Anglesey Flora Group
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Join Anglesey Flora Group's journey mapping the flora of the beautiful Isle of Anglesey VC52.
New members or visiting botanists always welcome on our monthly surveys.
Tag us with your photos of Anglesey flora.
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New members or visiting botanists always welcome on our monthly surveys.
Tag us with your photos of Anglesey flora.
Posts by @mandyforde.bsky.social
A cold start in the early morning at Menai Bridge today where 3 members of #Anglesey Flora Group carried out the #NYPH
We found 47 species, up on the 34 we found on the same route last year.
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We found 47 species, up on the 34 we found on the same route last year.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 4:59 PM
A cold start in the early morning at Menai Bridge today where 3 members of #Anglesey Flora Group carried out the #NYPH
We found 47 species, up on the 34 we found on the same route last year.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
We found 47 species, up on the 34 we found on the same route last year.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
What a pleasure to meet @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social at yesterday's #BIBCONF25
Trevor's 5 minute presentation on Welsh Groundsel sounded like it would make a fascinating full length presentation at a future conference.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
Trevor's 5 minute presentation on Welsh Groundsel sounded like it would make a fascinating full length presentation at a future conference.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
What a pleasure to meet @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social at yesterday's #BIBCONF25
Trevor's 5 minute presentation on Welsh Groundsel sounded like it would make a fascinating full length presentation at a future conference.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
Trevor's 5 minute presentation on Welsh Groundsel sounded like it would make a fascinating full length presentation at a future conference.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
Searching for Juncus capitatus this week we found a patch of Solanum nigrum.
As we moved on a plant caught my eye that from looked like yet another Solanum but turned out to be a first ever sighting for me of Shaggy Soldier, Galinsoga quadriradiata.
So pleased I did a double take
#Wildflowerhour
As we moved on a plant caught my eye that from looked like yet another Solanum but turned out to be a first ever sighting for me of Shaggy Soldier, Galinsoga quadriradiata.
So pleased I did a double take
#Wildflowerhour
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Searching for Juncus capitatus this week we found a patch of Solanum nigrum.
As we moved on a plant caught my eye that from looked like yet another Solanum but turned out to be a first ever sighting for me of Shaggy Soldier, Galinsoga quadriradiata.
So pleased I did a double take
#Wildflowerhour
As we moved on a plant caught my eye that from looked like yet another Solanum but turned out to be a first ever sighting for me of Shaggy Soldier, Galinsoga quadriradiata.
So pleased I did a double take
#Wildflowerhour
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Best time to join the growing ranks of #BSBImembers?
In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined!
2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined!
2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Best time to join the growing ranks of #BSBImembers?
In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined!
2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined!
2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lovely article about Glossy Ibis at RSPB Cors Ddyga written by my joint VCR Nigel Brown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: The marshes are graced with a little catwalk glamour | Nigel Brown
Ynys Môn (Anglesey): What a pleasure it is to watch a pair of glossy ibis – true head-turners, and an increasingly common sight
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October 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Lovely article about Glossy Ibis at RSPB Cors Ddyga written by my joint VCR Nigel Brown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Yesterday's Recorders' Day started out like Sleeping Beauty (1st time taking a hedge trimmer to go recording) - ended up like Waterworld, slopping about a flooded fen all day. Attulus caricis and Baryphyma gowerense (new site record) @angleseyfloragroup.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Yesterday's Recorders' Day started out like Sleeping Beauty (1st time taking a hedge trimmer to go recording) - ended up like Waterworld, slopping about a flooded fen all day. Attulus caricis and Baryphyma gowerense (new site record) @angleseyfloragroup.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
This week Anglesey Flora Group carried out a survey on private land near Rhoscolyn which revealed the muted tones of Field Speedwell, Limonium humile, Greater Sea Spurrey, Field Woundwort, Heath Pearlwort & Wild Thyme.
Also Shrubby Seablite but not close enough for a photo.
#Wildflowerhour #Anglesey
Also Shrubby Seablite but not close enough for a photo.
#Wildflowerhour #Anglesey
September 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This week Anglesey Flora Group carried out a survey on private land near Rhoscolyn which revealed the muted tones of Field Speedwell, Limonium humile, Greater Sea Spurrey, Field Woundwort, Heath Pearlwort & Wild Thyme.
Also Shrubby Seablite but not close enough for a photo.
#Wildflowerhour #Anglesey
Also Shrubby Seablite but not close enough for a photo.
#Wildflowerhour #Anglesey
On a field trip to a private #Anglesey woodland in May we were privileged to see a wonderful display of Herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia.
I love the way the sunlight illuminates it through the trees.
#FavouritePlant
#Wildflowerhour
I love the way the sunlight illuminates it through the trees.
#FavouritePlant
#Wildflowerhour
September 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
On a field trip to a private #Anglesey woodland in May we were privileged to see a wonderful display of Herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia.
I love the way the sunlight illuminates it through the trees.
#FavouritePlant
#Wildflowerhour
I love the way the sunlight illuminates it through the trees.
#FavouritePlant
#Wildflowerhour
Anglesey Flora Group have two Field Surveys planned over the next fortnight. Get in touch for location details if you'd like to join us. Botanists of all experiences welcome.
#Anglesey #Botany
#wildflowerhour
#Anglesey #Botany
#wildflowerhour
September 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Anglesey Flora Group have two Field Surveys planned over the next fortnight. Get in touch for location details if you'd like to join us. Botanists of all experiences welcome.
#Anglesey #Botany
#wildflowerhour
#Anglesey #Botany
#wildflowerhour
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Plenty of new colours emerging in my local #Anglesey woods atm, & here are a few for this week's #wildflowerhour
I love the pink & white 'pencilled' cranesbill-such a precious find so deep in the woods! I also saw purple cranesbill, yellow iris, briar rose, comfrey & wood avens on today's walk
I love the pink & white 'pencilled' cranesbill-such a precious find so deep in the woods! I also saw purple cranesbill, yellow iris, briar rose, comfrey & wood avens on today's walk
June 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Plenty of new colours emerging in my local #Anglesey woods atm, & here are a few for this week's #wildflowerhour
I love the pink & white 'pencilled' cranesbill-such a precious find so deep in the woods! I also saw purple cranesbill, yellow iris, briar rose, comfrey & wood avens on today's walk
I love the pink & white 'pencilled' cranesbill-such a precious find so deep in the woods! I also saw purple cranesbill, yellow iris, briar rose, comfrey & wood avens on today's walk
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#wildflowerhour #GrassChallenge
I was so overwhelmed by the huge variety of grasses in my local Anglesey meadows, that I thought a collage would be the best way to display them (along with some random wild flowers that happened to be there!)
I was so overwhelmed by the huge variety of grasses in my local Anglesey meadows, that I thought a collage would be the best way to display them (along with some random wild flowers that happened to be there!)
June 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#wildflowerhour #GrassChallenge
I was so overwhelmed by the huge variety of grasses in my local Anglesey meadows, that I thought a collage would be the best way to display them (along with some random wild flowers that happened to be there!)
I was so overwhelmed by the huge variety of grasses in my local Anglesey meadows, that I thought a collage would be the best way to display them (along with some random wild flowers that happened to be there!)
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Contrasting colours and textures along the blustery Anglesey lanes for this week's #wildflowerhour
All were quite prolific, with the exception of the selfheal-Prunella vulgaris-which was seen at the bottom of a style along the coastal path!
All were quite prolific, with the exception of the selfheal-Prunella vulgaris-which was seen at the bottom of a style along the coastal path!
July 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Contrasting colours and textures along the blustery Anglesey lanes for this week's #wildflowerhour
All were quite prolific, with the exception of the selfheal-Prunella vulgaris-which was seen at the bottom of a style along the coastal path!
All were quite prolific, with the exception of the selfheal-Prunella vulgaris-which was seen at the bottom of a style along the coastal path!
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The delicate harebells were a joy to behold on Brwdd Arthur (Arthur's seat), Anglesey this afternoon
#HarebellChallenge
#wildflowerhour
#HarebellChallenge
#wildflowerhour
July 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The delicate harebells were a joy to behold on Brwdd Arthur (Arthur's seat), Anglesey this afternoon
#HarebellChallenge
#wildflowerhour
#HarebellChallenge
#wildflowerhour
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Sea thrift, hemp agrimony & greater knapweed in SE Anglesey, taken before I went on holiday a couple of weeks ago for #wildflowethour
August 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Sea thrift, hemp agrimony & greater knapweed in SE Anglesey, taken before I went on holiday a couple of weeks ago for #wildflowethour
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Some local Anglesey #SeedHeads for this week's #wildflowerhour challenge:
Wild carrot in various stages, common hogweed, old man's beard (clematis), & a forlorn-looking dandelion!
Wild carrot in various stages, common hogweed, old man's beard (clematis), & a forlorn-looking dandelion!
September 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Some local Anglesey #SeedHeads for this week's #wildflowerhour challenge:
Wild carrot in various stages, common hogweed, old man's beard (clematis), & a forlorn-looking dandelion!
Wild carrot in various stages, common hogweed, old man's beard (clematis), & a forlorn-looking dandelion!
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A selection of
#Seedheads seen this week on #Anglesey
Wild Carrot, Musk-mallow, Selfheal,
Evening Primrose, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yellow Iris & Wild Teasel
#Wildflowerhour
#Seedheads seen this week on #Anglesey
Wild Carrot, Musk-mallow, Selfheal,
Evening Primrose, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yellow Iris & Wild Teasel
#Wildflowerhour
September 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A selection of
#Seedheads seen this week on #Anglesey
Wild Carrot, Musk-mallow, Selfheal,
Evening Primrose, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yellow Iris & Wild Teasel
#Wildflowerhour
#Seedheads seen this week on #Anglesey
Wild Carrot, Musk-mallow, Selfheal,
Evening Primrose, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yellow Iris & Wild Teasel
#Wildflowerhour
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Been out surveying Anglesey dunes this week. Flora very stunted in the heat and drought, such as these tiny Lesser Centaury (Centaurium pulchellum), Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) and Field Gentian (Gentianella campestris) #wildflowerhour
August 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Been out surveying Anglesey dunes this week. Flora very stunted in the heat and drought, such as these tiny Lesser Centaury (Centaurium pulchellum), Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) and Field Gentian (Gentianella campestris) #wildflowerhour
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Sea-heath (Frankenia laevis) bringing a splash of colour to the shoreline near Rhosneigr, Anglesey. Really quite rare and threatened, it’s a very lovely little thing #wildflowerhour
August 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sea-heath (Frankenia laevis) bringing a splash of colour to the shoreline near Rhosneigr, Anglesey. Really quite rare and threatened, it’s a very lovely little thing #wildflowerhour
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For this week's #Wildflowerhour challenge #DaisyFamily here's Common Fleabane accompanied by Water Mint, Purple Loosestrife and a gorgeous blue #Anglesey sky
August 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For this week's #Wildflowerhour challenge #DaisyFamily here's Common Fleabane accompanied by Water Mint, Purple Loosestrife and a gorgeous blue #Anglesey sky
Rock Samphire covering the cliff edges this week on a tiny bay just off the coastal path #Anglesey
#Wildflowerhour
#Wildflowerhour
August 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Rock Samphire covering the cliff edges this week on a tiny bay just off the coastal path #Anglesey
#Wildflowerhour
#Wildflowerhour
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July 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Amazing #Anglesey species on show at @naturambyth.bsky.social Invertebrate Discovery Day at the weekend. Clubbed General & Marsh Gentian. Thanks for revealing these brill species to us. @northwaleswt.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Amazing #Anglesey species on show at @naturambyth.bsky.social Invertebrate Discovery Day at the weekend. Clubbed General & Marsh Gentian. Thanks for revealing these brill species to us. @northwaleswt.bsky.social
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Fabulous day spent with @jaynerooke.bsky.social & @northwaleswt.bsky.social on an animation workshop. I was amazed to learn we have 2nd biggest fen land area in UK on #Anglesey. So important for environment & biodiversity is incredible. We created this little video about Bladderwort 🤣❤️
August 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Fabulous day spent with @jaynerooke.bsky.social & @northwaleswt.bsky.social on an animation workshop. I was amazed to learn we have 2nd biggest fen land area in UK on #Anglesey. So important for environment & biodiversity is incredible. We created this little video about Bladderwort 🤣❤️
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The perfection of a #bulrush in August -Typha latifolia #Anglesey #YnysMôn #botany #Wales #wildflowerhour @bsbicymru.bsky.social
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August 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The perfection of a #bulrush in August -Typha latifolia #Anglesey #YnysMôn #botany #Wales #wildflowerhour @bsbicymru.bsky.social
plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...