Yesterday our Botanical Skills Northern Ireland Team practiced how to use underwater drones to collect under-recorded aquatic plant specimens!
The drone will also be used for our @bsbiireland.bsky.social #AquaticPlantProject & we hope to raise money for a 2nd drone to survey Scottish lochs.
Water Fern (Azolla filiculoides) at Braunton Marsh. Photo by Mary Breeds.
#Invasive aquatic plants increasingly cause havoc in aquatic ecosystems.
Learn to identify introduced aquatics at @bsbibotany.bsky.social's free #AquaticPlantProject webinar, led by Nick Stewart & funded by @npwsireland.bsky.social. Book at www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
#waterplants
Hugely enjoyable & informative 2 days #AquaticPlantProject training in Carlow featuring spp. incl Azolla filiculoides (Water Fern), Potamogeton perfoliatus (Perfoliate Pondweed), P. berchtoldii (Small Pondweed) turions & Ranunculus trichophyllus (Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot) 1/2
