Plants are great. A nice bit of botanising here. With a great view.
BSBI Scotland Officer Matt Harding gets excited about making new plant discoveries in the Scottish mountains!
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Despite having one of the best studied floras in the world, there is so much left to learn and discover about Scottish plants! #intrepid #BSBIMembers #100Plants2026 #WildFlowerHour
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Despite having one of the best studied floras in the world, there is so much left to learn and discover about Scottish plants! #intrepid #BSBIMembers #100Plants2026 #WildFlowerHour
September 23, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Plants are great. A nice bit of botanising here. With a great view.
Not much time for botanising this week so just a few from Kilkenny; from top left Black Medick, Common Mallow, Perennial Sowthistle, Field Poppy, Atlas Poppy and Borage #WildflowerHour
September 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Not much time for botanising this week so just a few from Kilkenny; from top left Black Medick, Common Mallow, Perennial Sowthistle, Field Poppy, Atlas Poppy and Borage #WildflowerHour
Urban conifer botanising 😉
An unscientific analysis of Christmas Trees in my part of #Edinburgh
100% Nordmanns (Abies nordmanniana)
Usually there is a few Scots Pine and Norway Spruces but not this year
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100% Nordmanns (Abies nordmanniana)
Usually there is a few Scots Pine and Norway Spruces but not this year
🌲🎄
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Urban conifer botanising 😉
August 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
The last Lady (of Kent) #Orchid
The last Lady (of Kent) #Orchid
June 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
The last Lady (of Kent) #Orchid
The last Lady (of Kent) #Orchid
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
Self heal as a #LawnFlower
Self heal as a #LawnFlower
June 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
Self heal as a #LawnFlower
Self heal as a #LawnFlower
More roadside botanising in north west #Northumberland this afternoon. Chicory along the verges of the B6531 #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
More roadside botanising in north west #Northumberland this afternoon. Chicory along the verges of the B6531 #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Managed to get some casual botanising in on family holiday to Cumbria #wildflowerhour
August 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Managed to get some casual botanising in on family holiday to Cumbria #wildflowerhour
Sometimes when we are botanising we can forget to look up! Which would be a shame as #treeflowers are both fascinating & beautiful! This week’s challenge is to go looking for wild & naturalised trees that are blooming. Share your finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm!
March 25, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Sometimes when we are botanising we can forget to look up! Which would be a shame as #treeflowers are both fascinating & beautiful! This week’s challenge is to go looking for wild & naturalised trees that are blooming. Share your finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm!
Two weeks of botanising for this week's #WildflowerHour, there's even some non-orchids!:
Monkey #Orchid nearly there.
Monkey #Orchid nearly there.
May 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Two weeks of botanising for this week's #WildflowerHour, there's even some non-orchids!:
Monkey #Orchid nearly there.
Monkey #Orchid nearly there.
August 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Chickweed Wintergreen (Lysimachia europaea) - the highlight of a morning spent botanising the Chillingham Cattle enclosure today. A wee beauty! 😁 #botany
May 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Chickweed Wintergreen (Lysimachia europaea) - the highlight of a morning spent botanising the Chillingham Cattle enclosure today. A wee beauty! 😁 #botany
Random botanising near Oban and we came across our first ever narrow leaved helleborine. And then the next day we saw more in Mull. Nationally rare. Beautiful. #wildflowerhour #orchidsofbritain @ukorchids.bsky.social
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May 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Random botanising near Oban and we came across our first ever narrow leaved helleborine. And then the next day we saw more in Mull. Nationally rare. Beautiful. #wildflowerhour #orchidsofbritain @ukorchids.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Found this wonderful purple form of Ononis spinosa whilst botanising near the Severn estuary. Ive never seen it in another colour form before.
July 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Found this wonderful purple form of Ononis spinosa whilst botanising near the Severn estuary. Ive never seen it in another colour form before.
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
Chalk fragrant #Orchid
Chalk fragrant #Orchid
June 14, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
Chalk fragrant #Orchid
Chalk fragrant #Orchid
August 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It’s been a bit of a week with my son back in hospital so sadly not had much time for botanising but I did see these lovely #ClimbingPlants whilst walking my little hairy pal 🐾 Left, White Bryony, Bryonia dioica & right, Honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum for #WildflowerHour
July 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It’s been a bit of a week with my son back in hospital so sadly not had much time for botanising but I did see these lovely #ClimbingPlants whilst walking my little hairy pal 🐾 Left, White Bryony, Bryonia dioica & right, Honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum for #WildflowerHour
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
Hedge woundwort
Hedge woundwort
June 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
Hedge woundwort
Hedge woundwort
Found a flock of 10 Woodlarks in stubble whilst botanising in the Brecks this morning, including lots of juveniles!
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkbis.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkbis.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding
August 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Found a flock of 10 Woodlarks in stubble whilst botanising in the Brecks this morning, including lots of juveniles!
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkbis.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkbis.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding
August 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
A tiny Common spotted #Orchid and a statuesque Chalk fragrant
A tiny Common spotted #Orchid and a statuesque Chalk fragrant
June 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
A tiny Common spotted #Orchid and a statuesque Chalk fragrant
A tiny Common spotted #Orchid and a statuesque Chalk fragrant
New Year Plant Hunt, Glenbeigh, County Kerry today. 34 flowers including a lovely Sheep's Bit. Sláinte and happy botanising in 2025.
#NewYearPlantHunt
#WildflowerHour
#NewYearPlantHunt
#WildflowerHour
January 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New Year Plant Hunt, Glenbeigh, County Kerry today. 34 flowers including a lovely Sheep's Bit. Sláinte and happy botanising in 2025.
#NewYearPlantHunt
#WildflowerHour
#NewYearPlantHunt
#WildflowerHour
Sadly, i’ve not had much time for botanising this week with lots of end-of-term egg hunts & collecting my daughter from uni. Happily there were a few Cowslips tucked in amongst my local Primroses plus their hybrid love child, the False Oxlip, Primula x polyantha💛
#CowslipChallenge #wildflowerhour
#CowslipChallenge #wildflowerhour
April 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Sadly, i’ve not had much time for botanising this week with lots of end-of-term egg hunts & collecting my daughter from uni. Happily there were a few Cowslips tucked in amongst my local Primroses plus their hybrid love child, the False Oxlip, Primula x polyantha💛
#CowslipChallenge #wildflowerhour
#CowslipChallenge #wildflowerhour
The ultra-mega-rare #Alpine Catchfly (Silene suecica) is only found in two sites in Britain! We were absolutely delighted to see it in full flower today while botanising in the #Cairngorms; growing on a very unusual high-altitude serpentine rock rich in magnesium. #mountainflowers #wildflowerhour
June 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The ultra-mega-rare #Alpine Catchfly (Silene suecica) is only found in two sites in Britain! We were absolutely delighted to see it in full flower today while botanising in the #Cairngorms; growing on a very unusual high-altitude serpentine rock rich in magnesium. #mountainflowers #wildflowerhour
A memorable week of botanising in incredible places. The Snowdon Lily (Gagea serotina) really stands out though. Seeing them perfectly in flower is always such a joy #wildflowerhour
May 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
A memorable week of botanising in incredible places. The Snowdon Lily (Gagea serotina) really stands out though. Seeing them perfectly in flower is always such a joy #wildflowerhour