Here's Beanie enjoying the sun... :-)

The shape of the individual tiny pea flowers is somewhat more easily seen when the flowerhead is rotated. Pretty little things 😊

Carex pendula infected with the smut Farysia thuemenii, Colin Glen, Belfast.
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Two @bsbibotany.bsky.social recording days this week!

Thursday 26th June at Grangemore NT NR, Castlerock
Friday 27th June at Gortmore Viewpoint, Binevenagh

Join us to explore these interesting sites.
Still places available for both these Northern Irish events.
Book here bsbi.org/field-meetin...

Two great opportunities to gain confidence identifying Grasses and Sedges in the field with @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Grasses Id, Castle Coole, Enniskillen - 5th July
Sedges Id, Crom NT Estate, Fermanagh - 11th July
Book at bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

@ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk

Woodland festooned with bluebells, fresh fronds of ferns and wood sorrel glowing sweetly from shady spots. Spring is lovely...
Come and join Jo Mulholland and I for woodland walks at Murlough NNR, 10th May and Carnmoney Hill, 11th May. Sign up at bsbi.org/botanical-sk... @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Like wandering around beautiful sand dune and estuarine habitats?
Keen to contribute to some citizen science?
Join us at Murlough NNR or Grangemore NR to record Shepherd's Cress, Teesdalia nudicaulis.
Head to bsbi.org/botanical-sk... to book!
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