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.
Ah, amazing, thanks Alex! I've been through my camera roll and I was clearly so dazzled by the flower that I didn't photograph the leaves, but I see what you mean about the grooved leaves (as out of focus as they are!)
February 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Ah, amazing, thanks Alex! I've been through my camera roll and I was clearly so dazzled by the flower that I didn't photograph the leaves, but I see what you mean about the grooved leaves (as out of focus as they are!)
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! π
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! π
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.
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π±πΎπ²ππΏππΊπ³π΄π·πͺ³π₯¦ 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
π±πΎπ²ππΏππΊπ³π΄π·πͺ³π₯¦ 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'm so glad you enjoyed it! We *do* all have the power to save species, protect natural heritage, and make a difference.
I wrote about a few people who were single-handedly preventing extinctions, but the rest of us can throw our support behind the organisations making the world a better place.
I wrote about a few people who were single-handedly preventing extinctions, but the rest of us can throw our support behind the organisations making the world a better place.
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! We *do* all have the power to save species, protect natural heritage, and make a difference.
I wrote about a few people who were single-handedly preventing extinctions, but the rest of us can throw our support behind the organisations making the world a better place.
I wrote about a few people who were single-handedly preventing extinctions, but the rest of us can throw our support behind the organisations making the world a better place.
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! π
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
I hope you throughly enjoy it!
January 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I hope you throughly enjoy it!
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π¦πΏHiring 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... π§ͺ
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... π§ͺ
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
π¦πΏHiring 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... π§ͺ
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... π§ͺ
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Big thank you to all who joined us on a bright & cold @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt on Bull Island! β¨
We found 26 species in flower πΌ
Our records on the BSBI website ‡οΈ
nyph.bsbi.org/survey.php?s...
π· @mikekally.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
We found 26 species in flower πΌ
Our records on the BSBI website ‡οΈ
nyph.bsbi.org/survey.php?s...
π· @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! β¨
We found 26 species in flower πΌ
Our records on the BSBI website ‡οΈ
nyph.bsbi.org/survey.php?s...
π· @mikekally.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
We found 26 species in flower πΌ
Our records on the BSBI website ‡οΈ
nyph.bsbi.org/survey.php?s...
π· @mikekally.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Primrose found today too - feels very early for Yorkshire!
Max called this one a 'daisy' but in my opinion knowing any specific flower names at two is good going (and I did add it correctly to my New Year Plant Hunt survey).
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Max called this one a 'daisy' but in my opinion knowing any specific flower names at two is good going (and I did add it correctly to my New Year Plant Hunt survey).
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Primrose found today too - feels very early for Yorkshire!
Max called this one a 'daisy' but in my opinion knowing any specific flower names at two is good going (and I did add it correctly to my New Year Plant Hunt survey).
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Max called this one a 'daisy' but in my opinion knowing any specific flower names at two is good going (and I did add it correctly to my New Year Plant Hunt survey).
@bsbibotany.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.
Have you managed to get out for a plant hunt? Last day today! πΏ
January 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Have you managed to get out for a plant hunt? Last day today! πΏ
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 π
From the sublime to the absurd π
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 π
From the sublime to the absurd π
I think it's because you prove to yourself that you'd spot the interesting thing even if you didn't know to look for it πΏ
December 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I think it's because you prove to yourself that you'd spot the interesting thing even if you didn't know to look for it πΏ
That sounds fantastic!
December 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
That sounds fantastic!
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.
Not with me, but I do have it!
December 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Not with me, but I do have it!
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.
If you go to the link in the original post you'll see there's a variety of different sheets!
I hope you enjoy taking part! π
I hope you enjoy taking part! π
December 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you go to the link in the original post you'll see there's a variety of different sheets!
I hope you enjoy taking part! π
I hope you enjoy taking part! π
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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.