James Harding-Morris
@bsbicountries.bsky.social
BSBI Countries Manager. Supporting our network of recorders across Britain and Ireland and working to engage people with plants through education and recording.
Who can name all four? I'll give you a clue - all four have a location in their common names...
🌿 Test yourself!
How well do you know the UK’s endemic plants — species found nowhere else on Earth?
Can you name all four in the photo?
Want to learn more? Join our Endemics webinar with @bsbicountries.bsky.social on 5th May 2026:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977171014...
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
How well do you know the UK’s endemic plants — species found nowhere else on Earth?
Can you name all four in the photo?
Want to learn more? Join our Endemics webinar with @bsbicountries.bsky.social on 5th May 2026:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977171014...
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Who can name all four? I'll give you a clue - all four have a location in their common names...
I've found a particularly lovely snowdrop. I think it's a hybrid between Galanthus nivalis and elwesii - and it's got tiny green dots on the tips of the outer petals! 😍
Sharing this with some proper snowdrop enthusiasts:
@bramblebotanist.bsky.social @commonbynature.bsky.social
Sharing this with some proper snowdrop enthusiasts:
@bramblebotanist.bsky.social @commonbynature.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I've found a particularly lovely snowdrop. I think it's a hybrid between Galanthus nivalis and elwesii - and it's got tiny green dots on the tips of the outer petals! 😍
Sharing this with some proper snowdrop enthusiasts:
@bramblebotanist.bsky.social @commonbynature.bsky.social
Sharing this with some proper snowdrop enthusiasts:
@bramblebotanist.bsky.social @commonbynature.bsky.social
Another BBC story with an unsuitable headline image. This story on venomous snakes is headlines by an image of what appears to be an Oriental Rat Snake - a non-venomous snake!
It's been corrected now, but it still shows the absolutely dire state of journalism when it relates to natural history.
It's been corrected now, but it still shows the absolutely dire state of journalism when it relates to natural history.
February 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Another BBC story with an unsuitable headline image. This story on venomous snakes is headlines by an image of what appears to be an Oriental Rat Snake - a non-venomous snake!
It's been corrected now, but it still shows the absolutely dire state of journalism when it relates to natural history.
It's been corrected now, but it still shows the absolutely dire state of journalism when it relates to natural history.
Reposted by James Harding-Morris
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🥦 Getting ready for Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026? Just over 10 days to the big event. Will be live-streamed YouTube - follow QR code. See recording previous years contests same place. Here's a question to whet your appetite!
February 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🥦 Getting ready for Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026? Just over 10 days to the big event. Will be live-streamed YouTube - follow QR code. See recording previous years contests same place. Here's a question to whet your appetite!
I found a large patch of Spotted Dead-nettle growing in the wild yesterday whilst walking to the garage. Turns out it's a new hectad record!
#RecordSubmitted
#RecordSubmitted
January 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I found a large patch of Spotted Dead-nettle growing in the wild yesterday whilst walking to the garage. Turns out it's a new hectad record!
#RecordSubmitted
#RecordSubmitted
I found a lovely patch of Greater Stitchwort on my lunchtime walk today. It turns out, when I entered the record, that it's the first hectad record in over a decade!
#RecordSubmitted
#RecordSubmitted
January 20, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I found a lovely patch of Greater Stitchwort on my lunchtime walk today. It turns out, when I entered the record, that it's the first hectad record in over a decade!
#RecordSubmitted
#RecordSubmitted
I'm delighted to have been invited to have a conversation about our endemic species - those species found nowhere else in the world other than right here in Britain - as part of this event.
I also can't wait to visit the home of the great man himself!
I also can't wait to visit the home of the great man himself!
Tickets are on sale for our Watching Narrowly Book Day! 🎟
Tickets are only available from the gift shop (you can phone us during opening hours 01420 511275 to purchase) and will on the website ASAP!
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...
Tickets are only available from the gift shop (you can phone us during opening hours 01420 511275 to purchase) and will on the website ASAP!
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...
January 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I'm delighted to have been invited to have a conversation about our endemic species - those species found nowhere else in the world other than right here in Britain - as part of this event.
I also can't wait to visit the home of the great man himself!
I also can't wait to visit the home of the great man himself!
I idly submitted a record for this non-native Box-leaved Honeysuckle, Lonicera pileata, on a walk this morning, only to find that it was a brand new hectad record!
#recordsubmitted
#recordsubmitted
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I idly submitted a record for this non-native Box-leaved Honeysuckle, Lonicera pileata, on a walk this morning, only to find that it was a brand new hectad record!
#recordsubmitted
#recordsubmitted
Hazel flowering on the way back from dropping my car at the garage. These little sea anemone-like flowers are one of my absolute favourites, and #recordsubmitted
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Hazel flowering on the way back from dropping my car at the garage. These little sea anemone-like flowers are one of my absolute favourites, and #recordsubmitted
Reposted by James Harding-Morris
🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
Reposted by James Harding-Morris
Big thank you to all who joined us on a bright & cold @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt on Bull Island! ✨
We found 26 species in flower 🌼
Our records on the BSBI website ⤵️
nyph.bsbi.org/survey.php?s...
📷 @mikekally.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
We found 26 species in flower 🌼
Our records on the BSBI website ⤵️
nyph.bsbi.org/survey.php?s...
📷 @mikekally.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Big thank you to all who joined us on a bright & cold @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt on Bull Island! ✨
We found 26 species in flower 🌼
Our records on the BSBI website ⤵️
nyph.bsbi.org/survey.php?s...
📷 @mikekally.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
We found 26 species in flower 🌼
Our records on the BSBI website ⤵️
nyph.bsbi.org/survey.php?s...
📷 @mikekally.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Cyclamen coum was a great find by Max on his first New Year Plant Hunt.
He just called it a 'purple one' but I'll forgive him for not knowing what it's called as he's only two.
He just called it a 'purple one' but I'll forgive him for not knowing what it's called as he's only two.
January 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Cyclamen coum was a great find by Max on his first New Year Plant Hunt.
He just called it a 'purple one' but I'll forgive him for not knowing what it's called as he's only two.
He just called it a 'purple one' but I'll forgive him for not knowing what it's called as he's only two.
Wood Avens and Bush Vetch both seen flowering today - hopefully I'll see them both again tomorrow for the first day of the New Year Plant Hunt!
Spotter sheets etc., can be found here if you want to take part: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Spotter sheets etc., can be found here if you want to take part: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
December 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Wood Avens and Bush Vetch both seen flowering today - hopefully I'll see them both again tomorrow for the first day of the New Year Plant Hunt!
Spotter sheets etc., can be found here if you want to take part: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Spotter sheets etc., can be found here if you want to take part: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Botanical finds are coming thick and fast today. Hutchinsia this morning, a bag of onions that have rooted through their netting this afternoon.
From the sublime to the absurd 😅
From the sublime to the absurd 😅
December 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Botanical finds are coming thick and fast today. Hutchinsia this morning, a bag of onions that have rooted through their netting this afternoon.
From the sublime to the absurd 😅
From the sublime to the absurd 😅
By *complete* chance, I bumped into a population of 50+ Hutchinsia today in Derbyshire, a species I have only ever seen once before in my life!
It's a pretty localised species (see Plant Atlas: share.google/sBUUzjuwSpSP...) so delighted to bump into it by chance.
It's a pretty localised species (see Plant Atlas: share.google/sBUUzjuwSpSP...) so delighted to bump into it by chance.
December 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
By *complete* chance, I bumped into a population of 50+ Hutchinsia today in Derbyshire, a species I have only ever seen once before in my life!
It's a pretty localised species (see Plant Atlas: share.google/sBUUzjuwSpSP...) so delighted to bump into it by chance.
It's a pretty localised species (see Plant Atlas: share.google/sBUUzjuwSpSP...) so delighted to bump into it by chance.
I'm away with friends in a cottage in Derbyshire playing board games and otherwise enjoying the time between Christmas and New Year.
I step into the garden for a breath of fresh air and find a Bee Orchid rosette in the garden. Perfect!
#recordsubmitted via the BSBI app.
I step into the garden for a breath of fresh air and find a Bee Orchid rosette in the garden. Perfect!
#recordsubmitted via the BSBI app.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm away with friends in a cottage in Derbyshire playing board games and otherwise enjoying the time between Christmas and New Year.
I step into the garden for a breath of fresh air and find a Bee Orchid rosette in the garden. Perfect!
#recordsubmitted via the BSBI app.
I step into the garden for a breath of fresh air and find a Bee Orchid rosette in the garden. Perfect!
#recordsubmitted via the BSBI app.
Reposted by James Harding-Morris
Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt!
From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom.
Resources to help us:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom.
Resources to help us:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt!
From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom.
Resources to help us:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom.
Resources to help us:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
@danicapriest.bsky.social Hi Danica, I just saw your tiktok about endemic species and thought you might be interested in my recent book.
A lot of information online about endemic species in Britain is out of date!
Endemic: Exploring the wildlife unique to Britain share.google/1c0y50LTyJA7...
A lot of information online about endemic species in Britain is out of date!
Endemic: Exploring the wildlife unique to Britain share.google/1c0y50LTyJA7...
Endemic
Meet the rare, obscure and utterly British species found nowhere else on earth.Around 70,000 species call Britain home, but how many of them can be found here a…
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December 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
@danicapriest.bsky.social Hi Danica, I just saw your tiktok about endemic species and thought you might be interested in my recent book.
A lot of information online about endemic species in Britain is out of date!
Endemic: Exploring the wildlife unique to Britain share.google/1c0y50LTyJA7...
A lot of information online about endemic species in Britain is out of date!
Endemic: Exploring the wildlife unique to Britain share.google/1c0y50LTyJA7...
Reposted by James Harding-Morris
"Wowsers!" is what I imagine Graham Goodfellow said when he found this beauty in West Sutherland this summer! This is the hybrid between Frog Orchid and Heath-spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza x conigera - just the 6th record for B&I and a worthy Day 7 for my botanical #adventcalendar #wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Wowsers!" is what I imagine Graham Goodfellow said when he found this beauty in West Sutherland this summer! This is the hybrid between Frog Orchid and Heath-spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza x conigera - just the 6th record for B&I and a worthy Day 7 for my botanical #adventcalendar #wildflowerhour
How amazing is this? The BSBI is offering money for people to engage in plant training or research.
You don't even have to be a member!!
You don't even have to be a member!!
Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2026!
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How amazing is this? The BSBI is offering money for people to engage in plant training or research.
You don't even have to be a member!!
You don't even have to be a member!!
Pugsley's Marsh Orchid (or Narrow-leaved Marsh Orchid), Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides, is a British and Irish endemic found in the north and west in calcareous fens and flushes.
Though, as Plant Atlas states, there are possible challenges to its endemic status...
share.google/agVCHeLwm59D...
Though, as Plant Atlas states, there are possible challenges to its endemic status...
share.google/agVCHeLwm59D...
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pugsley's Marsh Orchid (or Narrow-leaved Marsh Orchid), Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides, is a British and Irish endemic found in the north and west in calcareous fens and flushes.
Though, as Plant Atlas states, there are possible challenges to its endemic status...
share.google/agVCHeLwm59D...
Though, as Plant Atlas states, there are possible challenges to its endemic status...
share.google/agVCHeLwm59D...
I promised listeners of my BSBI talk last night that I'd post a picture of an endemic orchid today. This is Epipactis sancta, the Lindisfarne Helleborine.
This orchid is only found on Lindisfarne, just off the Northumberland coast, and nowhere else on Earth.
This orchid is only found on Lindisfarne, just off the Northumberland coast, and nowhere else on Earth.
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I promised listeners of my BSBI talk last night that I'd post a picture of an endemic orchid today. This is Epipactis sancta, the Lindisfarne Helleborine.
This orchid is only found on Lindisfarne, just off the Northumberland coast, and nowhere else on Earth.
This orchid is only found on Lindisfarne, just off the Northumberland coast, and nowhere else on Earth.
And there's still time to book your free ticket for this event tomorrow evening (3rd).
There will be talk of Welsh Groundsel, Scottish Primrose and both English and Irish Whitebeams!
share.google/ULN0e6mGMWGz...
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
There will be talk of Welsh Groundsel, Scottish Primrose and both English and Irish Whitebeams!
share.google/ULN0e6mGMWGz...
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
And there's still time to book your free ticket for this event tomorrow evening (3rd).
There will be talk of Welsh Groundsel, Scottish Primrose and both English and Irish Whitebeams!
share.google/ULN0e6mGMWGz...
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
There will be talk of Welsh Groundsel, Scottish Primrose and both English and Irish Whitebeams!
share.google/ULN0e6mGMWGz...
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
We've had over 300 bookings but there are still places left for this talk tonight at 7pm!
We've had nearly 300 bookings for our talk on the Clubmosses of Britain and Ireland by Fred Rumsey next Tuesday evening (2nd December) and there's still places left!
Book now for free (though donations towards our work are appreciated): share.google/lQL6JQ7E9SEQ...
Book now for free (though donations towards our work are appreciated): share.google/lQL6JQ7E9SEQ...
December 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We've had over 300 bookings but there are still places left for this talk tonight at 7pm!
I'm giving a talk for @bsbibotany.bsky.social on Wednesday evening next week (3rd December) all about our endemic plants.
It's fun (and free) and you can book tickets here: share.google/xVbMPUkmaPCS...
It's fun (and free) and you can book tickets here: share.google/xVbMPUkmaPCS...
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I'm giving a talk for @bsbibotany.bsky.social on Wednesday evening next week (3rd December) all about our endemic plants.
It's fun (and free) and you can book tickets here: share.google/xVbMPUkmaPCS...
It's fun (and free) and you can book tickets here: share.google/xVbMPUkmaPCS...