shetland Isles

A bright pink Heath Spotted-Orchid showing clearly the dark spotted leaves growing in grassland in the Shetland Isles

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A lovely contribution from my neighbour for #WildFlowerHour - Green-veined White butterfly on self-seeded Common Spotted-orchid #LawnFlowers #NoMowMay #orchid #butterfly

Pink flower spike of Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) with a Green-veined White perched on the top right side, growing in my neighbours lawn

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Together last year we made >300,000 plant records in Scotland via #BSBIRecordingApp, #iRecord or #iNaturalist, and every one you collect contributes to plant conservation! #BSBICountyRecorders ensure they go to support Red Lists, Atlas projects, open data via #NBN and more... Thank you everyone! 🙏

Blue Heath (Phyllodoce caerulea), a nationally rare species of heather restricted to just a few mountain tops in Scotland, with large pink flowers nodding at the top of its shoots. The 300,000+ plant records BSBI members, recorders and recording app users collected last year included 21 records of this plant!

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

If you are a 100 Plants Challenger, or a new botanist looking for some friendly, beginner-focused events to help boost your confidence and skills - and see some lovely plants - look no further! bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Contin 8th June Cupar 13th June Edinburgh 28th June Inverness 16th July

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Beginner-focused in-person events

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Many of our volunteering opportunities are open to all, but we offer even more options for #BSBImembers who can apply to join a committee. Events & Comms committee organises activities & events eg #NewYearPlantHunt. Skills & Training Committee focuses on #BotanyForEveryone. bsbi.org/about/people...

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's #VolunteerWeek so a chance to thank & celebrate all the volunteers who contribute to our Society's success: Our c5K #BSBImembers Our c200 #BSBICountyRecorders & c100 expert Referees We have a wide range of volunteering opportunities to suit all fellow plant-lovers: bsbi.org/about/people...

BSBI volunteers visit a species-rich site to record the plants growing there and share plant identification tips

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