Fran Sinclair
@notfrangible.bsky.social
Plants are my passion but the rest of the world is pretty fascinating, too. Except sport.
Took very few photos on my #NYPH around the southern part of Bradford-on-Avon today. This Snapdragon was the showiest plant on my list of 49 species.
January 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Took very few photos on my #NYPH around the southern part of Bradford-on-Avon today. This Snapdragon was the showiest plant on my list of 49 species.
The last 5 of my 25 #theWinter10 😊 - Groundsel with bonus Forgetmenot, Yarrow, Red Deadnettle, Wood Avens and Common Stinging Nettle. I think I’ve worked out the route for my annual Bradford-on-Avon #NYPH 🙂
December 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The last 5 of my 25 #theWinter10 😊 - Groundsel with bonus Forgetmenot, Yarrow, Red Deadnettle, Wood Avens and Common Stinging Nettle. I think I’ve worked out the route for my annual Bradford-on-Avon #NYPH 🙂
Another batch of #theWinter10 - Bush Vetch, Perennial Cornflower, Hazel catkins, Greater Periwinkle and Winter Heliotrope, then Common Fumitory, Hogweed, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Creeping Buttercup and Grey-leaved Speedwell #WildflowerHour
December 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Another batch of #theWinter10 - Bush Vetch, Perennial Cornflower, Hazel catkins, Greater Periwinkle and Winter Heliotrope, then Common Fumitory, Hogweed, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Creeping Buttercup and Grey-leaved Speedwell #WildflowerHour
Last posts of #theWinter10 for 2025 - Dappled Hawkweed, Daisy, Common Ragwort, Scentless Mayweed and Silver Ragwort, then Primrose, Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Common Field-speedwell, Chickweed and Lesser Celandine for #WildflowerHour
December 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Last posts of #theWinter10 for 2025 - Dappled Hawkweed, Daisy, Common Ragwort, Scentless Mayweed and Silver Ragwort, then Primrose, Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Common Field-speedwell, Chickweed and Lesser Celandine for #WildflowerHour
Velvet Shank, I think, for #FungiFriday
December 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Velvet Shank, I think, for #FungiFriday
Merry Christmas and a plant-filled 2026 to all! Photo is of a Crab Apple hedge.
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Merry Christmas and a plant-filled 2026 to all! Photo is of a Crab Apple hedge.
A coordinating but blurry little insect on a slightly less blurry Wood Avens flower this week for #WildWebWednesday
December 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A coordinating but blurry little insect on a slightly less blurry Wood Avens flower this week for #WildWebWednesday
Making it 24 for #theWinter10 😄 here are Round-leaved Cranesbill, Tall Ramping Fumitory (maybe - it’s certainly been a b****** to key!), Trailing Bellflower and Forgetmenot. #WildflowerHour
December 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Making it 24 for #theWinter10 😄 here are Round-leaved Cranesbill, Tall Ramping Fumitory (maybe - it’s certainly been a b****** to key!), Trailing Bellflower and Forgetmenot. #WildflowerHour
Second batch #theWinter10 Japanese Anemone, Chickweed, Red Deadnettle, Knotweed & Sun Spurge; Guernsey Fleabane, Smooth Sowthistle, Groundsel, Bristly Oxtongue & Annual Mercury all from Bradford-on-Avon #WildflowerHour
December 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Second batch #theWinter10 Japanese Anemone, Chickweed, Red Deadnettle, Knotweed & Sun Spurge; Guernsey Fleabane, Smooth Sowthistle, Groundsel, Bristly Oxtongue & Annual Mercury all from Bradford-on-Avon #WildflowerHour
#theWinter10 from Combe Down, Bath: (Tazetta?) Daffodil, Yellow Corydalis, Nipplewort, Dandelion & Ox-eye Daisy; Herb Robert, Wild Mignonette, Green Alkanet, White Deadnettle & Red Valerian #WildflowerHour
December 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#theWinter10 from Combe Down, Bath: (Tazetta?) Daffodil, Yellow Corydalis, Nipplewort, Dandelion & Ox-eye Daisy; Herb Robert, Wild Mignonette, Green Alkanet, White Deadnettle & Red Valerian #WildflowerHour
Very thoughtful gift from botany buddy after my first cataract op. Scored 140 already! 😎
December 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Very thoughtful gift from botany buddy after my first cataract op. Scored 140 already! 😎
Nearly forgot this #WildWebsWednesday ladybird on a mossy wall in yesterday’s sunshine
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Nearly forgot this #WildWebsWednesday ladybird on a mossy wall in yesterday’s sunshine
Only 6 for #TheWinter10 this week. Locally, Oxford Ragwort, Feverfew & Bilbao’s Fleabane (I think), then from West Norwood Shaggy Soldier, Pellitory-of-the-wall at the Covid Memorial Wall, and Lavender escaped from either Lambeth Palace or The Garden Museum.
December 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Only 6 for #TheWinter10 this week. Locally, Oxford Ragwort, Feverfew & Bilbao’s Fleabane (I think), then from West Norwood Shaggy Soldier, Pellitory-of-the-wall at the Covid Memorial Wall, and Lavender escaped from either Lambeth Palace or The Garden Museum.
#TheWinter10 from Bradford-on-Avon: Groundsel, Shaggy Soldier, Forgetmenot, Mexican Fleabane, Annual Mercury, Pot Marigold, white Red Valerian, Herb Robert, White Deadnettle and Daisy. Phew! #WildflowerHour not so easy this week.
December 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#TheWinter10 from Bradford-on-Avon: Groundsel, Shaggy Soldier, Forgetmenot, Mexican Fleabane, Annual Mercury, Pot Marigold, white Red Valerian, Herb Robert, White Deadnettle and Daisy. Phew! #WildflowerHour not so easy this week.
Very early for #WildflowerHour but stuck on the train and will be busy once home. First half of my #theWinter10 from (mostly) Wiltshire this week: Molewort, Musk Mallow, Pale Galingale, Snapdragon, Sun Spurge. 2nd half: Rape, Red Deadnettle, Broom (look closely!), Scentless Mayweed & Sweet Violet
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Very early for #WildflowerHour but stuck on the train and will be busy once home. First half of my #theWinter10 from (mostly) Wiltshire this week: Molewort, Musk Mallow, Pale Galingale, Snapdragon, Sun Spurge. 2nd half: Rape, Red Deadnettle, Broom (look closely!), Scentless Mayweed & Sweet Violet
Reposted by Fran Sinclair
Paul’s tips for promoting botanical education: 1 Make it enjoyable 2 Make it intellectually stimulating 3 Field work 4 Communicate widely.
“Guerrilla Botany” - putting field and botany modules into university courses. The #BIBConf25 kicking off to an exciting start with @bsbibotany.bsky.social President Paul Ashton on the role of botany in the 21st Century.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Paul’s tips for promoting botanical education: 1 Make it enjoyable 2 Make it intellectually stimulating 3 Field work 4 Communicate widely.
Reposted by Fran Sinclair
Congratulations to Alys Fowler for her wonderful book ‘Peatlands,’ winner of @bsbibotany.bsky.social and The Wildflower Society Presidents’ Award presented today at #BIBConf25
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Congratulations to Alys Fowler for her wonderful book ‘Peatlands,’ winner of @bsbibotany.bsky.social and The Wildflower Society Presidents’ Award presented today at #BIBConf25
Reposted by Fran Sinclair
Pete Stroh @bsbibotany.bsky.social on the newly published GB Red List for vascular plants at #BIBconf25 a standardised assessment of conservation status. Fascinating hearing about the challenges of using the IUCN criteria developed on mammals for plants. bsbi.org/learn/public...
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Pete Stroh @bsbibotany.bsky.social on the newly published GB Red List for vascular plants at #BIBconf25 a standardised assessment of conservation status. Fascinating hearing about the challenges of using the IUCN criteria developed on mammals for plants. bsbi.org/learn/public...
Superb garden of hosts near Ormskirk prior to #BIBConf25 tomorrow.
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Superb garden of hosts near Ormskirk prior to #BIBConf25 tomorrow.
Hart’s Tongue and Wall Rue at Bradford-on-Avon station #FernFriday
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hart’s Tongue and Wall Rue at Bradford-on-Avon station #FernFriday
And the fruits! Rosehip, Spindle, Privet, Hawthorn and Bittersweet #NotTheWinter10 #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
And the fruits! Rosehip, Spindle, Privet, Hawthorn and Bittersweet #NotTheWinter10 #WildflowerHour
And still they come! Common Fumitory, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Yarrow, Grey Field-Speedwell and Water Bent for #theWinter10 extras #WildFlowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And still they come! Common Fumitory, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Yarrow, Grey Field-Speedwell and Water Bent for #theWinter10 extras #WildFlowerHour
Second tranche for #theWinter10 - Stinking Hellebore, Bush Vetchling, Nipplewort with a frosty background, Adria Bellflower and Red Valerian #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Second tranche for #theWinter10 - Stinking Hellebore, Bush Vetchling, Nipplewort with a frosty background, Adria Bellflower and Red Valerian #WildflowerHour
Good grief! Look at the time! 5 of my #theWinter10 - Hogweed, a not very enthusiastic Red Deadnettle, Smooth Sowthistle, Winter Heliotrope and Bristly Oxtongue #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Good grief! Look at the time! 5 of my #theWinter10 - Hogweed, a not very enthusiastic Red Deadnettle, Smooth Sowthistle, Winter Heliotrope and Bristly Oxtongue #WildflowerHour
And a bonus 3 for #WildflowerHour: lovely Shaggy Soldier, my first Winter Heliotrope of the season and one of many White Deadnettles undaunted by weather. All in Bradford-on-Avon.
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And a bonus 3 for #WildflowerHour: lovely Shaggy Soldier, my first Winter Heliotrope of the season and one of many White Deadnettles undaunted by weather. All in Bradford-on-Avon.