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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · 23h

White deadnettle, yarrow and bramble #StillFlowering in East Yorkshire for #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 23d

Does anyone have any good resources (or their own examples) for how to make a good scientific poster to share with students.

Please RT!

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 12d

Our annual membership special offer opens today!
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · 11d

RIP Jane Goodall - Inspiration to many a young aspiring ecologist

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17d

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · Sep 10

VACANCY: Trainee Lichenologist @n-t-s.bsky.social

Not seen one of these advertised before!

www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...

Trainee Lichenologist

www.asva.co.uk

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · 28d

Some berries for #WildFlowerHour dogwood, rosehips, sloe and hawthorn @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Aug 3

Marestail (Hippuris vulgaris)- a flowering plant unlike the similar looking horsetails. Plus, bog pimpernel taken at a stretch while trying not to fall into a ditch! #BSBI local field meeting in North Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Jul 27

Borage, meadow cranesbill and field bindweed in East Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Jul 20

Harebells at Loch Vaa #Cairngorms #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Hull & East Riding Green Party @hullergreens.bsky.social · Jul 16

Exciting news breaking just now…

bridlingtonecho.co.uk/three-bridli...

Three Bridlington councillors join the Green Party after resigning from the Yorkshire Party

Three Bridlington councillors who were memebers of the Yorkshire Party have today (16 July, 2025), joined the Green Party, giving

bridlingtonecho.co.uk

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Jul 13

White Bryony #HairyPlants and member of the cucumber family, found in London so also #UrbanPlants #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Jun 29

Just two of the hundreds of pyramidal orchids plus a broad-leaved evergreen pea on the Yorkshire Wolds #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Jun 23

Late again for #WildFlowerHour! Common water crowfoot in unseasonably dry wet pasture and river water-dropwort from recent local group @bsbibotany.bsky.social field meeting for #AquaticPlants @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Jun 16

Slightly late for #WildFlowerHour! Bee orchid for #UrbanPlants One plant appeared in the lawn last year. This year four plants, three survived and two flowering 🙂

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Jun 8

Three yellow #PeaFamily members - birdsfoot trefoil, gorse and broom in the #Cairngorms National Park #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Jun 1

Harestail cotton-grass #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Cairngorms National Park @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · Jun 1

Insectivorous butterwort #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Cairngorms National Park @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · May 29

The village of Blatten in Switzerland is partly buried by the collapse of a glacier which melted because our greenhouse gas emissions warmed the climate.

Another reminder that choosing to not invest enough today to reduce emissions means far greater costs for society in the long term.

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · May 25

Meadowsweet just coming into flower #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · May 18

Not a flower this week (although it looks a bit like a green plantain) but a fern - Adderstongue #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · May 13

Come and explore the gardens and glasshouses at the Friends of Thwaite Gardens Open Day @uniofhull.bsky.social this Sunday 18th May, 11am-4pm
thwaite-gardens.hull.ac.uk/events-diary/

Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · May 11

Cow parsley, germander #speedwell and ribwort plantain #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Lindsey Atkinson @ljatkinson.bsky.social · May 4

Ransoms and cuckoo pint in East Yorkshire woodland #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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