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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · 3d

Achillea and Trifolium pratense 3/3 #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · 3d

Wood Avens, Dandelion (?), Herb Robert, Gorse 2/3 #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · 3d

A nice selection on Ruardean Hill, the highest point in the Forest of Dean at 290m high. Shepherd’s Purse, Ivy, Creeping Buttercup and Evening Primrose 1/3 #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yesterday, the UK’s leading insect conservation charities launched the Declaration on the UK Insect Declines Crisis at the @WildSummitUK🚨

This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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A close-up of a bumblebee feeding on a sunflower. Text reads: Insect crisis declared. The UK’s leading insect conservation charities launch the Declaration on the UK Insect Declines Crisis.

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Jul 20

A few flowering gems alongside an industrial estate in Cinderford. And it’s wonderful to see so many bees, bugs and butterflies enjoying the sunshine. #WildflowerHour #ForestOfDean @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Jun 29

A duo of pyramidal orchids spotted on the roadside verge of an industrial estate in Cinderford #WildflowerHour #orchid #BSBI

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Apr 20

More from Wigpool including Celandine, Violet, Bluebell and Wood Sorrel. #WildflowerHour #WoodlandFlora #AncientWoodland #ForestOfDean

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Apr 20

Came across this wonderful large patch of toothwort in Wigpool Nature Reserve. Also in flower were violet, wood sorrel, bluebell and wild garlic but I got rather carried away with the toothwort! #WildflowerHour #WoodlandFlora #ForestOfDean #AncientWoodland

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Apr 10

This Tulipa elegans rubra has caught the tulip breaking virus hence the beautiful flame-like stripes. Back in the 17thC this ‘broken’ bulb could fetch more than the price of a house in Amsterdam. For us it’s just a lucky surprise in the garden🌷
#TulipFever #BrokenTulip #GardenHistory #SpringInBloom

WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Mar 9

It was also lovely to see a Red Admiral, a Brimstone, some huge bumblebees and lots of frogspawn 😀🐝

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Mar 9

On the highest point of the Forest of Dean at Ruardean Hill - Lesser Celandine, Veronica Persica, Bittercress and Gorse #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social #ForestOfDean

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Feb 6

A great opportunity to get involved with this wonderful charity and help make a difference.

BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Feb 5

We're hiring!
Could you help create a resilient future for the Botanical Society, working across our teams to support staff and volunteers?
Apply to become our first ever Administration Officer: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Not applying yourself? Then please help us spread the word! Deadline: 2nd March

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · Feb 5

This scrap of blanket bog nr Callander has nationally scarce Tall Bog-sedge, locally scarce Few-flowered Sedge, and rarely recorded fungus Exobasidium oxycoccii.
But Sitka Spruce is invading from the adjacent plantation - action needed whilst the trees are still small!
@bsbiscience.bsky.social

Looking over a small area of gingery-brown bog next to a road, with colonising Sitka Spruce trees coming from an adjacent mature plantation on the left, and younger broad-leaved woodland plantation on the right

Looking over a small area of gingery-brown bog with colonising Sitka Spruce saplings, and young broad-leaved plantation behind

The beautiful Tall Bog-sedge (Carex magellanica), a sedge with three drooping clusters of female flowers looking spiky and coloured brown and green, against a background of out-of-focus green vegetation and brownish moss

Exobasidium oxycocci, a parasitic fungus of Cranberry, forming upright, swollen, ghostly whitish or pink terminal shoots at the end of the trailing Cranberry stems

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Julia Hanmer BSBI 🍁 @moschatel.bsky.social · Feb 3

Every data point tells a unique story. Every volunteer adds a unique perspective. Together we’re building a more complete picture of biodiversity. #NatureForAll

BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Feb 3

We're proud to be 1 of 10 UKTEPoP partners who today published a joint statement pledging our commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion in UK species monitoring schemes:
jncc.gov.uk/our-work/ukt...
We need to better understand how biodiversity loss is impacting under-recorded areas & communities.

Botanists surveying an urban/ post-industrial site in South Wales

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Feb 2

It certainly felt like the start of spring this weekend with bursts of colour from primroses, snowdrops, daffodils and purple dead nettle #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Jan 19

Just a forlorn looking daisy at Linear Park in Cinderford #Wildflowerhour

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Jan 13

Lovely to see the dam that beavers in the Forest of Dean have built. Such remarkable little animals 🦫😍
#beavers
#ForestofDean
#rewilding
#nature
#wildlife

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Jan 8

Not the best photo but just wanted to share the importance of keeping your garden untidy during the winter so that birds like goldfinches and bullfinches can forage for food. Well that’s my excuse anyway!
#gardenbirds
#wildlife
#nature
#naturefriendly
#gardening

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Jan 3

A gorgeous day for a walk in the mossy woodland around Speech House before the snow hits us tomorrow ❄️

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Jan 1

So #NewYearPlantHunt is over for another year.
Please send in all your records by Sunday so we can analyse them & report back.
Meanwhile here's our Day 4 round-up: what we know so far, messages from the Hunt founders & a shout-out to the fab Support Team!
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/01/new-...

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Jan 1

Great to see the results of this #NewYearPlantHunt from our friend @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social.
Trevor is a #BSBItrustee & the mastermind behind #NoMowMay.
Watch out for his new book on Urban Plants coming soon & check out this fab taster video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2-p...

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Jan 1

Thank you!

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Jan 1

A much better haul of wild plants today on the last day of the @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt - Daisy; Periwinkle; Yarrow; Gorse; Primrose; Herb Robert; Ranunculus, Purple Rock Cress & Viburnum. We also spotted these 2 plants but not sure on their ID. Could anyone help?

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · Jan 1

Wow! A fantastic 15,757 unique plant records for @bsbibotany.bsky.social's #NewYearPlantHunt submitted to date, huge well done all! 🎉 The top 5 most frequently spotted are the same as the 2024 results, however some changes thereafter, such as Petty Spurge in 6th:
nyph.bsbi.org/results.php?...

Screenshot of the BSBI New Year Plant Hunt live results board, showing the top 10 most frequently recorded plants: 1 - "Daisy" 2 - "Dandelions" 3 - "Groundsel" 4 - "Annual Meadow-grass" 5 - "White Dead-nettle" 6 - "Petty Spurge" 7 - "Gorse" 8 - "Red Dead-nettle" 9 - "Shepherd's-purse" 10 - "Smooth Sow-thistle"

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WildPlantWanderer @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social · Dec 31

Flip-Flop looks like the purrfect little helper ❤️

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