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Fundraising & engagement at BSBI, British Exploring, Trees for Life, Slow Ways Women's rep at Menston CC 🥾🏞️ Optimism in action. She/her.

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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 · 07/09/2026
Congrats to @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social on being awarded the 2026 Presidents' Award for his book 'Urban Plants'. The Award is made annually by the BSBI & @wildflowersociety.bsky.social Presidents for the most useful contribution (book, paper, discovery etc.) to our flora bsbi.org/about/news/l...
Trevor Dines and fellow BSBI trustee Nicola Tainton, with copies of Trevor's book 'Urban Plants', at the 2025 British & Irish Botanical Conference.
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The BSBI team is assembling at Univ Reading for #BUC2026 Come up & say hi to us - that's me (Louise), @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social & @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social - if you're here too! We are proud to support @bucbotany.bsky.social again in 2026. Good luck to all the wonderful contestants!
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Deadline to apply to become our new Local Change Prohect Coordinator is 9am on Monday. Just 3 days away! Want to lead this great new project to provide crucial data on the state of our wild plants? Then please get your application in! bsbi.org/about/people...
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Local Change Project Coordinator
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Today is #WorldPhotographyDay! There's no better time for you to sort out your most stunning botanical photos & get ready to enter them into our Botanical Photographer of the Year competition! Check out 👇 some of last year's entries across 3 categories. Find out more: bsbi.org/about/news/l...
White water-lily in Dunbartonshire by Fiona Merrilees. Category: IntrepidSpotted Cat's-ear in Cornwall by David Steere. Category: InclusiveIvy flower in Cambridgeshire by Edward Burden. Category: Inquisitive
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
After such a hot summer, are you ready to think about something really cool? So cool, it's actually frosted? Yes, we're already planning our 16th #NewYearPlantHunt! We advertised a record number of group hunts (88!) last year. If you're planning a group hunt, let us know: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
A botanist, wrapped up warmly against the cold, holds out a bunch of frosted wild flowers covered in ice crystals
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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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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We're delighted to announce the entire 16-strong judging panel for our 2026 Botanical Photographer of the Year competition! Mugshots below 👇 or check out all their biogs here: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Then select your very best plant photos to enter into the competition: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Thumbnail photos of the 16-strong judging panel in the 2026 Botanical Photographer of the Year competition
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What a treat to see this interview with the fab @christhorogood.bsky.social for @botany.one: www.botany.one/chris-thorog... Love his advice to young scientists! Want more about Chris? Check out this interview when we published his & Fred Rumsey's seminal Broomrapes Handbook: bsbi.org/blog/2021/04...
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BSBI Handbook #22: Broomrapes of Britain & Ireland: interview with Chris Thorogood (joint author)
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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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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 flower3 volunteer members record wild plants on a windswept Hebridean islandExamining 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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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We are so proud of Pete Stroh (BSBI Scientific Officer) & Helena Crouch ( #BSBICountyRecorder & #BSBItrustee)! Yesterday they were awarded the hugely prestigious 2026 Marsh Botany Award by the Marsh Charitable Trust for services to UK botany! Here's why: www.marshcharitabletrust.org/award/marsh-...
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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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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We've teamed up with our friends at the National Biodiversity Data Centre to bring you a fab all-day event about plant-pollinator relationships of wetlands. It's on 2 June at Peatlands Park, Co. Armagh & it's absolutely FREE! bsbi.org/take-part/ev... @obeckett98.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social
A gleaming green beetle sits on the pink flower of a Thrift plant
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Our #100Plants2026 challenge is a huge success! >38K records submitted so far of 1,237 species by 989 recorders (most had never tried any #WildFlowerID before!) Support package includes FREE in-person events, eg Devon 28 May, Cheshire 30 May + 15 more events this summer: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
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The 100 Plants in 2026 Challenge
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We (me & @tomheap.bsky.social ) were back in the studio today for a new series of Rare Earth 🎉🌍. We start this Friday (12 on BBC Radio 4, online after) with a celebration of flowers - much more than just the pretty face of a plant. Earth is a flower power planet; tune in on Friday to hear how & why!
Helen and Tom in a studio with the Rare Earth logo behind them
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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The things we do for plants…
Being eaten alive by a cave whilst hunting for ferns. Just my legs are sticking out of a narrow slot, whilst a fellow botanist photographs my predicament 😂
Photo by Ruth Alexander, NTS
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Within reach of Crystal Palace, London on Sun 21 June? Please do join me on the summer solstice to celebrate the publication of my book **Wild Pavements** & support a very special indie bookshop, Bookseller Crow. Details/tickets in thread 👇 #naturewriting #urbannature #urbanbotany #indiebookshop
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
BSBI has always been proud to support #YoungDarwinScholarship! All the Young Darwins receive free @bsbibotany.bsky.social digital membership & are invited to our special student networking event. Please repost & spread the word about this fab initiative run by our friends @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
#NoMowMay has started! Are you taking part? Find out how we are supporting our friends @plantlifeuk.bsky.social in their annual campaign to boost lawn biodiversity: bsbi.org/blog/2026/05... Leave your mower in the shed & let the wildflowers bloom: you'll be supporting pollinators & other wildlife!
Wildflowers bloom on the edge of a gardener's lawn, where a patch has been left unmown for No Mow May
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Based in Northern Ireland? Want to support @npms.bsky.social & help unlock plant survey sites across NI? Then we have a fabulous volunteer opportunity for you! Check it out: bsbi.org/about/people...
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Name That Plant is an amazing #WildFlowerID resource created by @milneorchid.bsky.social! The website namethatplant.org is built on a photo library of >2,700 plant taxa. We were delighted when Richard very kindly agreed to let us use those fabulous images on the new BSBI website: bsbi.org/plants!
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Plants
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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Urban botany at its sweetest!
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Brits talk about 'pushing up the daisies' when we end our days. In Polish, it's 'smelling the flowers from underneath' & in Spanish, it's 'raising mallows'! This #FreeWillsMonth, we encourage you to consider what you can leave to loved ones, including a future for our wildflowers in the years ahead.
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Reminder that the deadline to apply for this great role as BSBI Wales Officer is midnight on Monday 23 February. Interested? Apply here: bsbi.org/about/people... Sounds good but not for you? Please share this post and help us spread the word!
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Wales Officer (Priority Plants Project)
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Today @bsbibotany.bsky.social is delighted to be at the launch of the 2025 RACE report. We're proud to join 137 environmental NGOs submitting diversity data (8, like us, submitting data for the 1st time). Find out more & download the report: www.race-report.uk/report/diver...
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Diversity data report | The RACE Report
Read the latest diversity data submitted by environmental charities and funders to progress diversity and inclusion through transparency.
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Are you planning to undertake a project in 2026 which involves collecting plant-related data? Would you like <£1,000 towards your costs? Apply for a #BSBIPlantStudyGrant! Here's how: bsbi.org/learn/grants... Read how a #BSBIGrant helped Katherine research ancient meadows: bsbi.org/blog/2026/01...
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
We're hiring! Could you become our new Wales Officer, lead our Priority Plants Project & support #BSBICountyRecorders across Wales? Apply here: bsbi.org/about/people... Deadline: 23 February Interested but not for you? Please help us spread the word!
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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#NewYearPlantHunt this year was such a joyous coming together of botanists! Onwards and upwards 🌼🌱 With additional thanks to great colleagues and supporters @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social and @metoffice.gov.uk
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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
My own frosty #NewYearPlantHunt! Great to get out this morning and look for plant treasures in aid of @bsbibotany.bsky.social and evidence-based conservation. Brilliantly easy with the app, adding photos to let someone else suffer my lack of chickweed skills 😅 best find, a white Red Valerian 🤩
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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Wondering whether to bother with the #NewYearPlantHunt? This is why! Evidencing the impacts of climate change on our plants, environment and our everyday. Climate change can seem nebulous and far away - this demonstrates its effects in your street… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown
New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
We're delighted that our friends @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social have made #NewYearPlantHunt a #12DaysWild activity! Find out how to take part & learn more about how our wild plants are responding to a changing climate & what this means for all our wildlife: www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/guest/j...
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Join the New Year Plant Hunt! | The Wildlife Trusts
Get involved with the New Year Plant Hunt with our friends at the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI). From 1st-4th January take part in this citizen science project and help wildlife at t...
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
What's the perfect #ChristmasGift for the plant-lover in your life? If they're not already #BSBImembers, how about a year's membership of @bsbibotany.bsky.social? Choose a printed membership pack, posted to your loved one, or a digital pack pinging into their Inbox on Christmas Day. bsbi.org/gift
Botanists walk through a plant-filled landscape on Midsummer's Day, beneath a setting sun
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt! From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom. Resources to help us: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Goodness gracious me, knock me over with a Lathyrus nissolia - it's barely five and a half hours into Day 1 of #ChristmasChallenge and we've already raised over £8,300 towards this project! That's phenomenal - thank you to all donors so far - maybe we'll raise over target for this great project!
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Help us unlock the Plants of the Past, by supporting volunteers to digitise decades of paper records & inform C21st science! @biggive.bsky.social From #GivingTuesday to 9 Dec, we have £10K in matched funds to unlock: every donation, however small, will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Unlocking the Plants of the Past – Big Give
Decades of botanical observations of our vital wild plants are trapped in paper records and archives - through the efforts …
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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Last week in Torridon with @treesforlife.bsky.social was sensational. Cannot recommend their rewilding weeks more for health, wealth and the contentment of positive action as a group 🫶🏞🌱
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
There wouldn't have been a new BSBI website without months of sterling work by the amazing @anthophiledreams.bsky.social, our ace IT guy James Drever & the fabulous @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social who led the website redevelopment team. 3 wonderful BSBI colleagues supporting our botanical community!
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Checked out our shiny new website yet? bsbi.org New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID? We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area. Seasoned botanist? All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We're proud to announce the winners of the 2025 BSBI Photo Competition! 3 categories - intrepid, inquisitive & inclusive - reflecting our Society's values. Winning pix 👇 by Ian Francis, Catriona Matheson & Edward Burden: congratulations! Full details & links to all entries: bsbi.org/photographic...
Child with Great Reedmace (Typha latifolia) in Cambridgeshire by Edward BurdenClose-up of Grass-of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), in Birnie, Morayshire, by Catriona MathesonBotanist venturing 'Into the depths' to find aquatic plants at Loch Ullachie, Aberdeenshire by Ian Francis
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
A lovely gift for Simon Milne, the outgoing Regius Keeper @thebotanics.bsky.social, to thank him for his years of support for botany in Scotland. The full eBook collection of 24 #BSBIHandbooks is a great resource, available to purchase for £160: bsbi.org/publications... @bsbiscotland.bsky.social
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Handbooks – Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Best time to join the growing ranks of #BSBImembers? In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined! 2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
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BSBI membership: save money with our autumn special offer
For the last three years, we have launched our   autumn membership special offer  by saying that 'in a rapidly changing world, our wild plan...
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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The irony of working for plants is that often keeps you sat at a desk 🫠 a fantastic time at the #NPMS10 celebrations today, but topped off by running round Harewood in the twilight to see some lovely autumn sights (and so much bloody Himalayan Balsam, I can still smell it 😣) 🍂🍄
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Julia Hanmer BSBI 🍁 @moschatel.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Join us online tomorrow to celebrate 10 years of the National Plant Monitoring scheme. Hear from the volunteers who take part. Talks 11-4pm (or pick & mix). Booking link below. Looking forward to celebrating 10 years amongst the wildflowers with you! #NPMS10 @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Me in my woodland NPMS survey plot. My pond survey plot
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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
It's the best time to join! We have so much in the pipeline, and the plants are as incredible as always. Join annually and get 15 months for the price of 12!
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We're hiring! Could you help us support & grow the community of botanists across Northern Ireland? Manage our @daera-ni.gov.uk-funded Botanical Skills Training Project? Help boost participation in @npms.bsky.social across NI? Please apply by midnight this Sunday, 21 Sept: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
We invite all #BSBImembers & supporters to take part in our 2025 survey & help inform our future direction! All responders receive a 60% discount code on our eBooks until the end of September & there's a prize draw to win a year's free membership. Start the survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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BSBI Member and Supporter Survey 2025
We are looking to learn more about our members, and supporters, and about how the BSBI is working. As a Society, it is vital that we work with members to meet our goals and ensure we have the greatest...
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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
A new neat damp discovery today, what I think is Dog Stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus) beside Lindley Wood Reservoir, looking as bizarre and crabstick-like as it might be want to do 🤯🍄
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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
If you're ever having an ambivalent day, head outside and let nature give you a little slap in the face for such silliness 🤩
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Out now, Brambles of Scotland by Angus Hannah, #BSBICountyRecorder for Clyde Isles. This is the latest title in our #BSBIHandbooks series, essential resources for #WildFlowerID on tricky plant groups. Special offer (£7 off!) for #BSBImembers ordering the book. Find out more: bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...
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