BSBI Botany
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Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
Studying, appreciating, recording & conserving our wild plants
Supporting the botanists who care about our wild plants
https://bsbi.org/
#GBRedList
#PlantAtlas2020
#NewYearPlantHunt
#WildFlowerHour
Studying, appreciating, recording & conserving our wild plants
Supporting the botanists who care about our wild plants
https://bsbi.org/
#GBRedList
#PlantAtlas2020
#NewYearPlantHunt
#WildFlowerHour
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Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2026!
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
Well done everyone who managed to find some wild plants to photograph in bloom this week after such wet weather.
Congrats also to the little blooming plants!
How many of them will manage to keep flowering through December & right up to #NewYearPlantHunt?
Let's catch up next Sunday & compare notes!
Congrats also to the little blooming plants!
How many of them will manage to keep flowering through December & right up to #NewYearPlantHunt?
Let's catch up next Sunday & compare notes!
Two Fumitories (Tall Ramping and White Ramping, which each grow in these locations), Cow Parsley, Sweet Violet and Dog’s Mercury included in #thewinter10 for #wildflowerhour today
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Well done everyone who managed to find some wild plants to photograph in bloom this week after such wet weather.
Congrats also to the little blooming plants!
How many of them will manage to keep flowering through December & right up to #NewYearPlantHunt?
Let's catch up next Sunday & compare notes!
Congrats also to the little blooming plants!
How many of them will manage to keep flowering through December & right up to #NewYearPlantHunt?
Let's catch up next Sunday & compare notes!
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Two from the local churchyard Greater Perriwinkle and Meadow Buttercup #WildFlowerHour
December 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Two from the local churchyard Greater Perriwinkle and Meadow Buttercup #WildFlowerHour
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On a day full of grey skies and mud, love is still in fashion.
#Wildflowerhour
#Wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
On a day full of grey skies and mud, love is still in fashion.
#Wildflowerhour
#Wildflowerhour
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#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment With the mild autumn corn marigold has been growing and now producing blossoms which seem to be not quite sure whether they should bloom.
December 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment With the mild autumn corn marigold has been growing and now producing blossoms which seem to be not quite sure whether they should bloom.
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Scentless Mayweed, a surprise Rough Chervil, and three cornered Leek from north Cornwall today for #wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Scentless Mayweed, a surprise Rough Chervil, and three cornered Leek from north Cornwall today for #wildflowerhour
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With the mild weather (14°C today), some of my garden plants are starting to bloom again. For this week’s #WildflowerHour, I’ve got a #TheWinter10 mix of wild and garden flowers! 🌿✨
December 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
With the mild weather (14°C today), some of my garden plants are starting to bloom again. For this week’s #WildflowerHour, I’ve got a #TheWinter10 mix of wild and garden flowers! 🌿✨
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Alexander’s, Gorse, Hedge Woundwort and Hogweed flowering near Port Isaac in Cornwall today. Very wet and windy day though.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Alexander’s, Gorse, Hedge Woundwort and Hogweed flowering near Port Isaac in Cornwall today. Very wet and windy day though.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
A timely reminder from the fabulous @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social: even common plants like Red Clover can be mind-blowingly gorgeous when you zoom in and take a really good look at them!
Who needs orchids when we have clovers?
Ok don't tell @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social we said that...
#WildFlowerHour
Who needs orchids when we have clovers?
Ok don't tell @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social we said that...
#WildFlowerHour
Red Clover in our meadow, oblivious to the foul December weather. Love getting really up-close-and-personal with this one, as the tiny flowers are almost orchid-like in their design #wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A timely reminder from the fabulous @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social: even common plants like Red Clover can be mind-blowingly gorgeous when you zoom in and take a really good look at them!
Who needs orchids when we have clovers?
Ok don't tell @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social we said that...
#WildFlowerHour
Who needs orchids when we have clovers?
Ok don't tell @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social we said that...
#WildFlowerHour
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#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment More Field Woundwort though taller and with purple flowers.
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment More Field Woundwort though taller and with purple flowers.
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Dogwood berries in the rain for #WildflowerHour
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Dogwood berries in the rain for #WildflowerHour
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A pretty pink Yarrow flowering in Ely. #WildflowerHour
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A pretty pink Yarrow flowering in Ely. #WildflowerHour
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#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment Speedwell seems to be growing everywhere, the small flowers still visited by pollinators on milder days.
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment Speedwell seems to be growing everywhere, the small flowers still visited by pollinators on milder days.
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Plentiful Cut-Leaved Dead-Nettle in a newly-planted orchard brightened up a dull floral week #wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Plentiful Cut-Leaved Dead-Nettle in a newly-planted orchard brightened up a dull floral week #wildflowerhour
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Saw one sweet violet in flower in the rain this week for #WildflowerHour
December 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Saw one sweet violet in flower in the rain this week for #WildflowerHour
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A walk by the River Soar, Leicester, yesterday: Shaggy Soldier, Shepherd's Purse, Yarrow, Ragwort, White Dead Nettle, Green Alkanet, Parsley family, Meadow Grass, Gorse, Canadian Fleabane (on a cast iron bridge over the river), Ivy and Stinging Nettle. #WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 +2
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A walk by the River Soar, Leicester, yesterday: Shaggy Soldier, Shepherd's Purse, Yarrow, Ragwort, White Dead Nettle, Green Alkanet, Parsley family, Meadow Grass, Gorse, Canadian Fleabane (on a cast iron bridge over the river), Ivy and Stinging Nettle. #WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 +2
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Mullein by the main road (image on the left). Well away from any houses or gardens, but next to a busy thoroughfare, this #pavementplant continues to delight. Definite differences from the November image (on the right) but still resilient #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Mullein by the main road (image on the left). Well away from any houses or gardens, but next to a busy thoroughfare, this #pavementplant continues to delight. Definite differences from the November image (on the right) but still resilient #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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No flowers but rosettes of Musk Thistles, Carduus nutans, seem to prefer growing between vehicle tracks across Icklingham Plains #Suffolk #Brecks! Tracks maybe only used occasionally to feed sheep. They were waiting.
#Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
No flowers but rosettes of Musk Thistles, Carduus nutans, seem to prefer growing between vehicle tracks across Icklingham Plains #Suffolk #Brecks! Tracks maybe only used occasionally to feed sheep. They were waiting.
#Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris #StillFlowering
for #wildflowerhour
Minster Lovell, #Oxfordshire
for #wildflowerhour
Minster Lovell, #Oxfordshire
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris #StillFlowering
for #wildflowerhour
Minster Lovell, #Oxfordshire
for #wildflowerhour
Minster Lovell, #Oxfordshire
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Common storksbill still flowering in Ely. #WildflowerHour
December 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Common storksbill still flowering in Ely. #WildflowerHour
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Winter Jasmine in an old roadside hedgerow, competing with ivy, holly, yew & others #wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Winter Jasmine in an old roadside hedgerow, competing with ivy, holly, yew & others #wildflowerhour
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I walked home from Plumpton Station yesterday and found #thewinter10 - Dandelion, Petty Spurge, Winter Heliotrope, Hedge Bedstraw, Fleabane, Daisy, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Grass, Groundsel and Mexican Fleabane #pavementplants #wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I walked home from Plumpton Station yesterday and found #thewinter10 - Dandelion, Petty Spurge, Winter Heliotrope, Hedge Bedstraw, Fleabane, Daisy, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Grass, Groundsel and Mexican Fleabane #pavementplants #wildflowerhour
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#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment Field Woundwort happily growing through the leaf mulch.
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment Field Woundwort happily growing through the leaf mulch.
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I didn't find ten wildflowers this week, but it was nice to still see at least one wildflower; some Thyme-leaved Speedwell and Common Field Speedwell plants still had flowers #WildflowerHour
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I didn't find ten wildflowers this week, but it was nice to still see at least one wildflower; some Thyme-leaved Speedwell and Common Field Speedwell plants still had flowers #WildflowerHour
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#wildflowerhour
#thewinterten
Surprised myself by managing to find ten slightly bedraggled plants in flower on a rainy walk around our village today. Dandelion, daisy, red valerian, red deadnettle, hazel, primrose, yarrow (red and white forms) petty spurge, and white deadnettle.
#thewinterten
Surprised myself by managing to find ten slightly bedraggled plants in flower on a rainy walk around our village today. Dandelion, daisy, red valerian, red deadnettle, hazel, primrose, yarrow (red and white forms) petty spurge, and white deadnettle.
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#wildflowerhour
#thewinterten
Surprised myself by managing to find ten slightly bedraggled plants in flower on a rainy walk around our village today. Dandelion, daisy, red valerian, red deadnettle, hazel, primrose, yarrow (red and white forms) petty spurge, and white deadnettle.
#thewinterten
Surprised myself by managing to find ten slightly bedraggled plants in flower on a rainy walk around our village today. Dandelion, daisy, red valerian, red deadnettle, hazel, primrose, yarrow (red and white forms) petty spurge, and white deadnettle.