Find out how BSBI trustee Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social got on with the final units of #Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, and what her plans are looking ahead.
Nicola was a botanical beginner when she started the course.
She isn't a beginner any more!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/10...
Nicola was a botanical beginner when she started the course.
She isn't a beginner any more!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/10...
October 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Find out how BSBI trustee Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social got on with the final units of #Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, and what her plans are looking ahead.
Nicola was a botanical beginner when she started the course.
She isn't a beginner any more!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/10...
Nicola was a botanical beginner when she started the course.
She isn't a beginner any more!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/10...
Keen to support the next generation of botanists?
Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, is the gateway for many beginners.
We'd like to offer more student spaces we but need more tutors to support them: could you be one?
Join us 7pm next Tues to find out
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, is the gateway for many beginners.
We'd like to offer more student spaces we but need more tutors to support them: could you be one?
Join us 7pm next Tues to find out
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
September 16, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Keen to support the next generation of botanists?
Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, is the gateway for many beginners.
We'd like to offer more student spaces we but need more tutors to support them: could you be one?
Join us 7pm next Tues to find out
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, is the gateway for many beginners.
We'd like to offer more student spaces we but need more tutors to support them: could you be one?
Join us 7pm next Tues to find out
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Fancy sharing your botanical skills with others, and assimilating more people into the botanical world?! Resistance is futile!
(We'd love you to come and be an Identiplant Tutor - which is an online plant ID course run by the BSBI!)
(We'd love you to come and be an Identiplant Tutor - which is an online plant ID course run by the BSBI!)
Keen to support the next generation of botanists?
Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, is the gateway for many beginners.
We'd like to offer more student spaces we but need more tutors to support them: could you be one?
Join us 7pm next Tues to find out
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, is the gateway for many beginners.
We'd like to offer more student spaces we but need more tutors to support them: could you be one?
Join us 7pm next Tues to find out
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
September 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Fancy sharing your botanical skills with others, and assimilating more people into the botanical world?! Resistance is futile!
(We'd love you to come and be an Identiplant Tutor - which is an online plant ID course run by the BSBI!)
(We'd love you to come and be an Identiplant Tutor - which is an online plant ID course run by the BSBI!)
Here's a great opportunity to support Identiplant, our very popular online #WildflowerID course: by becoming an Identiplant tutor!
Find out how you can help beginner botanists get started, by attending an online intro session at 7pm on Tuesday 22 Sept: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Find out how you can help beginner botanists get started, by attending an online intro session at 7pm on Tuesday 22 Sept: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
September 2, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Here's a great opportunity to support Identiplant, our very popular online #WildflowerID course: by becoming an Identiplant tutor!
Find out how you can help beginner botanists get started, by attending an online intro session at 7pm on Tuesday 22 Sept: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Find out how you can help beginner botanists get started, by attending an online intro session at 7pm on Tuesday 22 Sept: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Going to try for the Identiplant course next year to improve my ID skills and local recording in Powys.
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 7:37 PM
Going to try for the Identiplant course next year to improve my ID skills and local recording in Powys.
A beautiful field of Cowslips and Snakeshead fritillaries at Margam Country Park, SouthWales. #WildflowerHour #Plants #Identiplant @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Wildflowers
April 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A beautiful field of Cowslips and Snakeshead fritillaries at Margam Country Park, SouthWales. #WildflowerHour #Plants #Identiplant @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Wildflowers
Thank you @bsbibotany.bsky.social! Looking forward to the rest of my #Identiplant journey and hopefully more Eureka moments!
Find out how Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social is progressing on her botanical journey with #Identiplant, our online botany course.
She's been getting to grips with leaf shapes, #WildFlowerID keys & she just had her 1st "Eureka, suddenly it all fell into place" moment: bsbi.org/blog/2026/03...
She's been getting to grips with leaf shapes, #WildFlowerID keys & she just had her 1st "Eureka, suddenly it all fell into place" moment: bsbi.org/blog/2026/03...
April 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Thank you @bsbibotany.bsky.social! Looking forward to the rest of my #Identiplant journey and hopefully more Eureka moments!
Delighted that @bsbibotany.bsky.social have shared my first #Identiplant blogpost - Musings of a Botanical Beginner: My Botanical Journey Begins… Currently at the "how many different leaf shapes can there possible be?" stage, but so far so good.
Check out the first instalment in a new series of guest blogposts: Musings of a Beginner Botanist, in which #BSBITrustee Nicola aka @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social gets started with serious botany!
How?
By signing up for #Identiplant, BSBI's online #WildFlowerID course!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/02...
How?
By signing up for #Identiplant, BSBI's online #WildFlowerID course!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/02...
February 18, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Delighted that @bsbibotany.bsky.social have shared my first #Identiplant blogpost - Musings of a Botanical Beginner: My Botanical Journey Begins… Currently at the "how many different leaf shapes can there possible be?" stage, but so far so good.
Good to meet you Phillip and go for it. Identiplant is a great course!
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Good to meet you Phillip and go for it. Identiplant is a great course!
Thanks but I’m doing the @bsbibotany.bsky.social identiplant course and their 100 plants challenge - so working them out is part of the fun.
March 23, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Thanks but I’m doing the @bsbibotany.bsky.social identiplant course and their 100 plants challenge - so working them out is part of the fun.
Bit the bullet and signed up to @durhamwildlife's #Identiplant course, starting today with @BSBIbotany's Steve Gater.
Not sure whether I'm excited or terrified but it's about time I learnt to ID plants to 'proper' way. Thanks to @bumble_being for the inspiration!😊
Not sure whether I'm excited or terrified but it's about time I learnt to ID plants to 'proper' way. Thanks to @bumble_being for the inspiration!😊
December 1, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Bit the bullet and signed up to @durhamwildlife's #Identiplant course, starting today with @BSBIbotany's Steve Gater.
Not sure whether I'm excited or terrified but it's about time I learnt to ID plants to 'proper' way. Thanks to @bumble_being for the inspiration!😊
Not sure whether I'm excited or terrified but it's about time I learnt to ID plants to 'proper' way. Thanks to @bumble_being for the inspiration!😊
A sunny little #pavementplant found today while hunting brassicas for the current Identiplant course. An Alyssum species, I think! Not your everyday urban cabbage... #botany
December 1, 2024 at 11:10 AM
A sunny little #pavementplant found today while hunting brassicas for the current Identiplant course. An Alyssum species, I think! Not your everyday urban cabbage... #botany
Finally plucked up the courage to tackle the scary yellow brassica module of the current #Identiplant course.
Actually think I have one! Eastern Rocket (Sisymbrium orientale). Maybe. Possibly. Eek. 😶🔎
Actually think I have one! Eastern Rocket (Sisymbrium orientale). Maybe. Possibly. Eek. 😶🔎
December 1, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Finally plucked up the courage to tackle the scary yellow brassica module of the current #Identiplant course.
Actually think I have one! Eastern Rocket (Sisymbrium orientale). Maybe. Possibly. Eek. 😶🔎
Actually think I have one! Eastern Rocket (Sisymbrium orientale). Maybe. Possibly. Eek. 😶🔎
Woo! Four more @BSBIbotany #Identiplant units down, and only three to go! Definitely feel like I'm learning, albeit slowly.
Bloody Crane's-bill for light relief before I tackle the Figwort family... #botany 😬🌱
Bloody Crane's-bill for light relief before I tackle the Figwort family... #botany 😬🌱
December 1, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Woo! Four more @BSBIbotany #Identiplant units down, and only three to go! Definitely feel like I'm learning, albeit slowly.
Bloody Crane's-bill for light relief before I tackle the Figwort family... #botany 😬🌱
Bloody Crane's-bill for light relief before I tackle the Figwort family... #botany 😬🌱
Woo! It seems that I have somehow managed to pass this year's @BSBIbotany #Identiplant course! 🥳 🌱🔎
Big thanks to Steve Gater and @durhamwildlife for the opportunity. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Grass-of-Parnassus to celebrate...
Big thanks to Steve Gater and @durhamwildlife for the opportunity. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Grass-of-Parnassus to celebrate...
December 1, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Woo! It seems that I have somehow managed to pass this year's @BSBIbotany #Identiplant course! 🥳 🌱🔎
Big thanks to Steve Gater and @durhamwildlife for the opportunity. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Grass-of-Parnassus to celebrate...
Big thanks to Steve Gater and @durhamwildlife for the opportunity. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Grass-of-Parnassus to celebrate...
What is Identiplant? @bsbibotany.bsky.social discuss their unique tutor-led distance learning #botany course, and how it combines online and field activities with mentoring.
#biologicalrecording #plants #ecology
youtu.be/BB1AfG-XTBE
#biologicalrecording #plants #ecology
youtu.be/BB1AfG-XTBE
Identiplant: A Unique Tutor-led Online Botany Course
YouTube video by Biological Recording Company
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
What is Identiplant? @bsbibotany.bsky.social discuss their unique tutor-led distance learning #botany course, and how it combines online and field activities with mentoring.
#biologicalrecording #plants #ecology
youtu.be/BB1AfG-XTBE
#biologicalrecording #plants #ecology
youtu.be/BB1AfG-XTBE
Final submissions coming in on the Identiplant course run by @bsbibotany.bsky.social Looking like I will have 5 out of 6 pass this year!
September 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Final submissions coming in on the Identiplant course run by @bsbibotany.bsky.social Looking like I will have 5 out of 6 pass this year!
Can’t wait to start next month! #identiplant @bsbibotany.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Can’t wait to start next month! #identiplant @bsbibotany.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My first-time attendance at the @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference was equally a great excuse to go back to Edge Hill University today! It was very thought provoking and it has encouraged me to apply for a place onto the BSBI Identiplant course next year! #botany #bsbi #ecology
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My first-time attendance at the @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference was equally a great excuse to go back to Edge Hill University today! It was very thought provoking and it has encouraged me to apply for a place onto the BSBI Identiplant course next year! #botany #bsbi #ecology
Paul McHugh, one of our #Identiplant students, found a whitlowgrass in Co. Londonderry: turns out it was Glabrous Whitlowgrass & the 1st ever county record!
Press release: bsbi.org/about/news/p...
Hear Paul tell the full story on BBC Radio Ulster (starts c37 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Press release: bsbi.org/about/news/p...
Hear Paul tell the full story on BBC Radio Ulster (starts c37 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Gardeners' Corner - Celebrating tulip time, making pampass plume and preventing peony problems - BBC Sounds
Gardening inspiration for spring with David Maxwell and guests.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Paul McHugh, one of our #Identiplant students, found a whitlowgrass in Co. Londonderry: turns out it was Glabrous Whitlowgrass & the 1st ever county record!
Press release: bsbi.org/about/news/p...
Hear Paul tell the full story on BBC Radio Ulster (starts c37 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Press release: bsbi.org/about/news/p...
Hear Paul tell the full story on BBC Radio Ulster (starts c37 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Our trustee Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social took a break from #Identiplant to enjoy a day of #hanami, the Japanese custom of enjoying picnicking under the cherry blossom!
Find out more & check out our handy links to help you with #WildFlowerID on cherries (Prunus spp):
bsbi.org/blog/2026/04...
Find out more & check out our handy links to help you with #WildFlowerID on cherries (Prunus spp):
bsbi.org/blog/2026/04...
April 20, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Our trustee Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social took a break from #Identiplant to enjoy a day of #hanami, the Japanese custom of enjoying picnicking under the cherry blossom!
Find out more & check out our handy links to help you with #WildFlowerID on cherries (Prunus spp):
bsbi.org/blog/2026/04...
Find out more & check out our handy links to help you with #WildFlowerID on cherries (Prunus spp):
bsbi.org/blog/2026/04...
Find out how Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social is progressing on her botanical journey with #Identiplant, our online botany course.
She's been getting to grips with leaf shapes, #WildFlowerID keys & she just had her 1st "Eureka, suddenly it all fell into place" moment: bsbi.org/blog/2026/03...
She's been getting to grips with leaf shapes, #WildFlowerID keys & she just had her 1st "Eureka, suddenly it all fell into place" moment: bsbi.org/blog/2026/03...
April 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Find out how Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social is progressing on her botanical journey with #Identiplant, our online botany course.
She's been getting to grips with leaf shapes, #WildFlowerID keys & she just had her 1st "Eureka, suddenly it all fell into place" moment: bsbi.org/blog/2026/03...
She's been getting to grips with leaf shapes, #WildFlowerID keys & she just had her 1st "Eureka, suddenly it all fell into place" moment: bsbi.org/blog/2026/03...
Check out the first instalment in a new series of guest blogposts: Musings of a Beginner Botanist, in which #BSBITrustee Nicola aka @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social gets started with serious botany!
How?
By signing up for #Identiplant, BSBI's online #WildFlowerID course!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/02...
How?
By signing up for #Identiplant, BSBI's online #WildFlowerID course!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/02...
February 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Check out the first instalment in a new series of guest blogposts: Musings of a Beginner Botanist, in which #BSBITrustee Nicola aka @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social gets started with serious botany!
How?
By signing up for #Identiplant, BSBI's online #WildFlowerID course!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/02...
How?
By signing up for #Identiplant, BSBI's online #WildFlowerID course!
bsbi.org/blog/2026/02...
Congratulations to @pgwynnecology.bsky.social on securing a space on #Identiplant!
Applications for 2026 have now closed and people are already enquiring about 2027!
Find out about our incredibly popular online #WildFlowerID course here: bsbi.org/learn/traini...
Applications for 2026 have now closed and people are already enquiring about 2027!
Find out about our incredibly popular online #WildFlowerID course here: bsbi.org/learn/traini...
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Congratulations to @pgwynnecology.bsky.social on securing a space on #Identiplant!
Applications for 2026 have now closed and people are already enquiring about 2027!
Find out about our incredibly popular online #WildFlowerID course here: bsbi.org/learn/traini...
Applications for 2026 have now closed and people are already enquiring about 2027!
Find out about our incredibly popular online #WildFlowerID course here: bsbi.org/learn/traini...