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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 7d

It's the best time to join! We have so much in the pipeline, and the plants are as incredible as always. Join annually and get 15 months for the price of 12!

BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 7d

Our annual membership special offer opens today!
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 20d

We're hiring!
Could you help us support & grow the community of botanists across Northern Ireland?
Manage our @daera-ni.gov.uk-funded Botanical Skills Training Project?
Help boost participation in @npms.bsky.social across NI?
Please apply by midnight this Sunday, 21 Sept:
bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · 28d

Doh! Thank you for helping us catch that typo - we could say the offer is even more generous as it's on 100% of our books! forms.gle/CJ1MyCxRNNhn...

BSBI Member and Supporter Survey 2025

We are looking to learn more about our members, and supporters, and about how the BSBI is working. As a Society, it is vital that we work with members to meet our goals and ensure we have the greatest...

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Sep 8

We invite all #BSBImembers & supporters to take part in our 2025 survey & help inform our future direction!
All responders receive a 60% discount code on our eBooks until the end of September & there's a prize draw to win a year's free membership.
Start the survey:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

BSBI Member and Supporter Survey 2025

We are looking to learn more about our members, and supporters, and about how the BSBI is working. As a Society, it is vital that we work with members to meet our goals and ensure we have the greatest...

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Jul 20

A new neat damp discovery today, what I think is Dog Stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus) beside Lindley Wood Reservoir, looking as bizarre and crabstick-like as it might be want to do 🤯🍄

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Jul 12

Roger! White clover characteristics but flesh coloured flower 🙏

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Jul 12

Amazing - what are the ID characteristics to check?

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Jun 14

If you're ever having an ambivalent day, head outside and let nature give you a little slap in the face for such silliness 🤩

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Apr 21

Out now, Brambles of Scotland by Angus Hannah, #BSBICountyRecorder for Clyde Isles.
This is the latest title in our #BSBIHandbooks series, essential resources for #WildFlowerID on tricky plant groups.
Special offer (£7 off!) for #BSBImembers ordering the book.
Find out more:
bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Apr 18

Some other lovelies from the walk, including this coconut alleyway 🤌😍

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Apr 18

A nice *404 plant not recognised* moment for me this Good Friday, coming across Common Stork's-bill, Erodium cicutarium, for the first time just below John of Gaunt's castle. A refind of David Braughton's 2011 record, clearly brought in with dam build in 90s #BusmansHoliday @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Apr 11

Top marks also for my inherited Muscari patch, with single tulip and emerging Lily of the Valley, and the @aldiukstores.bsky.social sage that died in its pot but is on its fifth spring outside ☀️😀

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Apr 11

Enjoying sunny lunch in my micro garden and all the things I didn't plant 💚 inc Hyacinthoides in the drain, Myosotis happy as Larry in a hole in sleepers, Oxalis in paving crack and Violas that decided a tin bucket was the place, under a birch that I also did not plant 😅 #LowEffortHorticulture

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Botany One @botany.one · Mar 26

Green flowers comprise less than 10% of plant species worldwide. Discover how these botanical outliers use unique light reflection patterns to succeed.

Learn more:

Green Flowers are not Invisible

Discover how subtle hues and clever chemistry help green flowers communicate with bees and flies.

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Mar 20

Top @nhm-london.bsky.social botanist @sandyknapp.bsky.social is calling on all UK botanists to help your local #herbarium join the digitisation journey!
Read Sandy's blogpost: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/help...
Find out why herbaria are so important & deserve your support: bsbi.org/herbaria

Help your local herbarium!

Volunteers mounting specimens at Univ Leicester Image: L. Marsh Regular readers of this blog will know that we have a passion for herbaria ....

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Mar 19

Remember, if there was anything on the stand that piqued your interest, all the resources and so much more are available on the BSBI website, the Plant Atlas 2020 site, or via searching for the NPMS or Plant Alert 🌱

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Mar 19

Great to get along to @scotnsconf.bsky.social this week - two great days at RBGE talking to student naturalists about wild plants and their interests. We talked skill levels, training, data, recording, Sticky Catchfly and arctic alpines (obviously inspired by @sarahwatts.bsky.social!)

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Mar 19

A great couple of days at #SNSC2025!
My colleagues @bsbiscotland.bsky.social & @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social really enjoyed chatting with the students about #PlantAtlas2020 & hearing the brilliant talks.
Huge thanks to the @scotnsconf.bsky.social team on a great event & many thanks for inviting us!

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Mar 18

My colleagues @bsbiscotland.bsky.social & @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social are at the Student Nature Conference @thebotanics.bsky.social today, talking to next generation botanists about what BSBI can offer them & finding out what more we might do.
If you're there today, go up & say hi to Matt & Sarah!

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Feb 13

This! Give them the gift of caring for *every* wild flower they see for the rest of the year - give me ALL the Dog Roses and Maiden Pinks and Lily of the Valleys 💐 but just leave them in the ground 💚

Donations also a possibility! 👇

bsbi.org/donations

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Feb 10

We have 2 staff vacancies right now, so 2 great opportunities for you to come & work with us!
1. Become our new Admin Officer👇
2. Become our new Training Officer (Northern Ireland).
More info, job packs & deadlines here: bsbi.org/vacancies
Please apply &/or spread the word!
#SpoiltForChoice ;-)

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Feb 10

It's official, I'm the most aggregate batter in the West 🤠🏏🥳

@wywgcl.bsky.social

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Feb 6

Can't wait to work alongside this person - come and join a brilliant team and make a real impact on wild plant conservation 🌱📣

BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Feb 5

We're hiring!
Could you help create a resilient future for the Botanical Society, working across our teams to support staff and volunteers?
Apply to become our first ever Administration Officer: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Not applying yourself? Then please help us spread the word! Deadline: 2nd March

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Feb 3

We're proud to be 1 of 10 UKTEPoP partners who today published a joint statement pledging our commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion in UK species monitoring schemes:
jncc.gov.uk/our-work/ukt...
We need to better understand how biodiversity loss is impacting under-recorded areas & communities.

Botanists surveying an urban/ post-industrial site in South Wales

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Jan 29

Free money for botany!!! Got a research project, training need or study desire that you could use some funding for? Make sure you are applying to our grants programmes 👇📣

Tell your networks, friends and colleagues before the deadline (31st) - a short application is better than nothing!

BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Jan 27

Only 4 days left if you want to apply for a BSBI grant!
We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course;
Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads;
Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers.
bsbi.org/grants
Don't miss out, apply ASAP!

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