Big Meadow Search
@bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social
UK project to raise awareness and interest in plants, highlighting species interactions (plants and inverts, galls, fungi etc) & encouraging plant recording during the Big Meadow Search (1st June-31st Aug). All welcome #nature #plants bigmeadowsearch.co.uk
To keep momentum going and to stop our botanical brains from seizing up over the winter, I shall be posting a series of vegetative ID posts through December and January.
The posts will start on Monday 1st December. I hope you will find them useful
The posts will start on Monday 1st December. I hope you will find them useful
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
To keep momentum going and to stop our botanical brains from seizing up over the winter, I shall be posting a series of vegetative ID posts through December and January.
The posts will start on Monday 1st December. I hope you will find them useful
The posts will start on Monday 1st December. I hope you will find them useful
A paper that shakes up what we learnt at school
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A paper that shakes up what we learnt at school
‘The Fenland Flora- survival against the odds’ webinar from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is now available to view
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8fV0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8fV0...
The Fenland Flora – survival against the odds
YouTube video by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
m.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
‘The Fenland Flora- survival against the odds’ webinar from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is now available to view
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8fV0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8fV0...
Yet more depressing news on the state of our species in a new report from Natural Resources Wales.
Link to report in comments
Link to report in comments
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Yet more depressing news on the state of our species in a new report from Natural Resources Wales.
Link to report in comments
Link to report in comments
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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🟥 New paper out 🟥
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity.
With an amazing team: @valentinecology.bsky.social @davide-andreatta.bsky.social @foxnat.bsky.social & Franzi
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity.
With an amazing team: @valentinecology.bsky.social @davide-andreatta.bsky.social @foxnat.bsky.social & Franzi
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity
Temperate grasslands provide various cultural ecosystem services that are appreciated in diverse ways. Capturing these diverse appreciations requires …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🟥 New paper out 🟥
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity.
With an amazing team: @valentinecology.bsky.social @davide-andreatta.bsky.social @foxnat.bsky.social & Franzi
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity.
With an amazing team: @valentinecology.bsky.social @davide-andreatta.bsky.social @foxnat.bsky.social & Franzi
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I left it a bit late to find a flowering plant for tonight’s #wildflowerhour but in so doing, I have ended up taking a close look at a Lady’s-mantle flowers for the first time
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I left it a bit late to find a flowering plant for tonight’s #wildflowerhour but in so doing, I have ended up taking a close look at a Lady’s-mantle flowers for the first time
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Looking to grow your species ID skills?
Join the list for the upcoming iNaturalist ID-a-thon event - a global initiative from mid-December to mid-January to help identify observations from around the world!
For more info, join the mailing list at cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/329e8835-c55...
Join the list for the upcoming iNaturalist ID-a-thon event - a global initiative from mid-December to mid-January to help identify observations from around the world!
For more info, join the mailing list at cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/329e8835-c55...
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looking to grow your species ID skills?
Join the list for the upcoming iNaturalist ID-a-thon event - a global initiative from mid-December to mid-January to help identify observations from around the world!
For more info, join the mailing list at cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/329e8835-c55...
Join the list for the upcoming iNaturalist ID-a-thon event - a global initiative from mid-December to mid-January to help identify observations from around the world!
For more info, join the mailing list at cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/329e8835-c55...
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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!
The Botanical Society of Scotland’s Species of the Week: Yellow Archangel
botsoc.scot/2025/11/16/l...
botsoc.scot/2025/11/16/l...
Lamiastrum galeobdolon – November 17th 2025 – Yellow Archangel
Look out for the variegated subspecies.
botsoc.scot
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Botanical Society of Scotland’s Species of the Week: Yellow Archangel
botsoc.scot/2025/11/16/l...
botsoc.scot/2025/11/16/l...
For #wildflowerhour it’s a lone Great Mullein, Verbascum thapsus flower from me.
Larval food plant for Mullein and Cinnabar caterpillars
Larval food plant for Mullein and Cinnabar caterpillars
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For #wildflowerhour it’s a lone Great Mullein, Verbascum thapsus flower from me.
Larval food plant for Mullein and Cinnabar caterpillars
Larval food plant for Mullein and Cinnabar caterpillars
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Kicking yourself because you missed Mark Duffell's recent Botanical Skills Webinar on the etymology of scientific names?
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Kicking yourself because you missed Mark Duffell's recent Botanical Skills Webinar on the etymology of scientific names?
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
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New research from @unileipzig.bsky.social & iDiv shows: when non-native plants have been in Europe longer and have spread more widely, they begin to be used by native micro-herbivores at levels similar to native plants. #Biodiversity #iDivResearch
www.idiv.de/non-native-p...
www.idiv.de/non-native-p...
Non-native Plant Species Adapt to Natural Ecosystems Faster than Expected
www.idiv.de
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New research from @unileipzig.bsky.social & iDiv shows: when non-native plants have been in Europe longer and have spread more widely, they begin to be used by native micro-herbivores at levels similar to native plants. #Biodiversity #iDivResearch
www.idiv.de/non-native-p...
www.idiv.de/non-native-p...
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On Monday 17th November we have a webinar from our @npwsireland.bsky.social-funded Targeted Aquatic Plants Project.
This webinar, from the fantastic Nick Stewart, is about the identification of non-native aquatic plants.
Interested? Book yourself a ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
This webinar, from the fantastic Nick Stewart, is about the identification of non-native aquatic plants.
Interested? Book yourself a ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
On Monday 17th November we have a webinar from our @npwsireland.bsky.social-funded Targeted Aquatic Plants Project.
This webinar, from the fantastic Nick Stewart, is about the identification of non-native aquatic plants.
Interested? Book yourself a ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
This webinar, from the fantastic Nick Stewart, is about the identification of non-native aquatic plants.
Interested? Book yourself a ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
The Botanical Society of Scotland’s Plant of the Week: Hart’s-tongue
botsocscot.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/p...
botsocscot.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/p...
Plant of the Week – November 10th 2025 – Hart’s Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
Common in Britain and Ireland, but rare elsewhere
botsocscot.wordpress.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The Botanical Society of Scotland’s Plant of the Week: Hart’s-tongue
botsocscot.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/p...
botsocscot.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/p...
For #wildflowerhour it’s the unglamorous Annual Meadow Grass, Poa annua. According to the 1864 Flora of Harrow, this and Shepherd’s-purse were considered to be the most common plants in the world
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
For #wildflowerhour it’s the unglamorous Annual Meadow Grass, Poa annua. According to the 1864 Flora of Harrow, this and Shepherd’s-purse were considered to be the most common plants in the world
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Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
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We have another dozen talks still to go, with the next four being:
🟢Getting started with Rushes
🟢Leylandii and their look-a-likes
🟢10 Years of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme
🟢 Clubmosses of Ireland and Britain
All of these can be booked from this page: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
🟢Getting started with Rushes
🟢Leylandii and their look-a-likes
🟢10 Years of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme
🟢 Clubmosses of Ireland and Britain
All of these can be booked from this page: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We have another dozen talks still to go, with the next four being:
🟢Getting started with Rushes
🟢Leylandii and their look-a-likes
🟢10 Years of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme
🟢 Clubmosses of Ireland and Britain
All of these can be booked from this page: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
🟢Getting started with Rushes
🟢Leylandii and their look-a-likes
🟢10 Years of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme
🟢 Clubmosses of Ireland and Britain
All of these can be booked from this page: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
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Over the winter, our Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project is running a series of webinars on Tuesday evenings. This week we had the amazing Mark Duffell explaining the etymology of scientific names.
Who knew that 'galeobdolon', the specific name of Yellow Archangel, means weasel-scented?
Who knew that 'galeobdolon', the specific name of Yellow Archangel, means weasel-scented?
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Over the winter, our Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project is running a series of webinars on Tuesday evenings. This week we had the amazing Mark Duffell explaining the etymology of scientific names.
Who knew that 'galeobdolon', the specific name of Yellow Archangel, means weasel-scented?
Who knew that 'galeobdolon', the specific name of Yellow Archangel, means weasel-scented?
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Did you know some of the world’s most threatened plants can’t be stored in our seed bank at –20° C? 🌱
This makes them highly vulnerable to extinction, but cryopreservation could be their lifeline. Go behind the scenes to learn how 👇
🎧 Learn more in our latest podcast episode: ow.ly/Q1Nl50XlYTF
This makes them highly vulnerable to extinction, but cryopreservation could be their lifeline. Go behind the scenes to learn how 👇
🎧 Learn more in our latest podcast episode: ow.ly/Q1Nl50XlYTF
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Did you know some of the world’s most threatened plants can’t be stored in our seed bank at –20° C? 🌱
This makes them highly vulnerable to extinction, but cryopreservation could be their lifeline. Go behind the scenes to learn how 👇
🎧 Learn more in our latest podcast episode: ow.ly/Q1Nl50XlYTF
This makes them highly vulnerable to extinction, but cryopreservation could be their lifeline. Go behind the scenes to learn how 👇
🎧 Learn more in our latest podcast episode: ow.ly/Q1Nl50XlYTF
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Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
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20 years on from the first #GBRedList for vascular plants - what's changed?
285 taxa have become more threatened.
Critically Endangered up from 35 to 55 taxa, Endangered up from 90 to 117 taxa, Vulnerable up from 220 to 261 taxa 😱☠️
Action needed now! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and partners
285 taxa have become more threatened.
Critically Endangered up from 35 to 55 taxa, Endangered up from 90 to 117 taxa, Vulnerable up from 220 to 261 taxa 😱☠️
Action needed now! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and partners
New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
20 years on from the first #GBRedList for vascular plants - what's changed?
285 taxa have become more threatened.
Critically Endangered up from 35 to 55 taxa, Endangered up from 90 to 117 taxa, Vulnerable up from 220 to 261 taxa 😱☠️
Action needed now! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and partners
285 taxa have become more threatened.
Critically Endangered up from 35 to 55 taxa, Endangered up from 90 to 117 taxa, Vulnerable up from 220 to 261 taxa 😱☠️
Action needed now! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and partners
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The story of Fen Orchid is a bright spot in the gloomy picture of the new #GBRedList
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social show that positive conservation actions can make a difference to the threats plants face, highlighted by @emilybeament.bsky.social in @the-independent.com
www.indy100.com/news/beautif...
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social show that positive conservation actions can make a difference to the threats plants face, highlighted by @emilybeament.bsky.social in @the-independent.com
www.indy100.com/news/beautif...
‘Beautiful yet mercurial’ fen orchid brought back from brink of extinction
The orchid’s increasing population in Britain is a bright spot in otherwise ‘stark picture’ for British wild plants, the latest Red List shows.
www.indy100.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The story of Fen Orchid is a bright spot in the gloomy picture of the new #GBRedList
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social show that positive conservation actions can make a difference to the threats plants face, highlighted by @emilybeament.bsky.social in @the-independent.com
www.indy100.com/news/beautif...
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social show that positive conservation actions can make a difference to the threats plants face, highlighted by @emilybeament.bsky.social in @the-independent.com
www.indy100.com/news/beautif...
Here is the PDF of the new Vascular Plant Red List for Great Britain
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
View of A new vascular plant Red List for Great Britain
britishandirishbotany.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here is the PDF of the new Vascular Plant Red List for Great Britain
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
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New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social