Fran Sinclair
@notfrangible.bsky.social
Plants are my passion but the rest of the world is pretty fascinating, too. Except sport.
Very early for #WildflowerHour but stuck on the train and will be busy once home. First half of my #theWinter10 from (mostly) Wiltshire this week: Molewort, Musk Mallow, Pale Galingale, Snapdragon, Sun Spurge. 2nd half: Rape, Red Deadnettle, Broom (look closely!), Scentless Mayweed & Sweet Violet
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Very early for #WildflowerHour but stuck on the train and will be busy once home. First half of my #theWinter10 from (mostly) Wiltshire this week: Molewort, Musk Mallow, Pale Galingale, Snapdragon, Sun Spurge. 2nd half: Rape, Red Deadnettle, Broom (look closely!), Scentless Mayweed & Sweet Violet
Reposted by Fran Sinclair
Paul’s tips for promoting botanical education: 1 Make it enjoyable 2 Make it intellectually stimulating 3 Field work 4 Communicate widely.
“Guerrilla Botany” - putting field and botany modules into university courses. The #BIBConf25 kicking off to an exciting start with @bsbibotany.bsky.social President Paul Ashton on the role of botany in the 21st Century.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Paul’s tips for promoting botanical education: 1 Make it enjoyable 2 Make it intellectually stimulating 3 Field work 4 Communicate widely.
Reposted by Fran Sinclair
Congratulations to Alys Fowler for her wonderful book ‘Peatlands,’ winner of @bsbibotany.bsky.social and The Wildflower Society Presidents’ Award presented today at #BIBConf25
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Congratulations to Alys Fowler for her wonderful book ‘Peatlands,’ winner of @bsbibotany.bsky.social and The Wildflower Society Presidents’ Award presented today at #BIBConf25
Reposted by Fran Sinclair
Pete Stroh @bsbibotany.bsky.social on the newly published GB Red List for vascular plants at #BIBconf25 a standardised assessment of conservation status. Fascinating hearing about the challenges of using the IUCN criteria developed on mammals for plants. bsbi.org/learn/public...
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Pete Stroh @bsbibotany.bsky.social on the newly published GB Red List for vascular plants at #BIBconf25 a standardised assessment of conservation status. Fascinating hearing about the challenges of using the IUCN criteria developed on mammals for plants. bsbi.org/learn/public...
Superb garden of hosts near Ormskirk prior to #BIBConf25 tomorrow.
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Superb garden of hosts near Ormskirk prior to #BIBConf25 tomorrow.
Hart’s Tongue and Wall Rue at Bradford-on-Avon station #FernFriday
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hart’s Tongue and Wall Rue at Bradford-on-Avon station #FernFriday
And the fruits! Rosehip, Spindle, Privet, Hawthorn and Bittersweet #NotTheWinter10 #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
And the fruits! Rosehip, Spindle, Privet, Hawthorn and Bittersweet #NotTheWinter10 #WildflowerHour
And still they come! Common Fumitory, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Yarrow, Grey Field-Speedwell and Water Bent for #theWinter10 extras #WildFlowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And still they come! Common Fumitory, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Yarrow, Grey Field-Speedwell and Water Bent for #theWinter10 extras #WildFlowerHour
Second tranche for #theWinter10 - Stinking Hellebore, Bush Vetchling, Nipplewort with a frosty background, Adria Bellflower and Red Valerian #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Second tranche for #theWinter10 - Stinking Hellebore, Bush Vetchling, Nipplewort with a frosty background, Adria Bellflower and Red Valerian #WildflowerHour
Good grief! Look at the time! 5 of my #theWinter10 - Hogweed, a not very enthusiastic Red Deadnettle, Smooth Sowthistle, Winter Heliotrope and Bristly Oxtongue #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Good grief! Look at the time! 5 of my #theWinter10 - Hogweed, a not very enthusiastic Red Deadnettle, Smooth Sowthistle, Winter Heliotrope and Bristly Oxtongue #WildflowerHour
And a bonus 3 for #WildflowerHour: lovely Shaggy Soldier, my first Winter Heliotrope of the season and one of many White Deadnettles undaunted by weather. All in Bradford-on-Avon.
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And a bonus 3 for #WildflowerHour: lovely Shaggy Soldier, my first Winter Heliotrope of the season and one of many White Deadnettles undaunted by weather. All in Bradford-on-Avon.
Second half of #theWinter10, all from Waterford: Cornsalad, Creeping Thistle, Rape (I think), Red Clover and Black Medick.
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Second half of #theWinter10, all from Waterford: Cornsalad, Creeping Thistle, Rape (I think), Red Clover and Black Medick.
The first half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour Ivy-leaved Toadflax and Annual Meadow Grass above Waterford’s John’s River, Forgetmenot and Annual Mercury in the backstreets and a Mayweed above the River Suir.
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The first half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour Ivy-leaved Toadflax and Annual Meadow Grass above Waterford’s John’s River, Forgetmenot and Annual Mercury in the backstreets and a Mayweed above the River Suir.
So busy with travelling v weather that I missed #FridayFerns - here are some from the walls of Waterford: Rustyback, Wall Rue, Maidenhair Spleenwort (with fab Navelwort) and Polypody.
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So busy with travelling v weather that I missed #FridayFerns - here are some from the walls of Waterford: Rustyback, Wall Rue, Maidenhair Spleenwort (with fab Navelwort) and Polypody.
In a park in Waterford, fabulous orange offerings for #MushroomMonday
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In a park in Waterford, fabulous orange offerings for #MushroomMonday
#theWinter10 are all yellow this week with Groundsel, Smooth Sowthistle, Dandelion, Bristly Oxtongue and Common Ragwort, then Yellow Corydalis, Hedge Mustard, Hoary Mustard, Nipplewort and Hawkweed Oxtongue. All from Wiltshire for #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#theWinter10 are all yellow this week with Groundsel, Smooth Sowthistle, Dandelion, Bristly Oxtongue and Common Ragwort, then Yellow Corydalis, Hedge Mustard, Hoary Mustard, Nipplewort and Hawkweed Oxtongue. All from Wiltshire for #WildflowerHour
This Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris doesn’t fit my self-imposed colour scheme (🙄) for Sunday’s #WildflowerHour but as it’s one of my favourite plants and it was much bigger than I usually see - and a bigger population - here it is for #FleabaneFriday 😄
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris doesn’t fit my self-imposed colour scheme (🙄) for Sunday’s #WildflowerHour but as it’s one of my favourite plants and it was much bigger than I usually see - and a bigger population - here it is for #FleabaneFriday 😄
The second half of #theWinter10 mostly from Bradford-on-Avon for #WildflowerHour Trailing Bellflower, Dwarf Mallow, Chalk Knapweed, Michaelmas Daisy and Purple Toadflax
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The second half of #theWinter10 mostly from Bradford-on-Avon for #WildflowerHour Trailing Bellflower, Dwarf Mallow, Chalk Knapweed, Michaelmas Daisy and Purple Toadflax
First half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour - Bramble, Herb Robert, Himalayan Balsam, Meadow Cranesbill and Red Campion. All from Bradford-on-Avon this week.
November 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
First half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour - Bramble, Herb Robert, Himalayan Balsam, Meadow Cranesbill and Red Campion. All from Bradford-on-Avon this week.
Possibly not in the spirit of #ThickTrunkTuesday but these are the only trees I’ve photographed this week! Beside the river in the country park at Bradford-on-Avon.
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Possibly not in the spirit of #ThickTrunkTuesday but these are the only trees I’ve photographed this week! Beside the river in the country park at Bradford-on-Avon.
Star of the arable Upavon site was Night-flowering Catchfly - masses of it 😍 #WildflowerHour
October 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Star of the arable Upavon site was Night-flowering Catchfly - masses of it 😍 #WildflowerHour
Small Toadflax, Viper’s Bugloss, Wild Mignonette, Saw-wort and Common Toadflax from sites near Upavon for #WildflowerHour
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Small Toadflax, Viper’s Bugloss, Wild Mignonette, Saw-wort and Common Toadflax from sites near Upavon for #WildflowerHour
Between buses in Trowbridge I found some nice #PavementPlants for #WildflowerHour Hemp Agrimony, Common Mallow, Thornapple (a lot of it about this year), Michaelmas Daisy and a Snapdragon.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Between buses in Trowbridge I found some nice #PavementPlants for #WildflowerHour Hemp Agrimony, Common Mallow, Thornapple (a lot of it about this year), Michaelmas Daisy and a Snapdragon.
Wall Brown hoping for sun this afternoon near Upavon #WildWebsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Wall Brown hoping for sun this afternoon near Upavon #WildWebsWednesday
Almost forgot #ThickTrunkTuesday - some Crack Willow doing what it says. Littleton Panell, Wiltshire
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Almost forgot #ThickTrunkTuesday - some Crack Willow doing what it says. Littleton Panell, Wiltshire