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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 57m

A Very Useful List. Microwave here was left on. Also need to make sure I turn the laptop off at night. Both my fault - must do better 😔

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's a very niche area of botany, but I spent my day searching for coastal Atriplex hybrids and found plenty. Both in the River Fowey south of Lostwithiel.

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#WildflowerHour Pleased to report that the Ray's Knotgrass Polygonum oxyspermum ssp raii refound after a gap of 100yrs or so at Gt Yarmouth by @dungenessowen.bsky.social + subsequently a little further south by @hallsecology.bsky.social has migrated down to the developing dune system at Kessingland.

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's very strange. I've seen it behaving as a v definite weed; but its also starting to pop up in dune-slack vegetation in E Anglia which means that soon enough we won't know if the relict dune slack populations are the old quiescent ones or the new and vigorous ones. And does it matter? Discuss....

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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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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".

A Curse Against Stealers Of Books
For him that
stealth a book from
this place, let it
change into a
serpent in his hand
and rend him.
Let him be struck with
palsy,
& all his members
blasted.
Let him languish in
pain crying aloud for
mercy, & let there be be no surcease to his
agony till he sink to
dissolution.
Let bookworms gnaw
his entrails in token of
the Worm that diets not,
& when at last he
goeth to his final
punishment, let the
flames of
hell consume him
forever & aye.
(Monastery Of San Pedro, Barcelona.)

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A request! We can't grow this account fast enough. So please follow us if you aren't already, and please share this post to spread the word. Help us do our bit to share positive solutions to the nature & climate emergencies, and bring more nature into people's lives. Thank you 😊🐝

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Quiz Time. Seeds of a native British species (though these are from Continental stock), found on chalk in Southern England.

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Couldn't agree more. I like trees, but wetland wins every time.

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The Species Recovery Trust @speciesrecovery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meet the rare plant that needs chaos... A thread for #SpeciesOfTheWeek ⤵️

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Really beautiful- I especially like the idea of using 'shed' parts of plants such as alder cones. Wondering now if it's possible to dye fabric/yarn with non-native invasives... apparently Japanese knotweed gives yellow/green/ ochre/pink depending on the plant part used & pH. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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

Great day recently on the saltmarsh at Greyabbey with #BotanicalSkillsNI and Co. Down VCR Graham Day. Compared two eelgrasses, tackled glassworts & oraches, found four glasswort species plus Kattegat Orache (Atriplex x gustafssoniana), phew! Check out bsbi.org/take-part/pr...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

82% of Britons say protecting nature is important to them, new polling by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social shows “You don’t often get that degree of consensus” on any issue, says @luketryl.bsky.social - speaking at an event at Labour Party Conference with the heads of the big nature NGOs

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Well worth highlighting ... but maybe don't plant the non-native laurel pictured in the original article. Someone may already have the full answer to this, but in the UK, but a bit of reading suggests that deciduous trees on the south side of the house are best. 1/2

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Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do you have nature records in notebooks that you never look at and wonder what to do with? I've transcribed 10,000 records from the 1960-70s from a Welsh ornithological legend into @birdtrack.bsky.social and @cofnod.org.uk. And it was fascinating... #BirdingWales www.cofnod.org.uk/news/natural...

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Naturalists' Notebooks: a treasure trove - Cofnod

Naturalists' Notebooks: a treasure trove

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Gorgeous visit to the sunny Lincolnshire coast yesterday to see the latest golf course given back to nature. Credit to @nationaltrust.org.uk for being brave. This is nature as human regen too – fantastic new green infrastructure for Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Skylarks and sandwich terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’

National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools

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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Limonium intercedens found by a colleague at Colne Point last week. A new species for Essex.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/09/2026

this is the guy i reposted the other day who interviewed meta employees with pervert glasses - meta have taken his video down for “harassment”. which makes it one of the most effective pieces of satire in recent memory

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Bastiaan Brak @bastiaanbrak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Q. for (British) botanists: is this just a tiny Field pansy or is it possibly Dwarf pansy? #wildflowerid

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📌 ICYMI — Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down

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Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers

The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down

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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What a farce. As farmers fail to access funds to support sustainable farming, this will undoubtedly mean valuable wildlife habitat (recently created or much older) will be destroyed, as farmers feel they have no option but to intensify their farming systems. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Worse than the scramble for Oasis tickets’: England’s sustainable farming funds run out in just six hours

Entire £233m budget for 2026 allocated in less than a day, leaving thousands of farmers disappointed

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tall Rocket on recently cleared sand dune at Par Sands, Cornwall today. See ALT for evidence of its long-lived seed. Sisymbrium altissimum

Recorded here in 1901, 1910, then 1929 and nothing until 2025 when the dunes were cleared of scrub back to bare sand. Hundreds of S. altissimum then appeared evidencing a long-lived seed bank. They'll probably disappear again as the dunes vegetate over.

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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We did a thing swla.co.uk/support-us/t...

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Extendable weasels are so much more useful around the home and garden than the old sort :)

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking". (Info in alt text.)

A photograph I took quite early on New Year's Day, 2019, while walking on the Isle of Purbeck during the research for my book Ring The Hill, not long before I did a tweet using the photo and this same caption. I imagine it won't have as much impact here, since loads of people have since reused it, and the phrase is now more widely known. It is still very very true, though. Lots of things are solved by walking. Although not everything, obviously.

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#WildflowerHour #StillFlowering the beautiful furry leaves of Marsh St John's-wort Hypericum elodes creeping across the bog at Roydon Common in West Norfolk with one or two lemon yellow flowers still showing.

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Intermediate sundew refound on yesterday's Norfolk Flora group joint meeting with @norfolknats.bsky.social #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lovely to see everyone - and sorry it was so windy (one of the very few things I am unable to organise!)

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

9/ English Pastoral by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social Such a profound book on ecology & our connection with nature from the unique perspective of modern farming. Clarkson's Farm this is not. The writing is sublime. I recommend this to everyone I know working & volunteering in ecology.

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Apols to those looking forward to it, but this year's #NNNS 'Introduction to Wildflowers' being held at Roydon Common 1030-1330 tomorrow is unfortunately going to be led by me rather than Bob L, who just let me know that he's indisposed. On the plus side, the amazing Richard Carter will be there :)

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X88B88 @itsradicalhere.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Petition to rename San Andreas fault to Trumps fault -- change.org/trumpsfault

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Sign the Petition

RENAME SAN ANDREAS FAULT TO TRUMP'S FAULT

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thanks so much for your support. This really is a wonderful site - a chalk spring, a neutral spring and an acidic spring from the Greensand meet in the central marsh - I can't think of a site of this size with such diversity, and the plants and invertebrates to prove ti.

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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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Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

For the #wildflowerhour #favouriteplant challenge 2026, I'm probably going to choose this lovely patch of Coralroot #Orchids (Corallorhiza trifida) from the dunes of South Cumbria. They were absolutely magnificent 🥰

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Research from 2023 out of Boston University found that 40% of dog owners believe vaccines for dogs are unsafe and 30% believe they’re unnecessary; 37% of dog owners believe dogs can develop autism from vaccination. This, of course, closely aligns with current political rhetoric that falsely claims

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ivy with ivy bee from yesterday's Norfolk Flora group meeting @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Blue fleabane from yesterday's Norfolk Flora group meeting @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On holiday in Tuscany and Erigeron bonariensis is abundant on the road verges, they have wine glass shaped inflorescences (very fitting for the region) and purple tipped phyllaries. #wildflowerhour

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Mark A. Spencer @fungiflowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Autumn squill, Scilla/Prospero autumnalis from St Helen’s Duver, IOW for #wildflowehour. This season’s favourite as it’s a lovely plant, reminds me of a recently departed botany friend & I’ve wanted to visit this population for years.

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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Some York Groundsel Senecio eboracensis plants appear to have weathered the drought above ground, & are now in full flower. Good plants currently opposite York Station, convenient for the travelling botanist #wildflowerhour A #FavouritePlant of mine, having been involved in its de-extinction

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Ms M 💚🌱💙🦊🌳🦔🌸🐞🧶♾️ @themorganic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wymondham to host a Pop-up Repair Cafe on 26th Sept! 😁👍♻️🧶🔧🪛✏️👚📻 #ZeroWaste #Norfolk

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We need to ban pensioners from social media, for their own protection.

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Richard Lansdowne has requested specimens with date and grid ref from around the UK if anyone finds plants with ripe fruit which can be attributed to the 'S erectum agg' species.

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