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James Harding-Morris @bsbicountries.bsky.social · 21h

I'm delighted that we have a whole range of talks from our Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project taking place this winter on Tuesday evenings.

Want to learn more about conifers? Rushes? Clubmosses? Hawthorns? Plant Pathogenic Fungi? ROBOTS??

See them all here:
bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

Botanical Skills Webinars – Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 1d

Want to learn more about the National Plant Monitoring Scheme #npms?
Join our 10th anniversary celebrations on volunteer day in Oxford Island, Co Armagh on 25th October (www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...), or in Glenarm, Co Antrim on 6th November (www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...)

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National Plant Monitoring Scheme: 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Northern Ireland – Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, County Armagh, Sat 25 Oct 2025 - The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) turns 10...

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic to have @bsbibotany.bsky.social Chief Executive Julia Hanmer @moschatel.bsky.social attending our #BSBIAutumnMeeting last Sat to speak about BSBI's work in #Ireland & some new region-wide initiatives. Luckily #StormAmy didn't steal the show! Thanks to @npwsireland.bsky.social for support.

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 6d

Want to learn more about the National Plant Monitoring Scheme #npms? Join our online 10th anniversary celebrations on 18th October, or come along in person to our volunteer day in Oxford Island, Co Armagh on 25th October!

www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

Select tickets – National Plant Monitoring Scheme: 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Northern Ireland – Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, County Armagh

National Plant Monitoring Scheme: 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Northern Ireland – Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, County Armagh, Sat 25 Oct 2025 - The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) turns 10...

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 8d

My main reason for visiting the beautiful Port Meadow, Oxford, was to see Marsh Dock Rumex palustris. This species doesn't occur in Hampshire (one record, from 1928), so a special trip was needed. Very pleased, it's a lovely thing. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 8d

The mega rare Creeping Marshwort Helosciadum repens from North Hinksey, Oxford today. Great to see it doing so well there. I couldn't find it on Port Meadow, but that's a huge area! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 8d

How strange! It must be a particularly enthusiastic strain 😃

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Neil Forbes @treebeard793.bsky.social · 9d

Earlier this year we published a summary of our short-term study of the apparent changing phenology of Sabulina verna, Spring Sandwort, at #Arnside Knott in @bsbibotany.bsky.social News. Had a quick visit yesterday and it was by some margin the most abundant flowering species.
#wildflowerhour

Sabulina verna, Spring Sandwort.
Arnside Knott, Heathwaite

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Neil Forbes @treebeard793.bsky.social · 9d

Suaeda maritima, Annual Sea-blite. A pioneer #saltmarsh species that plays a key role in denitrification of soils, and also provides an abundance seeds for wintering passerines and wildfowl.
#wildflowerhour
#MorecambeBay
#Arnside
#Cumbria

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An Beainín Uasal @beainin-uasal.bsky.social · 9d

Fraoch na haon chose / St Dabeoc's Heath brightening up the day in North Connemara in County Galway for #WildflowerHour

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 9d

Lovely to spot Red Campion and Wood Avens flowering in the woods, providing an autumnal food source for pollinators. #wildflowerhour

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 9d

Wood avens with Hoverfly, Blue fleabane, White bryony and Gypsywort. #WildflowerHour

Montage showing Wood avens with a visiting Hoverfly, three Blue fleabane flowers, three White bryony flowers and Gypsywort almost in flower.

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Ben Thomas @benthomas-1983.bsky.social · 9d

Eyebright and Feverfew flowering after the rain and strong winds have eased. #Wildflowerhour

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 9d

A 3-sided pod of Yellow Iris, Iris pseudacorus, that has split open revealing its many flattened red-brown seeds that have started to disperse into a nearby pond, seen in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#YellowIris #Seeds #Autumn #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A dark brown seed pod from a Yellow Iris plant that has split open revealing many flattened red-brown seeds that have started to disperse; against a mainly grey blurred background

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Ben Thomas @benthomas-1983.bsky.social · 9d

Mistletoe - Viscum album berries ripening from pale green to white in the early autumn sunshine. #Wildflowerhour

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 9d

A treat to see these gorgeous photos - it's not so common in NW Ireland, where I am, or the Scottish Highlands, as shown in the @bsbibotany.bsky.social #PlantAtlas

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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 9d

A great morning recording at Whisby Nature Park on Monday, where I was delighted to be able to introduce my friend to the diminutive but characterful Smooth Cat's-ear, flowering for the second time this year on acid sandhills - a particular favourite of mine!
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Smooth Cat's-ear with characteristic red-margined phyllaries

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Jan 🌿 @shypixie76.bsky.social · 9d

This patch of Yellow Toadflax is from September, it really is a beautiful wildflower, so bright and cheerful. Happy Sunday everyone 💛🌿
#SundayYellow #Toadflax
#Wildflowers #WildflowerHour

Yellow Toadflax, it really is a beautiful wildflower, so bright and cheerful

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 9d

I think it's a combination of mild weather and equinoctial daylength?

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 9d

Sweet violet flowering again in Ely. #WildflowerHour

Close-up side view of a deep purple Sweet violet flower against a blurred green background.

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 9d

Searching for the few flowers left after the storm.
A few Daisies survived but most are not tall as this one is
#Wildflowerhour
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@botanybeck.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
#wildflower #October #Autumn After #StormAmy

A solitary Daisy on a tall stem, although only as long as recently cut grass

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely fantastic weekend,caught up with the brilliant @seanronayne.bsky.social at the @shhomeplace.bsky.social for a truly engaging talk on his work as an ornithologist recording birdsong, talking mimicry & how nature has had such an impact on his life.Dawn chorus at Lough Beg was wonderful.

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 9d

Still lots for #wildflowerhour on the dunes: Harebell, Lady's-bedstraw, Pignut, Carline Thistle, Common Milkwort & sumptuous scarlet Waxcaps. More modestly: hairy-white leaves of Mouse-ear Hawkweed, wild thyme #seedheads, kidney vetch leaves and gorgeous goldy-green mosses. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 9d

Papery Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris) always looks spectacular, even when it's gone over (hmm, it always looks a bit like it's gone over!)
Lots on the dunes at #Strandhill, #CoSligo @bsbibotany.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #seedheads (just!)

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Julia Hanmer BSBI 🍁 @moschatel.bsky.social · 10d

A fascinating talk from Sue McBean @organicbotanic.bsky.social illustrating through her beautiful wild plant photos how we can look with new eyes at the plants we study. Very inspiring. I’m now going to be looking at the underside of celandines! @bsbiireland.bsky.social #BSBIAutumnMeeting

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