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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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Jess Stokes @jessstokes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Swathes of Forked Catchfly (Silene dichotoma) in flower on a greenfield site in Thetford this afternoon! #WildFlowerHour

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two days to go until our online AGM! Register now at www.tickettailor.com/events/botan... This is a great opportunity for #BSBIMembers to find out more about our work in Scotland, #getinvolved, and enjoy a talk by @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social on #endemic wildlife to sweeten the deal 😉🥰

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Scotland AGM 2026 – Zoom, Tue 29 Sep 2026 - All BSBI members in Scotland (and Vice-County Recorders of Scottish vice-counties) are invited to attend the Scotland Annual General Meeting (AGM), being he...

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ready to tackle aquatic plant ID? Join us for Charophyte Identification Training with expert Cilian Roden! Mon 28 Sept 2026, 10:30–16:00 in Lough Money, Co. Down Indoor ID session + outdoor recording at the lough edge. Book here: bsbi.org/take-part/ev...

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bookings open for the Irish Autumn Meeting & AGM, 3 Oct in Enniskillen! Highlights incl. talks & workshops on Sorbus; Irish ferns; Fermanagh flora; beginners' recording & our BSBI database: an exciting day! Book at bsbi.org/take-part/ev... @bsbibotany.bsky.social @cedarrecordsni.bsky.social #Botany

Irish Whitebeam (Sorbus hibernica) in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

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Lizzie Harper Illustrator @lizzie-harper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New blog out on how much I love botanising with my local #botany group in #Brecknockshire: lizzieharper.co.uk/2026/09/brec... Every trip I learn loads and meet wonderful botanically-minded people. Look up your local group, and give it a go! @bsbibotany.bsky.social #botanicalillustration #botany

Early Dog #Violet #Viola reichenbachiana #sciart #botanicalillustration by Lizzie Harper of the #wildflower showing roots, #flower and #seeds. Completed in watercolour, cut to white.

There are three flowers in bloom, and the tripartite seed capsule has split and is on the far right. Leaves are glossy green and heart shaped.

#Lousewort #Pedicularis sylvatica #sciart #botanicalillustration by Lizzie Harper of the #wildflower showing #flower and inflated calyx. Completed in watercolour, cut to white.

The flowers are pink and look like dead nettle flowers. leaves are much lobed, and grow low in a loose basal rosette. The plant grows low to the ground in wet habitats

Germander #speedwell #Veronica chamaedrys

Cut to white botanical #illustration showing a close up of a single bright blue, four petalled flower (with 4 stamens) and the square stem in cross section

Lesser Water Parsnip Berula erecta #sciart #botanicalillustration by Lizzie Harper of the #wildflower showing #flowers and #seedhead. Completed in watercolour, cut to white.

On the right are close ups of single seedpod and of one flower. Members of the #Apiaceae or #umbellifer family, they share pinnate leaves and umbrella-like white flowering heads composed of lots of tiny white flowers

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm co-leading two upcoming ceramic workshops; a botanicals clay workshop on the 13th September where we'll make beautiful tiles; and a squash-making workshop on the 11th October where we'll make gourds and pumpkins of all shapes. Interested? Book here: gabrielnichols.co.uk/courses-%26-...

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If you're looking for a book about how relationships with the natural world can help in dealing with intergenerational trauma, my memoir Land Beneath the Waves (one of BBC #Wildlife Magazine's Best Books of 2025) is on #Kindle special offer now! tinyurl.com/4xjj6x7j @summersdalebooks.bsky.social

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Monkeyflower, Vervain, Water Figwort, Branched Bur-reed and an eel! Just some of the finds on our #TargetedAquaticPlantProject outing to Cappoquin last week. Paul Green demonstrated how to use keys to identify aquatic plants and we even looked at some Willows. Thanks to #NPWSIreland for support.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Intrepid botanists headed up Slieve Muck on 18 August in the footsteps of Ireland's most famous naturalist, Robert Lloyd Praeger. They found Mountain Everlasting, a plant last recorded on the mountain by the great man himself in 1880! @bsbiireland.bsky.social Find out more: bsbi.org/about/news/p...

The distinctive leaves (green on top, white below) of the Mountain Everlasting plant, photographed on Slieve Muck, Co. Down, on 18 August.

A group of smiling, intrepid botanists point to one of the rare plants they found on the mountain.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The species mentioned is real, but this is an AI image. Sorry @markavery.bsky.social

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Jess Stokes @jessstokes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A quick little animation I made of a few things I saw over the @bsbibotany.bsky.social summer meeting weekend! #WildflowerHour

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Still a few spaces available on this FREE all-day event this Saturday at an "orchid-rich grassland" in Co. Kilkenny. The tutor, James Owens, aims to help you boost your #WildFlowerID skills & learn more about Ireland's beautiful grasslands. Book your space ASAP: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

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Select tickets – Irish Grasslands Project: Gale's Hill, Kilkenny – Gale's Hill

Irish Grasslands Project: Gale's Hill, Kilkenny – Gale's Hill, Sat 18 Jul 2026 - This event is part of the Irish Grasslands Project funded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to enhance botanic...

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

There's also still a few spaces left at our #IrishGrasslandsProject event exploring the unique grassland @ Gale's Hill, Co Kilkenny on Saturday 18 July (bsbi.org/take-part/ev...) @bsbibotany.bsky.social #GreatIrishGrasslands #GrasslandsTrail

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Grasslands of Gale's Hill, Kilkenny

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Jess Stokes @jessstokes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Went on a short drive to see these gorgeous Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides) after work this evening!

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

More exciting news! Our 2nd #IrishGrasslandsProject event on 18 July is a walk exploring coastal and wet grassland habitats at the amazing Sheskinmore Nature Reserve in #Donegal, on the #GreatIrishGrasslands trail🌸 Booking (essential!) opens 11 July. More info: www.eventbrite.ie/e/wildflower...

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I love learning about a plant from the botany community on BlueSky and then finding it and recognising it for myself. My first Cape-jewels, easily identified thanks to @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social and a new dot on the map for Knaresborough.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Please do consider treating yourself (or a friend) to a copy of Land Beneath the Waves. You will not regret it!

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I (re)visited the type tree of Sorbus admonitor, No Parking Whitebeam, this past week. It's looking pretty decrepit, but is still putting forth new leaves and sprays of flowers. I wrote about this exact tree in my book, Endemic, which is currently on offer: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/endemic-9...

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Have you ever wanted to know more about preserving plant specimens? Maybe for your own reference, or so you can share plants with experts for identification? The BSBI is here for you! We have a webinar next week - 28th April, 7pm, completely free! Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

It's satisfying to see a species you've never heard of posted on here one day, and to find it yourself the next day! #RecordSubmitted Thanks @jeremybartlett.bsky.social

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I went for a very short walk this morning, and found two brand new hectad records! Portuguese Laurel and Fritillary, both non-native, but it's important to record them appearing in wild places. #RecordSubmitted

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This year the BSBI launched the 100 Plants in 2026 Challenge - a project encouraging brand new botanists and recorders to identify their first 100 plants this year and to submit the records. bsbi.org/take-part/ac... It's been about three months now, so how is it going?

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The 100 Plants in 2026 Challenge

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I feel there's a good chance that this might be the first-flowering Honewort, Trinia glauca, seen in Britain this year 🤔 Honewort is monocarpic, meaning that it flowers once in its life and then dies, which adds a slight melancholic air to seeing one in bloom.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

It's not often you see two new fish in a day, let alone two new new non-native invasive fish. Following on the from the Sunbleak netted earlier, I also saw Topmouth Gudgeon, Pseudorasbora parva, a species in the process of being eradicated from Britain.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I love a bit of pond dipping. You never know what you might find. I was still very surprised to net what appears to be a Sunbleak, Leucaspius delineatus. This species, also known by the great name 'Motherless Minnow', is a non-native in Britain.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Absolutely delighted to see a species new to to me - Wall Whitlowgrass, Drabella muralis. It was growing on the inside slopes of some bowl-shaped earthworks, amongst moss of scattered rocks #RecordSubmitted Read more about it on Plant Atlas: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Tiny, adorable carpet of Rue-leaved Saxifrage. I adore miniature plants.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A white Red Dead-nettle seen today was an unusual treat, and also a great example of why capitalisation of species names is a good aid for clarity in writing. @graemelyons.bsky.social

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I enjoyed the placement of this beautiful clump of Ivy-leaved Toadflax.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This is just over a week away, so if you're interested please do book a ticket and join us 🌿

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Some Wall Speedwell (accompanied by a hoard of Firebugs) seen in Thetford today.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I also, by complete chance, bumped into Muscari neglectum today whilst looking for Black Oil Beetles. A pair of dark-purplish stunners.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I've seen all of these species before, but today was the first time I saw all them in a single day; what I am calling 'completing the Breckland speedrun'. Breckland Speedwell, Fingered Speedwell and Spring Speedwell; Veronica praecox, triphyllos, and verna.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I'm just applying a layer of clear snowflake crackle glaze to these gorgeous leaf-imprint tiles from my last workshop. Interested in making your own botanical tile, mug or vase? We have another session available to book on the 10th May: gabrielnichols.co.uk/courses-%26-...

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

On the 15th April, 7pm, I'm going to be joining David Lindo, aka ‪@theurbanbirder.bsky.social‬ for his In Conversation With... series. We'll be talking about our endemic species; the species unique to Britain and found nowhere else on Earth. Book here: theurbanbirderworld.com/live-webinars/

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Another example of #BadNatureJournalism in this article where the author doesn't know how to correctly capitalise & italicise scientific names. If journalism about a subject I understand isn't up to scratch, what does that tell us about their other output? www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwywe3pgq1ro

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Rare fungus found for the first time in UK forest

The blue-based earthtongue, also known as microglossum cyanobasis, was found by a walker in Sussex.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Weirdly, I saw this exact bird in Hull the other week but couldn't get good enough pics to read the ring - glad someone else could!

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We're looking for a volunteer in Northern Ireland to help unlock permissions to allow more monitoring of National Plant Monitoring Scheme squares. Could you be a landowner-detective? Want to help the understanding of change in our flora? This could be the role for you.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Excited to be speaking @gilbertwhites.bsky.social today. Exploring Selborne right now to see how many plants I can record...

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I was driving through East Yorkshire at the weekend when I saw something blue out of the corner of my eye and screeched (safely) to a halt. Looks to be Turkish Squill, spreading impressively far along a hedgerow and road verge. Turns out it's the first record for VC61! #RecordSubmitted

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Went out to get a bit of this gorgeous sun and found a first hectad record for Spring Starflower. Nice onion-scented leaves. #RecordSubmitted

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

But no plants? Another example as plants being seen as a backdrop rather than a centrepiece. Obviously we all have our favourites, but surely Crested Cow-wheat is a bit more of a looker than most mammals...

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Congratulations to our dear friend @commonbynature.bsky.social on the publication today of his Urban Flora of Newcastle and North Tyneside. James is a #BSBICountyRecorder for the area so knows whereof he speaks! More about the book here: bsbi.org/blog/2026/03... Full interview coming very soon!

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Urban Flora of Newcastle and North Tyneside

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I co-lead my first ceramic workshop yesterday - a nature-walk followed by tile-making and vase-making using leaves, flowers and twigs for impressions. Knowledge of plants increased and some gorgeous work produced - can't wait to see how they look after firing.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Lundy has been dramatically described as 'Britain's Galapagos' but it's not an unreasonable comparison. It hosts the only British example of 'co-endemism' - an endemic species that is host to another endemic species (and perhaps even *two* endemic species...) Interested? Book a ticket!

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