New online short course in sedge identification for beginners starts 10th March: napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/… 🌱 😍 Plantlife BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland BSBI Scotland BSBI Ireland National Plant Monitoring Scheme Bot Soc Scot The Wild Flower Society wildflowerhour Leif Bersweden CIEEM EdNap Life Sciences please retweet, thanks!

Lovely to see one of our most eminent #BSBImembers, Dr Margaret Bradshaw OBE (who joined the Society in 1951), on BBC Countryfile, talking about the famous Teesdale Assemblage. More about the Assemblage here: aem.bsbi.org/exhibits/dr-ma… Here's Margaret 👇 on Queenie, her Dales pony.

‘Plants of Holy Island’ This soon to be published plant book has just caught my attention. Published by natureguides. @nee_naturalist ⁦Natural England⁩ ⁦James Common⁩

I'm advertising a Darwin Tree of Life postdoc to work at The University of Edinburgh Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh on comparative #plant genomics! 16 months to use chromosomal level genome assemblies to investigate genomic diversity in British native flowering plants. Collab with @RBGE_Science. 🌲☘️🌼 Please RT.

Shocked to see how Alchemilla mollis has 'invaded' this stream at Langdon Beck, Teesdale today whilst leading an Alchemilla training day. A. mollis is increasingly becoming a real problem

Join us for a Wildflower Walk on Monday 31st July with expert botanist Chris Metherell from @NENature_ . Everyone is welcome ! @northcoastaonb Coast Care North ERIC NE

With the recent dry weather the NNR and the adjacent coastal strip has been classified as a high fire risk area. Please be vigilant and continue not to have any open fires or discard cigarettes.

Are you a Home Educator & wanting to work on your Arts Award but just don’t know where to start? We're running a series of virtual & in person sessions to talk you through the requirements so your children can work towards a qualification at home. Info: bit.ly/3RbjTW4

Absolutely. One of the most enjoyable, educational and fascinating talks - as many NHSN talks are. And the plant that could swallow an animal at the speed of a camera shutter! Wow! Can't wait each week for Monday at the Curtis Auditorium to come round @NENature_

A nice new book for my library published by my friends at NatureGuides.com. Both a guide to the plants with lots of lovely photos and descriptions of walks to help you find them.

This book has just dropped through my letterbox. A quick glance tells me this is a fantastic insight into the incredible botany of the wonderful Holy Island on the Northumberland coast. Well done to all involved. ⁦@NENature_⁩ ⁦⁦NatureGuides.com⁩ ⁦BirdGuides⁩

So wonderful to hear so much interest and enthusiasm from early career naturalists! Thanks to NHSN members, volunteer field trip leaders and John Spedan Lewis for all their help and support 😊 #NHSNFieldSkills

At bloody last , the story of the knife murder of innocent pensioner Terence Carney, 70, simply out for a stroll, by a Moroccan asylum seeker angered at the Israeli-Gaza war can be told. Mr Carney was having an early morning walk in his home town of Hartlepool, when he was set on

Bought myself a beautiful book by Chris Metherell. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland this is beautiful and factual, perfect for us plant nerds! I’ll just need to go back to #Lindisfarne for longer. #books #botany

Attention all International Association for Plant Taxonomy IAPT members!!! 🍃🍄‍🟫🪸 the deadline for submitting your preliminary votes for proposals to change the Code is fast approaching 😬 so get those pencils out and vote! Your voice matters … onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

The The Bridge Singers are sounding absolutely beautiful Cheryl Camm at #Feltonbury. What an amazing celebration of music this wonderful village festival is!

Do you know what these pictures are of? These are pictures of you walking past litter in the street and tutting, then going home to sweep up and burn all the leaves so your lawn looks tidy. These are pictures of you complaining to the council that they haven't cut the stinging

Short Films are required to be under 20 minutes or in some cases under 15 minutes This film is 3 minutes 53 seconds & still won the Oscar If you don’t watch this film you’re doing yourself an injustice If you don’t spread this film you’re doing everyone else an injustice

I have lost my flute, either on a Dublin Bus or on an Irish Rail / Enterprise service from Belfast to Dublin earlier today. I attach some images similar to my flute case. My flute case has a gold Meitheal Irish Trad Music Summer School sticker on one side