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The National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social · 19h

Seen the programme for our #NPMS10 anniversary online event? Join for all or part of the day. Talks by
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@chilternsnl.bsky.social
plus talks from our amazing volunteers! ow.ly/xqqf50X4fEE

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Alun Salt @alunsalt.bsky.social · 2d

Note to self, get my BSBI membership sorted out.

BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 2d

The amazing Dr Rachel Murphy from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social is speaking at #NPMS10 online celebrations on 18 Oct.
There would be no @npms.bsky.social without the volunteer surveyors who collect data about our wild plants. Rachel supports those #NPMSVolunteers & will be amplifying all #VolunteerVoices

The National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social · 5d

Book now for our online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 October: https://ow.ly/jlRJ50X4fe4 Rachel Murphy from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social (1 of 4 @npms.bsky.social partners) will be talking about #NPMSVolunteer roles, opportunities & accessibility & hosting an array of #VolunteerVoices.

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Owen Leyshon @dungenessowen.bsky.social · 1d

Taken the lawnmower way out to the Pilot Path, Dungeness today for its annual mow

This is to help the Autumn Ladies Tresses as there are no sheep or goats to do the munching

Moved a Large Conehead out the way - which is my first of the year

@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@kentfieldclub.bsky.social

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BTO Northern Ireland @bto-ni.bsky.social · 22h

Spot birds and insects & enjoy the new colours that autumn brings: join our Wildlife Wander at Kiltonga Nature Reserve this Sunday 12th October from 2-4pm

🌿 Kim from @bsbibotany.bsky.social will be along to help us explore the world of plants

Register ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wildlife-w...

"Wildlife Wander in Comber. Free! Sunday 12th October 2-4pm.

Explore Kiltonga Nature Reserve with us!"

Background photo of mushroom with caption "Mycena fungus by Sorrel Lyall / BTO"

Logos in top left for "BTO Northern Ireland" and "Ards and North Down Borough Council"

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic to have @bsbibotany.bsky.social Chief Executive Julia Hanmer @moschatel.bsky.social attending our #BSBIAutumnMeeting last Sat to speak about BSBI's work in #Ireland & some new region-wide initiatives. Luckily #StormAmy didn't steal the show! Thanks to @npwsireland.bsky.social for support.

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 1d

Want to learn more about the National Plant Monitoring Scheme #npms? Join our online 10th anniversary celebrations on 18th October, or come along in person to our volunteer day in Oxford Island, Co Armagh on 25th October!

www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

Select tickets – National Plant Monitoring Scheme: 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Northern Ireland – Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, County Armagh

National Plant Monitoring Scheme: 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Northern Ireland – Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, County Armagh, Sat 25 Oct 2025 - The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) turns 10...

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Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre @hantsbic.bsky.social · 1d

Last week we had an interesting afternoon at St Catherine's Hill SSSI and were joined by @ralphsian.bsky.social! Species noted included Bastard Toadflax, Autumn Gentian, Clustered Bellflower and Red Bartsia #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Clustered Bellflower - two purple flowers

Red Bartsia - this is a small example with little pink flowers.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 3d

The mega rare Creeping Marshwort Helosciadum repens from North Hinksey, Oxford today. Great to see it doing so well there. I couldn't find it on Port Meadow, but that's a huge area! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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The National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social · 4d

Book now for our online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 October: https://ow.ly/aXAI50X4fox Guest speakers include @nickmarriner.bsky.social @thechilterns.bsky.social on using @npms.bsky.social methods at a landscape scale and Sam Munnis, Nature Evidence Ecologist at @nationaltrust.org.uk

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of lovely rayed Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra and plenty of Pepper-saxifrage Silaum silaus, many turning a beautiful autumn red. North Hinksey, Oxford yesterday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 1d

Yay, congrats to @willgeorge.bsky.social on finding a York Groundsel!
@bsbicountries.bsky.social was hunting for one the other day, but they are hard to find at this time of year.

Will George @willgeorge.bsky.social · 2d

Found this in York. It's a groundsel, but is it a York Groundsel?! @bramblebotanist.bsky.social

A phone photo of a plant with yellow flowers and green toothed leaves

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The National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social · 3d

Book now for our online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 October: https://ow.ly/rNw750X4fAH Talk by @bsbicountries.bsky.social on why collecting botanical data is important for other organisations. This event is hosted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social, 1 of 4 @npms.bsky.social partners.

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David Bentley @sussextangerine.bsky.social · 2d

In our garden Fleabane flowered forever 💛, and it was good enough to pass the baton onto Yarrow 🤍 (pictured) which is still going strong well in October. Hoverflies send their thanks.
#UKwildlife
#Sussexwildlife
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social

A delicate white flower in front of a grassy sward.

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 2d

In an otherwise barren verge around a supermarket carpark in Newmarket Rd #Cambridge surprised to find Apple of Peru, Nicandra physaloides, looking as though it has been carefully tended! 💜🖤🤗
#Solanaceae #Nightshades #Botany
@bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 3d

A trip up the road to Port Meadow, Oxford today. Stumbled on the marvellous Mudwort Limosella aquatica: easily hundreds, likely thousands. Also, might the orange blob in the last image be a fungal growth? @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 2d

We're keen to hear @nickmarriner.bsky.social @thechilterns.bsky.social talking at #NPMS10 online event on 18 Oct about using @npms.bsky.social methods at landscape scale & Sam Munnis on how NPMS & @nationaltrust.org.uk work together.
Book here for these talks:
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 3d

The symbol of the fictional Sir Percy Blakeney’s secret identity as the Scarlet Pimpernel - Lysimachia arvensis growing outside Heathfield House in Croydon. #WildflowerHour

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 2d

Wondering why @bsbicountries.bsky.social was hunting for the York Groundsel/ Ragwort?
It's a hybrid between Groundsel & Oxford Ragwort: they're both common but the hybrid certainly isn't!
Read its backstory here: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
Ask @bramblebotanist.bsky.social for latest news!

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 3d

My main reason for visiting the beautiful Port Meadow, Oxford, was to see Marsh Dock Rumex palustris. This species doesn't occur in Hampshire (one record, from 1928), so a special trip was needed. Very pleased, it's a lovely thing. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 2d

Paging our friends @britmycolsoc.org.uk & @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social re that orange blob/ possible fungus!

Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 3d

A trip up the road to Port Meadow, Oxford today. Stumbled on the marvellous Mudwort Limosella aquatica: easily hundreds, likely thousands. Also, might the orange blob in the last image be a fungal growth? @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 2d

Narrow-leaved Ragwort has spread rapidly in towns across Britain & Ireland.
It's now locally abundant around Dublin, according to its #PlantAtlas2020 page:
plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
It features in #UrbanPlants, the fab new book by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Have you seen it near you?

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 2d

The amazing Dr Rachel Murphy from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social is speaking at #NPMS10 online celebrations on 18 Oct.
There would be no @npms.bsky.social without the volunteer surveyors who collect data about our wild plants. Rachel supports those #NPMSVolunteers & will be amplifying all #VolunteerVoices

The National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social · 5d

Book now for our online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 October: https://ow.ly/jlRJ50X4fe4 Rachel Murphy from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social (1 of 4 @npms.bsky.social partners) will be talking about #NPMSVolunteer roles, opportunities & accessibility & hosting an array of #VolunteerVoices.

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Alison L @alisonlock25.bsky.social · 3d

This spear thistle in the garden just burst into bloom today! Waiting to see if the other buds manage to aswell before weather turns colder - east central Scotland #wildflower #wildflowerhour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 3d

With apologies for being a day late for #WildflowerHour (due to some unaccustomed Sunday evening gallivanting), here is some Fig-leaved Goosefoot, Chenopodium ficifolium, growing on some unloved ground next to the Fairfield Halls in central Croydon.

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to #NPMS10 keynote on how to design the ideal plant monitoring scheme.
Speaker: Chris Cheffings, @jncc.bsky.social Ecosystems Analysis Team Leader.
JNCC is 1 of 4 @npms.bsky.social partners alongside BSBI, @ukceh.bsky.social & @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
Book here: ow.ly/TOIL50X4ee3

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