A flowering grass growing as a pavement plant in Laundress Lane, Cambridge. #WildflowerID #WildflowerHour
May 17, 2026 at 7:47 PM
A flowering grass growing as a pavement plant in Laundress Lane, Cambridge. #WildflowerID #WildflowerHour
Can you find, identify & record 100 wild plants in 2026?
BSBI is confident that (with our support) yes, you can!
Beginner botanists, will you accept the challenge?
Sign up today for #100Plants2026 challenge:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Check out the webinars & #WildFlowerID help we've prep'd for you!
BSBI is confident that (with our support) yes, you can!
Beginner botanists, will you accept the challenge?
Sign up today for #100Plants2026 challenge:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Check out the webinars & #WildFlowerID help we've prep'd for you!
February 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Can you find, identify & record 100 wild plants in 2026?
BSBI is confident that (with our support) yes, you can!
Beginner botanists, will you accept the challenge?
Sign up today for #100Plants2026 challenge:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Check out the webinars & #WildFlowerID help we've prep'd for you!
BSBI is confident that (with our support) yes, you can!
Beginner botanists, will you accept the challenge?
Sign up today for #100Plants2026 challenge:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Check out the webinars & #WildFlowerID help we've prep'd for you!
We have 3 fab #WildFlowerID webinars lined up for you this spring. Led by national experts. All absolutely free!
22 Apr: Mulleins with Mike Crewe
7 May: Mints with Ambroise Baker
10 June: Broomrapes with @christhorogood.bsky.social
Details & booking links:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/shar...
22 Apr: Mulleins with Mike Crewe
7 May: Mints with Ambroise Baker
10 June: Broomrapes with @christhorogood.bsky.social
Details & booking links:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/shar...
March 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We have 3 fab #WildFlowerID webinars lined up for you this spring. Led by national experts. All absolutely free!
22 Apr: Mulleins with Mike Crewe
7 May: Mints with Ambroise Baker
10 June: Broomrapes with @christhorogood.bsky.social
Details & booking links:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/shar...
22 Apr: Mulleins with Mike Crewe
7 May: Mints with Ambroise Baker
10 June: Broomrapes with @christhorogood.bsky.social
Details & booking links:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/shar...
Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter?
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter?
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
Sumptuous displays of orchids on Teesside this week; Bee, Pyramidal and Common Spotted but also various Marsh and/or Heath Spotted (and possibly some hybrids) which are beyond my level! But all beautiful and all different.
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID #botany
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID #botany
June 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Sumptuous displays of orchids on Teesside this week; Bee, Pyramidal and Common Spotted but also various Marsh and/or Heath Spotted (and possibly some hybrids) which are beyond my level! But all beautiful and all different.
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID #botany
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID #botany
Checked out our shiny new website yet?
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Checked out our shiny new website yet?
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour!
Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland.
Got a mystery plant?
Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from fellow botanists in the friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social community
Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland.
Got a mystery plant?
Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from fellow botanists in the friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social community
A 5 mile transect walked the length of my island home yesterday was surprisingly productive for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social material - though no shocks until the very last, a Sea Pink running extraordinarily late in the year.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
September 27, 2026 at 6:58 PM
It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour!
Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland.
Got a mystery plant?
Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from fellow botanists in the friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social community
Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland.
Got a mystery plant?
Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from fellow botanists in the friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social community
Think I’ve got Spear-leaved and Grass-leaved Orache? Or variable forms of Common Orache? Plus Frosted Orache in the second post below. Teesmouth, North Gare. (1/2)
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
September 27, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Think I’ve got Spear-leaved and Grass-leaved Orache? Or variable forms of Common Orache? Plus Frosted Orache in the second post below. Teesmouth, North Gare. (1/2)
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2025!
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course Identiplant & courses from external providers), for Plant Study & Research.
Our Grants page also lists other grants that we think might be of interest to botanists:
bsbi.org/grants
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course Identiplant & courses from external providers), for Plant Study & Research.
Our Grants page also lists other grants that we think might be of interest to botanists:
bsbi.org/grants
December 1, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2025!
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course Identiplant & courses from external providers), for Plant Study & Research.
Our Grants page also lists other grants that we think might be of interest to botanists:
bsbi.org/grants
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course Identiplant & courses from external providers), for Plant Study & Research.
Our Grants page also lists other grants that we think might be of interest to botanists:
bsbi.org/grants
Hopefully Oats or an Oat grass for the #WildflowerHour very challenging #GrassChallenge. #WildflowerID
June 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hopefully Oats or an Oat grass for the #WildflowerHour very challenging #GrassChallenge. #WildflowerID
Out now, Brambles of Scotland by Angus Hannah, #BSBICountyRecorder for Clyde Isles.
This is the latest title in our #BSBIHandbooks series, essential resources for #WildFlowerID on tricky plant groups.
Special offer (£7 off!) for #BSBImembers ordering the book.
Find out more:
bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...
This is the latest title in our #BSBIHandbooks series, essential resources for #WildFlowerID on tricky plant groups.
Special offer (£7 off!) for #BSBImembers ordering the book.
Find out more:
bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...
April 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Out now, Brambles of Scotland by Angus Hannah, #BSBICountyRecorder for Clyde Isles.
This is the latest title in our #BSBIHandbooks series, essential resources for #WildFlowerID on tricky plant groups.
Special offer (£7 off!) for #BSBImembers ordering the book.
Find out more:
bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...
This is the latest title in our #BSBIHandbooks series, essential resources for #WildFlowerID on tricky plant groups.
Special offer (£7 off!) for #BSBImembers ordering the book.
Find out more:
bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...
Purple milk-vetch looking very beautiful amongst the birdsfoot trefoil at Teesmouth this week. Also a Euphorbia that is presumably an escapee amongst the dunes - toadflax-like foliage. Cypressae?
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
May 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Purple milk-vetch looking very beautiful amongst the birdsfoot trefoil at Teesmouth this week. Also a Euphorbia that is presumably an escapee amongst the dunes - toadflax-like foliage. Cypressae?
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
Soggy botanising in the lush Tyne Water Valley, Midlothian. Lots of flowers but only managed a couple of photos due to the rain Toadflax and maybe some type of rocket/mustard ? #wildflowerID #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
September 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Soggy botanising in the lush Tyne Water Valley, Midlothian. Lots of flowers but only managed a couple of photos due to the rain Toadflax and maybe some type of rocket/mustard ? #wildflowerID #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Not sure whether to take part in #NewYearPlantHunt? Worrying that your #WildFlowerID skills won't be up to scratch?
No problem: just use one of our spotter sheets for your area:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Download & print it, or find all the spotter sheet plants on a ticklist on the #BSBIRecordingApp!
No problem: just use one of our spotter sheets for your area:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Download & print it, or find all the spotter sheet plants on a ticklist on the #BSBIRecordingApp!
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Not sure whether to take part in #NewYearPlantHunt? Worrying that your #WildFlowerID skills won't be up to scratch?
No problem: just use one of our spotter sheets for your area:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Download & print it, or find all the spotter sheet plants on a ticklist on the #BSBIRecordingApp!
No problem: just use one of our spotter sheets for your area:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Download & print it, or find all the spotter sheet plants on a ticklist on the #BSBIRecordingApp!
I think this is autumn rather than Chiltern gentian (but grateful for a #wildflowerid). It’s lovely either way. On Noar Hill, Hampshire #WildFlowerHour
September 27, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I think this is autumn rather than Chiltern gentian (but grateful for a #wildflowerid). It’s lovely either way. On Noar Hill, Hampshire #WildFlowerHour
Only 4 days left if you want to apply for a BSBI grant!
We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course;
Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads;
Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers.
bsbi.org/grants
Don't miss out, apply ASAP!
We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course;
Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads;
Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers.
bsbi.org/grants
Don't miss out, apply ASAP!
January 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Only 4 days left if you want to apply for a BSBI grant!
We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course;
Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads;
Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers.
bsbi.org/grants
Don't miss out, apply ASAP!
We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course;
Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads;
Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers.
bsbi.org/grants
Don't miss out, apply ASAP!
Orchids from North Gare, Teesmouth last week. I assumed they were all Common Spotted - I still think the white ones are but the others have shorter central lobes so could they be Heath Spotted? Or hybrids with Marsh Orchids?
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
July 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Orchids from North Gare, Teesmouth last week. I assumed they were all Common Spotted - I still think the white ones are but the others have shorter central lobes so could they be Heath Spotted? Or hybrids with Marsh Orchids?
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
#wildflowerHour #wildflowerID
Name That Plant is an amazing #WildFlowerID resource created by @milneorchid.bsky.social!
The website namethatplant.org is built on a photo library of >2,700 plant taxa.
We were delighted when Richard very kindly agreed to let us use those fabulous images on the new BSBI website: bsbi.org/plants!
The website namethatplant.org is built on a photo library of >2,700 plant taxa.
We were delighted when Richard very kindly agreed to let us use those fabulous images on the new BSBI website: bsbi.org/plants!
March 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Name That Plant is an amazing #WildFlowerID resource created by @milneorchid.bsky.social!
The website namethatplant.org is built on a photo library of >2,700 plant taxa.
We were delighted when Richard very kindly agreed to let us use those fabulous images on the new BSBI website: bsbi.org/plants!
The website namethatplant.org is built on a photo library of >2,700 plant taxa.
We were delighted when Richard very kindly agreed to let us use those fabulous images on the new BSBI website: bsbi.org/plants!
Gutted that you missed our recent #WildFlowerID webinars?
Mulleins (with @anaturalistabroad.bsky.social)
Mints (with @ambroisebaker.bsky.social)
Broomrapes (with @christhorogood.bsky.social)
No problem, we recorded them & the videos are on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Mulleins (with @anaturalistabroad.bsky.social)
Mints (with @ambroisebaker.bsky.social)
Broomrapes (with @christhorogood.bsky.social)
No problem, we recorded them & the videos are on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
June 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Gutted that you missed our recent #WildFlowerID webinars?
Mulleins (with @anaturalistabroad.bsky.social)
Mints (with @ambroisebaker.bsky.social)
Broomrapes (with @christhorogood.bsky.social)
No problem, we recorded them & the videos are on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Mulleins (with @anaturalistabroad.bsky.social)
Mints (with @ambroisebaker.bsky.social)
Broomrapes (with @christhorogood.bsky.social)
No problem, we recorded them & the videos are on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#Wildflowerhour I think this is Cow Parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris: bracteoles are oval and pointed, leaves are finely cut and the stems are furrowed. Happy to be corrected. Path edge Tintern, Monmouthshire. #WildflowerID Thank you.
December 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#Wildflowerhour I think this is Cow Parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris: bracteoles are oval and pointed, leaves are finely cut and the stems are furrowed. Happy to be corrected. Path edge Tintern, Monmouthshire. #WildflowerID Thank you.
A bit more of a challenge this week to find #TheWinter10 after the weather. Not sure about the top and bottom right #WildflowerID please #Wildflowerhour are they both flax? Otherwise ubiquitous gorse and usual yarrow, hogweed, daisy, buttercup, dandelion, wild radish and periwinkle.
November 24, 2024 at 8:13 PM
A bit more of a challenge this week to find #TheWinter10 after the weather. Not sure about the top and bottom right #WildflowerID please #Wildflowerhour are they both flax? Otherwise ubiquitous gorse and usual yarrow, hogweed, daisy, buttercup, dandelion, wild radish and periwinkle.
It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour!
Please share pix of wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom last week across Britain & Ireland.
Mystery plant?
Use #WildFlowerID to summon help from friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social botanists!
Please share pix of wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom last week across Britain & Ireland.
Mystery plant?
Use #WildFlowerID to summon help from friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social botanists!
Green Hellebores looking luminous in yesterday's sunshine in North Wiltshire for #wildflowerhour. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour!
Please share pix of wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom last week across Britain & Ireland.
Mystery plant?
Use #WildFlowerID to summon help from friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social botanists!
Please share pix of wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom last week across Britain & Ireland.
Mystery plant?
Use #WildFlowerID to summon help from friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social botanists!
Near Durham, by the riverside; carpets of Ramsons and a yellow crucifer that I can’t ID - a Wintergreen?
#WildflowerHour #wildflowerID
(I know it’s meant to be carrots and peas, so apologies for producing onions and cabbages, but that’s all I’ve got.)
#WildflowerHour #wildflowerID
(I know it’s meant to be carrots and peas, so apologies for producing onions and cabbages, but that’s all I’ve got.)
May 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Near Durham, by the riverside; carpets of Ramsons and a yellow crucifer that I can’t ID - a Wintergreen?
#WildflowerHour #wildflowerID
(I know it’s meant to be carrots and peas, so apologies for producing onions and cabbages, but that’s all I’ve got.)
#WildflowerHour #wildflowerID
(I know it’s meant to be carrots and peas, so apologies for producing onions and cabbages, but that’s all I’ve got.)
#WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 All January; lesser celendine, stinking iris, common daisy, winter aconite, hogweed seedheads, hazel catkins &flower, ragwort, unsure bottom left two, holly berries & red campion. #WildflowerID @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #vitaminN
January 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 All January; lesser celendine, stinking iris, common daisy, winter aconite, hogweed seedheads, hazel catkins &flower, ragwort, unsure bottom left two, holly berries & red campion. #WildflowerID @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #vitaminN
Are you based in Northern Ireland and taking part in the National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social ?
We have a great event for you on 19 May, with #WildFlowerID at Ecos Nature Park, Ballymena in the morning followed by training on how to survey a #NPMS square:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
We have a great event for you on 19 May, with #WildFlowerID at Ecos Nature Park, Ballymena in the morning followed by training on how to survey a #NPMS square:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
May 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Are you based in Northern Ireland and taking part in the National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social ?
We have a great event for you on 19 May, with #WildFlowerID at Ecos Nature Park, Ballymena in the morning followed by training on how to survey a #NPMS square:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
We have a great event for you on 19 May, with #WildFlowerID at Ecos Nature Park, Ballymena in the morning followed by training on how to survey a #NPMS square:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...