TrevorTheBotanist
@trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Botanist, conservationist & author. Endlessly curious about plants, especially orchids, ferns, our British flora & tropical plants.
Author of ‘Urban Plants’ (Bloomsbury British Wildlife Collection). Work for The Species Recovery Trust, BSBI Trustee
Author of ‘Urban Plants’ (Bloomsbury British Wildlife Collection). Work for The Species Recovery Trust, BSBI Trustee
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Oh my word! Botanist about to explode! Just unboxed my presentation copies of Urban Plants & I’m as giddy as a bee in a bellflower. It’s a beautiful thing, from the gorgeous Carry Akroyd cover to the photos kindly provided by many lovely people. Hope you enjoy it www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...
Cor blimey Steve, that’s an honour and a half!!! Cannot thank you enough for this, I’m absolutely stoked #BookoftheYear @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
My natural history book of the year is ‘Urban Plants’ by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Informative, entertaining and inspiring - after reading it you will never walk down a street, pass by a wall or look at a grass verge in the same way again. Highly recommended @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Informative, entertaining and inspiring - after reading it you will never walk down a street, pass by a wall or look at a grass verge in the same way again. Highly recommended @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Cor blimey Steve, that’s an honour and a half!!! Cannot thank you enough for this, I’m absolutely stoked #BookoftheYear @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
It’s nearly December. Down beside the Conwy estuary, it’s time for the… err… Hawthorn to burst into bloom!! #Conwy #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s nearly December. Down beside the Conwy estuary, it’s time for the… err… Hawthorn to burst into bloom!! #Conwy #WildflowerHour
I never expected the reaction I’ve had to Urban Plants. So many wonderful comments from so many wonderful people. The satisfaction from knowing I’ve inspired people to look at the urban world with different eyes is indescribable and deeply rewarding #ChristmasBooks #ChristmasReading #WildlifeBooks
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I never expected the reaction I’ve had to Urban Plants. So many wonderful comments from so many wonderful people. The satisfaction from knowing I’ve inspired people to look at the urban world with different eyes is indescribable and deeply rewarding #ChristmasBooks #ChristmasReading #WildlifeBooks
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On our new website, check out all the fabulous photos of plants & people!
In the header is a pic of @danryannature.bsky.social & daughter Ada on a #NewYearPlantHunt last year.
We also used images (like this stunning Grass-of-Parnassus) entered into our Photo Competition: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
In the header is a pic of @danryannature.bsky.social & daughter Ada on a #NewYearPlantHunt last year.
We also used images (like this stunning Grass-of-Parnassus) entered into our Photo Competition: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
On our new website, check out all the fabulous photos of plants & people!
In the header is a pic of @danryannature.bsky.social & daughter Ada on a #NewYearPlantHunt last year.
We also used images (like this stunning Grass-of-Parnassus) entered into our Photo Competition: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
In the header is a pic of @danryannature.bsky.social & daughter Ada on a #NewYearPlantHunt last year.
We also used images (like this stunning Grass-of-Parnassus) entered into our Photo Competition: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
It might not be the brightest jewel in the grass, but I have a real soft spot for Meadow Waxcap (Cuphophyllus pratensis). This lovely chunky specimen is growing - appropriately - in our meadow #Waxcaps #Fungi #GrasslandFungi
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It might not be the brightest jewel in the grass, but I have a real soft spot for Meadow Waxcap (Cuphophyllus pratensis). This lovely chunky specimen is growing - appropriately - in our meadow #Waxcaps #Fungi #GrasslandFungi
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Checked out our shiny new website yet?
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Checked out our shiny new website yet?
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
#SundayYellow Urban street trees lighting up the concrete jungle www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#SundayYellow Urban street trees lighting up the concrete jungle www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...
Superb result of lots of hard conservation work by my mate Tim Pankhurst at Plantlife, plus many others. For such a rare orchid to become *less threatened* is nothing short of phenomenal. Bravo to everyone involved! @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare Fen Orchid brought back from brink of extinction
Cambridge University Botanic Garden and partners have been working to successfully reintroduce the species.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Superb result of lots of hard conservation work by my mate Tim Pankhurst at Plantlife, plus many others. For such a rare orchid to become *less threatened* is nothing short of phenomenal. Bravo to everyone involved! @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Also at #BIBConf25, a panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence: the good, the bad & how best to approach it as a botanical community.
On the panel:
@trevorthebotanist.bsky.social;
Olaf Kranse (Univ Cambridge);
Alice Kershaw @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Stuart Desjardins (Univ. Leicester)
On the panel:
@trevorthebotanist.bsky.social;
Olaf Kranse (Univ Cambridge);
Alice Kershaw @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Stuart Desjardins (Univ. Leicester)
2025 British & Irish Botanical Conference #BIBConf25 takes place at Edge Hill University on Saturday 29 November.
We have a fabulous programme lined up for plant-lovers!
Exhibits & 8 talks inc. a keynote by Prof John Rodwell (of NVC fame).
Programme & bookings:
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
We have a fabulous programme lined up for plant-lovers!
Exhibits & 8 talks inc. a keynote by Prof John Rodwell (of NVC fame).
Programme & bookings:
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Select tickets – British and Irish Botanical Conference 2025 – Health, Medicine and Social Care Building, Edge Hill University
British and Irish Botanical Conference 2025 – Health, Medicine and Social Care Building, Edge Hill University, Sat 29 Nov 2025 - Everyone is welcome at the 2025 British & Irish Botanical Conferenc...
www.tickettailor.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Also at #BIBConf25, a panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence: the good, the bad & how best to approach it as a botanical community.
On the panel:
@trevorthebotanist.bsky.social;
Olaf Kranse (Univ Cambridge);
Alice Kershaw @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Stuart Desjardins (Univ. Leicester)
On the panel:
@trevorthebotanist.bsky.social;
Olaf Kranse (Univ Cambridge);
Alice Kershaw @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Stuart Desjardins (Univ. Leicester)
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Kicking yourself because you missed Mark Duffell's recent Botanical Skills Webinar on the etymology of scientific names?
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Kicking yourself because you missed Mark Duffell's recent Botanical Skills Webinar on the etymology of scientific names?
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
Reposted by TrevorTheBotanist
2025 British & Irish Botanical Conference #BIBConf25 takes place at Edge Hill University on Saturday 29 November.
We have a fabulous programme lined up for plant-lovers!
Exhibits & 8 talks inc. a keynote by Prof John Rodwell (of NVC fame).
Programme & bookings:
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
We have a fabulous programme lined up for plant-lovers!
Exhibits & 8 talks inc. a keynote by Prof John Rodwell (of NVC fame).
Programme & bookings:
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Select tickets – British and Irish Botanical Conference 2025 – Health, Medicine and Social Care Building, Edge Hill University
British and Irish Botanical Conference 2025 – Health, Medicine and Social Care Building, Edge Hill University, Sat 29 Nov 2025 - Everyone is welcome at the 2025 British & Irish Botanical Conferenc...
www.tickettailor.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
2025 British & Irish Botanical Conference #BIBConf25 takes place at Edge Hill University on Saturday 29 November.
We have a fabulous programme lined up for plant-lovers!
Exhibits & 8 talks inc. a keynote by Prof John Rodwell (of NVC fame).
Programme & bookings:
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
We have a fabulous programme lined up for plant-lovers!
Exhibits & 8 talks inc. a keynote by Prof John Rodwell (of NVC fame).
Programme & bookings:
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Wow! Thank you so much for your comments and I’m thrilled you enjoyed the book. It really means the world to me to get such lovely feedback @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
#naturewriting
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Wow! Thank you so much for your comments and I’m thrilled you enjoyed the book. It really means the world to me to get such lovely feedback @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
If this small modular reactor is the “Nuclear equivalent of an Ikea chair” there’ll be poor instructions, parts missing, screws loose and it’ll become wobbly in a few weeks. Maybe not the best analogy? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wylfa nuclear power plant plans go ahead, creating Anglesey jobs
Three small modular reactors are confirmed for the site, with the potential for up to eight.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
If this small modular reactor is the “Nuclear equivalent of an Ikea chair” there’ll be poor instructions, parts missing, screws loose and it’ll become wobbly in a few weeks. Maybe not the best analogy? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Never imagined I’d see the #aurora from our house in southwest France (Dordogne, an hour south of Limoges)… but here you go (with palms and pencil cypress to prove the point!).
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Never imagined I’d see the #aurora from our house in southwest France (Dordogne, an hour south of Limoges)… but here you go (with palms and pencil cypress to prove the point!).
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A fantastic presentation on some hardcore survey work in the Scottish uplands here. Great to hear from Gus Routledge, who is unfortunately not on Bluesky ☹️, but evidently still doing inspirational field botany alongside @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social youtu.be/RZFv8lSfmj8?...
Tough tufts to tally: Scottish Tufted Saxifrage Survey 2025
YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A fantastic presentation on some hardcore survey work in the Scottish uplands here. Great to hear from Gus Routledge, who is unfortunately not on Bluesky ☹️, but evidently still doing inspirational field botany alongside @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social youtu.be/RZFv8lSfmj8?...
Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
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Huge thanks to @adamvaughan.bsky.social for his excellent article in today's @thetimes.com about #GBRedList.
Wild plants inc Common Restharrow, Common Rock-rose & Common Milkwort all now classed as Vulnerable - so no longer common!
Download the new Red List:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
Wild plants inc Common Restharrow, Common Rock-rose & Common Milkwort all now classed as Vulnerable - so no longer common!
Download the new Red List:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Huge thanks to @adamvaughan.bsky.social for his excellent article in today's @thetimes.com about #GBRedList.
Wild plants inc Common Restharrow, Common Rock-rose & Common Milkwort all now classed as Vulnerable - so no longer common!
Download the new Red List:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
Wild plants inc Common Restharrow, Common Rock-rose & Common Milkwort all now classed as Vulnerable - so no longer common!
Download the new Red List:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
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New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social
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Best time to join the growing ranks of #BSBImembers?
In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined!
2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined!
2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Best time to join the growing ranks of #BSBImembers?
In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined!
2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined!
2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
In the fading light of Halloween-Eve, I found a rather nice Fly Agaric in our local woods #FungusFriday #halloween #FlyAgaric #fungi 🍄
October 31, 2025 at 7:35 AM
In the fading light of Halloween-Eve, I found a rather nice Fly Agaric in our local woods #FungusFriday #halloween #FlyAgaric #fungi 🍄
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Collected some Narrow-leaved Ragwort seed yesterday which I’ll scatter around the garden in gravelly spots where Groundsel tends to appear. Will be interesting to see how it does as a garden plant - hope I don’t regret it!
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Collected some Narrow-leaved Ragwort seed yesterday which I’ll scatter around the garden in gravelly spots where Groundsel tends to appear. Will be interesting to see how it does as a garden plant - hope I don’t regret it!
Lots of Narrow-leaved Ragwort beside the A55 this week giving a late splash of colour. A sign of things to come, it lines many, many miles of verges in France (last pic). And it’s flowers are so big & bright I might just grow it in the garden! #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Lots of Narrow-leaved Ragwort beside the A55 this week giving a late splash of colour. A sign of things to come, it lines many, many miles of verges in France (last pic). And it’s flowers are so big & bright I might just grow it in the garden! #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Rounding off our conference - the wonderful @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social on urban flora - the subject of his latest book. #KentNature #urbanflora #urbanplants #botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Rounding off our conference - the wonderful @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social on urban flora - the subject of his latest book. #KentNature #urbanflora #urbanplants #botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Really looking forward to speaking at Kent Wildlife Conference tomorrow about - what else? - urban botany! Will be talking Lobelia, Senecio’s and giant invasive trees! #urbanplants #urbanbotany #pavementplants #concretejungle @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Really looking forward to speaking at Kent Wildlife Conference tomorrow about - what else? - urban botany! Will be talking Lobelia, Senecio’s and giant invasive trees! #urbanplants #urbanbotany #pavementplants #concretejungle @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social