Thanks @henk-janvdveen.bsky.social for the kind words & news about the Dutch #NewYearPlantHunt!
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Inspired by excellent research from @bsbibotany.bsky.social and @metoffice.gov.uk, I wrote an article on how climate change is impacting plant flowering times.
The British research is also highly relevant for the NL, as we are seeing more flowering species during the Dutch #NewYearPlantHunt 🌱❄️
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Hurrah!
This new book 👇 from the fabulous @sarahwhild.bsky.social will be essential reading for anyone serious about botanical/ biological recording. Among Sarah's many past achievements: years of driving BSBI's botanical training offering & co-founding #NewYearPlantHunt.
She's an absolute legend!
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Wonderful to see pix of the fabulous Ada Ryan being used in Canada to promote #NewYearPlantHunt & BSBI's collaboration with @metoffice.gov.uk!
Huge thanks to Ada & proud dad @danryannature.bsky.social for permission to use the photo!
@naturelark.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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🤯 Didn’t have this on my #NewYearPlantHunt bingo card.
CBC in Canadia picked up the story of New Year Plant Hunt and Ada is the lead image of the story! Awesome PR-ing Louise!
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Snowdrop flowers in a wood
Snowdrops in flower all around the woods in Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#nature #wildlife #wildflower #plants #wildlifephotography #Naturephotography #NewYearPlantHunt
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Erophila verna, Arnside Promenade
It's a classic early flowering species, but not usually this in these parts. Erophila verna, Arnside Promenade.
A total of 69 records this year on the #NewYearPlantHunt but I'd wager not many were this far north.
#wildflowerhour
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Your dad's probably spent years perfecting his garden 'offering' ... but house sparrows are a 'good' bird to have and it's the taking part that counts (unless it's #NewYearPlantHunt when I become ever so slightly competitive!).
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Taken from a poster a list of plants found by CNHS in North Cambridge in 2018 for BSBI NYPH. 88 plants. Somehow Cerastium fontanum duplicated on poster, 2nd entry should be C. glomeratum (can you see the join?!)
Just found poster of @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt 2018 with @cnhs1857.bsky.social
88 plants found by 9 botanists cf me 2026 42 ± same route N #Cambridge. Only Senecio I found: inaequidens & vulgaris, no sign of 'S. jacobaea', squalidus or viscosus from 2018. Now becoming less ruderal 😐
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Lapsana communis, Nipplewort. South Cumbria
Whilst the first #spring plants are now on their way, some stragglers from last year still remain.
Nipplewort in South Cumbria.
This was the 25th most frequently recorded species with 243 records on the #NewYearPlantHunt
#wildflowerhour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
nyph.bsbi.org/species.php?...
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Puts me in mind of last year's #NewYearPlantHunt ID of what felt like several hundred examples of 'unknown yellow composite'!
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#NewYearPlantHunt this year was such a joyous coming together of botanists! Onwards and upwards 🌼🌱
With additional thanks to great colleagues and supporters
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social and @metoffice.gov.uk
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Huge thanks to 3,652 of you amazing #CitizenScientists who went out hunting for #NewYearPlantHunt!
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
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A great day had by all! #NewYearPlantHunt is always such good fun - it's not too early to put it in your diary for next year! (31st Dec 2026 to 3rd January 2027) @bsbibotany.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social
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Update: I've entered these four flowers in @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt as 'Botanic Hour'. It will be a long way down the list. I've also put the Red Nightshade in the BSBI database.
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🌱 New blog post on IWT x @bsbibotany.bsky.social New Year Plant Hunts.
This was the first year we organised groups to take part. Read about our findings in Dublin & Kerry plus broader results from BSBI here:
iwt.ie/new-year-pla...
@bsbiireland.bsky.social @mikekally.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt
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Great to work with our friends at @metoffice.gov.uk @climatecentreuk.bsky.social & @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social to spread the word about how climate change is impacting plant flowering times.
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in #NewYearPlantHunt & collected vital data!
#CitizenScience
#NYPH
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Blogposts by @sylvatica2024.bsky.social are always well worth reading & his plant photos are superb!
Reminder that if you took part in #NewYearPlantHunt, the deadline to submit your records is <10 hours away!
Send records here: recording.bsbi.app/app/home
Results so far: nyph.bsbi.org/results.php?
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"Plants are flowering at a time nobody would've expected." 💐
Climate change is likely why more than 600 species flowered at New Year, rather than the 20 to 30 observed decades ago. Louise Marsh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social speaking to BBC 5 live about #NewYearPlantHunt.
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New blog at sylvatica2022.blogspot.com detailing finds in Cornwall for the #newyearplanthunt it shows there's much to see of interest even in winter.
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Lovely photos from our first #NewYearPlantHunt of the year 🌱
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Huge thanks to our friends @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social for making #NewYearPlantHunt one of their #12DaysWild activities this year!
Loving this wallchart from @lizm.bsky.social showing the birds, plants & other wildlife she enjoyed in midwinter.
All wildlife, all nature, all connected.
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Huge thanks & congrats to everyone who braved foul weather to take part in #NewYearPlantHunt!
Commiserations to everyone for whom snow stopped play: we all felt your pain!
Reminder that if you have any #NYPH records that you haven't submitted yet, please do so (via App or email) by midnight tomorrow
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Huge thanks to @jessica-hamilton.bsky.social & the #BSBIKerry team!
They survey the lovely Muckross peninsula every winter for #NewYearPlantHunt.
Strawberry Tree is part of the famous Lusitanian flora but how did it arrive in Ireland?
A possible answer:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
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In contrast, the Ballyheigue hunt was extremely soggy, so much so that we retreated early to prevent hypothermia! We still recorded 44, our highest ever for this route. Had we been able to finish the usual route, I estimate we would have gotten 50+ #NewYearPlantHunt @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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First post on this dedicated to the #NewYearPlantHunt
We were blessed with blue skies while moseying around the Muckross Peninsula in KNP while searching for plants in flower for the 2026 #NYPH Six of us recorded 42 species in flower including obligatory Arbutus unedo #NYPH @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Many species recorded for #NewYearPlantHunt are #UrbanPlants.
To hear more about the aliens that colonise, bloom & become naturalised in our cities and the natives that have always bloomed there, often unnoticed, join the fab @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social tomorrow, 7.30pm
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
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Many thanks @valezina15.bsky.social for uploading your #NewYearPlantHunt records!
Reminder that if anyone still has records to upload, the deadline is midnight tomorrow 7 January. Otherwise we won't be able to include them in the analysis.
Results so far: nyph.bsbi.org/results.php?
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A record 206 #NewYearPlantHunt surveys have been submitted for Scotland so far! Well done and thank you to everyone who took part 🥰
See all the survey results here, including most frequently recorded species:
nyph.bsbi.org/results.php?...
Blog rounding up Scotland surveys:
bsbi.org/blog/2026/01...
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